Staff Reports
Niagara Gazette
Fri, May 16 2008
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BLOTTER
Falls Police looking into Monteagle shootings
Falls Police are investigating a series of shootings in the 4600 block of Hyde Park Boulevard at the Monteagle Ridge apartments.
Officers said neighbors reported hearing a series of five shots around 4:30 a.m. Friday. Later in the morning, residents discovered that the windows on two cars had been shot out. Another resident found a bullet had penetrated the wall of her apartment and lodged in her refrigerator’s freezer door.
Man charged with setting stairs on fire
A city man has been charged with setting fire to a set of stairs at his Lockport home Thursday night.
Officers responded to 43 Adam St. late Thursday after a resident told police that Sloane J. Stymus, 35, another resident, had called her threatening to burn the house down.
When they arrived, officers smelled something burning and entered through an open side door.
Inside, they found a fire had been set on the stairs leading to the second floor of the house, and several items had been thrown around and broken on the main floor, the report said.
The fire was extinguished, and officers called the Lockport Fire Department to check the home for further fires.
The house was cleared, and Stymus was not on the scene, the report said.
The woman who had called police came to the home to collect her dog and told police Stymus had threatened her earlier that night.
Niagara Falls
• ARREST: A Falls man was arrested on drug and traffic charges. John M. Sadler, 49, 4545 Isherwood Drive, was charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, no seat belt and failure to signal turn. Police said they saw Sadler make a turn into the 2400 block of Ontario Street at 6:25 p.m. Friday without signaling and without wearing a seat belt. After stopping Sadler, officers said they found a small quantity of crack cocaine on the front seat of the car.
• BURGLARY: Police are investigating a burglary in the 1000 block of Michigan Avenue. A 42-year-old man told officers that sometime before 10 a.m. Friday, someone had broken into a vacant home he owns by kicking in a door. The victim said an air compressor, a drill and a heat lamp were taken.
Town of Lockport
• LARCENY: Todd A. Biro, 41, 3119 Portland St., Niagara Falls, was charged Thursday morning with petit larceny. An employee at Tops on South Transit Road told deputies he stopped Biro and another man as they tried to leave the store without paying for several items. Biro and the other man each tried to take several Oil of Olay products, with a total value of $403.22. The employee said he allowed the other man to leave the store to get money to pay for the items, but the man did not return. Deputies were called and Biro was taken into custody. He was held in lieu of $500 bail and is due Tuesday in Lockport Town Court.
City of Lockport
• IMPERSONATION: Kevin S. DiPirro, 37, 6035 S. Transit St., Lot 275, was charged Thursday with third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and second-degree criminal impersonation. Officers responded to John Street for a report of a suspicious car possibly engaged in drug activity and found DiPirro driving a car that matched the vehicle description. DiPirro allegedly told police he was the registered owner of the car and gave a false name. Officers found the car was registered to a person with that name, but that person was female and is DiPirro’s girlfriend, the report said. DiPirro allegedly told police he lied because his driver’s license is suspended, the report said.
• ENDANGERMENT: Jerad S. Forsyth, 22, 315 Beattie Ave., Apt. 3, was charged Thursday evening with two counts of endangering the welfare of a child. A Trowbridge Street man told police Tuesday that his daughter, a juvenile, had spent two nights at Forsyth’s house April 17 and 18. The man said Forsyth allegedly acted inappropriately, walking around without clothes on and laying down and “rubbing” his daughter and another girl. He reportedly turned over copies of his daughter’s diary pages to police. After an investigation, Forsyth was arrested Thursday. He was released on his own recognizance and is due Monday in Lockport City Court.
• HARASSMENT: Aaron C. Clark, 39, 129 Pine St., Apt. 2, was charged Thursday with second-degree harassment and unlawful possession of marijuana. Clark allegedly fought with a Lincolnshire Drive man at a home on Lincoln Avenue. The man said Clark struck him in the side of the face, causing a small cut, scratches and bleeding, the report said. During Clark’s arrest, officers reportedly found him in possession of a small baggie containing marijuana.
Town of Lockport
• FRAUD: A Sunset Drive woman reported Wednesday that she received a FedEx package containing a letter and a check. The letter instructed her to deposit the check and wire the money to an address in South Africa. Deputies advised her the check was a scam.
Newfane
• LARCENY: A South Niagara Street, Lockport man reported Thursday that overnight, someone stole an eight-foot Fisher snowplow from in front of a storage facility he owns on Ewings Road. The plow is worth $500.
Cambria
• LARCENY: An Upper Mountain Road man reported Thursday that overnight, someone stole a 2004 Polaris 4-wheeler from his driveway. The vehicle is worth $11,000.
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