LEWISTON
Man injured in horse/car collision
A 68-year-old man was flown to Erie County Medical Center Tuesday morning after he struck a horse while driving on Ridge Road, according to Lewiston police.
The horse had somehow gotten away from a stable at 1776 Ridge Road, according to Lewiston Police Sgt. Frank Previte. It’s unclear how the horse got loose.
The man was traveling west on Ridge when he hit the horse. After hitting the animal, the man’s car swerved off the road and drove into the yard on Ridge going through a fence and hitting a tree before overturning.
Mercy Flight flew the man to ECMC in serious condition. An update on his condition was unavailable Thursday night.
A second car coming from the same direction on Ridge also hit the remains of the horse. Previte said the driver wasn’t seriously injured but the car was heavily damaged.
Niagara Falls
• ATTEMPTED ASSAULT: Police are investigating an attempted assault in the 2900 block of Ninth Street. A 17-year-old boy told officers a 30-year-old man began arguing with him at 5 p.m. Thursday and then pulled out a knife and threatened him.
• FRAUD: Officers are looking into an attempt to scam a 54-year-old man. The victim told police he received a call at 3:50 p.m. Thursday from a man who claimed to be representing a company called Global International.
He said the he was told that if gave $500 to Global International he would receive $3 million and a gold Mercedes. The victim also said the company representative told him if he needed to go to the bank to get the money, a car would be sent to pick him up and take him.
• CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: Police are investigating an incident in the 1900 block of Ferry Avenue. A 30-year-old woman told officers she went to the area at 4 p.m. Thursday to pick up a relative.
While she was there, a man ran up to her 1997 Ford Explorer with a baseball bat and smashed the windshield.
• DRUGS: Police and parole officers are searching for a suspect after an incident at 19th and Niagara streets just after noon Thursday.
A parole officer said he was watching a parolee when the man began running and throwing things from his pockets. The suspect escaped, but among the items that he threw that were recovered was a baggie containing crack cocaine.
• ROBBERY: A Falls man was arrested for assaulting and robbing two men. John Paul Corra, 31, 448 10th St., was charged with first- and second-degree robbery, third-degree assault and two counts of fourth-degree grand larceny.
One victim said Corra attacked him in the 400 block of 10th Street at 1:13 a.m. Thursday by punching him in the face. That victim said Corra took his cell phone. A second victim said Corra then got into his parked car with him, pulled out a knife and demanded money, before taking his car keys and running away.
• BURGLARY: Officers are looking into a burglary in the 1700 block of Walnut Avenue. A 20-year-old woman told police that sometime between 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. Wednesday someone broke into her home by forcing open a door. The victim said three bottles of baby formula were taken.
Crime
BLOTTER: Police reports published Oct. 30
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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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