Niagara Falls
• HARASSMENT: A Falls teen has filed a complaint against a 46-year-old man in connection with an incident that took place in the 900 block of 72st. Street on Wednesday afternoon. The young boy told officers the man threatened to “break his arm the next time he saw him” because he believes the victim is selling pot to his daughter.
• THEFT: Police are investigating a theft from a hotel room in the 300 block of Third Street. A 38-year-old West Virginia man told officers sometime between 6 and 10 p.m. Saturday, someone entered his room and took a Blackberry, its charger and carrying case.
• ARREST: A Lewiston man was arrested on an indecent exposure charge. Kenneth A. Dougherty, 23, 1992 Mount Hope Road, was charged with exposure of a person. Police said they saw Dougherty urinating in a public parking lot in the 400 block of Third Street at 1:26 a.m. Sunday.
• BURGLARY: Officers are looking into a burglary in the 1500 block of Pierce Avenue. A 57-year-old woman told police sometime between 8 a.m. Sunday and noon Wednesday, someone broke into her home by breaking a front window and crawling in. The victim said PlayStation2 and PlayStation3 game systems, along with some video games, were taken.
• HARASSMENT: Police are investigating a harassment incident in Jordan Gardens. A 23-year-old woman told officers that four female suspects, “with Crips bandanas over their faces,” came to her apartment and told her to come out and fight. After threatening the victim, the suspects then left.
• BURGLARY: Officers are looking into a burglary in the 2800 block of Lewiston Road. A 63-year-old man told police sometime between noon Sunday and 8 a.m. Tuesday, someone broke into his shed by prying locks off a door. The victim said $5,700 worth of fishing equipment was taken.
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SLIDESHOW: Memorial Day Weekend 2012
Niagara Falls celebrates Memorial Day Weekend activities on Saturday with a parade on Pine Avenue, a memorial service and viewing of the new Veterans Memorial at Hyde Park, a concert series on Old Falls Street and free boat safety inspections by the Niagara County Sheriff Department Marine Division at the City of Niagara Falls Boat Docks on Buffalo Avenue.
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Legislation protecting Falls air base units moves forward
The effort to protect jobs at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station got a boost from a committee in Washington, D.C. on Thursday.
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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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Davis will not seek Murphy removal
Lawyers for accused killer Matthew “Bones” Davis say their client will not ask to have Niagara County Court Judge Matthew J. Murphy III removed from his case.
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Labor group laments economic development efforts
Economic development in New York state has become a joke to some in the area. And many of them are demanding changes to a process which spends approximately $3 billion a year.
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Repaving work on Old Military Road rises to $790K
Sometimes a change is good. Sometimes a change is bad. For the Town of Lewiston, a change can be pretty costly.
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Fifth-grader presents list of 400 names asking for new playground
A 10-year-old boy carrying a petition containing more than 400 signatures asked members of the Niagara Falls School Board on Thursday to consider building a new playground at his school.
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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.
- Sense of resignation on AES pact
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Marching to the new veterans memorial
It's the unofficial beginning of summer.
Memorial Day may mean cookouts with hot dogs and hamburgers, a trip on the river in a boat or simply a day off from work Monday.
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