City of Lockport
n DRUGS: Jeffrey S. Hewitt, 18, 91 Niagara St., Apt. 3, was charged with unlawful possession of marijuana and endangering the welfare of a child Sunday. Officers responded to Hewitt’s building looking for a suspect in another case and spoke with a juvenile boy who reportedly possessed a marijuana pipe in his shorts. The boy told officers that neither the shorts nor the pipe belonged to him. Hewitt reportedly said the shorts and the pipe were his and that he’d loaned the shorts to the boy and forgotten about the pipe. Hewitt was held in lieu of $250 bail.
n DWI: Robert B. Wojewoda III, 27, 6247 S. Transit Road, was charged with driving while intoxicated Monday. Officers responded to a Davison Road home on a report that Wojewoda was vandalizing a car in the parking lot. Officers interviewed Wojewoda and found he had driven to the address, the report said. Wojewoda is due Wednesday in Lockport City Court.
Town of Lockport
n CONTRABAND: A corrections officer told deputies that during a routine search of an inmate’s cell, he found a small plastic bag containing suspected cocaine. The bag was in a pair of underwear inside a property bin. The inmate reportedly said the property bin was his. The suspected cocaine was sent to the county lab for testing; charges may be pending against the inmate, the report said.
n CAR FIRE: A Main Street, Clarence, man told deputies he was putting transmission fluid into his 1992 Ford Mustang, which was parked in the Woodlands, when a fire ignited in the car. Personnel from Rapids Volunteer Fire Company responded to the scene and put out the blaze. The man said he’d been having electrical problems with the car. No injuries were reported.
n DWI: Dawn Renee Babcock, 43, 4 Crestwood Drive, was charged with DWI Saturday morning. Deputies were driving on Dysinger Road when they reportedly saw Babcock’s car pull out in front of another, causing that car to brake heavily. Deputies followed Babcock and reportedly saw her cross the fog line. After a traffic stop, Babcock allegedly admitted to having three beers at her home. She allegedly failed several field sobriety tests and registered a 0.11 percent blood alcohol content on a breath test. She was held in lieu of $250 and is due today in Lockport Town Court.
Somerset
n LARCENY: An employee of R&M; Paving and Sealing reported Friday that employees were sealing a driveway on Snell Grove Drive and left an Intec blower at the end of the driveway. When they returned to their work truck after finishing the driveway, the blower was gone. The blower is worth $500, the report said.
Crime
POLICE BLOTTER: Reports published Aug. 5
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Police blotter items published May 22,2012
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: The sheriffs patrol responded to Mapleton Road for a criminal mischief report Monday. According to the manager of Philpac Lumber, electric service wires and steel fencing were damaged with an estimated loss of $500. Sometime between 5 p.m on Sunday and 7 a.m. on Monday, someone cut through the wire fence around the property. The covers were taken off of the plastic conduit that houses the 800-amp service that comes into the building. The person started to cut the wires but stopped halfway through once he discovered the wire was not copper. The person propped up a large wood pallet against a large stack of lumber to gain access to the roof and took the plastic cover off of a large unity light and began to cut the wires. Again the person stopped cutting once he discovered the wire was not copper. Another section of fence was also found to be cut along the south west end of the building.
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Police blotter items published May 21, 2012
HARASSMENT: Curtis E Hunter, 26, 36 South Transit Street, Apt. 2, was arrested by Lockport police at 12:37 a.m. Sunday and charged with harassment in the second degree and menacing in the third degree. According to the report, patrol was dispatched to a Main Street business on May 12 to investigate an assault. Upon arrival, police were told that Hunter came up behind a female victim while she was sitting at a bar stool, pulling her hair and kicking the bar stool out from under her. Hunter also pushed the victim to the ground, police were told, then fled the bar. Hunter was found and arrested Sunday morning. He is slated to be arraigned today. The victim was granted an order of protection.
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Police blotter items published May 20, 2012
HARASSMENT: Roderico R. Madore, 18, 13 South St. Apt. 2, was arrested at 3 a.m. Saturday by Lockport police and charged with harassment, criminal obstruction of breathing and false personation. According to the report, patrol responded to a South Street address for a domestic incident and were told that a guy named “Rico” had choked a woman at the South Street address but left and went to Roderico’s address. When police arrived, Madore and the woman were at the apartment. She told patrol that he had choked her. While being questioned, Madore told patrol his name was Roderico Vasquez, leading to the false personation charge. LPD states that Madore has active warrants from Erie County. The victim was granted an order of protection and Madore is scheduled to appear in City Court at 9 a.m. Wednesday.
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Police blotter items published May 18, 2012
ASSAULT: Nicholas J. Reed, 21, 249 Genesee St., Apt. 1 was charged with resisting arrest, obstruction of governmental administration and third-degree attempted assault Wednesday. The police responded to Lewis Street for the report of an assault. According to the report, the victim was walking on Evans Street when he was confronted by two males who struck and kicked the victim. Reed grabbed a bottle of wine and smashed in on the roadway. The victim fled and was able to identify Reed at a gas station. Reed fled from the police and was arrested on Washburn Street.
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Police blotter items published May 17, 2012
WARRANT: Richard E. Cavagnaro, 43, of Chestnut Ridge Road, Lockport, surrendered Wednesday on a warrant for second-degree grand larceny. Police say Cavagnaro stole as much as $60,000 in copper and scrap metal from his employer over a two year period. He was held for court.
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Police blotter items published May 16, 2012
MARIJUANA: Deon M. Gill, 16, 289 North Transit St. Apt. 2 was charged with unlawful possession of marijuana and criminal possession of stolen property Monday. While being booked on a separate case involving a burglary in the Town of Lockport, the Lockport police found Gill in possession of marijuana. Gill had a backpack with several items reported stolen, including a $200 iPod and $80 in cash. Gill is currently on probation and scheduled to appear in Niagara County Family Court on May 22.
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Police blotter items published May 7, 2012
DWI: Stefan E. Belliveau, 38, 7947 Chestnut Ridge Road, Gasport, was charged Sunday with driving while intoxicated following a traffic stop. According to the report, Lockport Police observed Belliveau commit several vehicle and traffic violations on Summit Street. When stopped, they oberserved a strong odor of alcohol from Belliveau’s breath. He was administered some field sobriety tests but refused to do others. Belliveau, who was uncooperative in booking and therefore unable to be fingerprinted or photographed, is scheduled to appear Monday in City Court.
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Police blotter items published May 2, 2012
Lockport
HARASSMENT: Daniel R. Potter, 53, 192 Genesee St., rear was charged with second-degree aggravated harassment Monday. According to the report, Potter repeatedly called the victim after being advised to cease. The calls were causing annoyance and alarm.
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Police blotter items published May 1, 2012
Lockport
TRESPASS: Nicholas E. Joseph, 22, no address, was charged with trespass Monday. Police responded to a complaint at 4:30 a.m. and found Joseph sitted in a wooded area with a blanket wrapped around him near the caller’s property on Elmwood Avenue. He said he had no home and was trying to keep warm.
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Police blotter items published April 30, 2012
City of Lockport
CONTEMPT: Tricia E. Cassenti, 6493 Dysinger Road, Apartment No. 6, was charged Sunday with aggravated unlicensed operating of a motor vehicle and second-degree criminal contempt following a traffic stop. According to the report, a Lockport Police patrol observed the vehicle driven by Cassenti and a check of the NYSPIN database showed that she had a suspended license. Cassenti told police that “I forgot my court time in Town Court, I missed my court date. I thought it was at 9 a.m. and it wasn’t and it had to be rescheduled.” No paperwork indicated that this was correct, and police arrested Cassenti, who is scheduled to appear today in City Court.
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Police blotter items published May 22,2012





