Niagara Falls
• THEFT: Police are looking for a suspect who tried to steal two propane tanks from a home improvement store in the 700 block of Builders Way on Wednesday. Store employees said the man entered the store at 6:28 p.m., placed the propane tanks under his coat and tried to leave without paying. Employees chased the suspect, who dropped the tanks as he fled.
• BURGLARY: Officers are investigating a burglary in the 2400 block of LaSalle Avenue. A 43-year-old man told officers sometime between 5 p.m. Tuesday and 1 p.m. Wednesday someone broke into his garage by pushing out a window. The victim said a power washer, a home generator and a number of power tools were taken.
• THEFT: Police are investigating a theft in the 1600 block of Walnut Avenue. A 41-year-old man told officers sometime between 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and 7:30 a.m. Wednesday someone took the left rear wheel off of his car. The victim said the wheel was replaced with a cinder block.
• THEFT: Officers are looking into a theft from the Niagara Arts and Cultural Center. A 47-year-old artist told police sometime between Dec. 27 and noon Wednesday someone took $2,795 worth of photography equipment and auto parts from a storage closet across from her studio.
• ARREST: A Medina woman was arrested after a shoplifting incident in the 1500 block of Military Road on Wednesday morning. Krystal Neal, 22, 2991 Marshall Road, was charged with petit larceny. She is accused of taking $14 worth of cosmetic products.
Wilson
• LARCENY: A Yougstown-Wilson Road resident told Niagara County sheriff’s deputies Tuesday that someone removed the vent from the dashboard of his truck.
Town of Lockport
• VIOLATION: Nicholis Michael Aquino, 21, 858 Dorwood Park, Ransomville, was charged Tuesday with disobeying a court order. Officers were dispatched to the Niagara County Jail for a report of a violation of an order of protection. A correctional officer said Aquino came into the jail to visit an inmate, but the woman in jail had an order of protection against the suspect. The defendant was held at the jail in lieu $500 bail.
Crime
BLOTTER: Police reports published Jan. 28
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BLOTTER: Police reports published Feb. 12
Police are searching for a man who attempted to identify himself as a law enforcement officer in hopes of getting a security job.
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State senator, wife beaten at Seneca Niagara Casino
A state senator and his wife were attacked and beaten and a casino “shareholder” was arrested after one or more incidents at the Seneca Niagara Casino Friday night.
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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.
And a Falls man has been charged with running the pot farm that was found there in July. - More Crime Headlines
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