BLOTTER: Police reports published Nov. 19

Crime

November 18, 2009

Staff Reports The Niagara Gazette Wed Nov 18, 2009, 11:11 PM EST

NIAGARA FALLS

Substation cop makes an arrest on first day

A community police officer assigned to the new South End police substation notched his first arrest on Wednesday.

Officer Mike Corcoran charged Richard Handley II, 23, 1220 Haeberle Ave., with disorderly conduct after he fled from officers who were looking for a suspect in a nearby assault.

Corcoran said Handley was on a bicycle in the middle of the 400 block of 20th Street blocking traffic when he approached him with other officers. Handley raced away on his bike and Corcoran pursued him in his patrol car into an alley in the 400 block of 19th Street.

After a collision between Handley’s bike and Corcoran’s patrol car in the alley, Handley ran into a home in the 400 block of 20th Street and was captured by Corcoran in the kitchen of the residence.

Niagara Falls

• ARREST: A Falls man was arrested after a shoplifting incident at a store in the 7400 block of Niagara Falls Boulevard. Deon L. Johnson, 43, 342 10th St., Apt. 2, was charged with attempted petit larceny. A store security officer said he observed Johnson taking clothing and CDs at 4:39 p.m. Wednesday.

• BURGLARY: Police are investigating a burglary in the 500 block of 56th Street. An 18-year-old woman told officers sometime between 5:30 and 11:45 p.m. Tuesday someone broke into her home by forcing open the front door. The victim said a computer was taken.

• ARREST: A Falls woman was arrested after she created a disturbance at a police safety checkpoint. Christine M. Jeffords, 24, 4600 Hyde Park Blvd., Apt. 9, was charged with disorderly conduct and no seat belt. Officers said after being pulled over for not wearing a seat belt at Pine Avenue and Robbins Drive at 2:15 p.m. Wednesday, Jeffords became verbally abusive and created a disturbance.

• BURGLARY: Officers are looking into a burglary in the 1300 block of Whitney Avenue. A property owner told police sometime between 4 p.m. Nov. 4 and 3 p.m. Friday someone broke into his home through a pair of side windows and stole the water meter and over $500 worth of copper pipe.

• ASSAULT: Police are looking for a suspect in connection with an assault at the corner of 19th and Niagara streets. The 23-year-old man told officers another man was following him around a store in the 1800 block of Niagara Street, at 1 p.m. Wednesday, after he refused to give the man a cigarette. When both men went outside, the victim said the suspect attacked him and knocked him to the ground.

• ARREST: A Falls man was arrested after playing music in his car too loudly in the 1800 block of Niagara Avenue at 1:15 p.m. Wednesday. Robert J. Payne Jr., 26, 2035 Lockport St. Apt. 41, was charged with disorderly conduct.

Text Only | Photo Reprints

Crime

State senator, wife beaten at Seneca Niagara Casino
A state senator and his wife were attacked and beaten and a casino “shareholder” was arrested after one or more incidents at the Seneca Niagara Casino Friday night.

February 11, 2012 1 Photo
BLOTTER: Suspects sought in rash of robberies
February 10, 2012 1 Photo
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.

February 9, 2012 2 Photos
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.

February 9, 2012 1 Photo
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.

February 9, 2012 1 Photo
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.

February 9, 2012
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.

February 9, 2012 1 Photo
BLOTTER: Police reports published Feb. 9
Police are investigating a burglary in the 400 block of 24th Street.

February 9, 2012 1 Photo
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.

February 8, 2012 1 Photo
Crack dealer taken down on Orleans Avenue
Falls Narcotics Division detectives took down an Orleans Avenue crack dealer, literally, on Tuesday.

February 7, 2012 2 Photos
More Crime Headlines

Crime

Search Results

BLOTTER: Police reports published Nov. 19

Site Map

Contact Us