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THE CRIME NF: July 8th, 2020, Edition of the Niagara Reporter Newspaper

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Niagara Falls Reporter Staff  ·  July 7, 2020
THE CRIME NF: July 8th, 2020, Edition of the Niagara Reporter Newspaper
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-Niagara Falls Police responded to a tanning salon on Niagara Falls Boulevard in the afternoon hours of Monday, June 29th, 2020, after reports of a snake inside one of the beds. 

-Niagara Falls Police responded to Monteagle Ridge Estates in the morning hours of Tuesday, June 30th, 2020, after reports of four children under the age of 4 left home alone. 

-Niagara Falls Police responded to the 7600 block of Buffalo Avenue in the early morning hours of Wednesday, July 1st, 2020, after a male victim in his early twenties was brought to Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the chest. Upon arriving at the scene, police found one bullet casing and blood. Police are continuing to investigate the incident. 

-Niagara Falls Police responded to the 400 block of 20th Street in the early morning hours of Wednesday, July 1st, 2020, for a shooting. According to police, a male was shot in the arm and taken by ambulance to the hospital. Police are continuing to investigate the incident. 

-Niagara Falls Police responded to a robbery in the morning hours of Thursday, July 2nd, 2020, after an Assistant Arby’s Manager was robbed at gunpoint while heading to a nearby KeyBank to make a deposit. According to police, a man approached the manager and pointed a silver handgun at her, saying, “give me that.” Ultimately, the suspect took a bag containing $80 in cash and a $107.99 check. Police are continuing to investigate the incident.

-Niagara Falls Police responded to the Seneca Niagara Casino in the late evening hours of Friday, July 3rd, 2020, after reports that juveniles were trying to hit security with brooms and throwing rocks at passerby. 

-Niagara Falls Police responded to the 1900 block of Niagara Street in the afternoon hours of Saturday, July 4th, 2020, after reports of an assault. According to reports, a female was beaten up and thrown into a glass door. While police were on the scene, the violence escalated as a male was assaulted by another male. Police arrested the aggressor. 

-Niagara Falls Police, Fire and Medical were dispatched to the 2000 block of Hyde Park Blvd. on July 4, 2020, where a 2009 Dodge Avenger, driving west on Porter Rd., continued straight across Hyde Park Blvd. and struck the porch of the house at 2010 Hyde Park Blvd. One rear seat passenger, a 27-year-old Niagara Falls woman, was transported to Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, where she succumbed to her injuries. The driver of the vehicle, a 24-year-old woman from Niagara Falls, was extricated from the vehicle by the Niagara Falls Fire Department.

-Niagara Falls Police and Fire were dispatched to the 700 block of 15th Street in the afternoon hours of July 4th, 2020, after reports that someone’s hair was set on fire.

-The Niagara Falls Fire Department responded to a grass fire on the Niagara Scenic Parkway in the afternoon hours of July 4th, 2020, after someone set off fireworks there.

-The Niagara Falls Fire Department responded to a grass fire started as a result of fireworks on the 9100 block of Cayuga Drive.

-The Niagara Falls Police Crash Management Unit, in addition to the Niagara Falls Fire Department and medical, responded to the 9100 block of Griffon Avenue in the evening hours of Saturday, July 4th, 2020, to investigate a mini bike crash with injuries. According to police and first responders at the scene, a 12-year-old boy, operating a Coleman CT100U mini bike, was traveling on Griffon Avenue when he struck a legally parked, and unoccupied, vehicle. The child was taken to Oishei Children’s Hospital of Buffalo where he is being treated for serious head injuries and broken bones. He was unresponsive at the scene and then taken by ambulance to the hospital.

-Niagara Falls Police and Fire responded to Ontario Avenue in the afternoon hours of July 4th, 2020, after reports that a child was unresponsive and removed from a pool. 

-Niagara Falls Police and Fire responded to 7th Street in the evening hours of July 4th, 2020, after reports that a 20-month-old baby fell out of a third-story window.  

-Niagara Falls Fire responded to Gluck Park in the evening hours of July 4th, 2020, after reports of a box of fireworks ablaze.

-Niagara Falls Police responded to the 1600 block of South Avenue in the afternoon hours of Sunday, July 5th, 2020, after reports of an assault and robbery. According to police, a juvenile was beat up and robbed of his cell phone. Once on scene, officers requested backup after a large group of teenagers gathered.  

-Niagara Falls Police responded to the 500 block of Walnut Avenue in the evening hours of Sunday, July 5th, 2020, after reports of a stabbing. According to police, the victim succumbed to their injuries. 

 

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