Published: July 17, 2008 01:51 am            

BLOTTER: Police reports published July 17

City of Lockport

• DRUGS: Jamie L. Tatu, 29, 274 Washburn St., Apt. 2F, was charged Tuesday with unlawful possession of marijuana and endangering the welfare of a child. Tatu was arrested after members of the Niagara County Drug Task Force executed a search warrant on her home Tuesday night. The task force reportedly found a quantity of marijuana. Two juveniles were found at the residence with alcohol, the report said. Tatu was held without bail.

• DRUGS: Floyd McGriff Jr., 34, 36 Walnut St., was charged Tuesday night with first-degree harassment and second-degree criminal contempt. McGriff allegedly violated an order of protection on behalf of a family member. The girl told police McGriff had driven up and down Erie Street watching her, shining his headlights right on her, the report said. McGriff was charged Wednesday morning with growing cannabis, after members of the Niagara County Drug Task Force executed a search warrant on his home. The task force reportedly found marijuana plants in the backyard and upstairs bedroom closet.

• LARCENY: A Lake Road, Appleton, man reported Wednesday that a 10 DVDs and eight action figures belonging to him were stolen from a family member’s home on Outwater Drive. The items are worth $250, the report said.

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• STOLEN CAR: A Lockport-Olcott Road man reported Wednesday morning that he was at his apartment with four people about 10:30 p.m. when he dozed off. When he woke up, the people were gone, and he noticed his 2006 Nissan Altima was missing. The keys to the car had been taken, the report said. The car is worth about $15,000. The man told deputies he believed two of the people might be headed for North Carolina, the report said.

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• LARCENY: An employee of Blum Builders on Roll Road, Clarence, reported Monday that over the weekend, someone entered a work van at a site on Ridge Road and stole several items. The items — including three nailers, a generator on a wheeled cart, a five-gallon gas can filled with gas, an air compressor, a circular saw, a screw gun and other tools — are worth about $5,384.94, the report said.

        

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