Staff Reports
Niagara Gazette
Fri, May 16 2008
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TOWN OF LOCKPORT
Family reports $23K stolen from home
Sheriff’s deputies are investigating an apparent break-in at a Hinman Road home.
A resident called 911 Wednesday evening and said she’d returned home to find someone had broken in and taken $23,000 in cash, which had been stored in a Sentry safe, and two wooden cigar boxes, inside a file cabinet.
The file cabinet was locked, but the suspect was able to get it open, the report said.
Nothing else was reported stolen.
Niagara Falls
• THEFT: Police are investigating a theft from a home on B Street. A 74-year-old woman told police that sometime between 11 p.m. Thursday and 8:30 a.m. Friday someone entered her backyard and stole two stone angels and a stone bench.
• BURGLARY: Officers are looking into a burglary in the 1100 block of Cleveland Avenue. A 62-year-old woman told police that sometime between 10 p.m. Sunday and 3 p.m. Monday someone broke into her apartment. The victim said $130 and two rings were taken.
• THEFT: Police are investigating a burglary in the 1600 block of Niagara Street. A property manager told officers that sometime between 1:54 p.m. Saturday and 1:50 p.m. Friday someone broke into a home he manages. The man said a quantity of copper pipe, bathroom fixtures and drywall was taken.
• THEFT: Officers are looking into a car break-in in the 1000 block of 101st Street. A 22-year-old woman told police that sometime between 8:30 a.m. Thursday and 8 a.m. Friday, someone broke into her 2007 Chevy car by prying open a door. The victim said a rare flute, sheet music and an iPod were taken.
Wilson
• ARSON: An employee at Our Lady of the Rosary on Lake Street reported Thursday morning that sometime since April 27 someone lit several candles on top of a plastic container in the church assembly room. The candles were placed on their sides, and though they burned themselves out, they melted some of the plastic on the container. Damage was estimated at $55.
Town of Lockport
• VANDALISM: Felicia McDowell, 16, 5793 Sweetwood Drive, Apt. B, was charged Thursday with fourth-degree criminal mischief. McDowell allegedly threw a TV remote at the wall, causing it to break. The remote is worth $50. She was held in lieu of $500 bail.
Newfane
• FRAUD: A Lake Road man reported Thursday that he received a call from a man named Gordon in Albany who said he’d won a sweepstakes and in order to claim his prize, he needed to send $5,000 in processing fees. The man said he went to Wal-Mart to take out a money order, but the Wal-Mart staff convinced him not to. Gordon later called back and began lowering the processing fees, first to $3,500 and $2,700, but the man refused and told Gordon to stop calling. Several hours later, someone called the man claiming to be from the FBI, threatening to send him to jail because he had not paid his taxes on his contest winnings. The caller became angry, and the man hung up and called 911.
• CAR FIRE: The Olcott Volunteer Fire Company responded to a garage on Lake Road to extinguish a car that had caught fire. A Harvey Street man told deputies he had been removing the motor from the car with a welder when a spark started the vehicle on fire. The car was to be used as scrap, so damage was minimal.
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