Published: October 13, 2009 08:06 pm      

BLOTTER: Police reports published Oct. 14

Niagara Falls

• BURGLARY: Police are investigating an apparent burglary in the 600 block of 21st Street. A 17-year-old girl told officers sometime between 1 and 2 p.m. Tuesday someone entered her home by an unknown means. The victim said a laptop computer was taken.

• BURGLARY: Officers are looking into a burglary in the 3200 block of Ninth Street. A 22-year-old woman told police sometime between 4:30 p.m. Friday and 11 p.m. Monday someone entered her home through a side window. The victim said $400 was taken.

• BURGLARY: Police are investigating a burglary in the 400 block of 22nd Street. A 22-year-old man told officers sometime between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Tuesday someone broke into his home through a basement window. The victim said some jewelry, a PlayStation2 game system and an X-box game system were taken.

• THEFT: Officers are looking into a truck break-in in the 300 block of 24th Street. A 20-year-old woman told police sometime between 11 p.m. Monday and 10 a.m. Tuesday someone broke into her 2006 Ford F-150 pickup truck by smashing a passenger-side window. The victim said her wallet was taken.

Cambria

• PETIT LARCENY: A Niagara County Community College student from Medina reported Monday that an unknown person entered his vehicle in the southeast corner of the student housing parking lot on campus and took a Sony stereo/CD player and 10 CDs valued at $220 reportedly were taken.

Newfane

• CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: A Coomer Road resident reported Monday that while inside his residence, he heard a loud crash. The victim observed the rear window smashed out on his 2006 Chevy Silverado, with additional damage done to the dashboard and radio. The patrol found two baseball-size rocks that had been thrown through the window.

• TRESPASS: Katelynn J. Voelpel, 18, 2765 West Creek Road was charged with trespassing. A McClew Road resident reported she saw Voelpel walking on her property Monday. According to the report, Voelpel had been advised previously she is not welcome on the property. Voelpel is scheduled to appear Tuesday in Newfane Town Court.

• DWI: Bradford J. Thompson, 56, 185 Mitchell St., Oswego, was charged Monday with driving while intoxicated, reckless driving, speeding and disorderly conduct. Thompson was pulled over when officers observed a vehicle speeding and nearly running off the road into a ditch, according to the report. The patrol said Thompson appeared to be drunk and failed sobriety tests. While Thompson was awaiting one of the sobriety tests, he reportedly became hostile and verbally abusive with officers.