Niagara Falls
• ARREST: Gabriella Manarino, 17, 517 81st St., was charged with petit larceny on Tuesday. A store employee said she observed Manarino take $13.99 worth of cosmetics at 3:15 p.m.
• ARREST: A Buffalo man was arrested on numerous charges after a traffic stop. Curtis E. Paige, 42, 18 Laurel St., Apt. 3, was charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, expired registration and no brake light. He also was taken into custody on an outstanding warrant from Erie County. Paige was stopped for not having a brake light at 10:29 a.m. Tuesday in the 500 block of Seventh Street. Police said he had some prescription pain pills in his possession without a valid prescription.
• BURGLARY: Officers are looking into a burglary in the 500 block of 10th Street. A 20-year-old woman told police sometime between noon Monday and 7 a.m. Tuesday, someone broke into her apartment by kicking in the rear door. An electric stove, a basket of clothes, baby products and clothing, a VCR and a coffee pot were taken.
• VANDALISM: Police are investigating a pick-up truck break-in in the 1800 block of Niagara Avenue. A 24-year-old man told officers sometime between 3 and 7 a.m. Tuesday, someone broke into his 2008 Chevy pick-up through a rear window. A pool stick, which was inside the truck, was broken.
• THEFT: Officers are investigating a theft from a construction site in the 1100 block of Main Street. A contractor told police sometime between 4 and 8 p.m. M8onday someone broke into his trailer by cutting off two padlocks. The man said $1,950 worth of tools were taken.
Town of Niagara
• ARREST: Jessie Maria Miller, 16, 203 78th St., Niagara Falls, was charged with petit larceny after taking a pair of sneakers valued at $30 from a Military Road store on Oct. 27.
• ARREST: Lindsey M. Travis, 17, 1634 Eighth St., Niagara Falls, was arrested for petit larceny after shoplifting $86.16 worth of merchandise on Thursday.
• ARREST: Melissa Kaiser, 18, 643 73rd St., Niagara Falls, was arrested for petit larceny after shoplifting $73.61 worth of merchandise from a Military Road store on Sunday.
Crime
BLOTTER: Police reports published Nov. 4
- 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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