Published: April 23, 2008 01:36 am            

BLOTTER: Police reports published April 23

GRAND ISLAND

School locked down after bullet found

Grand Island High School went into “lock-down mode” Tuesday morning after live ammo was found inside the school.

A 16-year-old student told school officials he found a .270-caliber rifle round on the hallway floor of the foreign language department about 10:45 a.m., according to state police. Troopers brought in a K-9 and reviewed video surveillance but were unable to determine how the bullet got in the school or find any others.

The lockdown was terminated and the school was dismissed at its normal time of 2 p.m., according to police. An investigation is continuing.

North Tonawanda

n CHARGED: Patrick J. Dugan, 25, 1026 99th St., Niagara Falls, was arrested Tuesday morning and charged with second-degree aggravated harassment and failure to appear. He is being held in lieu of $500 bail.

Niagara Falls

n THEFT: School officials at LaSalle Middle School, 7236 Buffalo Ave., told police a purse containing an iPod was stolen from a student’s locker Tuesday. The lock previously had been stolen, so the locker was unlocked at the time of the theft.

        

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