Niagara Falls
• BURGLARY: Police are investigating a burglary in the 400 block of 19th Street. A 30-year-old woman told officers that sometime between 11:55 a.m. and 12:40 p.m. Friday someone broke into her apartment by forcing open a door. The victim said a 32-inch LCD TV and a PlayStation3 game system were taken.
• THEFT: Officers are looking into a car break-in in the 2500 block of Jerauld Avenue. An 18-year-old woman told police that sometime between 10 p.m. Thursday and 8:15 a.m. Friday someone broke into her 1996 Pontiac Grand Am by smashing a passenger-side front window. The victim said a purse containing $100 and a digital camera were taken.
City of Lockport
• DRUGS: Rashaan D. Ubiles, 18, 1914 16th St., Niagara Falls, was charged Thursday night with unlawful possession of marijuana and jaywalking. Officers stopped Ubiles when they saw him walking in the middle of Grand Street. He was charged after they discovered he had a bag containing marijuana.
Cambria
• VANDALISM: A Joann Drive man reported Thursday that about 8 p.m. Tuesday his wife heard a loud bang outside their home but thought nothing of it. The man said he later found a lawn chair, worth about $9, was tipped over and a small piece was chipped out of it. The man was gluing the chair back together Thursday when he found a .270-caliber bullet near the chair. The man believes the bullet could have come from the wooded area to the south of the home, the report said. The bullet was taken into evidence.
Town of Lockport
• FIGHT: A Crescent Heights teen told deputies Thursday night that his friend got into a verbal argument with several unknown people inside Wal-Mart on South Transit Road. When the teen went outside, the people confronted him again, the report said. The teen said one of the people grabbed him by the throat and threw him to the ground. The group got into a silver Chevy Tahoe and fled north on South Transit, the report said. The teen was not injured.
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BLOTTER: Police reports published Aug. 30
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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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