Neighborhood complaints prompt Falls drug arrests

NIAGARA FALLS – Neighborhood complaints about guns and drugs resulted in the arrest of two women and a man in separate raids by the Narcotics Bureau of the Niagara Falls Police Department.

Capt. David LeGault, chief of the bureau, said the Thursday raids on homes on Whitney Avenue and Sixth Street led to the arrests and the seizures of drugs, drug equipment, weapons and fireworks.

During a raid at 1918 Whitney about 10 a.m., David E. Adams, 47, was charged with criminal possession of a weapon, and criminal possession of controlled substances as a loaded 22 caliber revolver and multiple prescription painkillers and tranquilizers were seized. A large amount of fireworks and a stun gun also were taken during the raid, LeGault said.

About 2 p.m. at 510 Sixth St., Kelly L. Jarvis, 23, was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance as drug packaging and scales and quantities of heroin, cocaine and marijuana were seized. Also arrested during the Sixth Street raid was Patricia M. Davis 24, of Elmwood Avenue, Niagara Falls. Davis was charged with criminal possession of a hypodermic instrument, LeGault said.