Published: May 09, 2008 08:33 pm            

BLOTTER: Police reports published May 10

GIRL FOUND

Mom: Drug tie was feared

More details have emerged about the search for a missing girl that took sheriff’s deputies from Newfane to the Town of Tonawanda on Thursday afternoon.

The search for 2-year-old Giana Lynn Bootes began when her mother, a Bayview Station woman, reported Thursday morning that her boyfriend, David M. Figueroa-Oehler, had not returned home with the girl. She said she believed he might be in Buffalo or Amherst, telling deputies he might be “using” or trying to “score” narcotics, the report said.

Late Thursday morning, deputies put out an attempt to locate the van, asking neighboring law enforcement agencies for help.

The City of Buffalo Police Department reportedly told sheriff’s department dispatch that they were “too busy” at that time to check for the van, but would try later in the day.

Eventually, Figueroa-Oehler was found in a motel room with Bootes and two women. He was charged with endangering the welfare of a child.



Niagara Falls

• ARREST: A Falls man was arrested after a shoplifting incident at the Tops Supermarket in the 7200 block of Niagara Falls Boulevard. Michael F. Cuillo, 50, 282 Spina Drive, was charged with petit larceny. A store manager told police that Cuillo walked into the market at 3:15 p.m. Friday, picked up a 30-pack of Budweiser beer and a ham and cheese sandwich and tried to walk out without paying for the items.

• THEFT: Police are investigating a theft from the construction site of the new Niagara Falls Public Safety Building. A construction manager told officers that sometime between 3:30 p.m. Wednesday and 2 p.m. Friday someone took eight steel I-beams. The beams weigh 100 pounds a piece and are collectively worth $2,000.

• ARREST: A Canadian man was arrested after trying to cross the U.S. border with a quantity of pot. Dane Edgley, 42, 418 Marlatt Road, Oakville, Ont., was charged with unlawful possession of marijuana. Customs and Border protection agents said Edgley tried to cross the Rainbow Bridge, from Canada, at 12:11 p.m. Friday and had almost 4 grams of pot and a package of rolling papers in his possession.

Town of Niagara

• RECKLESS DRIVING: Bryan Keith Harrington, 28, 1253 91st St., Niagara Falls, was charged Thursday evening with reckless driving and speeding after a traffic stop on Lockport Road. Deputies reportedly clocked Harrington’s motorcycle traveling 84 mph in a 35 mph zone on Packard Road. He was released on an appearance ticket and is due June 9 in Niagara Town Court.

Pendleton

• LARCENY: A Beach Ridge Road man reported Thursday that someone entered his unocked car overnight and stole a Sony camera with a memory stick, worth $560.

City of Lockport

• DWI: John F. Pisarek III, 33, 347 Utica St., upper, Tonawanda, was charged early Friday with driving while intoxicated, first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and failing to stop before making a right on red. Officers stopped to investigate Pisarek's car in the parking lot of the Ulrich City Center about 2 a.m. Pisarek was reportedly in the car with an unknown woman and told officers he "wasn't driving anywhere." Later, officers reportedly saw the same car at the intersection of Pine and Walnut streets, allegedly failing to stop before making a right turn on red. Officers executed a traffic stop. Pisarek allegedly had bloodshot eyes and slurred speech. He allegedly refused to perform field sobriety tests and was found to have a suspended license. He was held in lieu of $750 bail and is due Monday in Lockport City Court.

• DRUGS: Jason D. Castricone, 26, 10665 Maple Ridge Road, Medina, was charged Thursday night with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, speeding and a window tint violation after a traffic stop at South Transit and Ruhlmann roads. Castricone reportedly gave officers permission to search his car. Officers found a white powder substance that field-tested positive for cocaine, the report said. They also reportedly found $4,963 in cash, which was seized as evidence. Castricone was held in lieu of $500 bail and is due Monday in Lockport City Court.

Appleton

• DAMAGE: A Hess Road man reported Thursday that sometime overnight, a car skidded off the road and onto his property, striking a fire hydrant. Damage to the lawn was estimated at $100. The fire hydrant was pulled from the ground, causing $200 in damages, the report said.

        

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