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BLOTTER: Police reports published Nov. 21
Niagara Falls
• THEFT: Police are investigating a car break-in in the 600 block of 22nd Street. A 44-year-old woman told officers that sometime between 6:50 and 7 a.m. Tuesday, someone broke into her 1993 Cadillac Seville by smashing a passenger-side window. The victim said a stereo system and satellite radio were taken.
Wheatfield
• VANDALISM: An employee at Big Bobs Flooring on Commerce Court reported Tuesday that in the past week, someone damaged a window on the south side of the building. The damage is estimated at $500.
• LARCENY: A Jennifer Court man told deputies Sunday that overnight, someone entered his unlocked minivan, which was parked in his driveway, and stole a Sony Explode car stereo worth $150.
Olcott
• LARCENY: An employee at Time Out II on East Main Street told deputies Thursday that someone removed an M&M; vending machine from the bar. The machine contained candy and an undetermined amount of change.
Somerset
• BURGLARY: A Lake Road man told deputies Sunday that overnight, someone entered his garage through an unlocked door and stole a Stihl chainsaw worth $700.
Barker
• VANDALISM: A Cumberland Street, Baltimore man told deputies he was driving a tractor-trailer on Quaker Road when an unknown object struck his windshield. Deputies investigated and found a golf club had been thrown from a passing vehicle, striking the windshield. The other vehicle was described as a white car with its bright headlights on. No injuries were reported, but the damage to the windshield was $400.
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