Published: May 14, 2008 08:50 pm            

BLOTTER: Police reports published May 15

NIAGARA FALLS

Students report

incident Wednesday

Four GJ Mann Elementary School students reported to police that they were approached by a man in a truck on their way to school Wednesday morning.

The youths said an older, overweight white man with gray hair, a mustache and beard in a red Dodge approached the youths as they were riding their bikes to school in the 1100 block of 90th Street. The man asked them if they wanted cans and bottles to return to the store for deposit money.

The youths declined and took off to school. One of the youths said the man then got out of his vehicle and opened the trunk.

The students later reported the incident to a teacher, at which point the police were called.



PENDLETON

Woman injured in industrial accident

A Lockport woman’s hand was impaled by a wrench after an industrial accident at a Campbell Boulevard business Wednesday.

Sheriff’s deputies said Susan Schlemmer, 62, of Prospect Street, an employee of Pivot Punch Corp., was injured about 11:17 a.m. She was checking the depth of a part she had just drilled with what she thought was a drill bit, but was actually a 3/16 Allen wrench, which she had grabbed by accident.

The lathe “grabbed” the Allen wrench, causing it to be impaled through Schlemmer’s right palm, just below her fingers, the report said. The wrench is about 3 inches long and went in the entire length.

She was taken to Erie County Medical Center.



TOWN OF LOCKPORT

‘Flim flam’ artist alert issued

The Niagara County Sheriff’s Department is warning local businesses to look out for a pair of “flim flam” artists that are targeting cashiers.

The suspects have conned at least two cashiers at Lockport restaurants into exchanging money with them, confusing them into giving out more change than is required.

On Monday, a manager at Quiznos Subs on South Transit Road reported that an employee had been shortchanged for $100 after a middle-aged black man with a thin build bought a cookie and paid for it with a $20 and then asked her for various amounts of change.

On Tuesday, an employee at Tim Hortons on South Transit Road reported they were scammed out of about $63 during a transaction. A video of the incident showed the suspect was with another man who was distracting other customers in line.

The sheriff’s department is advising businesses to report any suspicious activity by calling 438-3393. Anyone with information about the two recent incidents is asked to call the criminal investigation bureau at 438-3327.



Niagara Falls

• CHARGED: David R. Kuhns, 24, 1713 LaSalle Ave., A-1, was charged with third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation, seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, failure to yield to an emergency vehicle, speeding and a traffic infraction about 5:15 p.m. Wednesday, according to Falls police. Officers noticed Kuhns failure to signal a turn from 102nd Street onto Buffalo Avenue and tried to pull him over. Instead, Kuhns sped away, pulling onto the LaSalle Expressway. He was stopped near the 77th Street exit and officers found several hydrocodone pills in the car.

• CHARGED: Demetrius R. Hayes, 20, 2414 Pierce Ave., was charged with loitering about 10:15 p.m. Tuesday, according to police. Hayes was among a group of men caught rolling dice on the corner of 22nd Street and Pierce Avenue. The others fled the area.

• CHARGED: Perry D. Shirback, 19, 1740 Elmwood Ave., Apt. 1, was charged with disorderly conduct about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to police. Shirback and an unnamed youth were charged after they refused to stop walking in the middle of 24th Street near Whitney Avenue. They were among a group of 10 people walking in the road.

• INCIDENT: Police charged an unidentified youth with second-degree assault after he threw a brick at an 8-year-old boy. The victim suffered injuries to his right eye and cheek, the report said.

Pendleton

• LARCENY: A Bear Ridge Road man reported Tuesday night that sometime over the past three days, someone entered his 1994 Chevrolet, which was parked in his driveway, and stole an AM/FM CD radio and two college textbooks. The items are worth $400, the report said.

City of Lockport

• HARASSMENT: Robert C. Tester Jr., 20, 273 Union St., Apt. 2, was charged Monday night with second-degree harassment and fourth-degree criminal mischief. Tester allegedly "jumped" a man while in the parking lot of Lockview Plaza. He allegedly threw his bike, which struck an Army recruiter's car, leaving a small gouge in the hood. He was arraigned Tuesday in Lockport City Court and held on $500 bail.

• BURGLARY: A Maple Street woman reported Tuesday that she had been away from her apartment for three weeks, and when she returned home, she found the apartment had been broken into. There was no sign of forced entry. A TV/VCR combo, a desk top computer, a DVD player, a CD player, a clock, various CDs and DVDs and $100 cash were stolen, together worth $3,215.

• BURGLARY: A Lincolnshire Drive man who owns a vacant property on Pine Street reported Tuesday that someone broke into the vacant property by breaking the glass out of the front door. A jar containing about $15 in quarters had been stolen from the kitchen counter.

• VANDALISM: A Willow Street woman reported Tuesday afternoon that overnight, someone smashed the passenger-side windows on her car. Nothing had bee taken from inside the car. The damage is estimated at $400.

• BURGLARY: A South New York Street man reported Tuesday that overnight, someone broke into the shed in front of his home and stole several items, including a rototiller, tires and rims, jack stands and creepers. The items are worth $900, and damage to the dead bolt on the shed is estimated at $25.

Town of Lockport

• LARCENY: A Poplar Lane woman reported Monday that over the weekend, someone stole a Sony PlayStation Portable system, along with the charger and a game, from her son’s room. The items are worth $260.

Gasport

• LARCENY: A Rochester Road woman reported Tuesday that overnight, someone entered her unlocked car and removed the center console. Several items were stolen, including CDs, sunglasses, a cell phone charger, keys to a motorcycle and an iPod, together worth $510.

Newfane

• ID THEFT: A Howell Avenue woman reported Monday that she received a credit card statement from a bank in Las Vegas. The statement included a charge for $74.95. The woman told deputies she never applied for this credit card. She called the bank, who told her the card had been cancelled and she could throw out the statement, the report said.

        

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