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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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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