CITY OF TONAWANDA
Stray vehicle nearly hits City Hall
A North Tonawanda man suspected of drunken driving drove off Niagara Street early Sunday and came to rest on a snowbank a few feet from police headquarters in the City of Tonawanda.
Police have since charged Robert L. Shugarts, 23, 439 Witmer Road, with DWI, refusing a breath test, speeding and crossing center lines at about 5:45 a.m. After going off the road, he continued a few hundred feet on course with the building before piled snow brought him to a stop.
Shugarts left his running 2006 Ford F-150 in drive as it sat lodged in a snowbank in the upper parking lot of City Hall, at 200 Niagara Street, also home to city police
Shugarts said he had been coming from Buffalo where he was working as a disc jockey. He claimed he was run off the road by another car passing him as he headed east on Niagara Street.
Niagara Falls
• ARREST: A North Tonawanda woman was arrested after a shoplifting incident at a store in the 1500 block of Military Road on Wednesday. April Jean Wojahn, 25, 1054 Pioneer Drive, was charged with petit larceny. She is accused of taking $63 worth of clothing from the store without paying for the merchandise.
• ARREST: A Falls man was arrested after he caused a disturbance in the area of 19th Street and Welch Avenue at 2:25 p.m. Wednesday. Willie Marvin Hilson, 38, 1781 Welch Ave., was charged with two counts of disorderly conduct.
• ARREST: A Falls man was arrested after stealing a car and a video game system. Kenneth Dion Lewis, 33, 10 C St., was charged with fourth-degree grand larceny, third-degree criminal mischief and petit larceny. Lewis is accused of stealing the car of a 40-year-old Falls woman and then stealing a Wii game system and 15 games from her house.
Police Reports
BLOTTER: Police reports published March 11
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BLOTTER: Police reports published Feb. 13
Police responded to a burglary on the 6800 of Plaza Drive about 8 p.m. Friday.
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BLOTTER: Police reports published Feb. 12
Police are searching for a man who attempted to identify himself as a law enforcement officer in hopes of getting a security job.
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BLOTTER: Suspects sought in rash of robberies
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BLOTTER: Police reports published Feb. 10
The owner of a bar on the 9700 block of Porter Road called Niagara County Sheriff’s deputies Thursday afternoon to get a car towed that had been sitting in the business’ lot for a week.
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BLOTTER: Police reports published Feb. 9
Police are investigating a burglary in the 400 block of 24th Street.
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BLOTTER: Police reports published Feb. 8
A Falls man was arrested after a domestic incident in the 2200 block of LaSalle Avenue at 7:30 a.m. Monday.
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BLOTTER: Police reports published Feb. 7
A Falls man was arrested on drunken driving and other charges after a traffic stop in the 400 block of Main Street at 5:20 a.m. Friday.
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BLOTTER: Police reports published Feb. 6
Falls police had nothing new to report Sunday in the case of a missing 67-year-old LaSalle woman.
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BLOTTER: Police reports published Feb. 5
Howard C. Irish, 55, 617 18th St., lower apartment, was charged with petit larceny and fifth-degree criminal possession of stolen property.
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BLOTTER: Police reports published Feb. 4, 2012
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