Burglary Strikes Niagara Falls Home: Electronics and Collectibles Vanish

Niagara Falls Police responded to the 400 block of 71st Street around 9:30pm on Friday, April 26th after a reported burglary.

Upon arrival, police spoke to the complainant who stated he arrived home to find several items missing, including a PS5, PlayStation controller, a game, Funco action figures and his Amazon Echo Dot. The estimated value of stolen property is $700.00.

The complainant stated that all doors appeared to be locked and secured with no signs of damage. However, he believes the suspect(s) entered through the kitchen window. He explained that the window’s blinds are normally kept down but upon returning home they were up. Police did observe a garbage tote outside of this window in the backyard.

While outside, officers were approached by someone in the neighborhood who stated he observed several young black males in the area. Specifically, he observed one of them walk by his backyard and throw something into it. After looking, it was packaging to two Funco action figures.

Officers canvassed that area but could find none of the stolen property. No further information is available at this time.