Lockport Crime

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• SPCA continues new start

  3 hrs ago | via Grand Island Pennysaver 

  In order by number of votes, elected to a three-year term were AnnLouise Carosella, foster care volunteer for both the Niagara and Erie counties SPCAs; David Urban, CPA and Wheatfield resident; Brian Barish, professional dog trainer in Lockport; Michelle Madigan, NCSPA volunteer and controller for EGW Associates Inc.; and Pamela Bruns, foster ... (more)

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• Police arrest 14 motorists over weekend

  Monday May 28 | via WIVB-TV Buffalo 

  On Saturday, police say they arrested 21-year-old Ryan Lucas, of Lewiston, for allegedly being in possession of cocaine. 2 comments

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• Gasport man charged in Craigslist scam

  Thursday May 24 | via Buffalo News 

  A Gasport man has been charged with third-degree grand larceny for allegedly bilking a Lockport- area woman out of $7,500 through a Craigslist scam linked to a residential loan the victim was seeking, state police reported Wednesday.

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• Live Wire Cut And Stolen From A Retail Store In Lock...

  Wednesday May 23 | via WGRZ-TV Buffalo 

  It may be hard to believe, but in Niagara County the Sheriff's Office says there have been at least five, separate incidents of people cutting live, high voltage wires in order to get to the copper inside.

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• Copper theft at Big Lots among rash of similar cases

  Wednesday May 23 | via Buffalo News 

  Twenty-five feet of live, high-voltage copper wiring was cut and removed from a Big Lots store on South Transit Road on Monday.

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• Role in drug ring brings 2 1/2-year prison term

  Tuesday May 22 | via Buffalo News 

  A Rochester man who had been making $10,000 every three days as part of a drug ring in Lockport was denied youthful offender status and sentenced Monday to 2 1/2 years in state prison by Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III.

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• Man commits suicide after calling police

  Sunday May 20 | via Buffalo News 

  Hours earlier, Lockport police, Niagara County sheriff's deputies, a SWAT team and State Police responded to a 911 call from a suicidal man on Willow Street who reportedly had called to announce his own death -- and may have fatally shot himself while the dispatcher was on the phone.

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• Cracking down on intrusive ATVs

  Sunday May 20 | via Buffalo News 

  Deputy James D. Lucas, foreground, off-road patrol coordinator for Sheriff's Office, and Sgt.

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• Somerset severs ties with Barker police, forms its o...

  Sunday May 20 | via Buffalo News 

  Scratch that. There are three new constables in town, all with an eye toward using their law enforcement backgrounds to keep the peace in this rural community.

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• SWAT team finds NY man shot himself to death

  Sunday May 20 | via MyFoxNY 

  Police responding to a 911 call from a suicidal man surrounded the house and fired tear gas inside, only to find out later that the man had shot himself and that his elderly mother was in serious medical condition.

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• SWAT Team Surround Lockport Home

  Saturday May 19 | via WKBW 

  LOCKPORT, NY - Niagara County Sheriff's, New York State Police, North Tonawanda Police K-9 Unit and City of Lockport Police and S.W.A.T Teams responded to a residence on Willow Street in Lockport just after 5:00 p.m. Saturday. 5 comments

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• Fatal Crash In Lockport

  Friday May 18 | via WKBW 

  LOCKPORT, N.Y. - Authorities said the victim Dale Billips, 55, was walking eastbound on Transit Road at Robinson Road when a red Nissan Versa struck him.

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• Pedestrian killed overnight in Town of Lockport

  Friday May 18 | via Buffalo News 

  A pedestrian was killed on South Transit Road near Robinson Road in the Town of Lockport late Thursday night, State Police reported.

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• Police: Man struck, killed on western NY road

  Thursday May 17 | via MyFoxNY 

  State Police say they're investigating the death of a man who was struck by a car while walking along a western New York road.

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• Council OKs cost-saving plan to move 6 police dispat...

  Wednesday May 16 | via Buffalo News 

  The Common Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a money-saving plan to move six police dispatchers to the Niagara County Sheriff's Office this summer, a decision that followed almost two years of consideration and employee union protests.

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• Telephone outage affects many area businesses

  Friday May 11 | via Buffalo News 

  Earth Link, a major carrier for many telephone systems in Lockport, reported an outage in the Lockport area Thursday that affected many businesses for several hours, including the Niagara County Sheriff's Office, Lockport Police Department and some Niagara County government offices.

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• Earth Link phone service out in Lockport

  Thursday May 10 | via Buffalo News 

  Earth Link, a major carrier for many telephone systems in Lockport, reports an outage in the Lockport area which has affected many businesses for several hours today, including the Niagara County Sheriff's Office, Lockport Police Department and some Niagara County government offices.

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• Union resists deal on police dispatch

  Thursday May 10 | via Buffalo News 

  A deal to shift the city's police dispatching chores, and the six dispatchers, to the Niagara County Sheriff's Office appears poised for approval next week.

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• Retrial set after court overturns conviction

  Wednesday May 9 | via Buffalo News 

  An Oct. 29 retrial date was set Tuesday for Ryan S. Smith, the Niagara Falls man whose conviction in connection with two home invasions and a gas station robbery was overturned because DNA evidence was obtained by zapping him with a Taser.

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• Suicidal man slashes throat after chase

  Tuesday May 8 | via Buffalo News 

  A Lockport man took his own life, cutting his own throat, this morning in front of a home on Roosevelt Drive, near Hoover Parkway, after a foot chase down Lincoln Avenue. 20 comments

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