BLOTTER: Police reports published Dec. 16

Staff Reports

NORTH TONAWANDA

Robbers lure men with sex

A man and his girlfriend were arrested Monday for luring men to their North Tonawanda home for sex using a phone dating service, then robbing them.

North Tonawanda Police Capt. William Hall said at least three men responded to a posting on Quest, in which Melissa J. Moeller, 24, would lure the men to her 113 Center Ave., lower, apartment before her boyfriend Gerald J. Guercio, 29, would jump them.

“She was luring the guys over for either a lingerie dance or sex, and after they show up he would show up and kick them out of the house and in the process the money would turn up missing,” Hall said.

The two were arrested based on the most recent incident Dec. 13, in which Hall said a 36-year-old Ransomville man was threatened with a knife by Guerico, then robbed. The first incident police are aware of happened Dec. 10.

Moeller is charged with first-degree robbery and Guerico with first-degree robbery, criminal possession of a weapon and menacing.

Hall said the investigation is continuing and police hope other men who may have been involved will come forward with additional details.

Though Hall said the couple has a child together and that three other children reside at the address, none were home when the alleged incidents occurred.



Niagara Falls

• BURGLARY: Police are investigating a burglary in Centre Court. A 35-year-old woman told officers sometime between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. Tuesday someone broke into her apartment by smashing a side window. The victim said a TV and $174 was taken.

• BURGLARY: Officers are looking into a burglary in Jordan Gardens. A 21-year-old woman told police sometime between 10 a.m. and 1:45 p.m. Tuesday someone broke into her apartment by throwing a brick through a window. The victim said the burglars unwrapped Christmas presents and stole clothing for a 2-year-old child. She said a lock box, a gold necklace, a purse and toiletries were also taken.

• BURGLARY: Police are investigating a burglary in the 1400 block of 17th Street. A 25-year-old woman told officers sometime between 8:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Tuesday someone broke into her home by throwing a rock through a window. The victim said an X-box game system, a PlayStation3 games system, some hats and $1,000 was taken.

• BURGLARY: Officers are looking into a burglary in the 400 block of 18th Street. A 30-year-old woman told police sometime between 9 a.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Tuesday someone entered her home by an unknown means. The victim said three diamond rings and some prescription medication was taken.

• THEFT: Police are investigating a theft from a home in the 400 block of 24th Street. A 41-year-old woman told officers sometime between 7 and 9 p.m. Friday someone took 30 bundles of roofing shingles that had been left by the side of her house.

• ARREST: A Falls man was arrested on weapons and other charges. Eddie A. Robinson II, 18, 517 Seventh St., was charged with fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, second-degree obstructing governmental administration and resisting arrest. Officers said they responded to a call of a man with a gun in the 500 block of Eighth Street, near Ferry Avenue, at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. When police arrived in the area, they spotted Robinson, who matched the description of the man with the gun, and attempted to stop him. Robinson ran from the officers and was observed throwing a handgun into the back yard of a home in the 500 block of Ninth Street. Robinson was eventually taken into custody and officers recovered a fully loaded Smith & Wesson 357 revolver with .38-caliber rounds in it. Officers also found .22-caliber ammunition in Robinson’s pants pocket.

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