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
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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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