Niagara Falls
• BURGLARY: Police are investigating a burglary in the 1000 block of Niagara Avenue. A 32-year-old man told officers that sometime between 4 and 4:15 a.m. Friday someone broke into his apartment by crawling through a window. The victim said some prescription medication and $60 was taken.
Pendleton
• BURGLARY: An employee at Good Shepherd Church on Tonawanda Creek Road reported Thursday that someone entered the building and stole wine, candy and baskets from a classroom at the church school, adjacent to the main church. The items are worth $95, the report said.
City of Lockport
• VANDALISM: An Irving Street man reported Thursday morning that sometime overnight, someone threw a burrito on his van, which was parked in his driveway. The van sustained no damage, the report said.
• HARASSMENT: Paul M. Ressler, 41, 8035 Roll Road, East Amherst, was charged Thursday with second-degree harassment and first-degree criminal contempt. Ressler allegedly called a woman in violation of an order of protection. He allegedly threatened her, saying, “I have a gun. I know where you live.” Ressler was held without bail and is due Monday in Lockport City Court.
• DRUGS: Justin E. Bullard, 28, 210 Locust St., Apt. 3, was charged Friday with unlawful possession of marijuana, jaywalking and a bicycle equipment violation after he allegedly failed to use the sidewalk and had no light on his bike while on Locust Street. During a search, officers reportedly found a baggie full of suspected marijuana. Bullard was released on his own recognizance and is due Aug. 5 in Lockport City Court.
Newfane
• LARCENY: A purse belonging to a West Somerset Road woman was found near Krull Park in Olcott on Tuesday. The woman told deputies she believed the purse had been stolen when she left it in her car while she ran into Kenyon’s on Lockport-Olcott Road. When the purse was found, the woman’s credit cards and $362 in cash were missing, the report said.
• ID THEFT: A William Street woman reported Wednesday that someone used her personal information to open a Mytel phone account. The woman received a call from a collections agency saying she owed $97.82 for the account, the report said.
Local News
BLOTTER: Police reports published July 26
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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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