NIAGARA FALLS

Three suspects sought in Welch Avenue robbery

Police are hunting for three suspect in a Welch Avenue home invasion robbery.

Officers were called to a home in the 2400 block at 12:55 a.m. Sunday and told that three men had come in to the home and robbed eight people inside.

An 18-year-old man told police he had called another man to come over to buy a quarter pound of marijuana from him and when the suspect showed up, he had two other men with him. One of the suspects then pulled out and gun and pistol-whipped the 18-year-old, knocking him unconscious.

The victim said when he awoke, the suspects were gone and had taken his marijuana. Other people in the home told police they were forced to the ground at gunpoint and had their cell phones, purses and cash taken.

The suspects also took a PlayStation game system and two video games.



Cops collar naked man in attack on woman

A Falls man faces multiple charges after fighting with police who were answering a domestic violence call.

Anthony Mastrobuoni, 45, 585 87th St., was charged with third-degree menacing, second-degree obstructing governmental administration and resisting arrest.

Officers said they responded to a domestic violence call at 10:25 p.m. Saturday and saw a woman standing in the middle of 87th Street and a naked man running away from her. Police said the man, later identified as Mastrobuoni, ran back into his home and locked the door.

The victim told police Mastrobuoni had thrown objects at her and threatened her.

Officers tried to get Mastrobuoni to open the door to his house but when he told them he would open the door after he “got his little friend,” they broke the door down and tackled them.

Mastrobuoni then fought with officers before finally being taken into custody.



Niagara Falls

• INVESTIGATION: Police are investigating the discovery of three spent gun shell casings in the 500 block of Sixth Street. A resident told officers she saw the casings in some snow around 3:41 p.m. Sunday. Neighbors said they had not heard any shots fired in the area recently.

• ARREST: A Falls man was arrested after shoplifting incidents at two stores on Niagara Falls Boulevard on Sunday afternoon. Michael J. Sneed, 56, 2318 21st St., was charged with two counts of petit larceny. Officers said Sneed hid over $500 worth of merchandise from the stores in his wheelchair and left the stores without paying for the items.

• ASSAULT: Officers are looking into an assault in the 1300 block of Linwood Avenue. A 53-year-old man told police he tried to break up a fight between two other men at 12:10 a.m. Sunday when one of the two men punched him and bit him in the face.

• ARREST: A Falls man was arrested after he punched another man and then fought with police. Antoine Hill, 31, 1658 Niagara Ave., Apt. 1, was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. Police said they were dispersing a large crowd in the 400 block of 25th Street at 3:15 a.m. Sunday when Hill ran up and punched another man in the back of the head. Hill then fought with police as they tried to arrest him.

• ARREST: A Falls man was arrested after creating a disturbance in the 200 block of Ferry Avenue. Maurice Stovall, 35, 2914 23rd St., was charged with disorderly conduct. Officers said Stovall repeatedly refused to leave the area at 1:30 a.m. Sunday after he had been kicked out of a bar.

• ASSAULT: Police are investigating an assault in the 2400 block of Ontario Avenue. A 21-year-old man told officers he was visiting a friend when three suspects came into the home at 10:38 p.m. Saturday and attacked him. The victim said he was repeatedly punched and kicked.

• ARREST: A Falls teen was arrested on a drug charge. Javon Hilson, 17, 1022 Ashland Ave., was charged with fifth-degree criminal possession of marijuana. Officers said they stopped Hilson at 9:15 p.m. Saturday because he was walking in the middle of the street in the area of Michigan Avenue and 18th Street. Hilson had 25 grams of marijuana, packaged for sale in his possession at that time.