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
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Child run over be car on Niagara Avenue
Falls Traffic Division investigators said an 11-year-old boy was struck after he darted into the street, in front of a car as it pulled away from a stop sign.
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Autopsy unable to determine cause or time of Judith Burr’s death
An autopsy by an Erie County Medical Examiner has failed to determine either the time of death or the cause of death of Judith Burr.
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BLOTTER: Police reports published Feb. 10
The owner of a bar on the 9700 block of Porter Road called Niagara County Sheriff’s deputies Thursday afternoon to get a car towed that had been sitting in the business’ lot for a week.
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Search continues for Falls jumper
State Park Police were still searching Thursday for a Falls man who jumped from the rapids bridge at Goat Island on Wednesday morning.
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Police look for clues to explain death of Judith Burr
Niagara Falls Police say the body of a woman found in dense brush in a field off of 102nd Street is that of 67-year-old Judith Burr.
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BLOTTER: Police reports published Feb. 9
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. -
Crack dealer taken down on Orleans Avenue
Falls Narcotics Division detectives took down an Orleans Avenue crack dealer, literally, on Tuesday.
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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. -
BLOTTER: Police reports published Feb. 8
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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