Crime
NIAGARA FALLS: Border Patrol agent rescues gorge hikers
A Border Patrol agent, from the Niagara Falls station, helped to rescue two hikers stranded in the Niagara Gorge near Whirlpool State Park on Sunday.
The agent responded to a Niagara County 911 distress call at about 5:30 p.m. indicating that the pair, both U.S. citizens, had begun a gorge hike from Devil's Hole State Park during daylight hours, but became disorientated after sunset.
The Border Patrol agent, who was on regular patrol in the area, climbed into the gorge, located the stranded hikers and guided them to safety on an alternate trail near the Whirlpool International Bridge. The hikers, a man and woman, were uninjured and were able to leave the area without assistance.
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NIAGARA FALLS: Police, ATF pick up gang members
Two gang members being sought in connection with the recent rash of violence in the city were picked up Monday and Tuesday by Falls police.
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FALLS COPS: Pine Avenue death is not a homicide
Homicide has been ruled out as a cause in the suspicious death of a 25-year-old Niagara Falls woman in her apartment in the 1900 block of Pine Avenue.
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BLOTTER: Police reports published March 17
Police are investigating an assault in the 2700 block of Forest Avenue.
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STATE POLICE: Trio of troopers honored
Senior Investigator Joseph Commisso and Investigator Alan Harshany from the Seneca Niagara Casino and Trooper Joseph Raimondi from the State Police Niagara Barracks in the Town of Niagara were honored for their work with the U.S. Secret Service in helping break up a large scale identity theft ring.
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NIAGARA FALLS: Cops bag shooting suspect
Falls police have arrested a teenaged gang member accused of triggering a Pine Avenue gun battle on Saturday.
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BLOTTER: Police reports published March 16
After nearly a year and a half, City of Tonawanda police have found the man they believe stole two stone markers from the Historical Society of the Tonawandas just one day before a Veterans Day celebration.
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FIRE CALLS: Niagara Falls Fire Department calls for the week of March 13
For the period of March 5 to 11, the Niagara Falls Fire Department responded to 117 calls.
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BLOTTER: Police reports published March 15
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PENDLETON: Driver rescued from water after crash
Rescue workers pulled an unconscious woman from frigid water after her car crashed into a drainage ditch on Mapleton Road on Thursday night.
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MONTEAGLE SHOOTING: Cops hunt homicide suspect
Niagara Falls police are looking for a suspect in the city’s second homicide of 2010.
Officers responded to a call of “shots fired” at an apartment in the Monteagle Ridge housing development, 4600 Hyde Park Blvd., just after 2 a.m. Thursday.
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