Lockport

Arrested mom left baby at home

A 3-month-old baby girl was removed from a Locust Street home early Sunday morning after her mother was arrested during a traffic stop.

Lockport police said Carly L. Haseley, 26, 224 Locust St., was arrested at 1:45 a.m. on South Transit and charged with criminal possession of a hypodermic needle and third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation. A passenger in the car, Shavale T. Ewing, 22, 180 Lincoln Ave., Rochester, was charged with criminal possession of a hypodermic needle and fifth-degree possession of a controlled substance.

During the traffic stop, police found a syringe containing a clear liquid, two more syringes in the center console and a knife with black residue on the blade. While booking, police found an off-white rocky substance in a baggie located in Ewing’s rectum. It field-tested positive for cocaine.

During the booking process, Haseley said she had a 3-month-old daughter at home with the baby’s father. She told police Card was a heroin addict, was intoxicated and alone with the child, the report said.

When police arrived at the home, police found several hypodermic needles in plain view in the apartment, some containing heroin residue. Michael L Card, 27, 224 Locust St., was arrested and charged with criminal possession of a hypodermic needle, seventh-degree possession of a controlled substance and endangering the welfare of a child.

The baby was turned over her grandparents and Children’s Protective Service was contacted. Further charges are pending.



Niagara Falls

• VANDALISM: Police are looking for a suspect who vandalized a motel room in the 7600 block of Niagara Falls Boulevard. The vandalism reportedly took place between 10:40 p.m. Saturday and 11:30 a.m. Sunday. The suspect is accused of damaging a bed, a lamp shade and a window.

• ARREST: A Falls man was arrested after he created a disturbance outside a tavern in the 200 block of Ferry Avenue. Keith A. Myles Jr., 23, 1348 Ashland Ave., was charged with disorderly conduct. Police said Myles refused repeated requests to leave the area at 2:47 a.m. Sunday and swore and alarmed other people on the street.

• ARREST: A Falls man was arrested on drunken driving and other charges. Shawn Charles Pryor, 37, 413 Sixth St., Apt. 1, was charged with driving while intoxicated, speeding, reckless driving and failure to signal turn. Officers said Pryor sped out of a parking lot in the 500 block of Third Street at 3:10 a.m., almost hitting another car. He then sped, drove recklessly and made repeated turns without signaling until he was stopped in the 900 block of Cedar Avenue. Pryor failed several field sobriety tests, but refused to take a Breathalyzer test, telling police, “I’m drunk.”

• ARREST: A Falls woman was arrested after she interfered with police as they tried to arrest a suspect on an outstanding warrant. Tia Thomas, 33, 2738 Welch Ave., was charged with second-degree obstructing governmental administration and third-degree hindering prosecution. Police said Thomas allowed a warrant suspect to hide and then escape from her home at 2 a.m. Sunday.

• ARREST: A Staten Island man was arrested at the Rainbow Bridge at 11:38 p.m. Saturday. William B. LaFlower, 41, 171 Mayberry Promanade, was charged with a parole violation.

n ARREST: A Falls man was arrested after he was engaged in a fight with two women in the 400 block of 10th Street at 8:10 p.m. Saturday. David G. Grimaldi, 42, 427 10th St. Apt. 1, was charged with disorderly conduct. Police said two woman fought with Grimaldi after they caught him “peeping” in their front window.

• ROBBERY: Officers are looking into a robbery in the 700 block of Main Street. A 26-year-old woman told police she was making a bank deposit drop at 5:15 p.m. Saturday when she was approached by a man who grabbed her purse and threatened her with a large knife. The suspect then made his getaway in a red car.

Wheatfield

• CHARGED: Alexander T. Skupien, 18, 1459 Forbes St., North Tonawanda, was charged Sunday with fifth-degree criminal possession of marijuana, no seat belt, operating an unregistered motor vehicle and excessively tinted windows. Niagara County Sheriff’s deputies made a traffic stop at 2:10 a.m. on Luther Street for a tint violation. According to the report, there was a strong odor of marihuana and deputies saw ashes on the lap of Skupien. Skupien reached in his center console and handed patrol a plastic sandwich baggie with green leafy vegetable type matter in it. It weighed more than 25 grams and field-tested positive for marijuana. According to the report, Skupien said, “I just got that from Niagara Falls, for a concert me and my buddies are going to. It cost me 200 buckaroos. Any chance of letting bygones be bygones, and you giving it back?” He was placed under arrest and given and appearance ticket for a Feb. 23 court date.