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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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