RANSOMVILLE
Van a long way from home
A Niagara County Sheriff’s deputy on patrol on Youngstown-Lockport Road early Thursday morning came across a white Ford cube van in a ditch just west of Palmer Road.
The van was abandoned but filled steel piping, PVC piping and scrap material.
The owner of the van was contacted and he told a dispatcher the van should have been parked in an alley off of Walnut Street in Lockport. The owner later admitted to deputies that the keys had been left in the van.
Deputies said it appeared the van had some undercarriage damage due to the way it was positioned in the ditch.
Niagara Falls
• ASSAULT: Police are investigating an assault in the 1600 block of Niagara Street. A 19-year-old woman told officers that she was attacked by a man about 12:30 p.m. Thursday who hit her with a pair of pants in her home.
Wheatfield
• THEFT: A River Road resident told police that sometime early Thursday morning someone took two four-wheel ATVs from behind their residence. The resident said it appeared the ATVs were taken into the woods behind the home.
Lockport
• STOLEN CAR: Deputies were called to an apple orchard near the intersection of Day and North Canal roads Thursday after someone spotted a burned car there. Deputies ran the Vehicle Identification Number on the vehicle and it was identified as a 2007 Chevrolet Avalanche reported stolen to Lockport Police on Tuesday. The vehicle was towed for further processing.
Town of Tonawanda
• DWI: Rachel A. Price was charged with DWI and endangering the welfare of a child at 3:07 p.m. Wednesday. Price was stopped after a caller told police she had picked her child up from school “reeking” of alcohol, according to the report. Price failed multiple field sobriety tests and a chemical breath test revealed a 0.12 percent blood alcohol content, police said. Her 4-year-old son was in a car seat in the back of the vehicle. Price was held for court and child protective services was informed of the incident.
Crime
BLOTTER: Police reports published Oct. 23
- Crime
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Korean student robbed at gunpoint in Falls
Detectives are investigating the robbery of a 25-year-old woman Wednesday night in front of a motel in the 400 block of Main Street.
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Bomb threat leads to arrest at NT school
A North Tonawanda teen was arrested Thursday morning for sending a one-sentence bomb threat to the computer of a fellow high school student, resulting in a brief lockdown of the school.
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BLOTTER: Police reports published May 25
Police are investigating a burglary in the 400 block of 24th Street.
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Fugitive in meth case caught
Moments after Falls police narcotics detectives and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents uncovered a clandestine meth lab in the city's Echota neightborhood, their prime suspect sent a cryptic text message to Detective Joe Palmero.
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BLOTTER: Police reports published May 24
A Youngstown woman was arrested after a domestic incident in the 200 block of 61st Street at 4:45 a.m. Tuesday.
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FIRE CALLS: Niagara Falls fire reports published May 24
For the period of May 7 to 13 the Niagara Falls Fire Department responded to 105 calls. The total number of service calls for 2012 to date is 2,084.
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Falls cops target crack dealers
As Eric Nelson sat on the front porch of 533 18th St. on Thursday night with a pocket full of crack cocaine, he was probably waiting for his best customers to roll on up.
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Falls man finds out there are no free meals
A Falls man was arrested after a waitress at a downtown restaurant told police she tracked him down after he skipped out on his bill.
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Overheated extension cord believed to be cause of blaze
Fire investigators believe an overheated extension cord sparked a blaze that drove six people out of a 23rd Street home late Monday.
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BLOTTER: Police reports published May 23
A Falls man called police after he said another man threatened his 17-year-old son with a semi-automatic pistol while his son was walking on the 6900 block of Edison Avenue.
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