Niagara Falls
• ARREST: A Falls man was arrested on drug and drunken driving charges. Ricardo Johnson, 39, 1889 Ontario Ave., was charged with driving while intoxicated, two counts of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and consumption of an alcoholic beverage in a motor vehicle. Police said they found Johnson slumped over in his car about 3:15 a.m. Friday while it was idling in the 2100 block of 22nd Street. In addition, cops found a cup of gin and Squirt, officers said he was also clutching two sets of baggies containing crack cocaine.
Wheatfield
• VEHICLE FIRE: A Lockport Road man reported Wednesday that he parked his 1960’s-era John Deere tractor in his barn about 3 p.m. About 9:30 p.m., a passerby told the man there was smoke coming from inside the barn. He went to the barn and discovered the tractor was on fire. Sanborn Fire personnel responded and put out the blaze. The extent of damage is unknown, but the tractor is worth about $12,000, the report said.
City of Lockport
• LARCENY: Benjamin D. Stump, 18, 193 Washburn St., Apt. 2, was charged Thursday morning with petit larceny and second-degree harassment. Stump allegedly stole a bottle of Adderall from the medicine cabinet at a home on South Street on May 12. On June 24, he allegedly approached a juvenile boy, called him a “snitch” and spit on his shoulder. Stump was held without bail.
• LARCENY: Sharon R. Park, 54, 119 Genesee St., Apt. 3, was charged Thursday afternoon with petit larceny. Park allegedly tried to steal two six-packs of Pepsi from Wilson Farms on South Transit Street. She was released on her own recognizance and is due Monday in Lockport City Court.
• BURGLARY: Anthony L. Mitchell, 34, 311 Market St., was charged Thursday with second-degree burglary, petit larceny, unlawful possession of marijuana and seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. A Park Place woman told police she was in the bath May 30 when she heard someone going through her desk. She called out to see who it was, and heard a man say, “It’s me.” The woman said she recognized the voice as Mitchell, her ex-boyfriend. Mitchell allegedly told the woman he wanted his cell phone. The woman said she came downstairs and saw her belongings scattered about in the kitchen. She said $21 was missing from her purse. Mitchell was arrested Thursday and held without bail. During his arrest, officers reportedly found suspected marijuana and cocaine on him. He is due Tuesday in Lockport City Court.
• HARASSMENT: Caitlyn J. Yarger, 22, 6479 Hope Lane, was charged Friday morning with second-degree aggravated harassment. Yarger allegedly left several threatening phone and text messages for a North Transit Street woman. Yarger allegedly accused the woman of stealing $30 from her and threatened to beat her up and damage her car. She is due Monday in Lockport City Court.
• VANDALISM: Mark T. Buonanno, 19, 215 Continental Drive, and Andrew C. Ventura, 19, 51 Lindhurst St., were each charged Friday morning with second-degree criminal mischief and trespass. Buonanno and Ventura allegedly vandalized a car on Roosevelt Drive, smashing out the rear widows and spray-painting both the car and a camper. Damage was estimated at $3,050.
Town of Lockport
• SHOPLIFTING: Katelyn Marie Wagner, 17, 4332 Sunset Drive, and Laura Fabbiano, 16, 6164 Old Beattie Road, were each charged Wednesday with petit larceny. Wagner and allegedly took two shirts, worth $26, from Wal-Mart on South Transit Road and left without paying. Fabbiano allegedly took one shirt, worth $13. Sheriff’s deputies, who were already at the store due to an unrelated shoplifting incident, assisted store employees with stopping the teens in the parking lot of Heinrich Chevrolet, the report said. Wagner and Fabbiano were released to their parents and are due July 22 in Lockport Town Court.
• SHOPLIFTING: Thomas J. Dickerson, 17, 6438 Tonawanda Creek Road, and Aaron M. Page, 18, 6188 Old Beattie Road, were each charged Thursday with petit larceny. Deputies responded to Tops on South Transit Road for a shoplifting report. As they were pulling up, they reportedly saw two white male suspects running south through the parking lot. Deputies reported found Page at Snyder and Hamm Roads. Another deputy stopped Dickerson’s car in the area and brought him back to the store, where employees identified both suspects, the report said. The teens allegedly stole two submarine sandwiches, worth $15.09, from the store.
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BLOTTER: Police reports published July 12
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