NIAGARA FALLS
Animal call draws police
Falls police reported that they were called to a home on the 1100 block of North Avenue about 6 p.m. Wednesday for a report of a man with a gun shooting at raccoons.
Patrol officers, as well as Roving Anti-Crime Unit officers, responded to the home and set up a perimeter. Officers found nothing in the backyard and a 50-year-old man in the home. The man allowed officers to search the home and no gun was found.
Police did find several animal traps in the driveway including one with a live opossum inside foaming at the mouth. The Department of Environmental Conservation was called.
The man told police he didn’t know anything about the traps and lives at the home with his mother and father who were not home at the time.
Niagara Falls
• THEFT: The owner of a business on the 8400 block of Buffalo Avenue reported to police Wednesday that sometime between 3:30-5:45 a.m. someone smashed a front glass door window and forced open a bubblegum machine to steal some change. The owner said about $500 damage was done to the window and $150 damage was done to the gum machine.
• THEFT: A resident on the 400 block of Ferry Avenue reported Wednesday that sometime between 7:45 a.m. and 4 p.m. someone entered his apartment and took a 32-inch TV valued at $800 and kicked in a bedroom door.
• INCIDENT: Staff at LaSalle Middle School reported to police Wednesday that a student told a staff member that on Oct. 23 she was waiting for a school bus at 85th Street and Bollier Avenue when a white “work-type” van drove by four or five times. The student said when a friend began texting on her phone the van drove off. Staff told police the student had not seen the van since.
Pendleton
• BURGLARY: A Meyer Road, Lockport, woman told police Tuesday that someone entered her residence while she was not home and took several items, together valued at $24. A police report said there are no suspects or witnesses at this time.
Crime
BLOTTER: Police reports published Oct. 29
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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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