Published: April 30, 2008 05:41 pm      

BLOTTER: Police reports published May1

ROYALTON

Golf cart stolen from country club

The Niagara County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the theft of a golf card and several liquor bottles from the Niagara-Orleans Country Club on Telegraph Road.

An employee at the country club reported Tuesday that he heard an alarm go off in the dining room/bar area about 11:07 p.m. He stood by while deputies and Middleport police officers responded to check the area.

Depuites found someone had apparently thrown a rock through a window on the north side of the business.

About 10 bottles of liquor, worth $130, were missing from inside the business, the report said.

The employee noticed golf cart No. 45 had been taken from the parking lot. The cart is worth about $3,000. Three other golf carts were reported stolen Monday from the country club.



Niagara Falls

• BURGLARY: Police are investigating a burglary in the 400 of 17th Street. A 42-year-old man told officers that sometime between 7 a.m. Tuesday and 11:42 a.m. Wednesday, someone broke into his son’s garage by breaking through a door. The victim’s father said some drain spouts, a lawnmower, a weed-whacker and a box of tools were taken.

• ARREST: A Falls man was arrested in connection with an assault. Gregory Melton, 37, 2746 Falls St., was charged with third-degree assault and second-degree harassment. Melton is accused of punching another man in the face during a confrontation in his home at 5:15 a.m. Wednesday.

Wheatfield

• VANDALISM: An Adams Volunteer Fire Company official reported Sunday that overnight someone had spraypainted graffiti on the side of the fire hall on Klemer Road. Damage was estimated at $200.

Wilson

• VANDALISM: An Amherst woman reported Tuesday that overnight someone released several cables on the sail of her sailboat, which was docked off Lake Road. The mast fell onto another sailboat. Damage was estimated at $200.

City of Lockport

• LOITERING: Alisha L. Newton, 22, 270 State Road, Apt. 1, and Ezzard C. Rivers Jr., 28, 3010 McKoon Ave., Niagara Falls, were each charged Wednesday morning with loitering at night. Officers reportedly found Rivers and Newton in a car at Altro Park on Willow Avenue about 12:30 a.m. When officers told Newton and Rivers the park had closed at 9 p.m., Rivers became verbally abusive to the officers. They were each issued appearance tickets and are due May 20 in Lockport City Court.

City of Lockport

• ALCOHOL: Rachel M. Habalou, 20, 329 Chestnut St., and Alex S. Pittner, 21, 6712 Old Beattie Road, were each charged Tuesday afternoon with first-degree unlawfully dealing with a child. Habalou and Pittner allegedly purchased alcohol for several minors April 11. They were released on their own recognizance.

• HARASSMENT: Shawn M. Owens, 18, 262 Garden St., Apt. D, was charged Tuesday night with second-degree harassment. Owens allegedly got into an argument with a roommate and pushed her onto a bed. He allegedly grabbed her arm and said, “On the count of three, I’m going to break it.” The woman told police Owens let her go after twisting her arm a bit. She was not injured, the report said. Owens turned himself in at the Lockport Police Department.

Town of Lockport

• VANDALISM: A Tompkins Court woman reported Tuesday afternoon that her car was vandalized while it was parked in the lot at Wal-Mart on South Transit Road. When she came out of the store, the front driver’s side tire had been punctured and the front left fender was scratched. Damage was estimated at $450.

• ID THEFT: A Campbell Boulevard woman reported Wednesday morning that two unauthorized purchases were made with her debit card for a total of $816.21. One purchase was made at a store in France, and another was made at an Apple Store in Sydney, Australia, the report said.

Newfane

• BURGLARY: An employe at Coomer Road Salvage on Coomer Road reported Monday that someone stole about 30 car batteries from the yard. The batteries are worh $150.

Royalton

• DWI: Daniel J. Bachman, 38, 2718 Hartland Road, Gasport, was charged early Wednesday ith driving while intoxicated and moving from a lane unsafely after a traffic stop on Slayton Settlement Road. Bachman reportedly told deputies he’d had two drinks. He allegedly failed two field sobriety tests and refused to submit to a breath test. He was held in lieu of $250 bail and is due Tuesday in Royalton Town Court.