Staff Reports
Lockport Union-Sun & Journal
NIAGARA COUNTY — Town of Lockport
FRAUD: A Ruhlman Road woman told Niagara County sheriff’s deputies Monday night that someone used her First Niagara bank account information to open a National Platinum Online Shopping account in Nevada.
Royalton
MARIJUANA: Nathan D. Huntington, 26, of Telegraph Road, Gasport, was charged Tuesday with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of marijuana. Troopers said they stopped Huntington on Gasport Road for an equipment violation. A report said troopers smelled a strong odor of marijuana coming from Huntington. When they searched the vehicle, officials reportedly found marijuana and several hydrocodone and Percocet pills that were not prescribed to the suspect.
FUGITIVE: Scott J. McQueen, 30, of Humphrey Road, Gasport, was charged Tuesday with first-degree criminal contempt, a Class E felony, and on an active warrant for aggravated stalking from the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office in Florida. McQueen was stopped on Rochester Road for an equipment violation when a trooper observed a rifle and ammunition in the suspect’s vehicle, according to the report. McQueen was also the subject of an order of protection issued by Lockport City Court, which prohibited him possessing a firearm, police said.
Newfane
LARCENY: Three teens were charged with petit larceny and resisting arrest Tuesday after they walked out of Bill’s Diner on Main Street without paying their $21.71 bill, according to police. Eric S. Kornacki, 18, 3440 Murphy Road; Ryan M. Melcher, 18, 2923 Shady Grover Loop, Connelly Springs, N.C.; and Dylan L. Roberts, 16, Parker Road, Ransomville, led deputies on a short foot chase on West Avenue, according to the report. The teens were captured and brought back to the diner, where they were identified by an employee, police said.
