YOUNGSTOWN

More than $11K in jewelry taken

A Fieldcrest Drive woman told Niagara County Sheriff’s deputies Thursday that more than $11,000 in jewelry had been taken from her home.

The victim said someone had entered the house and removed several items besides the jewelry, including a digital camera, $100 worth of collector coins and a video camera. The report said the missing items totaled $11,750.

The victim said she noticed the items missing when she went to put on a piece of jewelry and saw the box was empty. She said the items were all there on Sunday and she was away from the house for a long period of time on Monday. The report said there was no sign of forced entry into the house.



BUFFALO

Three men arrested for pointing laser at plane

Police say three Buffalo men face felony charges for pointing a laser at a FedEx airplane and a sheriff’s helicopter that was investigating.

Timothy Voigt, his 20-year-old son, Eric, and 28-year-old Bradley Campbell are accused of pointing the bright green beam at the plane about 8:45 p.m. Thursday. The pilots alerted air traffic controllers, who called Buffalo police.

As the Erie County sheriff’s helicopter searched, its pilot said the laser pointer was trained on it several times.

The suspects appeared on reckless endangerment charges in City Court Friday. They told a judge they had yet to hire an attorney and declined comment after being released without bail.

— The Associated Press



ONTARIO

Man charged in guitar theft from Hard Rock

A London, Ont., man has been charged in the theft of a guitar from the Hard Rock Cafe in Niagara Falls.

John Elder is charged with one county of theft. He is accused of taking the guitar on Aug. 23.

The guitar had been mounted on the wall of the cafe. It was valued at approximately $20,000.



Niagara Falls

• ARREST: A Falls man was arrested on a drug charge. Carnell Jones Jr., 19, 2211 Niagara Ave., was charged with unlawful possession of marijuana. Police say Jones had a container of pot sitting on his lap as he sat in a parked car in the intersection of 17th Street and Whitney Avenue at 1:25 p.m. Friday.

• ARREST: A Falls man was arrested on a drug charge. Amer Jordan, 38, 1817 Niagara St., Apt. 1, was charged with fifth-degree criminal possession of marijuana. Police said Jordan had over 25 grams of marijuana in 39 baggies when he was stopped in the 400 block of 19th Street at 9:16 a.m. Friday.



Town of Niagara

• ARRESTS: Alan Bilbee, 29, 2640 Eggert Road, Tonawanda, and Shauna Carver, 24, 560 Main St., Apt 3, Youngstown, were arrested for possession of a hypodermic needle at Mighty Taco after police received a call of a suspicious man and woman at the establishment on Sept. 11. Officers searched Bilbee's car and found the needle, which appeared to have been used, in the passenger side door.

• ARREST: Larry Haseley, 49, 10205 Lockport Road, was arrested for interfering with an investigation of a domestic violence call on Sept. 12. Haseley was charged with obstructing governmental administration.

• THEFT: A Birch Avenue man reported that his 1997 Chevy S-10 pickup was stolen from his driveway on Sept. 12. While officers were taking their report, the vehicle was recovered in Dunkirk by the New York State Police.

• ARREST: Joseph Spina, 22, 8521 Porter Road, Apt. 52, was arrested for DWI on Monday. Spina failed all four field sobriety tests he was given and showed a high reading on an Alcho-Sensor test. He then registered a 0.13 percent blood alcohol level on a Breathalyzer test.

• ARREST: Christopher Smith, 23, 165 North First St., Lewiston, was arrested for shoplifting $29.97 worth of merchandise from Kmart on Tuesday.

• ARREST: Adrienne D. Jones, 35, 1140 Center Avenue, was arrested for shoplifting at the Wegmans supermarket on Military Road and then burglarizing a home on Jane Drive on Wednesday. Jones was found hiding in bushes between Jane Drive and Carol Court. After bring told she was under arrest, she clenched her fists and tried to pull away from officers until she was subdued. She was reportedly holding onto a glass cylinder with a white powdery residue and U.S. currency in one hand and a brown purse in the other at the time of her arrest. A resident of Jane Drive approached officers and told them she had just discovered two bags of meat in her oven from Wegmans that were not hers. The woman also told officers that her pink cell phone and $218 had been taken from her kitchen table. Officers found a prescription pill bottle with the victim’s name on the label in the purse taken from Jones. Jones was charged petit larceny, criminal possession of stolen property, criminal possession of a controlled substance, resisting arrest and obstruction in connection with the Wegmans’ incident. She was charged with burglary, petit larceny, criminal possession of a controlled substance and criminal possession of stolen property in connection with the Jane Drive burglary.