Niagara Falls Police Blotter

VANDALISM: Sometime Friday night overnight, someone entered the rear patio at Wilbur’s on Cayuga Drive and cut the security camera and speaker wire.

PINE AVENUE BULLETS: Sometime around 3 a.m. Saturday, a parked car on 15th Street near Pine Avenue was damaged by a bullet. Shots were heard. The investigation is continuing.

CENTRE AVENUE: Police were called to a Centre Avenue address for a report of a burglary at about 2 a.m. Saturday. A suspect entered the residence uninvited, allegedly threatened a woman with a knife and threw a chair striking an air conditioner. The suspect was charged with menacing, burglary and criminal mischief.

CUSTOMER DISPUTE: A patron of Papa John’s on Niagara Falls Boulevard punched a worker in the face repeatedly at about 4:14 p.m. Tuesday. The customer became violent after the worker asked to doublecheck that the order was paid for.

DWI: A South Avenue resident was arrested at 1:36 a.m. Tuesday at 13th and South after a vehicle was observed traveling east on South with no lights. The suspect, asked to turn the music down, appeared confused. When he complied, he said to police “you caught me riding dirty. I have been drinking.” As the suspect attempted to exit the vehicle, the officer had to prop him up. As the officer tried to pat him down for weapons or drugs, the suspect said “Yeah I got all the guns and drugs. Come on, take me to the police station. Fuck all this.” The suspect then became hostile and tried to push past officers. He was cuffed and placed in the back of a car for safety. With the suspect safely contained, police went to his vehicle to find his ID and observed the handle of a white handgun protruding from under the front seat. Police then observed a second gun inside the center console as well as a spent casing on the driver’s seat. A third firearm and 5 more shell casings were located under the driver’s seat. Officers asked the suspect if he had a permit for the weapons. The suspect asked “do you have a stupid permit?” and asked for a lawyer. Police ceased questions. The weapons were 9 mm, an SCCY CPX, a Taurus G2C and a Kel-Tec P11 with the serial number defaced. The suspect refused a breathalyzer and field sobriety tests. He was charged with inadequate lights, alcohol/marijuana in a motor vehicle, driving while intoxicated, criminal possession of a weapon 4th, driving while ability impaired by alcohol, criminal possession of a weapon 3rd, 3 or more weapons, criminal possession of a weapon 2nd and refusal to take a breath test.

E-BIKE ENFORCEMENT: Officers patrolling Pine Avenue because of recent bike/car accidents focusing on enforcement of bike and scooter laws saw a peddler behaving badly, cutting through traffic and confronted him in the 7/11 parking lot. The Buffalo resident was uncooperative. Police eventually ascertained his ID. They charged him with failure to use a bike lane/keep right; inadequate lights; no bell and obstructing governmental administration. The incident occurred at 9:38 p.m Tuesday.