Published: July 17, 2008 08:05 pm            

BLOTTER: Police reports published July 18

CITY OF LOCKPORT

Traffic accidents follow domestic

A domestic dispute outside of the Butcher Shop at Lincoln Avenue and Davison Road Thursday escalated into a demolition derby of sorts as the suspect left a serious of traffic accidents in his wake while fleeing the scene.

Police say the incident began shortly before 5 p.m. as Jermaine Webster smashed the window of a car with his fist while arguing with a woman inside. Webster eventually took the car, leaving the woman and her infant child behind.

As he drove to his mother’s house on Vine Street, police said Webster left a series of traffic accidents in his path. City police could not say how many traffic accidents he caused or the extent of their damage.

Webster was eventually charged with numerous criminal and traffic charges at his mother’s.



Niagara Falls

• THEFT: Police are investigating a car break-in in the 500 block of 77th Street. A 50-year-old man told officers that sometime between 10 p.m. Wednesday and 6:20 a.m. Thursday someone broke into his 2005 Jeep Wrangler by prying open the doors. The man said a GPS system was taken.

• BURGLARY: Officers are looking into a burglary in the 2200 block of Ferry Avenue. A 54-year-old man told police that sometime between 1 and 7:15 a.m. Thursday someone broke into his home by breaking a basement window. The victim said a computer, an Xbox game system, an iPod and $80 was taken.

• THEFT: Police are investigating a theft from a convenience store in the 2600 block of Lewiston Road. The owner of the business told officers that sometime between 11:50 p.m. Wednesday and 7:30 a.m. Thursday someone stole a surveillance camera from the roof of his building.

City of Lockport

• DRUGS: Justin A. Fuller, 22, 19 John St., Apt. 1, was charged Wednesday with unlawful possession of marijuana. Officers responded to High Street for a report of several people smoking marijuana near the playground at John Pound Elementary School. Officers interviewed Fuller on the scene, and he allegedly admitted to having marijuana on him. Fuller allegedly possessed a wooden pipe with some half-burned marijuana in it. He was released on an appearance ticket and is due Monday in Lockport City Court.

• DRUGS: Donald Carl Williamson Jr., 19, 6035 S. Transit Road, was charged Wednesday night with unlawful possession of marijuana. Officers reportedly saw Williamson separating marijuana in a parking lot at Walnut and Washburn streets. He was released on an appearance ticket and is due July 29 in Lockport City Court.

Town of Lockport

• BURGLARY: An employee of Hometown America Communities on South Transit Road reported Thursday that overnight, someone broke into the business office and stole a Dell desktop computer worth $1,200.

Newfane

• DWI: Buster Cogar Jr., 49, 195 Locust St., Lockport, was charged early Thursday with driving while intoxicated, failing to keep right, following too closely and leaving the scene of a property damage accident. Deputies responding to a report of a hit and run accident on Ridge Road passed by Cogar’s car on Day Road. The car had heavy front end damage and one headlight, the report said. Cogar reportedly told deputies he’d hit a deer and was trying to get home. Deputies told him he did not hit a deer, and he allegedly said, “I know. I hit another car.” Deputies reportedly smelled alcohol on Cogar’s breath, and he reportedly admitted to drinking four beers. He allegedly failed several field sobriety tests and registered a 0.10 percent blood alcohol content on a breath test. He was held in lieu of $250 bail and is due July 22 in Newfane Town Court.

        

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