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THE CRIME NF: December 26th Edition of the Niagara Reporter Newspaper

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Staff · January 2, 2019
THE CRIME NF: December 26th Edition of the Niagara Reporter Newspaper
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-According to Niagara Falls Police, a man shot on Tuesday, December 18th, 2018, said he was attacked about a half hour after a confrontation involving a female who lives in the area. 

-Niagara Falls Police responded to the 200 block of Portage Road for a report of a stolen vehicle in the evening hours of Wednesday, December 19th. According to police reports, the driver left the vehicle running and unnatended.

-Niagara Falls Police responded to 19th and Ashland Avenue in the early morning hours of Friday, December 21st, for an attempted armed robbery involving a knife and cab driver. According to reports, the suspect stole the cab before ditching the vehicle in a nearby alley.

-Niagara Falls Police, Fire and Crisis teams responded to the 2400 block of Willow Avenue in the late afternoon hours of Friday, December 21st, after a subject with a knife barricaded himself inside a home and was threatening to someone and himself.

-Niagara Falls Police responded to the 1800 block of Michigan Avenue in the early morning hours of Saturday, December 22nd, after a woman was reportedly pushed out of a window by a man she was drinking with. According to police, the woman’s injuries required 17 stitches as well as sustaining a possible broken nose and concussion.

-In the early morning hours of Sunday, December 23rd, Town of Niagara Police responded to the Sunoco Gas Station on Packard Road after a clerk called 911 reporting a black man entered the store, displayed a handgun, and demanded cash.

-Niagara Falls Police responded to the Target on Niagara Falls Boulevard in the evening hours of Sunday, December 23rd, after a purse snatching. According to reports, the susepct fled in a blue vehicle and has not been caught.

-A North Avenue resident reported to police that in the early morning hours of Sunday, December 23rd, two inflatable grinch decorations were stolen from her front yard.

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