Published: September 03, 2008 01:05 am            

BLOTTER: Police reports published Sept. 3

Town of Lockport

• LARCENY: A Spalding Street woman reported Monday morning that she left her wallet in a shopping cart about 11 a.m. outside Wal-Mart on South Transit Road. When she returned, someone had taken the wallet, the report said. The wallet contained a Starcom mini cell phone, a credit card and $225 in cash.

Gasport

• BURGLARY: A Bradley Road man reported Monday that sometime since Aug. 26, someone entered a barn on his property and stole several tools, including saws, an impact wrench, a welder and an air compressor. The tools are worth about $1,850, the report said.

Newfane

• LARCENY: Matthew A. Meyer Jr., 16, 2133 Lockport-Olcott Road, Burt, was charged Monday with petit larceny. Meyer allegedly stole an air soft pistol, worth $40, from another resident in his home. He is being held in lieu of $100 bail.

• BURGLARY: A Ransomville man reported Tuesday that over the weekend, someone broke into property he owns on Lockport-Olcott Road and stole several items. The property is under construction. An air gun and air compressor, together worth about $600, were stolen, and several items were broken, including a cash register, glasses, a speaker and toilets. Damage is estimated at $450, the report said.

Olcott

• STOLEN CAR: A Lockport-Olcott Road man reported Monday that overnight, someone stole a white 1994 Ford Taurus from his driveway. The car is unregistered, and the man said he was in the process of fixing it, so it does not run well. The car is worth about $700, the report said.

Wheatfield

• BURGLARY: An employee of Voss Manufacturing on Lockport Road reported Tuesday that over the weekend, someone entered a storage building at the business and stole five 75-pound coils of nickel, worth $725 each, and 648 pounds of 3⁄8-diameter copper tubing, worth $2,268. The total loss is estimated at $5,893. There was no forced entry, but the a lock on the door to the building had been left unlocked, the report said.

        

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