Niagara Gazette
NIAGARA FALLS —
BUFFALO
Canadian man charged with
drug smuggling
A Brampton, Ontario, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Buffalo for attempting to smuggle Ecstasy into the United States.
Rawle Arlington Younge, 53, was charged with importing a controlled substance. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a fine of $1 million or both.
The charges stem from an incident at the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge on Feb. 19.
During a secondary inspection, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers discovered tens of thousands of Ecstacy pills packaged inside the driver and rear passenger doors of a vehicle driven by Younge. Officers seized more than 18,000 Ecstasy pills along with more than 52,000 pills containing “BZP” (benzylpiperazine), another controlled substance similar to Ecstasy.
Niagara Falls
• ARREST: A Falls woman was arrested on a robbery charge after an incident at a store in the 1800 block of Pine Avenue Friday afternoon. Chundra D. Davis, 48, 2017 Woodlawn Ave., was charged with third-degree robbery. A store manager told officers Davis told her she had a gun in a bag and then left with “ a cart full of merchandise.” Officers stopped Davis outside the store. They did not find a gun in her possession.
• THEFT: Police are investigating a van break-in in the 500 block of 60th Street. A 25-year-old man told officers sometime between 1:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Friday, someone broke into his 2002 Ford Windstar by forcing down a window. The victim said a CD player and some amplifiers were taken.
• ARREST: A Falls man was arrested after he broke into an RV early Friday morning. Stanley R. Dikcis, 24, 247 74th St., was charged with third-degree burglary, third-degree criminal mischief and fifth-degree criminal possession of stolen property. He is accused of breaking into an RV in a storage unit in the 200 block of 74th Street at 1:10 a.m. Friday. Dikcis reportedly took a TV and a battery charger but was caught at his home a short distance away.
Town of Tonawanda
• BURGLAR TOOLS: Patrick L. Morrison, 26, Ransomville, was charged at 3:14 a.m. Friday with possession of burglary tools after police saw Morrison, who was dressed all in black, trying to open the driver’s side door of a vehicle parked on Henderson Avenue. When questioned about the incident, Morrison said he was out smoking a cigarette. However, police found in his pockets a screwdriver, metal pick and pliers. Morrison claimed he was working on his car earlier in the day and forgot to take the items out of his pants. Police said Morrison, who is being held in lieu of $500 bail, previously had been arrested for larceny.
Cambria
• HARASSMENT: Mary Lou Schultz, 66, 4378 Townline Road, Lockport, was charged Wednesday with second-degree harassment. A report said deputies arrived at Schultz’s home where they saw the victim sitting on top of Schultz. Deputies said a fight broke out between the two when the victim tried to take away Schultz’s car keys, preventing Schultz from drinking and driving. Schultz then hit the victim and bit off the victim’s necklace, a report said. She started punching and scratching herself, and pulling her own hair in attempts to blame the injuries on the victim. Deputies said Schultz was then transported to Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center and later released. Schultz is scheduled for Town of Cambria Court on Tuesday.
