City of Lockport
• CHARGED: Michael M. Stewart, 26, 27 Elmwood Ave., was charged with third-degree burglary and fifth-degree possession of stolen property. The victim said Stewart was escorted out of her Remick Parkway home on Sunday by police. On Monday morning, the victim said she began receiving cell phone calls from Stewart, who was suspected of calling from her house. The police surrounded the house and cleared the house with the help of the K-9 unit. Stewart, who reportedly was in the house, was arrested and taken to the police station. The victim requested an order of protection.
• CHARGED: Julie R. Dean, 25, 82 Waterman St. Apt. 3, was charged with second-degree criminal contempt. Dean was ticketed for third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation April 25. There was a court order prohibiting Dean from driving.
• DWI: Bryan D. Eaton, 33, 663 Lincoln Ave. was charged with driving while intoxicated and failure to keep right. The police responded to Price and Waterman streets for the report of an accident at 1:40 a.m. Monday and found a car overturned on its passenger side with the driver inside. It appeared the vehicle had struck a telephone pole and a tree. The Lockport Fire Department extricated Eaton from the vehicle. Police said e did not appear to be injured and refused to be taken to the hospital. Police noted an odor of alcohol, and Eaton failed field sobriety tests, according to reports.
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• BURGLARY: Jeremy L. Haney. 27, 320 Gooding St. Lockport, was charged with third-degree burglary, third-degree criminal mischief, driving while intoxicated and failure to signal. At 4:37 a.m. on Sunday, police responded to a call of a burglary in progress. The caller reported man was fleeing the scene on Transit Road towards McKee Street in a blue Ford Explorer and driving northbound on Transit. According to police, the Ford Explorer quickly turned right onto East Avenue and failed to signal. At a traffic stop, Haney reportedly smelled of alcohol and had glassy eyes and slurred speech. He failed field sobriety tests, according to reports. He was arrested on charges of DWI and failure to signal. Later at Miller Hose Fire Co., Haney was identified as the man attempting to gain entry to the fire hall by a witness. Haney was charged with attempted burglary and criminal mischief. He registered 0.13 percent blood alcohol content, according to reports.
Porter
• GRAND LARCENY: A Youngstown man reported that an unknown person broke into his storage unit and removed a dirt bike, an oxygen tank with hoses and some miscellaneous boxes with personal items. The owner said he had not been to the unit in almost three months, and the lock was cut off. The items were valued at $1,250.
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• GRAND LARCENY: A Grand Island man reported an unknown person removed his wallet and cell phone from the counter of Rainbow Tropical Fish inside The Summit mall. The victim said he was helping some customers out in the back of the store, and when he returned to the front, he found his wallet and cell phone missing. The wallet contained his identification cards, as well as credit and debit cards.
Crime
BLOTTER: Police reports published May 19
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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





