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October 15, 2009

Staff Reports The Niagara Gazette Thu Oct 15, 2009, 11:55 PM EDT

Niagara Falls

• VANDALISM: Police are investigating an act of vandalism at the Hyde Park Golf Course. A golf course worker told officers sometime between 5 p.m. Wednesday and 9:30 a.m. Thursday someone carved the initials H and P into a green at the course.

• THEFT: Officers are looking into an SUV break-in in the 2100 block of Ferry Avenue. A 53-year-old woman told police sometime between 6 p.m. Wednesday and 7 a.m. Thursday someone broke into her 2004 Chevy Trailblazer by smashing a rear passenger-side window. The victim said $16 in Canadian change was taken.

• THEFT: Police are investigating an SUV break-in in the 400 block of 22nd Street. A 24-year-old woman told officers sometime between 5:30 p.m. Wednesday and 7:30 a.m. Thursday someone broke into her 2006 Jeep Liberty by smashing a front driver’s-side window. The victim said $3 in change was taken.

• THEFT: Officers are looking into a theft from a pickup truck. A 72-year-old man told police sometime between 3 p.m. Wednesday and 6:30 a.m. Thursday someone entered his 2000 Ford Ranger and took a Sig Sauer handgun, a loaded seven-round ammunition clip and a quantity of .380-caliber ammunition.

Town of Lockport

• ASSAULT: A Niagara Falls and Tonawanda man were arrested on Thursday and arraigned in front of a Lockport Town Justice following an assault of a Lockport man in the Niagara County Jail. Bail was set at $2,500 or $5,000 bond on each suspect. Names were not released.

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Search continues for Falls jumper
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Police look for clues to explain death of Judith Burr
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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.

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Crack dealer taken down on Orleans Avenue
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Niagara woman is fooled by ‘phisher’
Beverley Porter was taking a nap one day last week when her phone rang.
The scammer at the other end of the line had gotten lucky. After most likely making random calls to numbers in the 716 area code, he was able to catch the Town of Niagara woman when she was groggy, and slightly medicated from a minor surgical procedure earlier in the day.

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A Falls man was arrested after a domestic incident in the 2200 block of LaSalle Avenue at 7:30 a.m. Monday.

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