Published: May 16, 2008 12:02 am            

BLOTTER: Police reports published May 16

City of Lockport

• DRUGS: Jedidiah J. Aiken, 22, 27 Carlton Place, Apt. 2, was charged Thursday with unlawful possession of marijuana, third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and driving without a valid inspection. Officers responded to Green Street about 9 a.m. for a report from a school crossing guard that a tan vehicle with shiny rims had been driving around the area for an hour or so. Two juveniles told officers the car had gone by them several times, and the driver had the window down as if he was going to say something to them, but he had just driven by, the report said. Officers located the car on Green Street. Aiken, the driver, reportedly told police he was driving around looking for somewhere to hang out. Officers searched the car and reportedly found a bag of marijuana in the console. Aiken was held in lieu of $250 bail.

• LARCENY: A High Street man reported Thursday that someone stole a 12-foot long steel I-beam, several pieces of angle iron and several steel sign posts from a vacant lot on Walnut Street. The items are worth about $1,200.

• ASSAULT: Tiffany J. Crawford, 24, 475 Hawley St., was charged Wednesday with third-degree assault and second-degree unlawful imprisonment. Crawford allegedly was involved in an argument with two family members on Hawley Street. She allegedly held a family member down on the ground by stepping on her stomach. The family member, who is 18 weeks pregnant, was treated at Inter-Communtiy Memorial Hospital.

• DWI: Cassie A. Sheehan, 20, 19 Charlotte St., was charged Wednesday night with driving while intoxicated, third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and driving with a suspended registration after a traffic stop on Niagara Street. Sheehan allegedly failed several field sobriety tests. She was released on her own recognizance and is due Monday in Lockport City Court.

• DWI: Clarence M. Sechler, 33, 4814 Cottage Road, was charged Thursday morning with DWI, driving with a suspended registration, equipment violations, unlawful possession of marijuana, seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and driving while ability impaired by drugs after a traffic stop on Park Avenue. Officers searched the car and reportedly found a glass pipe containing marijuana and a plastic baggie containing suspected cocaine. He was held on $100 bail and is due Monday in Lockport City Court.

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• ANIMAL PROBLEM: A Donner Road woman told deputies Tuesday that she was walking with her son in front of an abandoned house on Donner Road when two large geese charged at them. The geese were secured and taken to Lakeview Animal Center.

        

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