Man, 18, gets youth status for role in cigarette scam : Police Blotter  

An 18-year-old Town of Niagara man was granted youthful-offender status Wednesday for his role in a cigarette scam . . . A co-defendant, John T. Billings Jr., 24, of 92nd Street, Niagara Falls, admitted to fourth-degree grand larceny but failed to appear for sentencing . . .

He and the teenager convinced a man Sept. 14 that they could sell him a large cache of untaxed smokes from the Tuscarora Indian Reservation, but took his money and delivered no cigarettes.

Jump to full article »