Niagara Falls Police responded to the area of Family Dollar on Portage Road around 8:40am on September 13th after reports of a shoplifter. Officers were notified by dispatch that the suspect was a black male in a wheelchair.
A suspect matching the description was located on the 800 block of Ashland Avenue, approx. .25 miles away from Family Dollar. The male had a large black garbage bag on him, which was filled with various candies.
Officers asked the suspect, now identified as Xaiver McClain , if he paid for the merchandise to which he stated, “some of it.” McClain was detained and transported to Family Dollar for a show up…