Niagara Falls

• MISCHIEF: Police were called to a reported criminal mischief in the 600 block of Pine Avenue at 2:30 p.m. Saturday. The victim, a 27-year-old man, told officers a customer came into the store he's employed at and wished to pay his cell phone bill at a kiosk. The payment didn't work and when he told the customer, the man threw his cell phone at the clerk, striking him in the arm. The man left, then returned later looking for his cell phone. When the clerk refused to return it, the man got angry again and knocked merchandise off the front counter before leaving.

• THEFT: Police were called to a reported theft in the 300 block of Third Street which occurred between 3 and 4 p.m. Friday. The victim, a 55-year-old Poughkeepsie man, told officers while he was waiting in the lobby of his hotel for a room to become ready, someone stole a black backpack from his luggage, which he'd placed on the ground about 50 feet from where he was. He said two laptops, two Kindles, two hard drives and his passport were inside the bag, with a total value estimated at $5,200.

• THEFT: Police are investigating a reported theft from a vehicle which occurred between 5 p.m. July 20 and 5:45 a.m. Monday in the 1100 block of Connecting Boulevard. The victim, a 51-year-old Falls man, told police he parked his tractor trailer and when he returned, he noticed his tool set missing from the back. He also realized his CB radio, XM satellite radio receiver and a 13-inch television were also missing.

• BURGLARY: Officers are investigating a reported theft between 3 and 3:15 p.m. Friday in the 700 block of Eighth Street. The victim, a 58-year-old woman, told police an acquaintance of hers entered her apartment and told her someone was outside waiting to speak to her. When the victim went outside, no one was there. When she returned, she said, her 52-inch television, valued at $800, was gone.

• THEFT: Police are investigating a reported theft in the 400 block of 21st Street, which occured between 11 p.m. Thursday and 6 p.m. Friday. The victim, a 27-year-old man, told officers a DVD player, two amplifiers, a pair of sunglasses and $85 cash were taken from his vehicle. The dashboard was also broken, though there was no sign of forced entry.

• THEFT: Police were called to a hotel in the 100 block of Buffalo Avenue for a reported theft between 4 and 6 p.m. Friday. The victim, a 27-year-old Falls man, told officers he was working in the bar area of the hotel and placed his $400 Apple iPhone in the vicinity. He then went to retrieve it and the phone was gone. Officer were given security footage of the bar area to narrow down suspects and tracked the phone's internal GPS positioning, but couldn't find any suspects.

• THEFT: Police are investigating a reported theft between 10 p.m. Friday and 8:30 a.m. Saturday in the 700 block of Buffalo Avenue. The victim, a 48-year-old woman, told officers someone broke the driver's-side window of her vehicle and took the global positioning system from the glove box. There was also $4 in coins missing, she said.

• THEFT: Police are investigating a rash of car break-ins which occurred in the overnight hours Friday to Saturday morning in a parking lot in the 500 block of Rainbow Boulevard. A 30-year-old Pennsylvania man said someone broke a window of his vehicle and took $480 and an additional $40 Canadian cash from inside. A 29-year-old Kentucky man said someone did the same to his vehicle, taking a GPS unit. A 34-year-old Ohio woman, a 36-year-old Albany man and a 38-year-old Maryland man also reported broken windows of their vehicles but no property missing.

• THEFT: Officers are investigating a series of car break-ins which occurred overnight from Friday to Saturday morning in a parking lot in the 700 block of Rainbow Boulevard. A 47-year-old Ohio man told police someone broke a window to his vehicle and took a GPS unit from his rental car. Additional broken windows in the parking lot were reported by a 25-year-old Illinois man, a 53-year-old Florida woman and a 52-year-old Florida man, each reporting no missing property.

• ARREST: A Falls man was arrested following a shoplifting incident in the 1500 block of Military Road at 5:30 p.m. Friday. Keith Englesson, 55, 3411 Royal Ave., was charged with petit larceny after store security reportedly observed him conceal a six-pack of Red Dog beer and a magazine in his clothing and attempt to leave the store without paying.