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March 10, 2010

Staff Reports The Niagara Gazette Wed Mar 10, 2010, 09:24 PM EST

CITY OF TONAWANDA

Stray vehicle nearly hits City Hall

A North Tonawanda man suspected of drunken driving drove off Niagara Street early Sunday and came to rest on a snowbank a few feet from police headquarters in the City of Tonawanda.

Police have since charged Robert L. Shugarts, 23, 439 Witmer Road, with DWI, refusing a breath test, speeding and crossing center lines at about 5:45 a.m. After going off the road, he continued a few hundred feet on course with the building before piled snow brought him to a stop.

Shugarts left his running 2006 Ford F-150 in drive as it sat lodged in a snowbank in the upper parking lot of City Hall, at 200 Niagara Street, also home to city police

Shugarts said he had been coming from Buffalo where he was working as a disc jockey. He claimed he was run off the road by another car passing him as he headed east on Niagara Street.

Niagara Falls

• ARREST: A North Tonawanda woman was arrested after a shoplifting incident at a store in the 1500 block of Military Road on Wednesday. April Jean Wojahn, 25, 1054 Pioneer Drive, was charged with petit larceny. She is accused of taking $63 worth of clothing from the store without paying for the merchandise.

• ARREST: A Falls man was arrested after he caused a disturbance in the area of 19th Street and Welch Avenue at 2:25 p.m. Wednesday. Willie Marvin Hilson, 38, 1781 Welch Ave., was charged with two counts of disorderly conduct.

• ARREST: A Falls man was arrested after stealing a car and a video game system. Kenneth Dion Lewis, 33, 10 C St., was charged with fourth-degree grand larceny, third-degree criminal mischief and petit larceny. Lewis is accused of stealing the car of a 40-year-old Falls woman and then stealing a Wii game system and 15 games from her house.

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