BLOTTER: Police reports published June 26

Lockport Union-Sun & Journal

June 26, 2009 04:25 pm

Town of Lockport
• LARCENY: A Gardenwood Drive woman told police Wednesday sometime between June 19 and the morning of June 20, someone stole 476 morphine tablets from a cupboard in her house. She said the tablets are usually kept in a safe, but that she was the victim of a burglary recently, and her safe was stolen. The report said a two-week supply of the pills was taken.
Wilson
• GRAND LARCENY: A Youngstown Road man told police Thursday he received a phone call from a family friend who said the man’s son was in town at a local bar and restaurant trying to sell a 12-gauge shotgun and a Garmin GPS system. The report said these items were stolen. The gun was valued at $3,000, and the Garmin at $1,200. The man immediately went home and observed the items missing. The larceny victim told police that his son has a severe drug problem and possibly took the items after he was told to move out, the report said. Police were unable to contact the suspect and reported the matter to the Criminal Investigation Bureau for further action.
Lewiston
• MARIJUANA: Tracy Vicenti, 36, 1 Raffman Road, Bloomingdale, N.J., was charged Thursday with unlawful possession of marijuana. Police reportedly saw Vicenti traveling northbound on the I-190 near Lewiston with the driver’s view obstructed. After a traffic stop, police searched Vicenti’s vehicle and reportedly located a duct-tape pouch fastened under the right rear cushion of the seat that contained five suspected marijuana cigarettes. Police said a K-9 search of the vehicle also indicated the presence of marijuana. Vicenti is due July 15 Lewiston Town Court.
Town of Niagara
• POSSESSION: Antonio Bedgood, 32, 171 Hickory St., Buffalo, was charged Wednesday with unlawful possession of marijuana. Police stopped Bedgood on Porter Road in the Town of Niagara. Police said Bedgood told them he was heading to a friend’s house in Niagara Falls. When police asked if there was any marijuana in the vehicle, Bedgood reportedly said, “Yes, in the ash tray.” The report said police found a burnt marijuana cigarette in the ashtray. Bedgood is due July 9 in Town of Niagara Court.

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