BLOTTER: Police reports published May 24

Staff Reports

GASPORT

Man treated after shooting himself in foot

A 71-year-old Gasport man is recovering after accidentally shooting himself in the foot Thursday afternoon.

Charles Wilkinson told sheriff’s deputies he was cleaning his Colt .25 handgun at his Seaman Road home when he accidentally shot himself in the left foot.

Wilkinson said he was removing the magazine and racked the gun two or three times to clear the chamber. He then cleaned the gun and oiled it while sitting in his recliner, leaning back in the chair, the report said.

When he finished cleaning and oiling the gun, he said he pulled the trigger back to make sure the gun would work properly

He told deputies a cartridge must have been stuck in the chamber and the gun fired while it was pointing at his left foot.

Wilkinson drove himself to Inter-Community Memorial Hospital. Deputies responded to the hospital to interview him and determined the incident was indeed an accident.

Niagara Falls

• ARREST: A Falls man was arrested after creating a disturbance at a Hyde Park festival. Derek L. Kelly, 18, 10 E Center Court, was charged with disorderly conduct. Police said Kelly was yelling, swearing and causing a disturbance at the festival at 5:55 p.m. Friday.

• ARREST: A Falls man was arrested after threatening another man with a sledgehammer. Mason M. Smith, 17, 413 Elmwood Ave., was charged with second-degree menacing. A 19-year-old man told officers he had broke up a fight between Mason and a younger boy at 5 p.m. Friday in the 700 block of Augustus Place, when Mason swung a sledgehammer at him several times.

• ARREST: A Falls woman was arrested after a shoplifting incident. Gina Roxanne Miller, 42, 424 Cedar Ave., was charged with petit larceny. Employees at the A. J. Wright store in the 7400 block of Niagara Falls Boulevard told police they caught Miller leaving the store at 4 p.m. Friday with $151 in merchandise she had not paid for. The merchandise included shirts, pants and sandals.

• BURGLARY: Police are investigating a burglary in the 1500 block of Niagara Street. A man told officers that sometime between 6:30 a.m. and 3:45 p.m. Friday someone broke into his home by breaking through a back door. The victim said two shotguns and a PlayStation2 game system were taken.

• THEFT: Officers are looking into a car break-in in the area of the New York State Park. A 49-year-old Vermont tourist told police that sometime between 11 a.m. and 12:50 p.m. someone broke into his car by smashing the passenger-side window. Among the items taken, the victim said, were a cello, a laptop computer, a Palm Pilot and clothing.

Town of Lockport

• SHOPLIFTING: Todd A. Biro, 41, 3119 Portland St., Niagara Falls, and Michael A. Quarcini, 34, 1622 Eighth St., Niagara Falls, were each charged Thursday morning with petit larceny. An employee of Wal-Mart on South Transit Road reportedly saw Quarcini leaving through the shopping cart entrance of the store and get into a car parked in a handicapped spot. Another employee reportedly saw Biro leave through the front doors, setting off the sensor, and get into the same car. The car left the parking lot, and the employees gave the license plate number to store security. Deputies stopped the car on Lockport Road. Inside, they reportedly found several items belonging to Wal-Mart. The items, including several perfume bottles, are worth $451.97, the report said.

Town of Lockport

• SHOPLIFTING: Todd A. Biro, 41, 3119 Portland St., Niagara Falls, and Michael A. Quarcini, 34, 1622 Eighth St., Niagara Falls, were each charged Thursday morning with petit larceny. An employee of Wal-Mart on South Transit Road reportedly saw Quarcini leaving through the shopping cart entrance of the store and get into a car parked in a handicapped spot. Another employee reportedly saw Biro leave through the front doors, setting off the sensor, and get into the same car. The car left the parking lot, and the employees gave the license plate number to store security. Deputies stopped the car on Lockport Road. Inside, they reportedly found several items belonging to Wal-Mart. The items, including several perfume bottles, are worth $451.97, the report said.

Barker

• BURGLARY: A Lake Road woman reported Friday morning that sometime in the past week, someone entered her garage and stole a circular saw, an angle drill and a coil of electrical wire. The items are worth $700.