Niagara Falls
• ARREST: A Los Angeles man was arrested on weapons charges at the Rainbow Bridge. Jay Roger Sloan, 64, 4150 W. 60th St., was charged with fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon. Sloan was stopped by Customs and Border Protection officers as he tried to cross the bridge from Canada into the United States. Sloan had a .38-caliber handgun and ammunition in his possession.
• INCIDENT: Police are investigating a shooting incident at a church in the 1700 block of Tennessee Avenue. Church members told officers that sometime between 3 p.m. Sunday and 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, someone shot pellets from a BB gun through three windows of the sanctuary.
City of Tonawanda
• RECKLESS DRIVING: Michael D. Wright, 30, 151 Buffalo Ave., Niagara Falls, was charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle, reckless driving, second-degree menacing, fourth-degree possession of a weapon and endangering the welfare of a child after being stopped by police on Monday. He is being held in lieu of $250 bail.
Wilson
• FORGERY: Janice Mills, 46, of Wilson, was charged Monday night with third-degree possession of a forged instrument. Mills was arrested in Clarence after an investigation that began May 5. She was released on an appearance ticket.
Porter
• BURGLARY: A Brentwood Drive, Youngstown, man told deputies sometime in the past three months, someone broke into a storage unit he rents on Blairville Road and stole a dirt bike and an oxygen tank used for welding. The items are worth about $1,250, the report said. Deputies reportedly found a portion of the exterior fence around the storage facility had been cut open. The man said some other boxes were taken, but he does not know what was inside them, the report said.
City of Lockport
• HARASSMENT: Roy R. Hamilton, 46, 6584 Dysinger Road, Apt. 16, was charged Tuesday morning with second-degree harassment. A Sunnyside Street woman reportedly told police Hamilton has been following her around, calling her on the phone and threatening her life. Hamilton turned himself in after learning of the complaint, the report said. He is due today in Lockport City Court.
Crime
BLOTTER: Police reports published May 20
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Man presumed drowned in Niagara River
Emergency crews called off a search in the lower Niagara River for a person who was swept away by the water Saturday afternoon.
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California tourists robbed at gunpoint in Falls
Falls police are investigating a report of armed robbery from a parking lot in the 100 block of Niagara Street Saturday.
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BLOTTER: Police reports published May 27
Police are investigating a reported theft in the 400 block of 20th Street.
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FIRE CALLS: Niagara Falls fire reports published May 26
For the period of May 14 to 20 the Niagara Falls Fire Department responded to 129 calls. The total number of service calls for 2012 to date is 2,213.
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BLOTTER: Police reports published May 26
Police are investigating a robbery in the 1100 block of Walnut Avenue.
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Korean student robbed at gunpoint in Falls
Detectives are investigating the robbery of a 25-year-old woman Wednesday night in front of a motel in the 400 block of Main Street.
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Bomb threat leads to arrest at NT school
A North Tonawanda teen was arrested Thursday morning for sending a one-sentence bomb threat to the computer of a fellow high school student, resulting in a brief lockdown of the school.
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BLOTTER: Police reports published May 25
Police are investigating a burglary in the 400 block of 24th Street.
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Fugitive in meth case caught
Moments after Falls police narcotics detectives and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents uncovered a clandestine meth lab in the city's Echota neightborhood, their prime suspect sent a cryptic text message to Detective Joe Palmero.
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BLOTTER: Police reports published May 24
A Youngstown woman was arrested after a domestic incident in the 200 block of 61st Street at 4:45 a.m. Tuesday.
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