LEWISTON — NIAGARA FALLS

Two Lasalle-area robberies reported

Employees of two 24-hour LaSalle-area businesses reported being held up at knife-point during early morning robberies Wednesday.

The clerk of a convenience store on the 6800 block of Buffalo Avenue told police about 4 a.m. a man dressed in black, wearing a ski mask and brandishing a knife entered the store and ordered him behind the counter. The suspect took about $150 from a register and ordered the man to open the safe but fled the store when the clerk said he couldn’t.

A little more than a half hour later, the clerk at an adult book store on the 8600 block of Niagara Falls Boulevard told police two men — one with a white hoodie pulled up and a ski mask on and the other in black with his hoodie pulled up and a pair of pantyhose over his face entered the store. One of the men was holding a large rusty knife.

The men took his wallet and demanded “whip its and crackers” — EZ Whip Nitrous cartridges and devices to open them. The men also took $125 from the cash register.



ONTARIO

Robbery of elderly woman tied to teen

A Niagara Falls, Ont., teenager has been arrested and charged with the gunpoint robbery of an elderly woman.

The unidentified 17-year-old was charged on Tuesday with robbery, use of an imitation firearm in the commission of an offense, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose and uttering a death threat.

Niagara Regional Police investigators say the teen is also linked to a home burglary in the south end area of Niagara Falls as well. He is charged with break and enter with intent to commit an indictable offense and two counts of violating probation.

The robbery occurred on Feb. 9 in the vicinity of St. Clair Avenue and Ellis Street in the Falls. An elderly husband and his wife were approaching their house when the teen came up behind the victim and held a small chrome colored handgun to her neck.

The suspect demanded that the woman’s purse and then ran toward a nearby park. Neither the woman nor her husband were hurt.



Niagara Falls

• CHARGED: Mary G. Cox, 29, 8028 Buffalo Ave., Apt. 1, was charged with driving while intoxicated and aggravated unlicensed operation about 3:45 p.m. Wednesday, according to Falls police. Cox was charged after an accident in the parking lot of a business on the 2400 block of Niagara Street. After failing field sobriety tests, officers measured her blood alcohol content at 0.14 percent with a Datamaster device, the report said.

• CHARGED: Maulana J. Lucas, 17, 674 Chilton Ave., Apt. left, and Joey Jones, 21, 1528 North Ave., were charged with disorderly conduct about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to Falls police. Officers called to a large fight in the area of Gluck Park, 1801 15th St., said Lucas and Jones refused to leave the area and were walking in traffic while they were dispersing “several hundred” people.

• CAR BREAK-INS: Several city residents reported having their cars broken into sometime Tuesday night. They include:

• A 63-year-old Madison Avenue man who said his wallet, containing $450 and a retired police officer badge, as well as a GPS unit was taken from his car. The estimated loss is $900.

• A 25-year-old Moschel Court man who said someone took a GPS unit and loose change from his car. The estimated loss is $250.

• A 62-year-old 98th Street man who said $50 in loose change, a GPS unit, camera and satellite radio receiver was taken. The estimated loss is $550.

• INCIDENT: A MacKenna Avenue woman called police after learning from her 3-year-old child that they had been hit while at a school facility on 24th Street. The woman said her child came home upset Tuesday and couldn’t sleep and eventually told her a teacher’s aide had hit them in the arm while they were walking in a hallway. The woman said she went to the school Wednesday and was told the teacher’s aide had quit Wednesday morning.

Pendleton

•  LARCENY: Milton G. Munger, 51, 41 Garden Road, Cheektowaga, was charged Tuesday night with petit larceny after reportedly taking $798 from Tonawanda Sportsman’s Club. Munger is an employee at the club in charge of the membership and financial departments, a report said.