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PETIT LARCENY: Officers on patrol near Target on Niagara Falls Boulevard at about 10:40 a.m. Saturday was told of a suspected shoplifter and given a description. The suspect, who lives on 10th Street, was located inside Broadway Pizza, brought back to Target, identified and charged with petit larceny. He had allegedly taken items worth $94.76. He was charged with petit larceny.
HOSPITAL PROBLEM: At 11:45 a.m. Saturday, police were called to Niagara Falls Memorial Hospital for a report of a fight. Officers responded to the psychiatric unit where hospital security reported a Haeberle Avenue resident was refusing to leave. The patient attempted to assault a hospital security guard rather than leaving. Police showed up to find the guard had the suspect on the ground, in handcuffs. Police took him to the station and charged him with menacing and 3rd degree assault.
STOLEN STEAK: At 2:50 p.m. Satuday, officers at work on secondary employment were pointed toward a Point Avenue man who had been observed concealing steaks in his clothing. The suspect, who was previously trespassed, turned over two glorious slabs of red meat valued at $80.31. He told police he planned to sell the to a friend for $50. He was charged with petit larceny and burglary.
RIVERSHORE REMOVAL: Police were called to a dispute on Rivershore Drive at about 5:36 p.m. Saturday by a caller who said he was outside doing yardwork when a man at a neighboring property approached him profanely. The suspect had been served with a removal order and got in the face of the caller. Police relocated to the suspects house and were told “this is my house, fuck you guys. Arrest me, I am not trespassing.” The suspect refused to comply with commands to put his hands behind his back so he could be handcuffed. A struggle ensued. Police charged him with criminal trespass and resisting arrest.
DWI: At 4:17 a.m. Sunday, police responded to a separate call at Ferry and 19th at Coastal. Officers noticed an illegally parked car nearby and asked the driver to move it. The driver drove away. Police noticed an expired inspection sticker and illegally tinted windows and executed a traffic stop. The driver exhibited a heavy odor of alcohol and slurred speech. He became belligerent and hostile and refused field sobriety tests as well as a breath test. At headquarters, the suspect said “I been drinkin’ but I ain’t drunk.” He was charged with equipment violation, illegal tint, no inspection and driving while intoxicated.
BAD NEWS: At 3:43 p.m. Sunday on Niagara Falls Boulevard police officers on Stop DWI patrol observed an unhelmeted male operating a dirtbike cut through Dunkin Donuts. The suspect drove recklessly at speed. He almost hit a pedestrian and accelerated past 45 mph. Police caught him at 66th and Frontier. The suspect said “I’m from New York City they let us do that.” The suspect said he bought the dirtbike because he saw other people riding. He didn’t hear the sirens because he had earbuds in. Police charged him with reckless endangerment, aggravated unlicensed operation, failure to yield to an emergency vehicle, equipment violation, more than one earphone, failure to keep right, failure to stop at a stop sign, speed not reasonable, driving on a sidewalk, reckless driving, avoiding an intersection light, no insurance, no inspection, no registration and a helmet violation. He was held on an outstanding warrant for failure to appear.
PETIT LARCENY: A 103rd Street woman was charged with petit larceny at about 6:45 p.m. Sunday after she allegedly left Target without paying for goods valued at $144.57. She was charged with petit larceny.
