Crime
NORTH TONAWANDA: Four health care workers arrested in point scam
Kalieda Health employees accused of computer fraud
Four Kalieda Health employees have been arrested for using a computerized bonus point system to take money.
North Tonawanda Police Capt. William Hall said police were informed of the scam by the company that administers the incentive program. The number of points, which are redeemed for prizes like flat-screen TVs, seemed unusually high to those in charge of the system.
“A couple employees got into the system with somebody else’s password and added points to certain accounts,” Hall said.
The illegal tampering was conducted between January and September, according to reports. Benjamin S. Stetser, 28, 152 Snug Haven Court, Tonawanda, and Diana C. Bartlett, 24, 3104 Niagara Falls Boulevard, North Tonawanda, were both charged with identity theft, felony grand larceny and computer tampering.
Others charged in the scam are facing lesser charges. Susan M. Comer, 54, 194 Wynnwood Ave., Tonawanda, was charged with petit larceny. Marcy S. Weese, 28, 180 Cottage St., Lockport, was charged with felony grand larceny.
Phyllis Gentner, spokeswoman for DeGraff Memorial Hospital, said she is aware of the investigation but is unable to comment because it is still ongoing.
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POLICE REPORTS: March 18, 2010
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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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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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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
Niagara Falls police reports
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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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