Published: May 06, 2008 11:00 pm            

BLOTTER: Police reports published May 7

NIAGARA FALLS

Student charged after abduction claim

A Gaskill Middle School student has been charged with falsely filing a report after she claimed to have been kidnapped on her way to school.

The student, who was not identified, initially told school officials that she was walking to school when a man with a goatee, black sunglasses and driving a black jeep grabbed her at the corner of 27th Street and Pierce Avenue, threw her in the back seat of the vehicle and began to drive around the city.

The girl said the man eventually dropped her off at 22nd Street and Pierce Avenue and she then went to the middle school.

Under questioning by police detectives, the student later admitted “she was skipping school because it was a half day and it was nice out.”

CITY OF LOCKPORT

Intruder sufferswound to leg

A city man was treated for a stab wound in his leg after police say he broke into his ex-girlfriend’s apartment early Tuesday.

Charles A. West, 22, 138 Olcott St., left, was charged Tuesday morning with second-degree burglary, second-degree criminal contempt and second-degree attempted assault.

An Olcott Street woman told police that a man climbed through her back window about 1:25 a.m. She said she struck the man several times with a wooden table leg, but the man grabbed the table leg and hit her in the leg with it, the report said. The woman said she grabbed a knife from the kitchen. At that point, she realized the man was her ex-boyfriend, West.

West wrestled with the woman in the living room, and she stabbed him in the leg.

West and the woman then had a “peaceful communication,” the report said. He then left the home and went to Inter-Community Memorial Hospital in Newfane for treatment of his leg injury.



Niagara Falls

• ARREST: Police have arrested a Falls man on lewdness charges. David H. Eggleston Jr., 35, 7228 Buffalo Ave., was charged with public lewdness. Police said they observed Eggleston standing in a window of his second-floor apartment watching children and committing a lewd act at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

• ARREST: A Falls teen was arrested on drug-related charges. Vincent J. Auricchio, 17, 714 20th St., was charged with first-degree loitering. Roving Anti-Crime Unit officers said they spotted Auricchio in the area of 19th Street and Walnut Avenue flagging down cars from his bicycle. Officers said Auricchio is a known gang member and has been involved in drug dealing in the past.

Town of Lockport

• INJURED ANIMAL: A Lake Avenue woman reported Monday her cat came inside dragging its hind legs. The woman took the cat to a vet, who determined the cat had been shot with a .22-caliber gun. The woman said she was going to have it put down.

• HARASSMENT: Keith Madden, 16, 6395 Old Niagara Road, was charged Monday with second-degree harassment. A teacher at Henrietta G. Lewis School told deputies she was following Madden through the halls to make sure he went to his next class. She followed him into the social worker’s office, where he hid in a corner. The teacher tried to leave, but the exit was blocked by another student, who turned out the lights. Madden then said, “Let’s get her,” and touched the teacher’s shoulder. The woman yelled and a school counselor came to her aid. Madden was released on his own recognizance.

City of Lockport

• HARASSMENT: Heather J. Doxey, 29, 20 John St., was charged Monday with second-degree harassment and endangering the welfare of a child. During a confrontation April 19 on West Avenue, Doxey allegedly hit a woman in the face with a set of keys, leaving several small cuts on the woman's forehead.

• DRUGS: Antoine A. Ewing, 35, 114 West Ave., Apt. 1, was charged Monday with unlawful possession of marijuana. Officers responded to South Street for a report of several suspicious people. As they were interviewing people in the crowd, Ewing allegedly took a large piece of marijuana out of his pocket and tried to swallow it. Officers were able to secure Ewing, and he reportedly spit out the marijuana. He was held in lieu of $50 bail.

• FALSE REPORT: Jennifer N. Sargent, 24, 337 West Ave., was charged Monday with making a false statement. Sargent allegedly told officers she saw a Michigan Street man keying her car April 18. Another man reportedly confessed to causing the damage. Sargent is due today in Lockport City Court.

• DRUGS: Kevin C. Ross, 24, 138 Elm St., Apt. 3, was charged Monday night with unlawful possession of marijuana and an equipment violation after a traffic stop on Lewis Street. Officers noted a strong smell of marijuana inside the car, the report said. A quantity of marijuana was reportedly found inside the car. Ross was released on his own recognizance and is due June 3 in Lockport City Court.

Newfane

• HARASSMENT: An Orchard Street woman reported Monday she has received threatening phone calls from a acquaintance of her husband, who is incarcerated. The woman said her husband owes the man $200, and the man has threatened to burn her house down if he doesn’t get the money. Deputies spoke to the man, who admitted calling the woman but denied making threats.

• LARCENY: An Ide Road woman reported Monday that someone stole about $1,000 worth of copper wiring from outside a barn on her property.

Olcott

• HARASSMENT: Jane C. Price, 58, 5787 W. Main St., upper, was charged Monday afternoon with second-degree harassment. A neighbor told deputies Price became upset with her and accused her of killing her cat. Price allegedly threatened to “throw her over her car and throw cat (feces) in her hair,” the report said. Price was held in lieu of $100 bail.

        

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