• ARREST: A Falls man was arrested on drug and other charges. Terrill D. Pettway, 20, 3602 Ely Ave., Apt. 2, was charged with unlawful possession of marijuana and restricted use of alcohol in a motor vehicle. Police said they stopped a car that Pettway was a passenger in at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at 11th Street and Ontario Avenue because they saw him drinking a beer in the back seat. After the stop, officers discovered Pettway had three grams of marijuana in his possession and four outstanding arrest warrants.
• ASSAULT: Police are looking for two suspects in an attack on a man in his apartment in the 400 block of 61st Street. The 22-year-old victim told officers the suspects entered his home at 11:45 a.m. Tuesday and began punching him. The victim said one suspect also hit in the back with a shovel.
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• LARCENY: A Shawnee Road resident told deputies Monday that while she was at work, a $367 vehicle cover was stolen from her truck while it was parked at Niagara County Community College.
• LARCENY: A Lockport resident told deputies Monday her backpack with $650 worth of items was stolen at NCCC. A report said the victim left her backpack with a friend, and when she went to pick it up, the backpack and her friend were gone. The missing items included a laptop, digital camera and an iPod.
Crime
BLOTTER: Police reports published March 10
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BLOTTER: Suspects sought in rash of robberies
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Child run over be car on Niagara Avenue
Falls Traffic Division investigators said an 11-year-old boy was struck after he darted into the street, in front of a car as it pulled away from a stop sign.
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Autopsy unable to determine cause or time of Judith Burr’s death
An autopsy by an Erie County Medical Examiner has failed to determine either the time of death or the cause of death of Judith Burr.
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BLOTTER: Police reports published Feb. 10
The owner of a bar on the 9700 block of Porter Road called Niagara County Sheriff’s deputies Thursday afternoon to get a car towed that had been sitting in the business’ lot for a week.
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Search continues for Falls jumper
State Park Police were still searching Thursday for a Falls man who jumped from the rapids bridge at Goat Island on Wednesday morning.
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Police look for clues to explain death of Judith Burr
Niagara Falls Police say the body of a woman found in dense brush in a field off of 102nd Street is that of 67-year-old Judith Burr.
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BLOTTER: Police reports published Feb. 9
Police are investigating a burglary in the 400 block of 24th Street.
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Marijuana mystery on Michigan Avenue solved
The mystery surrounding a Michigan Avenue marijuana grow house has been solved.
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Crack dealer taken down on Orleans Avenue
Falls Narcotics Division detectives took down an Orleans Avenue crack dealer, literally, on Tuesday.
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Niagara woman is fooled by ‘phisher’
Beverley Porter was taking a nap one day last week when her phone rang.
The scammer at the other end of the line had gotten lucky. After most likely making random calls to numbers in the 716 area code, he was able to catch the Town of Niagara woman when she was groggy, and slightly medicated from a minor surgical procedure earlier in the day. - More Crime Headlines
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