AMHERST, N.Y. — A Buffalo teenager was arrested Monday morning in Amherst for allegedly stealing a vehicle, according to the Amherst Police Department.
Police say around 11:37 a.m. Detective Julian Chinana saw a vehicle on the I-290, which had been reported stolen. With the assistance from other officers, Chinana stopped the vehicle on Niagara Falls Boulevard in the Town of Amherst and brought the driver, Tyrell Patterson-Scott, 18, into custody.
Patterson-Scott was arrested for unauthorized use of a vehicle in the third degree and criminal possession of stolen property in the third degree.
According to police, this is the sixth time Patterson-Scott has been arrested in Erie County for vehicle theft related crimes since September 2020.
