Published: August 20, 2008 08:14 pm      

BLOTTER: Police reports published Aug. 21

PENDLETON

Brothers charged after struggle with deputies

Two brothers fighting “out of love” were arrested after Niagara County Sheriff’s deputies and New York State Police responded to 6400 Main Road for a report of two men fighting — one armed with a shovel.

Police said they interviewed a highly intoxicated Kenneth E. Leible, 29, who told them he was fighting with his brother, Henry J. Leible, 31, 4181 Wilson-Burt Road, Wilson.

Kenneth told police the fight was “out of love.” He also said Henry had left the area.

Deputies checked the yard to make sure nobody was injured and reportedly Henry standing behind the house with his hands in his pockets.

A state trooper on the scene asked Henry to take his hands out of his pockets, and he complied but immediately put his hands back in his pockets and started to walk away.

When a trooper tried to stop him, the report said Henry pushed him away and began struggling with police until they used a Taser on him.

Deputies brought Henry to the front of the house, Kenneth came outside and refused to go back inside. He then pulled away from a deputy who grabbed his arm.

Henry was charged with disorderly conduct, second-degree harassment and resisting arrest. Kenneth was charged with obstructing governmental administration and resisting arrest.

Both were held in lieu of $1,000 bail and are due Aug. 28 in Pendleton Town Court.



KENMORE

Police snag sign thieves

The attempted theft of a Village of Kenmore sign was narrowly thwarted by police Saturday.

A patrol officer driving by the village’s border with Buffalo spotted three people standing beside the sign, with one woman sitting on top of a man’s shoulders, according to reports.

The woman quickly got down from the sign and threw a metallic object into the bushes before the officer could stop, but the group didn’t run.

Further investigation showed that three of the four bolts holding up the sign had been removed and the thieves had nearly gotten away with the sign.

A search of the area revealed a crescent wrench that had been thrown into the bushes, along with a matching pair of pliers and a hammer, according to reports.

The group, consisting of Krista Lynch, 20, 467 Victoria Blvd., Daniel A. Higgins, 21, 152 Glencove Road, and Clara L. Crowe, 20, 30 Delwood Road, was charged with attempted petit larceny and possession of burglary tools, according to reports.



Niagara Falls

• DISORDERLY CONDUCT: Scott M. Graham, 39, Long Beach, Calif., was charged with disorderly conduct about 1 p.m. Wednesday, according to Falls police. Graham was charged after officers found him standing near a rear door at the Public Safety Complex on Hyde Park Boulevard. He refused to acknowledge police and leave the area and was charged. Officers noted Graham had just been released from custody for a disorderly conduct charge on Tuesday.

• ASSAULT: A 22-year-old Falls man said he was hit in the head with a bat and knocked unconscious while standing in front of a house on the 700 block of Eighth Street about 3 p.m. Wednesday. The victim said the suspect was a neighbor from down the street and they had argued in the past. The victim told police he did not wish to press charges.

• VANDALISM: The owner of an apartment on Fifth Street reported Wednesday that evicted tenants urinated on a radiator, poured oil down a laundry chute and smashed a window before leaving. Damage was estimated at $300.

• BURGLARY: The owner of a series of apartments on 24th Street told police sometime since Aug. 14 someone broke into the complex and stole copper piping. There was no estimate of damage.

• BURGLARY: A Newfane woman told police Wednesday that on Tuesday she was at the Family Court Building on Third Street and left her bag unattended for about five minutes. When the woman got home from court she noticed a bag containing about $3,500 worth of jewelry that had been in her purse was missing.

Wheatfield

• LARCENY: An 87-year-old Niagara Falls woman reported Tuesday she was shopping at Save-A-Lot on Williams Road when she believes someone stole money from her purse. The woman said she had about $540 in cash in an envelope in her purse, and when she got to the cash register she noticed the envelope was gone. The purse had been over her shoulder with the zippers closed, the report said. The woman reportedly said she’d been followed throughout the store by two black women.

City of Lockport

• ASSAULT: Crysta L. Booth, 37, 94 Oliver St., was charged Tuesday night with third-degree assault. Booth’s husband told police that on Aug. 16, they were arguing about what color carpet to have in their house when they both became angry and started yelling. Booth allegedly threw a bag containing a half-full bottle of wine at the man’s head. The bottle reportedly struck him in the forehead, leaving a laceration. Booth left the house before officers arrived. She was arrested Tuesday.

• HARASSMENT: Nathaniel R. Ali Jr., 24, 15 Waterman St., Apt. 2, was charged Tuesday afternoon with second-degree harassment. A Waterman Street woman told police Ali pushed her in the face during an argument. Ali was held without bail.

• HARASSMENT: Daron J. McCutcheon, 21, 21 Gabriel Drive, Apt. B, was charged Tuesday night with fourth-degree criminal mischief, second-degree harassment and jaywalking. A Gabriel Drive woman told police McCutcheon became angry and broke her phone Aug. 13. McCutcheon allegedly pushed the woman. He was arrested Tuesday night after officers reportedly saw him walking in the middle of Genesee Street. He was held without bail.