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.
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BLOTTER: Police reports published June 20
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Falls ceremony honors fallen military, veterans
With the weather fully cooperating, the Niagara Falls Veterans Memorial Commission got a chance to showcase its new creation in Hyde Park Saturday.
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Man presumed drowned in Niagara River
Emergency crews called off a search in the lower Niagara River for a person who was swept away by the water Saturday afternoon.
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California tourists robbed at gunpoint in Falls
Falls police are investigating a report of armed robbery from a parking lot in the 100 block of Niagara Street Saturday.
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Buy local resolution seems familiar to city officials
The city council will vote on a resolution that will encourage the city to do more business with local companies.
Council member Glenn Choolokian will introduce the resolution “relative to promoting city purchasing activities for local businesses in the city of Niagara Falls,” with the support of council Chairman Sam Fruscione and council member Robert Anderson at next week’s meeting. -
Second suspect pleads in shooting death of NU student
All Cordero Gibson could do as he stood in a Niagara County courtoom on Friday morning was weep.
The 23-year-old Falls man was pleading guilty to his role a in robbery gone bad that had left a Niagara University student dead. Because he didn't fire the shot that killed Brandon Johnson, Gibson dodged the bullet of a murder conviction.
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SLIDESHOW: Memorial Day events in the Falls
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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