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Police Blotter #64
Two people in gorilla suits were walking around an
Amherst subdivision ?smacking passing motorists and
yelling obscenities.? They were located while sitting by the
side of the road and advised to put the suits away.
A chicken was reportedly running in an area on Klein
Road.
A suspect was stopped by store personnel at a Harlem
Road supermarket when he was seen leaving with two 30-
packs of Miller beer without paying. When asked if he was
going to pay, the man said he wanted to exchange the
beer for a different brand. The employee informed him it
is against state law to exchange beer and invited him back
into the store to discuss it. The man then said he was not
actually there to exchange the beer but steal it, as he did
not have any money.
A Blasdell man faced several charges after police spotted
him around 4:20 a.m. in a Transit Road parking lot. An
officer saw the man relieve himself and found a partially
filled beer can and an empty glass on the floor. A green,
vegetable material and glass smoking pipe also were
found. As the suspect tried to present his identification,
he gave the officer another ID card, which the suspect said
was his ?fake.?
A business on North Bryant Woods complained that
ducks had nested at the front door and were hissing at
clients.
Someone stole $10,000 worth of tools from a Ransier
Drive warehouse. The suspect used a vehicle from the
warehouse to flee but drove the truck across the lawn and
got it stuck in mud. The suspect took the tools, but left
the vehicle behind.
A Cheektowaga woman was pulled over at Walden and
Brewster after traveling 65 mph in a 40 mph zone. She
was told the vehicle would be towed and that she would
be taken back to the police station to find a ride. She was
told to place her hands behind her back, but she flailed
her arms and said, ?You can take my car, but not me. I'm
not going with you guys.?
An Amherst businessman reported that an employee
stole a company check for $225, forged the victim's name
on it and cashed it. The complainant contacted the
suspect, who admitted to the act and said he was on his
way to Hawaii and that he'd mail the victim a check to pay
him back.
An owner of a Union Road pizzeria told police she was
driving by and saw an unknown man standing next to the
side of the building. When she pulled in, he fled in a
vehicle. The front window was smashed out, but police
said nothing appeared to be missing.
The owner of PM Plastics on Bank Street reported that
someone had been denting the siding on their new
warehouse building with golf balls.
A patrol responded to a report of a person screaming
loudly and disturbing neighbors in an Indian Church Road
apartment building. The officer told the loud woman to
keep the noise down. Shortly thereafter, police were
summoned to the same address for the same complaint.
The yelling could be heard upon the arrival of police. The
woman emerged from her apartment and shouted
obscenities at the officers, adding that she could be as
loud as she wanted. She was placed under arrest.
Police responded to an accident at Broadway and
Central. As officers spoke to the man, they noticed signs
of intoxication and the odor of alcohol. The man admitted
to having beer, but he couldn't remember how many.
Then he said, ?I'll be completely honest with you. I'm
smashed.?
Police were called to Paradise Road where a man was on
the roadside cutting up a deer with a chainsaw. When
police responded they discovered a man working on a
fallen tree, not an animal.
Police were called an apartment complex on Millersport
Highway for vandalism. Reportedly a group of 10-15
people were dumping ?colored baby powder? all over the
parking lot.
A disturbance was reported in a Transit Road church
parking lot. It was over a parking space.
A patrol responded to a report of a white male exiting
his vehicle and dumping beer cans on Norwood Drive.
Police located the suspect in the driveway of his Center
Road residence. He said he was coming from work, where
he drank six beers.
An Abbott Road man told police he saw footprints in his
backyard that led to his vehicle, at which point he
discovered that the rear license plate was stolen.
A suspicious vehicle was reported on the bike path near
Gunnville Road. It was a town security vehicle.
A man was reportedly going in and out of the bathroom
at a salon on Delaware Avenue. When police arrived to
check on the suspicious activity the complainant was
cutting the man's hair.
A man parked his purple van in a parking lot on
Kenmore Avenue and was asking women to go home with
him.
A Lancaster man reported someone stole his vehicle
while it was parked at a bar, and in the vehicle was
sporting and other equipment valued at $333. The man
called the police station a couple of hours later to report
he had apparently parked it in a different location.
The owner of a Walden Avenue business reported
someone has been stealing valuable metal pieces from his
property. One piece was a 1,000-pound rear end out of a
parked trailer.
Officers were trying to determine what was in a toolbox
after an Orchard Park mail carrier found it on the side of
the road, opened it and believed it contained drug
paraphernalia.
Police were called to Cottonwood Drive where a man
was standing in the window naked. He told police he was
sunning himself and didn't realize anyone was watching.
He was strongly advised to stop.
A goose was tapping on windows at the library on
Audubon Parkway. The goose left.
Police Blotter #63
A Lancaster man reported someone stole $400 from his
wallet, which was left in his unlocked vehicle for six hours
while he worked. No suspects were named.
An East Aurora man was pulled over after Depew police
noticed him driving too slowly on Transit Road. An officer
saw the driver pull out of a parking lot, and the driver
continued to slow down, driving 20 mph down to 10 mph,
so he didn't pass the patrol car. The driver admitted to
having ?a few drinks? and told police he graduated from
high school but didn't know the English language.
A fire was reported on Tonawanda Creek Road. The odor
was caused by a burned-out dryer motor.
A 9-1-1 call was placed from Brooklane Drive from a
boy who was having a disagreement with his sister. Police
advised the family on the proper use of 9-1-1.
A resident at Peppertree Heights Apartments
complained a neighbor's dog was outside barking. The
caller thought the owner was passed out drunk inside.
A patrol stopped a vehicle on Route 400 after noticing it
cross over the fog line six times. The driver, a Rochester
woman, had an odor of alcoholic beverage on her breath.
She said she drank three beers and was on her way from
Rochester to Amherst. She said she left Rochester at 7
p.m. The time was currently 11:10 p.m.
A patrol responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle
on Connor Court. He located and stopped the vehicle. As
the officer approached the car, the suspect opened his
door and could not comprehend requests to close the
door and roll down the window. The driver failed to put
the car in park, and the vehicle began to roll backwards.
The officer had to reach in the car and place it in park.
When asked for his license, the driver handed the officer a
credit card.
A West Seneca man reported someone had put ketchup
and syrup all over the passenger side of his vehicle.
An Amherst woman was charged with robbery after she
reportedly bit a clerk and stole jewelry from a Main Street
business in Clarence.
A complainant reported an intoxicated driver after
seeing a man fall into his vehicle and stagger into
McDonald's on Union Road. Upon the patrol's arrival, the
suspect said he had nothing to drink since parking his
vehicle at the location. He said he had two or three beers
at home. The suspect was confused about what time it
was, and failed field sobriety tests.
A Lancaster man was charged with growing marijuana
plants and unlawful possession of marijuana. Firefighters
told police five potted marijuana plants were found
growing under a florescent light in a closet as they fought
a blaze at the apartment complex. While fire and police
personnel were waiting for a detective to arrive, the
apartment's renter arrived home and told officers he was
growing the marijuana for his girlfriend.
A woman reported her 1-year-old son was locked in
the car on Washington Highway and the baby had the
keys.
A patrol stopped a vehicle on Seneca Street after
noticing it had no inspection sticker. When asked for his
license and registration, the driver said, ?My license is
suspended, but I didn't want my wife to drive because I
think the front wheel is going to fall off.?
A patrol arrived at a West Seneca residence, where there
had been a dispute between roommates. The victim said
the suspect had started an argument, and then pulled the
wires out of his computer. The suspect picked up a
hammer and swung it above the victim's head, reportedly
threatening, ?I'm gonna bash your head in and drag your
body out onto the street.?
A Depew man was in Lancaster Town Court when he
approached a police officer and asked if he had to sign in
for court. The police officer immediately smelled the odor
of burnt marijuana on the man and escorted him outside.
The suspect said, ?I know what you're going to ask me. I
have some marijuana in my truck.? The officer found a
clear, plastic bag containing the substance and a glass
smoking pipe. The suspect was taken to the police station,
charged, released on his own recognizance and returned
back to court for the original citation.
A Stillwell Avenue resident asked police for advice about
unwanted attention from a woman.
A Victoria Boulevard resident reported her neighbor put
dog feces on her lawn. The neighbor claimed that her son
must have accidentally put it there while he was shoveling.
A fire alarm was activated at a Main Street address. It
was caused by burnt meatballs.
A woman called police to report that a man she had met
the night before and brought back to her apartment, then
left to get some cocaine and condoms, but didn't return.
A few hours later, he called her and said, ?If the police
ask, you told me I could have the truck.?
A Buffalo woman reported to Lancaster police that while
she was in line at a cash register at a Transit Road store
the day before, a man started yelling that she should get
off her phone and that she was in his space. She told
police she was using a hands-free device and her arms
were full of groceries, and she didn't realize the man was
yelling at her until he pulled her hair and punched the
side of her head.
A Victoria Boulevard resident reported her neighbor put
dog feces on her lawn. The neighbor claimed that her son
must have accidentally put it there while he was shoveling.
Police Blotter #62
Police were called to the Boulevard Mall where Santa
Claus had $200 taken. Santa would be at his chair in the
food court until his shift ended.
A Penora Street woman reported a Crown Royal bag with
$1,200 was missing from her purse. She had work done in
her apartment, and she paid the employee from the
Crown Royal bag. When she went shopping later in the
day, she noticed the bag was gone.
A St. John Street man reported someone forced open a
window to gain entrance to his home and stole a .22-
caliber and a 410-gauge firearm and a pellet gun.
A Mapleton Drive woman told police she could hear
voices through her smoke detector.
Three males in ?puffy coats? were reportedly running
down Capen Blvd. towards Longmeadow knocking over
trash cans.
A customer at a Niagara Falls store filled a car seat box
with around $1,000 worth of merchandise then paid only
for the car seat. The incident was caught on videotape.
Police received a 911 call from an Arielle Court
residence. The woman said it was a misdial; she was
trying to call India.
Someone entered a vehicle in the parking lot of a West
Seneca restaurant, stole a phone charger and attempted to
remove the satellite radio. The suspect(s) also turned on a
spotlight and placed it face down on the front seat,
causing a large burn mark.
A patrol responded to a report of a hit-and-run
accident on St. Jude Terrace. When the officer arrived, he
found the complainant had parked his vehicle across the
suspect's driveway in order to block him from leaving. The
suspect was saying, ?There's no damage, I didn't hit you.?
On Lovejoy Street, a female reported finding bloody
handprints on the door of her home and blood on the
ground. Police found no signs of a break-in and
discovered the woman's cats caught their dinner outside
and came back with bloody paws.
A North Woodside Lane woman was charged with driving
while intoxicated and moving from a lane unsafely at
Central and Pleasant avenues. A police officer whose
vehicle was parked at a gas station at Broadway and
Central Avenue saw the woman's vehicle turn from
Broadway onto Central Avenue, but he didn't see anyone
driving the vehicle. The suspect's vehicle then ran over a
curb. The officer didn't see the driver because while she
was driving, she bent over to the passenger side to pick
up something off the floor.
A North Transithill Road woman reported her son's iPod
and cell phone were taken from an unlocked gym locker at
Depew High School while he was in class. Loss was listed
at $800. Another woman was at the station at the same
time reporting her son's cell phone was taken from the
same class at the same time, and loss was listed at $200.
The parents reported the incidents to school officials, who
suggested the parents by locks for their children's
lockers.
Approximately six intoxicated adults trashed a hotel
room on Niagara Falls Boulevard and yelled at the
complainant when they were confronted. Reportedly the
adults were chaperones for a youth hockey team.
A man believed he was being followed by a person on a
bicycle on Mang Avenue. He said the bicyclist would
crouch down as if he were a sniper.
A complainant reported having received three hang-up
calls from the same number in the past hour. When he
called back a woman answered, saying she was
babysitting and there was no way anyone there could have
called because the kids were locked up in the closet.
A resident of Southern Parkway reported his neighbor
was blowing leaves on his property and stepping on his
lawn.
On Gualbert Avenue, a person was arrested after
refusing to pay the fare to the cab driver.
A burglary was reported in Clarence after a child home
alone heard a crashing sound in the house. The family
dog had knocked over a vase.
Deputies investigated a man who was shot in the leg on
Girdle Road. The subject was attempting to shoot a deer
that was hit by his vehicle when the bullet ricocheted off
the ground at hit the male in the thigh. The subject was
taken to the hospital where he received treatment.
Police responded to Union Road where a motorist's
vehicle reportedly struck a business's drive-thru window.
Employees did not know when the incident occurred.
At a French Road business, a person reportedly kicked
and damaged the drive-thru window.
A Depew woman reported her 17-year-old son had a
tattoo done at a Transit Road business without her
permission. The woman wished to prosecute.
A Hamburg woman reported that while she was at
Leisure Rinks on Weiss Road, someone smashed a window
on her vehicle and stole her purse, which contained cash
and credit cards.
An Ellis Road woman told police that an unknown person
entered her apartment and stole a television, digital
camera and cash.
A patrol observed a vehicle traveling south on Union
Road attempt to turn onto the Route 400 entrance ramp
but then continue on Union. The vehicle cut through
several side streets to turn around and then approached
Route 400 again. This time the driver attempted to turn
left onto the ramp, but drove up onto the concrete
barrier, knocking down the road divided sign. The driver,
a Buffalo man, said he had four beers at a tavern on
Clinton Street. There was a 16-ounce can of Labatt's Blue
on the ground next to his van, as well as three empty beer
cans and one half-empty beer can inside the vehicle.
A patrol investigated a 911 hang-up call on Harris Hill
Road. Children were playing with the pay phone.
Deputies investigated a burglary on Pound Road in Elma
where a garage was broken into overnight and a motor
scooter, dirt bike and machete were missing.
Deputies investigated a reckless operator on Rice Road
at Bowen Road. The complainant was forced off the road
and had to drive across a person's lawn. The reckless
driver was taken into custody.
Police Blotter #61
A motorist on North French Road reported that youths in
two vehicles were waving wrenches and hammers out of
the windows and swearing at motorists.
A Lexington Green man befriended a woman who called
herself ?Jasmine? while at a bar on Elmwood Avenue. He
brought her home and the two were talking and having
beers when she offered to make him a mixed drink. She
prepared the drink and then reportedly kept nagging him
to ?guzzle it down.? He finished the drink and passed out
within 15 minutes. When he awoke around 10 the next
morning, he found the following items missing from his
residence: a laptop computer, cell phone, CD player,
Coach watch and hooded sweatshirt.
An officer noticed a vehicle pull into an auto service
facility on Seneca Street and drive around the back of the
building although the business was closed. The driver said
he was looking for a place to fix his girlfriend's son's
dump truck.
A patrol picked up an individual on East & West Road
who had a warrant out of Buffalo for driving with a
suspended license. While the suspect was being held in
the booking room at the police station, a dispatch officer
observed the man pull down his pants and remove pills
that had been concealed on his person. The suspect
swallowed one tablet and placed the remaining pills in his
work boot. Police said they found seven Oxycodone
tablets in the boot.
Police responded to a report that someone had driven a
vehicle through a fence and onto the lawn on the south
side of Winchester Elementary. When police arrived, the
vehicle was unoccupied and the suspect was located
walking on Harlem Road.
A larceny was investigated at a Transit Road jewelry
store; $6,500 in diamonds was taken.
On High Park Boulevard a family of ducklings fell into
the sewer grate and the mother and father ducks were
?very frantic.? Police found nothing showing and ?no
quacking.?
Fives males were in custody for a food fight that took
place at Niagara Falls Boulevard business.
An unknown suspect put metal shavings in the motor of
a bulldozer belonging to a Seneca Street construction
company. The shavings caused the motor to blow up. The
complainant noted that someone has previously
vandalized this equipment by putting shavings, sand and
Pepsi in the transmission.
A patrol stopped a vehicle after observing it weaving
and turning into the oncoming lane of traffic on Seneca
Street. There was an odor of alcoholic beverage emanating
from the driver. He said he drank a couple of beers. The
officer asked the driver to recite the alphabet, and the
suspect said ?A,? then ?T? and started laughing.
Criminal mischief was reported by a man driving on
Willow Green Drive. He said a tennis ball was thrown at
the car, causing minor scratches. Reportedly the suspect
admitted to throwing the ball because he thought the car
was speeding and agreed to pay for damages.
A North Union Road resident found a big pile of bones
under a pile of trash she removed from the yard. Police
determined they were of a deer.
A patrol responded to a report of a loud party on
Forestall Lane. Upon his arrival, the officer heard a bang
and saw a vehicle up against a Dumpster. The vehicle
backed up and then pulled forward, striking the Dumpster
again. When attempting to recite the alphabet, the driver
got to G, but then mixed up the letters. He tried again,
but continued to confuse the letters until finally he got to
T and said, ?Oh, you know.?
A welfare check was requested on Island Park on Main
Street for a middle aged man that was on the ground
moaning. He was practicing yoga.
A black toy poodle was reportedly ?out and about,?
harassing landscapers on Nature Cove Court. The dog's
owners were at work when the dog worked its way out of
the garage.
An Angelacrest Lane resident received an unusual phone
call from a man inquiring about some clothing she was
trying to sell through an advertisement in several local
publications. The caller asked if he could purchase
unwashed clothing.
A white male with gray hair filled two plastic bags with
various merchandise at Rite-Aid on Seneca Street and fled
without paying. The stolen merchandise included skin
care products, an electric razor, two at-home cocaine
drug tests, two bottles of Advil and 11 packages of razor
blades.
Two men stole 99 razor blades from Eckerd Drugs on
Mineral Springs Road.
Property was found in an attic of a Main Street building by
someone who was doing maintenance work. The
identification the wallet was for a woman born in 1949.
A North Woodshire resident complained that she had a
wild bird in her house and thought she might have killed
it by moving the refrigerator.
Police Blotter #60
A Tonawanda man on a motorcycle struck a parked car.
Upon police arrival, the driver was sitting on top of his
motorcycle and smelled like alcohol. When asked if he had
been drinking, he replied, ?Way too much.?
A group of males and one female entered a store. While
inside, one man purchased a 12-pack of beer and another
asked the clerk if she was going to let him walk out of the
store without paying. The clerk said no, but the man
walked out anyway.
Two customers paid $1.18 of their bill at China One
Buffet, leaving $20.35 unpaid. One of the suspects, a male
in his 20s, also removed his shoes when he went up to get
food, causing another customer to complain.
A taxi driver called police after a man refused to pay him
cab fare. The suspect had asked for a ride to Wegmans,
then said he would pay the driver later, when they got to
Buffalo. A patrol arrived at Wegmans. When the suspect
exited the cab, the officer noticed something in the man's
left pant leg. There were 29 Funsaver cameras, which he
had apparently shoplifted from Wegmans. The suspect
was placed under arrest.
Town of Tonawanda Police responded to a welfare check
and upon entering the apartment found several marijuana
plants. The woman begged police not to confiscate them
because ?they were not big enough to smoke yet.?
A Charlesgate Circle resident complained about getting
a ticket for parking illegally. Reportedly she did so
because someone took her parking spot.
A Hummingbird Lane resident reported that at some
point during the day unknown persons took the solar
cover half-off the pool and went swimming.
Someone stole about three cases of Bud Light from an
outdoor cooler at the Red Brick Inn. The suspect also took
two trolleys to transport the beer. Wheel tracks indicate
the beer was taken to a vehicle parked under the Thruway
bridge.
A patrol stopped a vehicle believed to have been
involved in a larceny on Center Road. The driver had
several items for which he had no receipts in his car,
including a bag of ham, two cases of Ramen noodles, a
package of beef tenderloin and two onions. The suspect
also had a marijuana joint in the ash tray of his car.
A security guard thought to be wearing a ?gothic? outfit
was smoking a cigarette in Mang Park. It was a security
guard.
Youths were throwing eggs at moving vehicles on
Westgate Road.
A Northpointe Parkway business had the letters
loosened from the entrance sign and changed to read to
something about pornography.
Police responded to a disturbance at Union Common.
The couple was advised to stay in separate corners of the
condo for the night.
A patrol stopped a vehicle on Clinton Street because it
had a loud exhaust. The driver said he had not been
drinking but just had two cans of cherry Skoal chew. He
was asked to complete field sobriety tests. During the
walk and turn he kept stepping off the line. He said he
was too nervous and needed to defecate. The suspect
was escorted to the rest room at a nearby Mobil Station.
After he went to the bathroom, he was still apprehensive
about the tests, told the officer he was too nervous to take
them and asked just for the breath test. He tested positive
for alcohol consumption and was placed under arrest.
Criminal mischief was reported at a Transit Road plaza;
several businesses had windows smashed.
A car was reported stolen from a Transit Road parking
lot; it was found where the driver had parked it.
Theft of services was reported at a Greiner Road
business; the suspect returned and made restitution.
Suspicious persons were reported on Lapp Road; they
were checked and advised to leave the area.
An Allendale Road resident reported receiving
threatening calls on her cell phone in which an unknown
female said, ?Wait until tomorrow morning.?
Two officers responded to a report of a motorist
slumped over at the wheel on Orchard Park Road. The
patrols arrived to find the subject in the driver's seat with
the keys in the ignition and motor running. She refused
first aid and failed field sobriety tests.
A woman was issued an appearance ticket for
attempting to steal a bottle of conditioner, chicken Caesar
salad and a cookie cake from a supermarket in
Tonawanda.
A woman reportedly left her purse in her unlocked
vehicle as she used a restroom in Ellicott Creek Park. After
she returned to her vehicle and drove away, she realized
her purse was missing. When she returned to the park
later that evening she was chased away by skunks.
A woman reportedly parked her vehicle on Hamilton
Road overnight and when she returned, it had been
covered in marshmallow fluff, bologna and mustard.
An officer responded to a report of a vehicle fire at the
Seneca Street entrance ramp to Route 400. He arrived to
find the vehicle engulfed in flames with the driver
standing nearby. The driver, who had an odor of alcohol
on his breath, said he had blacked out while driving and
did not know what happened.
A neighbor dispute was investigated on Greiner Road;
two subjects were charged with harassment. They were
released on appearance tickets.
A solicitor, described as a 25-year-old white male with
bleached blonde hair, wearing a leopard print shirt, was
on North French Road attempting to sell magazines. The
man, who was missing most of his teeth, was advised by
police.
A hotel employee on Flint Road reported a dog ran out
of one of the rooms and was barking outside of the front
door. The dog was returned to its room.
On Foxberry Drive a resident complained about a
substance, possibly paint, on the complainant's 2006
Cobalt. Police reported it was goose droppings.
Police Blotter #59
A patrol pulled over a vehicle on Ridge Road after he
observed the car traveling 76 miles per hour in a 35 mph
zone and stopping in the middle of an intersection. The
driver did know what street he was on, but said that he
was coming from his girlfriend's house and drank eight or
nine beers. When asked if he knew the alphabet, the driver
said no.
An officer stopped a vehicle for speeding on Seneca
Street. The officer noticed an odor of alcohol on the
driver. When asked for his license and registration, the
driver handed the officer a $10 bill. The driver was placed
under arrest for DWI.
A welfare check was requested by a ski resort looking
for an employee from Amherst who had missed two days
of work but never missed a day in the past. Police
reported the person in question was in jail.
A Coventry Road resident reported that someone broke
into her house and stole her pet's dog dish.
A female on Main Street believed that her cupcakes had
been poisoned because she was fatigued and had a dry
mouth. Crisis services were notified by patrol.
A Transit Road resident called police to tell them he had
a bat in a plastic container and would be leaving his
residence shortly for an appointment.
A patrol observed a vehicle traveling 64 mph in a 40-
mph zone on Orchard Park Road. The vehicle pulled into
the parking lot of La-Z-Boy, driving over a concrete stop
block and coming to rest in an unpaved area of the lot.
The driver said he had been at a friend's house and was
going to his own home on East & West Road. When the
officer informed the suspect he had passed East & West,
the suspect said he was going to a specific bar. When he
was informed he had passed that bar, the suspect said he
was going home. The suspect was placed under arrest for
DWI.
An officer responded to a complaint of loud music on
Nash Street. Upon his arrival, the patrol could hear the
music in the street, coming from a half-open garage door.
When confronted, the suspect refused to believe his music
was too loud and said he would play it as loud as he
wanted. At this point, the man raised his hand to the
officer. The suspect was handcuffed and taken to the
police station, where he was held until he was sober.
On Berkley Road a resident was concerned about a
camera she found on the side of her house that she hadn't
installed. The item the complainant thought was a camera
was the transmitter used by the water authority to read
the meter.
West Seneca police responded to the Route 219 South
entrance on Ridge Road, where a vehicle was off the road.
The driver smelled of alcohol, had slurred speech and
could not produce the vehicle registration or insurance
card. Though the driver said he had not been drinking, he
failed field sobriety tests. While attempting to recite the
alphabet for the second time, the suspect said, ?My mouth
doesn't work right.?
An employee at Tops on Harlem Road noticed a white
male in his mid-30s stuffing a bag of Doritos, two bags of
shrimp and two bags of scallops under his Buffalo Bills
jacket. The man dropped everything except the Doritos
and fled on foot toward Clinton Street.
A man told police that while he was at an automotive
dealership in Orchard Park, someone entered his vehicle
and stole a radar detector, cologne, CDs and a cigarette
adaptor which all totaled about $200.
An Amherst resident complained to police that when the
boyfriend moved out, he took the cat.
A patrol stopped a vehicle on Mineral Springs Road after
noticing its inspection sticker was expired. As the vehicle
pulled over, the officer noticed a passenger in the rear
seat throw a bag of marijuana out of the passenger side
window. He told the officer he had been arrested before
and was scared.
An officer stopped a vehicle on Clinton Street after he
saw it pass through a red light. The driver said he drank a
fifth of vodka and then drove to a bar where the bartender
bought him two shots. He said he had just been convicted
of DWI and his license was revoked.
Police charged six area teens with criminal trespassing
and trespassing after police received a call that youths
were spotted on the roof at Windom Elementary School.
Also, a 41-year-old woman who is the mother of one of
the suspects, was charged with obstructing governmental
administration.
A dispute was reported on Grandview Drive because a
mother wouldn't give her 16-year-old daughter the cell
phone charger.
On Niagara Falls Boulevard, a larceny was reported
regarding an employee that hid two bags of sandwiches
behind a Dumpster.
Erratic driving was reported on Transit Road in Clarence;
the car could not be located.
A patrol observed a vehicle pull onto Seneca Street
without yielding to traffic and nearly causing an accident.
When asked how much he had been drinking, the driver
said, ?Too much to be driving.? When asked to perform
field sobriety tests, the man replied,? Why bother? I won't
pass them.?
A North Collins man reported that while his vehicle was
parked on Abbott Road, somebody broke the passenger
side window and stole a radio worth $150.
Police were at a Clinton Street residence for a domestic
call when one of the officers noticed a brass pipe,
prescription bottle and other drug paraphernalia on a
dresser in the bedroom. When questioned about the
items, the resident said, ?It's mine, but I haven't smoked
cocaine since January. I only do cocaine when my friends
are over.?
A larceny was reported at a Transit Road restaurant; a
cellular phone was taken from the employees' locker
room.
Employees at a Union road restaurant called police after
they noticed a man had been sitting in his vehicle in the
parking lot for 45 minutes. When a patrol arrived, the
subject was sleeping, but the car was running and the
radio was playing loudly. The suspect had slurred speech
and red, glassy eyes.
A one-legged turkey was reportedly in the middle of
Willow Ridge Drive. The complainant said the bird was
unable to move to the side, but it chased the patrol car
that responded.
On Robin Road, someone reportedly went into a locked
apartment building and threw snow into the hallway. The
complainant stated this has happened before.
A patrol stopped a vehicle on Seneca Street because it
had a missing brake light. The driver could not produce
her license, but told the officer her date of birth was
March 3, 1982. However, the driver appeared to be about
50 years old. Investigation revealed she was
impersonating her daughter, who was also in the vehicle.
The suspect was lying because her driver's license had
expired in June 1996.
Two mothers stopped their cars on Tonawanda Creek
Road and were involved in an argument. They had just
picked up their teens for shoplifting.
A person called from Niagara Falls Boulevard to report
that a woman was beating on her own car.
A patrol observed a vehicle traveling at alternating
speeds and weaving in and out of its lane of traffic on
Union Road. The officer activated his lights but the car did
not stop until the patrol turned on his siren. There was a
strong odor of alcohol emanating from the driver. While
searching for her registration she kept trying to open the
passenger's side air bag rather than the glove box. She
said she drank three Southern Comforts at a local tavern.
The driver thought she was on Ridge Road and kept
saying, ?I'm almost home, just let me go home.?
Police Blotter #58
A Callodine Avenue resident complained about a group
yelling and screaming in the street. They were just
overjoyed about an upcoming wedding.
Two male teenagers were charged with third degree
burglary, petit larceny, criminal possession of stolen
property and criminal mischief at the gas station on
Southwestern Boulevard after they entered the back door,
smashed the glass out of the counter and stole scratch off
lottery tickets.
A car fire was reported on Boncrest Drive; it was caused
by a mechanical problem.
A patrol stopped a vehicle on Clinton Street for a traffic
violation. The driver told the officer his name and said he
was going to a local restaurant to see if they were hiring
because he dropped off an application last week. The
patrol and driver went into the restaurant and after
checking the employment application, the officer found
the suspect had lied, giving a false name.
An unknown individual who seemed to be highly
intoxicated went into a convenient store on Clinton Street
and purchased a bottle of cola. He then walked over to a
display of beer, and the store clerk said, ?Not this time,?
because she did not want to sell the man alcohol as he
appeared to already be intoxicated. The man took an 18-
pack of Labatt Blue and left without paying.
Police responded to Campus Drive where someone
reported a man was breaking into a two-door green car.
Police discovered he was just trying to get into his own
car.
A Berehaven Drive resident complained to police about a
group of teens playing football on his front lawn. He
wanted them to leave.
A patrol arrived at a Borden Road residence to
investigate a complaint of a possible burglary. A highly
intoxicated man at the residence confessed he had lied
about the complaint in order to gain access to his parents'
home. The subject's mother said he could stay there for
the night, so the officer left. Several minutes later, the
patrol returned because the subject had called the police
again and was verbally abusive and using foul language.
There was also a 911 hang-up call from the residence.
The subject's parents told police their son he was not
welcome there any more.
A pizza delivery person said he had been to a house on
Seneca Street where he was paid with fraudulent money.
After realizing the money was counterfeit, he attempted to
knock on the door of the residence but no one responded.
Police responded and followed footprints in the snow,
which led to a car in the driveway. The suspect was lying
in the front seat of the vehicle.
Patrolmen extinguished a fire that started inside of a
dishwasher on Princeton Place.
A Clarence woman was charged with driving while her
license was suspended when she was stopped on
Goodrich Road; she was released on an appearance ticket.
A woman complained she was being followed by a man
at the Boulevard Mall. He was walking around the food
court and claimed he was waiting to meet his wife.
A Covent Garden Lane resident reported a UPS package
had been sitting on a neighbor's utility box for three days.
The box had only garbage in it and was disposed of.
A Seneca Street resident came home to find a vehicle
resting against a tree on her lawn. There were no driver or
keys in the car, a Honda Civic. The registered owner's
sister, who lives several doors down, told police her
brother had parked his car on the street before he went to
the hockey game with her husband. Police contacted the
vehicle's registered owner, who told them the same
information. Someone had apparently pushed the vehicle
into the yard as a prank.
A 29-year-old Dunkirk woman was charged with larceny
and possession of burglar's tools after attempting to steal
diet pills and razor blades from a Cheektowaga drug
store.
A clerk at Target in Orchard Park told police that a man
she believed to be in his 40s, exposed himself at the
checkout counter.
Police were called to a dispute on Creekside Drive where
a 15-year-old girl was out of control. The mother
controlled the situation by sitting on the daughter.
A North French Road resident said a man came to the
complainant's door looking for youths with paintball guns
that would have sprayed his mother's car. The
complainant asked the man if he called police and he said,
?No, I'm taking matters into my own hands.?
An officer was on Mill Road searching for two brothers
with warrants out for their arrest. He spotted one of the
suspect's vehicles and attempted to pull it over, but the
driver did not stop. The vehicle pulled into a driveway and
one of the suspects exited. He told the officer his license
was in his house. The officer told the suspect he had a
warrant for his arrest and to put down his beer and put
his hands behind his back. The suspect said, ?Let me put
my beer inside.? The suspect struggled with the officer,
but was placed under arrest. A bag of crack cocaine was
found in his pants pocket. Police located the second
suspect hiding in a basement cabinet.
A patrol stopped a vehicle on Clinton Street because its
windshield was fractured. There was an open container of
Old Milwaukee beer on the passenger's side floor and an
open container of Smirnoff Raspberry under the
passenger's seat.
Harassment was reported at a Ridge Lea Road business
after an employee, who was let go, threatened to shoot
the complainant if he did not get his bonus check.
Police Blotter #57
A suspect was arrested for shoplifting from Tops on
Orchard Park Road after he pushed a cart filled with
$160.17 of assorted merchandise into the parking lot
without paying for anything. Eggs, juice, cake mix,
frosting and pork chops were among the goods which the
suspect allegedly attempted to steal.
A patrol stopped a driver on Orchard Park Road for
disobeying a traffic control device. The driver said she did
not have her license with her. She gave the officer a false
name, but then admitted her real name after she was told
she would be arrested if she was lying. The officer saw a
prescription pill on the seat. The suspect said it was her
mother's, but while walking to the patrol car, several more
tablets fell out of her pant leg. A search revealed she had
44 tablets and a change purse with $365.
A Niagara Falls Boulevard business reported a group of
youths sprayed Silly String all over the store after being
asked to leave.
A Hillside Drive resident reported a garbage can was
stolen overnight. It was the third time since the summer
that a can full of yard brush was taken and the rest of the
garbage and cans were left behind.
A disorderly person was reported outside a Transit Road
business jumping up and down, not stopping. He was
taken home.
A truck was reported stolen from a Clarence residence.
Officers determined it had been repossessed.
An officer saw a vehicle pull onto the shoulder of Transit
Road in order to avoid a police checkpoint. The driver
exited his vehicle and began walking toward the patrol
car. The officer told the driver to return to his vehicle. The
driver said he was supposed to pick up his roommate who
had been pulled over by police. He told the officer his
speech was slurred because he had ?new teeth.?
An officer observed a vehicle traveling 53 mph in a 40-
mph zone on Clinton Street. The patrol turned around to
follow the vehicle and saw it cross over the fog line twice.
The driver failed field sobriety tests and registered a
positive reading on the alcosensor.
A patrol responded to the complaint of an unwelcome
guest pounding on the door of a French Lea Road
residence. Upon the officer's arrival, the suspect, who had
a strong odor of alcohol on his breath, was standing on
the porch. When asked what he was doing, the suspect
said he was, ?trying to get some action.?
Police arrived at a Wedgewood Drive residence to
execute two warrants. It was determined that the suspect
was hiding in the attic. Police shouted orders to give
himself up, but the suspect refused to answer. An officer
found the suspect lying face down in a pile of insulation.
He was placed under arrest.
A 60-year-old man was stopping cars on Sheridan Drive
and asking people for a light. The man left prior to police
arrival.
A Fiddlers Green resident reported she had locked
herself with her newborn baby in the bathroom because
there were two bats in the house and she was unable to
get them out on her own.
A patrol observed a fight in progress in front of a bar on
Seneca Street. One male was kicking another male who
was on the ground. One of the suspects was placed under
arrest and the other fled, but was located a short time
later in the bar restroom. It appeared that one of the
suspects had pushed the other's girlfriend, and the
altercation ensued.
A complainant reported that his vehicle had been stolen
from the parking lot of a West Seneca sports bar. At the
same time, police received a report of an accident on
Orchard Park Road involving a car matching the
description of the stolen vehicle. Police arrived to find a
car had struck a tree and Christmas decorations before
stopping several inches from an Orchard Park Road
residence. The suspect, the registered owner of the
vehicle, was the same individual who had reported the car
stolen.
A patrol noticed a vehicle stopped in the lane of traffic
on Union Road. The officer approached the vehicle,
knocked on the driver's side window and awoke the
driver. When the driver saw the officer, he drove away. The
patrol pulled the vehicle over and the driver took several
minutes to search for his license, though it was visible in
the center of his wallet.
An Amherst resident returned to her home to find the
house unlocked and a non-threatening note in her
bathroom.
A man took a set of car keys from his ex-wife and left.
He said he was upset the vehicle was being sold and just
wanted to drive it.
An underage Goodrich Road resident was issued an
appearance ticket for possessing one bottle of Smirnoff
strawberry vodka and two empty cans of beer.
A suspicious vehicle was reported in the Main-Transit
plaza. It had been parked there for 40 minutes.
A suspicious person was reported loitering outside of a
gas station on Main Street near Transit Road.
A patrol performed a registration check of a vehicle
parked behind a gas station on Center Road and found
that the vehicle had been reported stolen. The officer
entered the gas station and determined the suspect was in
the rest room. She exited the bathroom and said she did
not steal the truck. The officer saw crack pipes on the
shelf in the rest room and found a container with an
unknown substance hidden in the changing table. There
was also a marijuana pipe in the suspect's purse and a
crack cocaine rock in the visor and crack pipe in the glove
box of the vehicle she had been driving.
A Big Tree Road resident had a laptop and audio
recordings worth $1,250 taken from his vehicle.
Representatives of an Orchard Park movie theater
complex reported the theft of a cardboard standup sign
from the movie ?Borat.?
On Clinton Street, a resident reported a motorist driving
a blue truck stole garbage cans with the garbage still
inside them.
An Allenhurst Road couple called police because the
complainant's boyfriend took her coat and was refusing to
give it back.
Harassment was reported on Sheridan Drive. Someone
entered a restaurant, pulled the complainant's hair and
yanked menus out of her hands.
Police charged a 21-year-old East Aurora man with
leaving the scene of an accident after police received a call
of an explosion on Ellicott Road. When they arrived, they
found a 20-year-old East Aurora man on the side of the
road. He told police he was riding in the back of his
friend's pickup truck when he heard something that
sounded like an M-80. He said he stood up, lost his
balance and fell off the back of the truck.
Police Blotter #56
An Elma man was charged with theft, resisting arrest
and second-degree obstruction of governmental
administration after a store owner reported the man stole
a 30-pack of beer and fled the scene on a go kart. Police
followed the suspect, who threw the beer and fled on foot
on Erie Street. Police found him hiding under fallen brush.
A CSX train crashed through a garage door at a station
on George Urban Boulevard. The engine stopped when it
struck train cars inside the building. The conductor said a
problem with the air pressure on the engine caused the
brakes to fail.
A North Buffalo Road resident told police that somebody
entered their residence and moved items around, but that
nothing appeared to be missing.
Police charged a 23-year-old East Aurora man for
driving with a loud muffler and driving with a suspended
registration on South Buffalo Street.
A Marine Drive tenant reportedly threatened to get the
landlord ?ghetto style.?
A police officer responded to a complaint of a suspicious
person on Seneca Street. The officer stopped to question
an individual, who refused to answer questions and had
no identification on him. When the patrol asked the man
to have a seat, the suspect backed away. The officer
grabbed the man's arm, and the suspect began to wrestle
with him, dumping over a container of an alcoholic
beverage he had been carrying. The suspect was placed
under arrest but began talking about Satan, ?the beast?
and Leviathan, and started reciting strange chants. He told
the officer, ?Oh yeah, buddy, you messed with the wrong
guy.?
Road rage was reported on Layton Avenue as an ex-
girlfriend was trying to catch her boyfriend.
While investigating an accident at Abbott and Big Tree
roads, police charged a 64-year-old Orchard Park man
with following too close and driving while intoxicated.
A 16-year-old Lackawanna female was charged with
petit larceny after allegedly stealing jogging pants and
two pairs of sunglasses worth an estimated $75 from a
department store.
A patrol was performing a routine traffic stop on Harlem
Road when a man rode his bike past the officer and yelled
at him. The officer followed the bicyclist and found that
he was highly intoxicated. When he attempted to frisk the
suspect, the man attempted to pull away. The officer
located a pipe with marijuana residue in his right front
pocket and a bag with marijuana in his left front pocket.
Police responded to a report of a motor vehicle accident
on Tampa Drive. The driver did not appear to understand
the police officer's questions. When asked what had
happened, the driver said, ?She pulled out in front of me.?
But the driver had struck a parked car. The driver refused
field sobriety and breath tests.
Erratic operation was reported on Roll Road. It was an
elderly driver, and she was advised.
A Bielak Road woman told police that she after noticing
her dog was not feeling well for almost a week, she took
the dog to a veterinarian, where an x-ray showed the dog
had been shot with a pellet.
An Evans woman told police that she believes her child
may have dropped her wallet while they were at Target in
Lancaster. The credit card was used a short time later at a
plaza in West Seneca.
A Lancaster resident reported that someone was leaving
flowers by the front door, but no notes or other
identifying information.
Officers responded to Harvard Avenue, Depew, to
investigate a report of a motor vehicle accident with a cat.
The cat was pronounced dead at the scene.
A prowler was reported trying to break into a Greiner
Road business. It was an employee coming to work.
A Springville Avenue resident reported a motorist,
impatient to leave, drove over the complainant's lawn,
striking his cat.
A group of 15 youths were reportedly taking newspapers
from boxes and throwing them all over the neighborhood
on Glenhaven Drive.
A Hillcrest Drive resident reported that when she went to
enter her vehicle, she noticed a strange man sleeping in
the back seat. She screamed, and the suspect woke up
and ran away.
A 43-year-old Depew woman reported that her 41-
year-old husband hit her with a hot dog during an
argument.
Lancaster Police notified the Village Department of
Public Works of two dead skunks, one on Lake Avenue and
one on Aurora Street.
A garbage can was taken from a Castle Court residence.
The complainant feared identity theft could be a
possibility.
A Pheasant Run Road resident was having problems with
the neighbors who were blowing smoke into her front
door.
A patrol drove past a vehicle with heavy damage and a
light out on Clinton Street. When the officer activated his
lights, the vehicle pulled onto the lawn in front of a
Clinton Street residence. The driver of the suspect vehicle
put his car in reverse and struck the patrol car. He told the
officer he was trying to pull into his driveway. He said he
drank four Coors Light beers for his birthday. When
performing field sobriety tests, the suspect asked if he
could remove his glass eye to retry the one-leg stand. The
officer allowed him to remove his artificial eye, but he
failed the test again and was placed under arrest.
A woman reported that she had been receiving strange
phone calls almost daily since Sept. 1 in which an
unknown caller whispers, ?What do you want?? and, ?Can I
clean your house??
Police investigated a suspicious vehicle parked in a no
parking zone on Seufert Road and charged a 22-year-old
Arizona man with unlawful possession of marijuana,
drinking alcohol on a vehicle and a parking violation. He
was later charged with criminal mischief after ripping a
cord out of the wall at the police station.
An ATV complaint was investigated on Boncliff Drive. It
could not be located.
A tractor trailer pulled into a parking lot on Seneca
Street and was unable to exit. The driver drove over the
front stairs of the business and hit an outside wall while
attempting to pull out. When a patrol arrived, the driver
was still trying to pull the truck out and struck the
building again. The driver failed field sobriety tests and
was placed under arrest.
The manager of a Depew bank reported that she
observed a tan pick-up, driven by what appeared to be a
man in a burgundy ski mask, pull into the parking lot of a
neighboring business, turn around and exit.
A Clark Street, Lancaster, woman reported that a female
driver in a black car was speeding through her
neighborhood and wasn't stopping at stop signs.
A West Seneca resident told police that while they were
parked on Southwestern Boulevard, a spare tire worth
$140 was stolen from their vehicle.
Police responded to a report of a white male standing in
front of a supermarket on Orchard Park Road asking
people for money. He told the officer that he asked one
person for money because he wanted to go see his
girlfriend in Canada and was running out of gas.
A burglary was investigated on Lapp Road. A laptop
computer was taken.
An alarm was reported on Clarence Center Road. It was
accidental by the cleaning crew.
A 41-year-old man reported that ?some kid? hit him in
the head with a beer bottle at a Depew bar.
Several pairs of women's undergarments were found
super glued to the hood of a person's car near Brompton
Road. It turned out that someone was playing a prank on
a friend.
Youths attempted to purchase an energy drink with
alcohol in it at a Town of Tonawanda convenience store.
They told the clerk they didn't know it had alcohol in it.
They tried to purchase the substance again several hours
later.
An accident was reported on Hopkins Road in which a
man reported he had to chase down the elderly women
involved to get them to stop after hitting his vehicle.
Police advised two girls walking on a ramp for
Interstate-290. They told police they are new UB students
walking back to campus and thought they were on Maple
Road.
The patrol stopped a vehicle for crossing over the
double yellow lines on Union Road. The driver appeared to
be nervous and had bloodshot eyes. When asked if he had
taken any drugs, the suspect replied, ?I've taken all sorts
of drugs, but nothing in the last couple months.?
Deputies advised a Williston Road resident regarding a
complaint involving her son riding up and down the street
on a four wheeler.
A man reported that someone had driven an ATV
through his Erie Street, Lancaster, property, destroying his
soy bean crop.
A business on Kensington Avenue reported a group of
youths took some chairs and started walking down
Hamilton Drive.
A patrol observed a vehicle traveling at 53 mph in a 35
mph-zone on Berg Road. The officer pulled over the
vehicle and determined the suspect vehicle had an odor of
alcohol on his breath and bloodshot, watery eyes. After
searching for his registration for several minutes, he
turned and asked the officer, ?What did you need??
Police responded to a parking lot on Sheridan Drive in
which two seasoned drivers were arguing over a minor
traffic infraction and who hit whom.
A man in the Sheridan Parkside neighborhood had said
that he was chased by another man with a Louisville
Slugger baseball bat. When asked why, the party admitted
to having an affair with the first man's wife.
A 73-year-old woman was taken into custody for
larceny at a Main Street business.
A man, with a clipboard, looking into a manhole on Main
Street was considered suspicious. He was from National
Grid.
Someone entered an unlocked garage on Fawn Trail and
stole a red and black tool box, socket set, assorted hand
tools, assorted frozen food, three cases of soda, two gas
cans and six, gallon jugs of windshield washer fluid.
A 1986 Ford Mustang had the bumper stolen off of it
while it was parked in the Sheridan Parkside
neighborhood.
Police responded to a parking lot on Sheridan Drive over
two youths fighting over a fast food order. One of the
boys apparently had stolen the other's sweet-n-sour
sauce.
A security guard of a Depew grocery store reported that
a man grabbed a 12-pack of beer, some powdered drink
mix, a can of sardines and a box of condoms and ran out
the door.
An Orchard Park resident reported that someone
dumped ramen noodles in their hot tub.
Larceny was reported on Transit Road when a man tried
to take a case of beer, meat and seafood that was
dropped in the parking lot.
A neighbor dispute was reported on Surrey Run when a
woman was refusing to return balls that had landed in her
yard when the kids next door were playing.
Police Blotter # 55
A vehicle was damaged after a 2 1/2-inch hose fell off a
fire truck that was responding to a call of smoke at a
house on Independence Drive.
While an officer was standing on Chestnut Ridge Road
investigating another incident, a 39-year-old Cattaraugus
man was weaving and nearly struck the officer. Police
pulled him over on Chestnut Ridge Road near Powers
Road and charged him with driving while intoxicated and
felony aggravated unlicensed operation.
A patrol pulled over on Transit Road to assist a vehicle
with its flashers. The vehicle had stalled because it ran out
of gas. A computer check revealed the vehicle registration
was suspended.
A caller reported two juveniles on low-rider bikes over
turning picnic tables and garbage cans in the Clarence
Center Elementary School Playground.
A leaf blower was stolen from a Versailles Boulevard
yard.
Police responded to a report of a hit-and-run accident
that occurred on Clinton Street. The victim reported that a
driver rear-ended his vehicle in front of Tim Hortons. The
suspect told police he thought he had struck a curb. He
also said he was on four different prescription
medications.
A Hemlock Drive resident reported that someone stole
two 12-packs and one six-pack of beer, and a 12-pack of
pop from the refrigerator in his garage.
A 28-year-old Orchard Park man was arrested for
driving while intoxicated after witnesses at the McDonalds
restaurant on Orchard Park Road told police they
witnessed him drive over a curb and into a flower bed.
An Orchard Park man reported that his wallet was stolen
from a locker room at a fitness center in West Seneca.
Police responded to a report of a disturbance at an
Edson Street address. They arrived to find a vehicle parked
on the front lawn and still running. The driver said she
had received harassing phone calls from a female at the
address and decided to confront her and drove onto the
lawn, nearly striking several people. She reportedly exited
the vehicle screaming and trying to punch everyone in the
front yard.
Officers responded to a report of an abandoned vehicle
on Route 219 near Ridge Road. The vehicle contained
numerous open containers of beer. It appeared the vehicle
was stuck in a small body of water off the road.
A suspicious person was reported on Smiley Terrace. It
was a magazine salesman.
Disorderly youths on bicycles were reported on Greiner
Road. They left before patrol arrived.
A West Seneca woman told police that her purse was
stolen while she was at Bryant and Stratton College in
Orchard Park.
Two Orchard Park males were charged with second
degree burglary and petit larceny after a Quaker Lake
Terrace resident reportedly caught them stealing beer
from the garage.
A Lackawanna man was charged with criminal mischief,
harassment and trespassing after causing a disturbance at
an Abbott Road bar. He was additionally charged with a
second count of criminal mischief after his girlfriend
reported that he smashed her cell phone.
An Elm Tree Road man told police that somebody stole
his vehicle from the driveway sometime overnight. The
man admitted to police that he left the vehicle unlocked
and the keys in the ignition.
A complainant reported that he was walking on Seneca
Street when a white Mustang pulled over and four white
males jumped out and attacked him. He said he had no
idea who the suspects were or why they attacked him.
A police officer observed a suspect trying to enter the
theme basket tent at the Queen of Heaven Carnival after it
had been closed. The suspect had a knife tool and was
using it in an attempt to enter the tent. He told the officer
he was trying to steal the radio theme basket. The suspect
was also in possession of a marijuana joint.
An East Bentham Parkway resident reported someone
tasted her meatloaf. No evidence of such crime was
found.
A complainant called from Campbell Boulevard to inform
police that a 12-year-old child was driving a lawn tractor.
A skunk was reported caught in a trap on Wayside Lane.
The animal control officer was notified.
An animal cruelty complaint was investigated in a
Transit Road parking lot. A dog was locked in a parked
car. The car left before the patrol arrived.
A patrol was dispatched to the scene of an injury
accident on Manhassett Street in West Seneca. The officer
found a man sitting in the driver's seat of his vehicle with
the key still in the ignition. The man said he had been
driving home from a bar in Colden where he got into a
fight and sustained facial injuries. The suspect thought he
was in Boston and that the time was 9 p.m. It was actually
3:50 a.m.
An unknown suspect damaged five arcade games and
stole glow sticks, candy and $2,000 from a business on
Orchard Park Road.
A Transit Road salon employee reported that an
unsatisfied customer paid less then half of the $30 fee for
the haircut.
An officer passed two individuals walking on Clinton
Street and was aware that one of the subjects had an
outstanding warrant out of Buffalo. The officer stopped to
speak with the two individuals and while they were
talking, a crack pipe was dropped to the ground. Both
individuals were placed under arrest.
Police responded to a report of a shoplifter stealing a
30-pack of Budweiser beer from Wegmans on Orchard
Park Road. The suspect was being pursued on foot by
store security. Police located the suspect in a Potter Road
residence and returned him to the store where he was
positively identified.
A Berkley Drive resident told police that somebody
entered their garage and stole beer.
Disorderly youths were reported drinking on Bent Brook
Court. It was unfounded.
Criminal mischief was reported on Transit Road. A car
was damaged by stones.
Two picnic tables were stolen from Fontana's on Clinton
Street. Someone also did damage to a walk-in cooler with
an ax and shovel that were left at the scene.
A shoplifter stole six New York Strip steaks and two
packages of scallops from the Tops on Orchard Park Road.
The suspect broke away from store security and fled
through the parking lot, across the street to Wegmans.
The offender was apprehended by police.
A smoke alarm was activated on Shimerville Road. It
was caused by poor ventilation.
Police and fire officials responded to a Lancer Court,
Depew, apartment for a report of a possible electrical fire,
but determined that the smell was caused by an
overheated refrigerator motor.
Police responded to a complaint by a Steinfeldt Road,
Lancaster, resident that a neighbor was mowing his lawn
at 2:50 a.m. The man was given a warning.
A food delivery person reported when he delivered $14
of food to a Travers Circle residence a man grabbed the
food then slammed and locked the door. Reportedly it was
a miscommunication and the food was then paid for.
An Allenhurst Road resident reported criminal mischief
when a brick was thrown through a window and then the
entire living room ceiling came loose crashing onto a
coffee table and lamp.
The owner of a Broadway, Depew, laundromat reported
that someone broke into a soft drink machine and
removed about $30 in change, causing $1,000 damage in
the process.
A Lancaster woman reported that someone had taken
$150 from her residence during a party.
A complainant on Niagara Falls Boulevard reported that
a gas station owner was refusing to accept payment in
coins.
A 15-year-old girl reported that she was harassed by
her boyfriend's mother.
A Lancaster man reported that someone threw a large
rock through the front window of his residence while he
was asleep with his wife on the couch.
An 8-year-old Amherst child whose foot was stuck in a
swimming cone was freed when the fire company used
lubricant to remove the item.
A Sheridan Drive business said a neighbor was throwing
dog droppings in the store's air conditioning unit.
A complainant on Emery Road told police two pit bulls
were attacking his livestock. The complainant claimed he
caught the dogs in order to secure them after they had
attacked two goats and a sheep. The goats had small bites
on their faces and ears while the sheep had two bite
wounds on their face and neck.
Deputies responded to a home on Billington Road after
receiving a report from a resident that a ground hog was
attacking her cat.
The Depew Recreation Department reported that
someone broke the hasp on a storage box at a church
playground and poured craft paint all over attendants'
clothing.
The pastor of a Lancaster church reported that someone
had spray-painted black and orange words on the north
and east sides of the community building.
A youth hooked a shot at the Brighton Golf Course and
it landed into another game. The men it landed near
thought they boys had done it deliberately.
A man was washing his car on Fairfield and his neighbor
was upset because the water was hitting his rose bushes.
A welfare check was requested for Union Road, just
north of the Thruway bridge, for a naked man. Police
reported the naked man was gone.
A Wyandotte Street woman reported that someone threw
a railroad spike at her swimming pool, puncturing the side
wall.
A Broadway youth reported that someone stole his BMX
bicycle, valued at $150, two weeks after someone stole
his other BMX bicycle, also valued at $150.
A young boy called from a cell phone on Kings Highway
reporting he had been knocked off of his bike by water
balloons thrown by a group of high school seniors in a
car.
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A driver on Niagara Falls Boulevard called police because
an irate passenger in another car was punching the
dashboard.
An Acacia Drive resident complained to police that a
neighbor pushed him after a dispute about lawn clippings.
A French Road resident reported a larceny when the
snakes she ordered online never arrived.
Police responded to a report of a vehicle fleeing after a
larceny at a store on Orchard Park Road. The suspect
vehicle was observed in a parking lot on Union Road.
Police confiscated the stolen items and also found
hypodermic syringes, two crack pipes and metal cups with
heroin residue in the suspect vehicle.
Police responded to a report of youths in a red car
causing a disturbance on Harlem Road. The car exited the
parking lot and began heading west on Clinton Street.
When the officer engaged his overhead lights to pull the
car over, it accelerated. The car attempted to turn onto
the Interstate 190 entrance ramp, but the driver lost
control of the vehicle and struck the curb, causing the
vehicle to stall. The officer found a rock of crack cocaine
and a crack pipe under the driver's seat.
A carbon monoxide detector was activated on Clarence
Center Road. It was a malfunction.
A loud party was reported on Main Street in Clarence but
all was quiet was police arrived.
A South Lane resident told police that somebody entered
their residence and stole video games, beer and clothes.
Police charged two 15-year-old Orchard Park males with
second degree reckless endangerment and third degree
criminal mischief after they allegedly threw rocks at
vehicles on South Buffalo Street.
A suspect was stopped in traffic on Seneca Street. When
approached by the patrol, the driver had a strong odor of
alcoholic beverage on his breath. When asked for his
license and registration, the suspect gave the officer a
pizza menu, thinking it was his registration. An open
bottle of Michelob Ultra was in the car cup holder. The
suspect failed field sobriety tests and the alcosensor with
a .25 percent blood-alcohol content.
Someone smashed a Pepsi vending machine on Clinton
Street, but nothing was taken from the machine.
A suspicious person was reported outside a Transit Road
store. He left before patrol arrived.
Employees of Tops Markets on Southwestern Boulevard
told police that somebody stole plants, top soil and
coolers that we displayed outside of the store.
Police were searching for a suspect after witnesses on
Ellicott Road said that a vehicle left the road and hit two
mailboxes before leaving the scene.
An employee at a store Southwestern Boulevard said
that a white male in his teens grabbed a 12-pack of beer
and left without paying.
A server from Danny's Restaurant on Abbott Road told
police that two teenagers left the restaurant without
paying their bill as soon as the Buffalo Sabres game
ended.
A sick raccoon was reported on Stahley Road; the animal
control officer was called.
A larceny was reported at a Transit Road store. A
customer reported her purse stolen, but it was found
where she left it.
An ONSTAR alarm was reported on Main Road in
Clarence but the car could not be located.
A loud music complaint was investigated on Shimerville
Road; the individuals were advised.
A caller reported children riding dirt bikes on private
property on Sheridan Drive.
An Orchard Park service station clerk reported that a
customer pumped $51 worth of gas and drove off without
paying.
Police charged a 19-year-old Buffalo man with petit
larceny after he allegedly stole speakers from a vehicle
parked on Sterling Drive.
A Main Street, Depew, man reported that he was in his
apartment when his live-in girlfriend started an argument,
punched him in the eye and bit his left thumb.
A Randolph Street, Lancaster, woman reported that
someone had entered her back yard and damaged her
swimming pool with a blunt object.
An employee of a Walden Avenue, Depew, second-hand
goods store reported that a regular customer wheeled out
a newly acquired wheelchair valued at $400 without
paying.
Police charged a 22-year-old Winfield Avenue,
Lancaster, man with DWI after observing him swerve on
School Street and strike the curb on three separate
occasions before turning onto Winfield Avenue, nearly
striking three parked cars and driving over the curb and
sidewalk.
Animal control was called to help with a baby skunk on
William Street.
A police report for petit larceny was filed at
Williamstowne when an electric toothbrush was reported
stolen.
Youths with pellet guns were reported on Rogers Drive,
they were spoken to by police.
Bellevue firefighters responded to Edgebrook where a
pedestrian was struck and fell into the creek. The patient
was extracted from the creek and taken to ECMC.
A female reported she thought her neighbor's furnace
was going to combust the apartment on Springfield Drive.
A Walden Avenue gas station employee reported a man
pumped gas approximately an hour ago and still hadn't
paid and the vehicle was still sitting at the pumps. The
report led to the arrest of the man on drug charges.
Lynnette Court residents reported someone entered a
back window, took some beer and left the empty bottles
behind. They said it was the second time in a month they
had been broken into.
A hot water tank and two heaters were reportedly stolen
on Wanda Avenue.
A St. Boniface Road reported her doorbell was rung and
five minutes later she went to the door and found a ?no
parking? sign at the doorstep.
South Line firefighters responded to Borden Road where
a gas line had been hit while someone was cutting a lawn.
A Sable Palm Drive resident complained her boyfriend
was intoxicated and urinating on everything.
A group of unsupervised youths, dressed in gothic
clothes, approximately
16-17 years of age were harassing a neighbor during
evening hours on Harlem Road.
A Preston Road resident complained after his vehicle had
been damaged several times, including having White-out
put on it.
A concerned resident reported a house on Marilyn Drive
had high grass and the garage door was open. Everything
was in order; the owner's lawn mower had been broken
and was being repaired that day.
Two, reportedly intoxicated, males were pushing each
other in a shopping cart and almost hitting vehicles at the
Thruway Plaza.
A Thruway Plaza restaurant called police when half of a
dinner party walked out on the check and the other half
was still at the table. A police report for larceny was filed.
A group of 45-55 youths were ejected from the main
hallway of a Walden Avenue building after a disturbance
was reported.
Police were called to assist U-Crest firefighters on a call
at a residence of a drunken family who liked to fight with
the fire department.
Four people arguing in a cab on Walden Avenue led to
one being arrested for assault.
A neighbor dispute about cutting the grass was reported
on Francis Avenue.
The report also claimed the one man had a recording
device on him and the property.
Hy-View firefighters responded to an Aero Drive club
where a male was in and out of consciousness at the main
bar. He refused treatment.
A man reported he went to get his car from a Genesee
Street parking lot when he lost his 13-year-old son.
Reportedly the youth saw a spider, panicked, and was
hiding somewhere in the lot. He was located.
Police responded to the dead end of Basswood Drive
where 10 car loads of youths were blasting music and
revving the engines. They were advised by police.
A pizza delivery man reported a female customer
pushed him on Walden Avenue.
A disturbance was reported on Creekside Drive when a
female locked the man out of the house and wouldn't give
him the keys to the vehicle to leave. The female was
getting ready to leave in another vehicle. The final result
was the woman left in a vehicle, with the other keys, and
the man had to walk home.
A peeping tom was reported at the Walden Galleria Mall.
Reportedly a man had been taking pictures in dressing
rooms.
Someone reported a mom was yelling at her son on Slate
Creek Drive. The boy wouldn't eat his breakfast.
Larceny of ice tea by three males, ages 14-16, was
reported on Genesee Street.
A report that a 26-year-old man was having a diabetic
reaction led to his arrest for disorderly conduct on Union
Road and his transport to ECMC. A female had been
yelling for help and the man was pounding on the car
when police were called.
Police charged a 41-year-old St. John's Street, Depew,
man with several motor vehicle offenses after noticing
license plates belonging to a 1989 Plymouth Voyager on
his 1991 Chevy Beretta.
Police responding to a report of a disturbance at a
Penora Street, Lancaster, address discovered a 32-year-
old man inside who was wanted on a no-bail federal U.S.
Marshals' warrant for trafficking amphetamines.
Deputies checked an area of Knapp Road after receiving
a report of two horses in the roadway.
Deputies checked Emery Road after receiving a report
that females were in the parking lot of a business,
intoxicated and screaming profanities.
A complainant on Emery Road reported that an unknown
person took his iPod from his window sill at his dormitory.
The dorm was reportedly unlocked. There were no
suspects or witnesses.
An employee of a George Urban Boulevard, Depew, gas
station reported that she placed 20 packs of cigarettes in
a brown paper bag for a customer, who then grabbed the
bag without paying and ran out toward a vehicle. The
clerk pursued the man and tried to get his keys, but only
managed to grab the glasses off his face before he sped
away.
A Genesee Street hotel reported an intoxicated female
was in the lobby and not a guest at the hotel. She was
there because an airline had refused to let her board. She
was returned to airport who transported her to a hospital.
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A Depew man reported that someone took his four-
wheel ATV from in front of his residence after he left it
outside the garage with the keys in it.
A Niagara Frontier Transit Authority officer reported that
he lost his wallet, containing his badge and police
identification, when he left it on top of his vehicle after
fueling at a William Street, Lancaster, gas station.
An Orchard Park woman told police that she discovered
her purse stolen while she was at a drug store on North
Buffalo Road. The purse was later found at the Orchard
Park Senior Center with $60 missing.
A construction company from Cheektowaga doing work
on North Lake Drive reported to police that somebody
broke into a locked garage and stole about $1,000 worth
of supplies.
A suspect attempted to steal $136 of merchandise,
including two baby back ribs, one beef rib roast, three
New York strip steaks, four Porterhouse steaks and paper
towels from a supermarket on Harlem Road. He pushed
his cart past all points of purchase and into the parking
lot. The assistant store manager tried to stop the
shoplifter in the lot, but the suspect left the cart and fled
on foot. The assistant store manager chased the suspect
north on Harlem Road, west on Clinton Street, through the
OTB parking lot and onto Interstate 90. While they were
running along Interstate 90, a passing sheriff's deputy
stopped the suspect and held him until police arrived. At
that time, the suspect stated he was having chest pains
and was taken to South Buffalo Mercy Hospital to be
treated.
A police officer saw a car with two people inside parked
behind a store on Orchard Park Road. He observed one of
the individuals snorting cocaine through a straw off a
compact disc cover. When the suspect noticed the police
officer, he dumped the cocaine into the center console.
The suspects were removed from the vehicle and placed
under arrest.
An Orchard Park Road caller reported somebody broke
into his repair truck and stole about $700 worth of tools.
An Orchard Park woman told police that while her son
was home sick from school, he heard someone enter the
residence twice and he heard footsteps in the kitchen.
However, police discovered that no items were missing or
out of place.
A Lancaster man was charged with driving with a
suspended registration when he was stopped on Greiner
Road; his license was also revoked. He was taken to the
holding center on bail.
An officer responded to a property damage-only
accident on Indian Church Road. The suspect had an odor
of alcoholic beverage on his breath, but told the officer he
had not been drinking. There was an open 24-ounce can
of Labatt's Blue in his vehicle. The suspect said he was
coming from Tops where he bought medication. He could
not locate the medication. The suspect failed the Alco
sensor with a .14 percent blood alcohol content. He then
told police that he broke both ankles in 1992 or 1993 and
that he had been drinking at a local tavern. He was placed
under arrest.
A victim reported that while she was eating at the
Southgate Plaza, someone siphoned a half tank of gas
from her vehicle. The gas cap was also missing.
A Thomas Jefferson Lane resident called police to report
a baby duckling was in the sewer.
A Wickham Drive resident called police to report that a
duck had made a nest underneath a shrub.
Police noticed a vehicle heading south on Harlem Road
without its headlights on after dark. When the officer
stopped the suspect vehicle, he observed an odor of
alcohol coming from the driver. He asked the driver for
his license and registration and the driver replied, ?I don't
have my license or registration, I just have my license.?
Police responded to a report of a suspect damaging the
pay phone outside the West Seneca Public Library. When
they arrived, the suspect was gone, but the phone
earpiece was smashed and laying in the lawn. Police
caught up with the suspect at the pay phone at the
Sunoco station on the corner of Union Road and Seneca
Street. The man admitted to beating the phone because it
would not work properly.
A Southwestern Boulevard business reported that
somebody stole three ice cream bars.
After a 23-year-old Hamburg man was initially stopped
on Southwestern Boulevard for driving with an inadequate
muffler, he was additionally charged with third degree
aggravated unlicensed operation. He was released on $50
bail.
A rabid raccoon was reported on Steiner Road, it was
disposed of by the patrol.
An alarm was reported on Spaulding Drive but
everything appeared secure.
A driver failed to keep right when entering the Route
400 ramp on Transit Road and drove off the road into the
grass, crashing through the expressway guardrail. The
driver told police that he had been drinking and that he
had a conditional license from his last DWI. The vehicle
was towed, and the driver was transported to the hospital
for his injuries.
A male confronted a female in the parking lot outside a
supermarket after she dropped a piece of paper on the
ground. He slapped her in the face and told her that he
was a West Seneca police officer, and there was nothing
she could do about it. A male matching the description
given by the victim was located in Pumpernick ?N Pastry.
He admitted to slapping the woman and to saying he was
a cop. The man was arrested for harassment and criminal
impersonation.
A Depew woman reported that she used her
wheelbarrow to take out the garbage, but when she
returned from work, the wheelbarrow was gone, garbage
and all.
Police responded to a complaint of a man trespassing at
the Lancaster Airport to find a 48-year-old man target
shooting with a handgun 500 feet from the runway.
Larceny of newspapers was reported at an Anderson
Road hotel. The suspect was located on William Street and
advised to stay away from the hotel. No charges were
pressed.
A garden shop on Walden Avenue complained a man
was urinating on the merchandise.
A Depew man reported that his brakes failed as he
attempted to stop for a red light at Transit Road and
Broadway, and his vehicle continued into the intersection
and struck a pick-up truck.
A Sturm Street, Lancaster, man reported that someone
removed a 15-foot section of chain-link fence from his
back yard, as well as four metal posts.
A neighbor dispute was reported on Creekside Drive
when a man put a refrigerator box out for garbage pickup
and his neighbor took the box, filled it with wood, and put
it back on the complainant's property.
A grenade was found on Federal Avenue and turned into
police headquarters.
Lancaster police officers found numerous 22-caliber
bullets in the roadway after responding to a report of
burning garbage in the middle of the road at Broadway
and St. John Street.
Police responded to a West Falls residence where a male
subject was reported highly intoxicated. The subject, who
was incoherent and making illogical statements,
repeatedly fell down. He was transported to Erie County
Medical Center where officers completed paperwork for a
mental hygiene evaluation.
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An Orchard Park man reported that a neighbor called him and told him his vehicle was running. After remembering that he left the key in the vehicle, the man found his vehicle was running along with the windshield wipers and discovered that an iPod worth about $400 was stolen.
While a 19-year-old Orchard Park man was being incarcerated, he pulled a sign off a door and broke it. He was charged with criminal mischief.
A Cheektowaga man told police that after his vehicle had been towed, he discovered that stereo equipment was missing when he went to pick up the vehicle.
A Willowbrook Drive woman told police that she spotted a man open the door of her vehicle and ransack it. A digital camera was stolen and her purse was taken out of the vehicle, but the items were dumped in the street.
A man was reported to police for laying alongside the creek bed on French Road. He told police he thought it was a nice place to take a nap; he was advised to go on his way.
Four males pulled a stop sign out of the ground on Bennett Road and were walking towards Union Road carrying it.
A South Glidden Street resident reported that a man who had just been released from jail stole her food and her valium.
Menacing was reported on Kenville Road when a woman, in her 30s, dressed in all red clothing, was chasing people in the street with a fork. She was taken home.
A Broadway, Lancaster, man reported finding a black duffel bag in his yard, containing eight black binders full of various sports cards and an empty package from a "KISS? figurine.
A Depew woman reported that someone shot out two windows on her shed with a BB gun, and also damaged the siding and a motion light.
A Penora Street woman reported that someone stole $135 from under her mattress.
Lancaster police and fire officers responded to a report of a fire on Sandridge Road in Alden, but determined that a resident had burnt his pancakes.
A 20-year-old woman was locked out of an Euclid Avenue house by her 14-year-old brother, who was ?just being a punk.?
A Genesee Street gas station employee reported a threat had been made by a male after the clerk refused to accept
pennies for a gas sale.
Someone called Amherst Police to report that man on a motorcycle was doing wheelies in the westbound lane of Main Street near I-290.
Amherst Museum officials reported catching a wild cat that was living in one of the buildings.
Police located a suspect with a warrant out of Cheektowaga in an Indian Church Road residence. The suspect was placed under arrest and told the officers that his I.D. was in the bedroom. When the officers entered the bedroom, they observed several hypodermic needles and a small bag of crack cocaine. After searching, they recovered a total of 34 needles, two crack pipes and a bag of cocaine.
An unknown suspect(s) painted obscenities on the sides of three vehicles parked on Boncroft Drive. The paint washed off with minor damage to the vehicles. Officers
later observed that there was also obscene graffiti on the side door and window of a garage on Century Drive.
A suspicious person was reported taking pictures of a store on Transit Road. Police could not locate the individual.
Police responded to Main Street and Sheridan where callers reported unruly youths.
A Bramblewood Lane resident reported that a turkey could not seem to find its way out of a neighbor's backyard, which is completely fenced with a swimming pool. Resident said turkey was "crazily walking back and forth."
An Ayrault Drive resident reported that a husky lab mix dog was barking loudly and that their son is trapped in a bedroom because dog won't let boy leave. Caller thought dog had rabies. The dog was taken to a veterinary hospital. Dog was having seizures and was not rapid.
Someone removed the glass panel from the rear door to a tavern in West Seneca, entered the bar and stole three bottles of vodka and 18 bottles of beer. One bottle of
vodka and three bottles of Michelob Ultra were found in the parking lot. The cash register was untouched.
A man attempted to steal 15 cans of Enfamil formula from a convenience store on Southwestern Boulevard. The manager observed the suspect put the items in his coat.
The suspect pushed the manager, left the store and ran around the back of the building. When police arrived, the
suspect was in the driver's side of his vehicle. Next to him was a large laundry bag containing 15 cans of Enfamil. Two other cans were located in the field behind the store.
A woman called police because she said she had a headache and was going to take several bottles of aspirin to settle her down. Upon police arrival, officers observed her shoveling Smarties candies into her mouth.
Several young men ?seemed to be up to no good,? a Homewood Avenue caller reported. The group was sitting in the driveway on lawn chairs enjoying cigars because the home-owners wife didn't appreciate the smoke smell in the house.
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A dispute was reported on Gates Street over money
taken from a child's piggy bank.
A patrol #7 stopped a vehicle on Clinton Street because
it would not dim its high-beam lights. The officer noticed
the driver had slurred speech and smelled of alcohol. He
produced an identification-only license. When the driver
was asked to recite the alphabet, he could not get past the
letter ?n.? After failing other sobriety tests, the driver was
placed under arrest.
An officer responded to the report of a suspect drinking
beer while driving with children in his car. The patrol
located and stopped the suspect vehicle on Seneca Street.
The vehicle was occupied by three adults. Numerous open
16-ounce Labatt's Blue bottles were in the vehicle. The
driver passed all sobriety tests, but he had a suspended
license.
A Depew man, who is a registered sex offender,
reported that someone had spray-painted the words ?sex
offender? on his front lawn.
Lancaster police arrested a 26-year-old Buffalo man for
DWI on Transit Road after observing him swerve from his
lane and continue to travel a quarter of a mile centered
over the white line between lanes.
A Westbrook Drive resident reported someone was
pounding on the door and the complainant couldn't see
who it was. Police reported the person pounding was a
friend of the complainant.
A Peeping Tom was arrested on Walden Avenue. The
man, 25 years old and 5-feet, 9-inches tall, heavy build
with glasses was using a mirror to look up women's
dresses.
A Main Street, Depew, man, after reporting the theft of
his medication, asked police if it was true that if you file a
police report you can get a free prescription. Officers
gave the man a ?stern, verbal reply? to this comment, and
told him the rumor was false.
A Sagebrush Lane, woman reported that her allegedly
intoxicated housemate had tried to pour hot sauce on her
after a verbal argument.
Depew fire officials evacuated a residence on Irving
Terrace after a carbon dioxide detector alerted a couple
cooking on a new stove to elevated levels of the gas.
Lancaster police arrested a 56-year-old man for DWI
and resisting arrest after responding to a report of a man
passed out at the wheel in the parking lot of a Como Park
Boulevard liquor store.
A male was wandering around an adult night club on
Aero Drive, stalking girls and trying to get inside. He was
picked up by a cab.
An Alaska Street resident reported her son had taken
$70,000.
Some boys were outside playing hockey in the street
near Lincoln Park and a woman called police because she
thought they might get hit by a car.
A man walked out of a Military Road bowling alley with a
full glass of beer and proceeded to walk home. Police
stopped him, only to find that the glass wasn't filled with
beer, but a fluid of similar color.
A Depew resident reported that four suspicious adults
with children were in the area, ringing doorbells. Police
determined the suspects to be Jehovah's Witnesses.
A Sturm Street resident, who has lived there for 32
years, reported receiving a notice from a credit report
company inaccurately stating he used to live on
Dartmouth Avenue in Buffalo, and that he owed $533.
Two men were charged with larceny on Union Road after
one put on a pair of new sneakers and left his old
sneakers on the shelf.
A man reported that while driving south on Transit
Road, another southbound driver moved into his lane and
struck his vehicle, causing minor damage. The offending
driver then fled the scene.
A man reported that he was walking down Walden
Avenue in Lancaster when a dog ran out of a residence
and chased him into traffic, where a swerving vehicle
clipped him with the side-view mirror.
A Lancaster man reported that his upset girlfriend ran
along the side of his moving vehicle and stabbed the rear
passenger tire, then tried to smash the side window with a
golf club. The man was able to wrestle the club away from
the woman, who then fled the scene.
A male was reportedly yelling and screaming in his
Randolph Avenue driveway. Police reported he actually
was trying to rap.
A Genesee Street business employee requested a
premise check after she reported she placed a stuffed
bear on the bar and now it was on a shelf. She thought
someone might have been in the building.
Depew police dispatch received numerous calls of a
naked woman running through the neighborhood. Several
cars dispatched. Officers located the woman, and trapped
her on the front porch of a nearby residence after she ran
from them.
Lancaster police arrested a couple for shoplifting at a
Transit Road department store after the male was found
to be wearing three shirts under his jacket, with the
removed tags found stuffed inside a pair of pants on a
display rack, and the woman was found in the fitting room
with a cart full of merchandise with tags in her purse.
A dog was found entangled in a gas pump hose behind
a Wehrle Drive business; it was freed and taken to the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
A purse was reported stolen at a Transit Road store; it
was later learned that it had fallen out of a car and was
recovered intact.
Police charged a 32-year-old Buffalo man with
harassment after he allegedly left an obscene note on the
vehicle of a 22-year-old female co-worker.
Bank representatives told police that a man attempted to
open checking and savings accounts with checks from his
deceased grandmother.
A resident on Mount Vernon Road reported someone
was knocking on the door. The person believes the dog
scared the suspicious person off.
A woman on Grover Cleveland Highway reported a large
animal was behind her dryer and making a lot of noise. A
large rat refused to come out of the hole. All were
advised.
A store owner has women in locked security office for
shop lifting. She brought back stolen bras asking to
exchange for different size.
A patrol performed a routine traffic stop on Seneca
Street. The driver was asked to park the vehicle and find
an alternative means of transportation. The driver exited
the vehicle and had walked approximately half a block
down the street, when he opened a can of Budweiser and
began to drink it. He also began to yell obscenities. At
that point, the suspect was placed under arrest.
Police stopped a vehicle on Clinton Street because only
one headlight was functioning. A DMV check showed that
the driver's license was suspended for an insurance lapse
in August 2004 and the plates were expired and had been
switched from another vehicle. The vehicle also had a
homemade registration on the windshield.
A man reported to be bitten by a hunting dog on
Sagewood Terrace. The man was bitten in the left thigh.
Five boys were throwing eggs at a resident's home on
Grandview Drive.
A Washington Highway resident called police to report
that their neighbor was sitting in the middle of the street
crying.
A driver reported that a shaggy black dog was running
around near Niagara Falls Boulevard and was lying in the
road.
The delivery manager at locate store reported that two
license plates were missing from a truck.
A 17-year-old Orchard Park male was given two tickets
for operating his ATV on a highway after traveling across
Countryside Lane.
An officer responded to a report from Denny's on Ridge
Road that unruly customers stole menus and left in a blue
sport utility vehicle. Patrol observed the SUV traveling east
on Potters Road. When the officer stopped the vehicle, he
noticed food containers from the restaurant in the car.
The driver said he was coming from Denny's and asked if
the restaurant had called the police. The officer noticed an
odor of alcoholic beverage on the driver's breath. He first
denied drinking and then admitted to drinking one a half
pitchers of beer at a nearby tavern. He was placed under
arrest for DWI and the Denny's menus were recovered.
An officer responded to a call for a purse larceny on
Orchard Park Road when three participants of a road rage
incident in the parking lot approached the patrol car. One
of the suspects said a woman had pushed him, but there
were no witnesses. The suspect was told to leave the
property. When patrol went to give the purse larceny
victim a courtesy ride home, he observed the road rage
suspect still in the parking lot giving him obscene
gestures. The man was placed under arrest for disorderly
conduct.
Somebody reportedly shot either a BB or pellet gun at a
house under construction on Red Brook Drive.
A 19-year-old Orchard Park man was stopped for not
yielding the right away and was subsequently charged
with driving while ability impaired by drugs and unlawful
possession of marijuana.
A 27-year-old Hamburg man was taken to Mercy
Ambulatory Center after a suspect bit his ear lobe off
during an altercation at a tavern on Abbott Road. Police
are still searching for the suspect.
Officers responded to a call of a hit and run accident on
Marycrest Lane. They arrived to find one uninjured
occupant in the vehicle with the keys in the ignition and
engine still running. The driver had crashed into a parked
car and telephone pole and had to be told twice to shut
off his vehicle because it kept moving toward the parked
patrol car. The driver said he was on his way home from a
casino to go check on his child and that he had consumed
three beers. There was an open container of beer on the
driver's side floor. When the officers asked him to submit
to sobriety tests, the suspect said, ?I'm sorry, just take me
in,? and refused to complete the exams.
An intoxicated victim reported that someone took her
purse when she set it down on the bathroom counter at a
nightclub. She recovered the purse in the parking lot,
where it had been discarded. Her cell phone, money and
two driver's licenses had been stolen.
Amherst police were called to a Maple Road store to
help the manager with a "vagrant" man who was in the
bathroom and refusing to leave.
A motorist on Millersport Highway reported seeing a
woman, who wasn't dressed appropriately for the weather
and appeared dazed and confused, digging through a
dumpster.
Someone broke the window locks of a Berg Road
residence, entered the home and removed a safe. The
suspect(s) then took the safe to the garage and used
power tools to open it. There was nothing of value in the
safe. The safe was a toy.
A man left his wallet on the counter at the Sunoco
station on Union Road. When he exited the store, two
more customers had entered. The second customer in line
left, but the third customer noticed the wallet on the
counter and ran outside to give it to the second customer.
The second customer took the wallet and drove away.
Police Blotter #50
A Meadowlawn Road, woman reported that her mailbox
was attached to her house when she left in the morning,
but was gone when she returned.
A Lancaster man reported that a black and tan dog
broke its chain on Irwinwood Road, ran out of the yard
and nipped him on the ankle as he bent over to pick up a
can.
A male was arrested for narcotics on Eggert Road
following a report he was babysitting his grandchildren
and left them alone inside to work on a vehicle.
An intoxicated male was arrested for criminal mischief
after punching holes in a wall on Roland Street.
A female turned in cocaine she found near a car on
French Road. The substance appeared to be sugar and
tests determined it was not drugs.
An employee, who had been reportedly fired from a
Walden Avenue business, took the van.
Fire chiefs responding to a report of an unknown
chemical odor in the right apartment of a Sable Palm
Drive, duplex determined it to be a waterproof spray for
leather goods being used by the resident in the left
apartment.
A Summit Street, Lancaster, man reported that someone
entered his residence and removed an unsecured 12-
gauge shotgun, stored in a brown, leather case.
The security officer of a Walden Avenue, business
reported finding a small baggie of marijuana on the floor
in front of the security office. He said it was difficult to
guess who dropped it because there were 40 employees
working there at the time.
An Old Post Road, Lancaster, man reported that after
hearing a loud noise outside his residence, he looked out
the window to see a vehicle driving away with his mailbox
and post in the trunk.
A 3-year-old girl had a Tic Tac stuck up her nose on
Woodgate Drive.
A male was reportedly selling meat out of his truck on
Kemp Avenue.
Police arrested a 44-year-old man for DWI on George
Urban Boulevard after he drove up behind a patrol car with
his high-beams on and ignored officers' signals to lower
his lights. Once pulled over, he displayed obvious signs of
intoxication, and recorded a .18 BAC at the station.
A Randolph Street, woman reported finding an arrow in
the snow in front of her residence.
A driver on Dennis Lane reported a dog was locked in a
Chevy Cobalt, that was running.
Police Blotter #49
Police aided a confused adult on Walden Avenue who
stated ?The eye in the sky was watching her.?
A Kenville Road resident reported an ex-girlfriend stole
a jacket and was last seen walking down Eggert.
A fight was reported at a Transit Road restaurant; the
combatants were dispersed.
Erratic operation was reported in a Transit Road parking
lot. The operator was issued several tickets and released.
A Cobblestone Drive resident reported a suspicious
person was following her car. She then stated the same
car was seen again near her house. She wrote down the
license plate number and contacted police. When police
got a hold of the suspect, he explained the woman cut
him off and he was following her to let her know it was a
rude thing to do.
A Dalewood Drive resident reported to police that a
"mini biker" was speeding up and down the street.
A North French Road resident reported that they had
been woken up by a loud noise. A car had apparently hit
the home. Resident checked outside, but car was gone.
Later, however, the young driver returned to the scene
with her mother.
An officer was dispatched to a fight at a bar on Center
Road. The suspect was intoxicated and advised by the
officer not to drive. A short while later, the officer noticed
a pick-up truck tailgating the patrol car. The pick-up
turned onto Union Road and was weaving. The vehicle
then turned on Main Street without using a signal. When
patrol pulled the vehicle over, the driver was the same
individual from the bar, who had been advised not to
drive. The suspect became argumentative and was
arrested.
An unknown suspect removed three decorative lollipops
from a front yard on St. Jude Drive.
A hunting complaint was investigated on Carmelo Court,
it was unfounded.
Criminal mischief was reported on County Road; a car
was damaged by youths throwing apples.
A suspicious incident was investigated on Boncliff Drive;
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