Local News
BLOTTER: Police reports published June 20
Niagara Falls
- ARREST: Brenda A. Stevens, already an inmate at Niagara County Jail, was charged with two counts of second-degree harassment Thursday after she threatened police and spat on one of the officers. Stevens, 44, 901 Cedar Ave., was being picked up by Falls police for a city court appearance when she became uncooperative and began yelling at officers. She then threatened to hit officers with her leg irons and started striking her head on a Plexiglas window inside the county jailhouse. While being put inside the transport van, Stevens spat on an officer and then started kicking the vehicle’s doors and screaming, police said. She also banged her head against the inside of the van. Stevens suffered two small cuts on the top of her head.
- FIRE: Police are investigating a possible arson Thursday morning on Weston Avenue. A neighbor reported smoke coming from the back of the vacant structure at 1642 Weston Ave. shortly after 5 a.m. Investigators said there were multiple points of origin with an odor of flammable liquid. A damage estimate was not available.
- ATTEMPTED LARCENY: A Weston Avenue man told police he caught two men trying to steal aluminum gutters from his garage Thursday afternoon. The man said he was inside the garage at 3:45 p.m. and heard noises coming from the roof. He then caught one of the men trying to rip down the gutters. The two suspects fled the area, but were later picked up by police and identified. The homeowner declined to press charges.
City of Lockport
- BURGLARY: Charles D. McMillan, 38, 3637 Ransomville Road, Apt. 2, Ransomville, was charged Wednesday morning with second-degree burglary, second-degree criminal trespass and second-degree criminal contempt. McMillan is accused of breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s Erie Street apartment June 10 by climbing a ladder and entering through a window. The woman told police she woke up to find McMillan kneeling next to her bed. When she told him to leave, he went out the back door. The woman has an order of protection against McMillan. He was held without bail.
- HARASSMENT: Toni B. Crenshaw, 16, 287 South St., Apt. 3, was charged Wednesday with second-degree harassment. Crenshaw is accused of yelling obscenities and pushing a woman in her apartment building. She also threatened to kill the woman, police said.
Newfane
- LARCENY: A North Chili man reported Tuesday that overnight, someone stole 500 pounds of brass valves that were stored in an apple bin on his property on Ketchum Avenue. A chain had been cut on the fence around the property, the report said. The brass valves are worth about $935.
- Local News
-
-
NIAGARA FALLS: City joins forces with agencies in war against street gangs
Niagara Falls police threw down the gauntlet to the city’s feuding street gangs on Friday, announcing they will beef up the Roving Anti-Crime Unit and begin charging city “ganstas” with federal crimes that carry stiff prison terms.
-
COPS NOTEBOOK: Sorting the Boyz in Blue
I know Falls Mayor Paul Dyster was trying to talk tough and be “street” at Friday’s news conference on the gang violence that has plagued the city for the past couple of months.
-
OFFICIALS: Beware of census scams
Residents are encouraged to fill out local census forms to ensure the area receives vital federal resources, but officials are warning people to make sure those forms are on the up-and-up.
-
NIAGARA FALLS: Census push hits city
The City of Niagara Falls has a lot riding on the outcome of the 2010 U.S. Census.
-
FALLS SCHOOLS: Court ruling disputed
The Niagara Falls School District is appealing a key court decision rendered earlier this month in the case of an employee fired for violating its residency policy.
-
NIAGARA FALLS: Legislation would benefit Memorial
Proposed legislation authored by Assemblywoman Francine DelMonte, D-Lewiston, would amend inpatient reimbursement rates for eight community hospitals negatively impacted by the Medicaid rebasing reforms in December.
-
LEW-PORT: School Board flops on election policy
Members rescind new guidelines for public referendums.
-
U.S. CENSUS: Officials warn of mail scams
Congress urges residents to fill out forms, but look out for phony mailings.
-
BUST: Police hit Niagara 'gang house'
'Person of interest' in Kemp homicide found in trailer park
- CRIME: Shootings stagger Highland Avenue
- More Local News Headlines
-
