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June 22, 2008

Staff Reports The Lockport Union-Sun %26 Journal Sun Jun 22, 2008, 10:15 PM EDT

City of Lockport

CHARGED: Amanda M. Travis, 24, 283 South St., Apt. 2, was charged with second-degree harassment. The patrol responded at 7 p.m. on Saturday for an harassment report. The victim reported Travis punched her several times in the face. The victim was able to lock herself in the bedroom. Travis was arrested on Sunday morning.

CHARGED: Daniel L. Gonzales, 30, 212 West Ave., Apt. 2 was charged with second- and third-degree assault, false presentation and obstruction of government administration. The police were dispatched to Washburn and East Avenue at 4 p.m. on Saturday to locate Gonzales for an active arrest package. Earlier, the police responded to a fight at the Niagara Hotel on Transit Street where witnesses said there was no fight. However, a victim was bleeding and two men were receiving treatment in at Lockport Memorial Hospital for injuries suffered in a fight. The men said that Gonzales punched them in the head. An arrest package was prepared for Gonzales. Gonzales, who was spotted by an off-duty officer, said he had no identification and gave a false name. Gonzales was talking on a cell phone and the police ascertained his name from the person on the other end. Gonzales threw his identification, a driver’s license, on the ground. Gonzales had a court date at 9 a.m. today.

CHARGED: Harry C. Erickson III, 29, 515 Main St., Ransomville was charged with first-degree reckless endangerment and second- degree harassment. The police responded to disturbance on Park Place at noon Saturday. The victim reported having a verbal argument with Erickson who pushed her into a door. Erickson went to his car and returned. He spit at the victim, according to the report, and tried to hit her with his car as he was backing up at a high rate of speed. Erickson drove on the sidewalk and came within inches of hitting the victim. Erickson said he took numerous pills and was transported to Lockport Memorial Hospital for treatment.

Gasport

CHARGED: Steven C. Johnston, 31, 11435. Portage Road, Medina was charged with disorderly conduct. At 1 a.m. Sunday, the patrol was at a Main Street location for a complaint. As deputies were interviewing the parties involved, Johnston kept walking up to patrol. Johnston, who was intoxicated and had an open beer bottle in his hand, was told to go back into the bar numerous times. He came back out of the bar and yelled obscenities at the patrol. Johnston was remanded to Niagara County Jail and is due back in the Town of Royalton Court on Tuesday.

Ransomville

PETTY LARCENY: A Braley Road man reported an unknown person stole a new marine battery from his boat Saturday. The boat was parked in his driveway.

Newfane

HOUSE FIRE: The 86-year old owner of a Franklin Street house was removed safely during a working fire at 5:54 a.m. on Sunday. No injuries were reported. Wrights Corners and Barker Fire Departments responded. The cause of the fire is unknown.

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