Niagara Falls
• NARCOTICS: Police are investigating the discovery of drugs in an apartment in the 3300 block of Ninth Street. A contractor working in the apartment found 1.1 ounces of crack cocaine in the attic of the residence on Wednesday. The contractor said he broke the paint seal on the entry to the attic, indicating the crack may have been there for a long period of time.
• FRAUD: Officers are looking into a “secret shopper” scam. A 24-year-old woman told police she answered a newspaper ad for a “secret shopper” and was contacted by a company that sent her a check for $4,700. The woman said she was instructed to deposit the check, wire $3,850 back to the company, then take $100 and go shopping at Walmart. The victim told officers her bank contacted her after she had transferred the money to tell her the check bounced.
• INCIDENT: Police are investigating the discovery of a handgun magazine containing live ammunition in the 500 block of 26th Street. A Falls man told officers he found the black and silver Glock magazine in his front yard on Sunday morning. The magazine contained 13 rounds including five full metal jacket bullets and eight hollow-point bullets.
• INCIDENT: Police are investigating a report of abuse made by the father of a 3-year-old who attends a school on the 1600 block of Lockport Road. The father said his son told him the during the school day on Friday a teacher pulled his ears and they hurt.
• VANDALISM: Officers are looking into an act of vandalism that occurred in the 9300 block of Cayuga Drive. A 29-year-old woman told police sometime between 11 p.m. Nov. 10 and 9:30 p.m. Nov. 11 someone poured a milk-like substance into the gas tank of her 2009 Dodge Journey. The substance caused mechanical problems.
Lewiston
• LARCENY: On Sunday, a Lockport woman contacted the Niagara County Sheriff’s Department and said her purse was stolen from her vehicle at a gas station on Saunders Settlement Road. A police report said the victim’s purse contained a wallet with her driver’s license and work identification as well as three prescriptions for Paxil, Adavain and an inhaler.
Crime
BLOTTER: Police reports published Nov. 17
- 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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