Crime
LOCKPORT: Three teen charged with involvement in counterfeit money
Two teens were arrested on counterfeiting charges after State Police got word of someone trying to pass funny money at Smokin Joes.
Police said they received a complaint Nov. 19 of someone passing the counterfeit money at the Wheatfield business. An investigation led them to Matthew M. Hodge, 16, of Day Road, and Edward A. Koban, II, 16, of Reger Drive, in Lockport.
Police said the two teens manufactured about $150 in counterfeit U.S. currency on a home scanner.
Hodge and Koban were each charged with first-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument, a class C felony, said Becky Gibbons of the New York State Police.
In addition, Adam R. Flick, 18, of Akron Street, was charged with making a false written statement, a misdemeanor, for denying his involvement during the investigation, Gibbons said.
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CRIME: Federal charges for three Falls men
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FALLS COPS: Pine Avenue death is not a homicide
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POLICE REPORTS: March 18, 2010
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NIAGARA FALLS: Police, ATF pick up gang members
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BLOTTER: Police reports published March 17
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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
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BLOTTER: Police reports published March 16
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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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