Cigarette Refusal Leads to Robbery and Assault Near Niagara Falls City Market

Niagara Falls Police responded to the 1800 block of Pine Avenue – the City Market – on September 9th after reports of a robbery.

Upon arrival, officers spoke with the victim who stated that a white male (around 5’10” with a medium build wearing a dark blue sweatsuit and short red hair) followed him from the 7-Eleven on the 1500 block of Pine Avenue to the City Market, asking him for a cigarette.

He told the unknown suspect that he did not have any cigarettes.

The suspect became enraged.

He grabbed the victim’s bookbag from around his neck, ripped it off of him and took $25 from him.

The victim further stated that when he pulled the bookbag off of him, he also pulled him off of his scooter causing him to fall to the ground and sustain injuries to his arm. The suspect then took off in an unknown direction.

There is no known suspect at this time. No further information is available.

Cigarette Refusal Leads to Robbery and Assault Near Niagara Falls City Market