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Drowning victim identified
The Niagara County Sheriff’s Office has identified the Rochester man who drowned Thursday afternoon in Lake Ontario, near the Olcott Harbor.
Michael J. Steger, 36, was pronounced dead at the scene. He was fishing with two friends, when he decided to go swimming off the boat. He had difficulty swimming, and one of the other two men jumped from the boat in an attempt to rescue him.
His friends got him back on board the 22-foot boat. They began CPR and rushed him back to the Olcott Harbor. Once back on shore, fire personnel took over the resuscitation efforts, but to no avail.
Niagara Falls
• ARREST: A Buffalo woman was arrested after a robbery at 2 p.m. Friday at a store in the 700 block of Builders Way. Beth Gardner, 29, 12 Hertel Ave., was charged with third-degree robbery. Gardner is accused of taking a tool set from the store without paying for it and fighting with a security guard who tried to stop her.
• ARREST: A Falls woman was arrested after she left her three young children alone in a car with the engine running. Suzette Nicosia, 38, 624 Buffalo Ave., was charged with endangering the welfare of a child. Police said she left children aged 2, 7 and 8 years alone in a running car in the 1000 block of 11th Street at 12:15 p.m. Friday.
• ARRESTS: Two people were arrested after they broke into a closed hotel in the 400 block of Buffalo Avenue. Edward J. Julias, 22, of Niagara Falls and Alicia LeGace, 20, 4243 Northridge Road, Lockport, were each charged with third-degree criminal trespass and third-degree criminal mischief. Police said they went to the hotel at 10 a.m. Friday after repeated burglar alarm activations and found Julias and LeGace inside the building. Officers said it appeared the pair forced open a door to get inside.
• BURGLARY: Police are investigating a burglary in the 1700 block of Whitney Avenue. A 31-year-old woman told officers sometime between 10 a.m. Tuesday and 10 a.m. Friday someone broke into her home by breaking a lock on a rear door. The victim said a TV, a Blu-ray surround-sound system and 50 DVDs were taken.
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