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Niagara Falls
• CHARGED: Jeremy Q. Brown, 24, 1422 Robinson Court, was charged with aggravated DWI and leaving the scene of an accident about 1 a.m. Wednesday, according to Falls police. A witness told police he was parked at a Highland Avenue social club when Brown drove into his car and then took off. The witness followed him and pulled in front of him at one point, stopping him till police arrived. Brown failed multiple field sobriety tests and a Datamaster test registered his blood alcohol content at 0.20 percent.
• DRUGS: Holli N. Johnson, 36, 695 B St., Niagara Falls, was charged Wednesday with criminal possession of a controlled substance and failure to wear a seat belt, according to Niagara County Sheriff’s deputies. Johnson was stopped on Niagara Falls Boulevard for the traffic violation and deputies said she admitted to having two pills in her possession.
• VANDALISM: A 70th Street property owner called police Wednesday after finding someone had smeared feces on a living room wall, stuck a carving knife into a kitchen cabinet and broke four panes of glass in a garage at a vacant residence. The owner told police she suspected former tenants who she had recently evicted.
• THEFT: A 58-year-old Pierce Avenue man told police he had just received his monthly check and had placed $531 in his wallet and left it on a kitchen table Wednesday when a man he knows grabbed the wallet and ran off. The victim chased the suspect for a while but couldn’t catch him.
• THEFT: A Virginia woman told police while she was a guest at a Third Street hotel someone rifled through her belongings Tuesday while she was away at a conference and took a $500 tennis bracelet.
• THEFT: A 10th Street teen told police Wednesday that sometime since Sunday someone entered his mother’s house on Ferry Avenue and took an Xbox 360 and Playstation 2 video game systems and a DVD player. The estimated loss is $450. Police noted the youth’s mother was home during the timeframe.
Pendleton
• LARCENY: A Bear Ridge Road man told sheriff’s deputies Wednesday that someone stole a $394.76 generator from his front yard. Deputies said they checked the area but didn’t locate a suspect.
Wheatfield
• LARCENY: An employee at Kimmins Coffee told deputies Tuesday someone stole two toolboxes worth $1,500 from his van while he was working.
Crime
BLOTTER: Police reports published Sept. 2
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Woman reportedly swept over Horseshoe Falls
Niagara Regional Police cruisers swarmed Table Rock just past 4 p.m. Sunday after getting reports of a woman going over the Horseshoe Falls.
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Robber runs into wrong clerk in Wheatfield
Niagara County Sheriff’s deputies were called to a River Road convenience store Saturday night for an attempted robbery.
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BLOTTER: Police reports published Feb. 13
Police responded to a burglary on the 6800 of Plaza Drive about 8 p.m. Friday.
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BLOTTER: Police reports published Feb. 12
Police are searching for a man who attempted to identify himself as a law enforcement officer in hopes of getting a security job.
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State senator, wife beaten at Seneca Niagara Casino
A state senator and his wife were attacked and beaten and a casino “shareholder” was arrested after one or more incidents at the Seneca Niagara Casino Friday night.
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BLOTTER: Suspects sought in rash of robberies
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Child run over be car on Niagara Avenue
Falls Traffic Division investigators said an 11-year-old boy was struck after he darted into the street, in front of a car as it pulled away from a stop sign.
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Autopsy unable to determine cause or time of Judith Burr’s death
An autopsy by an Erie County Medical Examiner has failed to determine either the time of death or the cause of death of Judith Burr.
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BLOTTER: Police reports published Feb. 10
The owner of a bar on the 9700 block of Porter Road called Niagara County Sheriff’s deputies Thursday afternoon to get a car towed that had been sitting in the business’ lot for a week.
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Search continues for Falls jumper
State Park Police were still searching Thursday for a Falls man who jumped from the rapids bridge at Goat Island on Wednesday morning.
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