Police Reports
These items have been collected from various police departments.
2:34 a.m. Sunday — Mary Beth Hunt, 50, of Center Township was arrested for driving under the influence on North Monroe Street. Police also cited Hunt for a stop sign violation.
4:05 p.m. Sunday — Michelle Dipner, 34, of Slippery Rock was charged with retail theft for allegedly taking makeup, perfume and earrings at the Bon Ton store, Clearview Mall in Center Township. The stolen property is valued at $281.3:45 a.m. Sunday — Michael Peterson, 44, of Friendship was treated at Butler Memorial Hospital for injuries suffered in an assault at the Easy Rider Festival on the Butler County Fairgrounds in Prospect. Peterson told police two unknown men assaulted him.3:35 a.m. Sunday — Michaeleen Sae Barfield, 21, of Grove City was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence at Route 422 and Unionville Road in Franklin Township.3:35 a.m. Sunday — An unknown red truck, possibly a Ford Ranger, struck a car at Route 356 and Marwood Road in Jefferson Township, and did not stop. Laura Carney, 22, no address given, was driving the car.11:30 p.m. Saturday — Two Allegheny County men were charged after a fight at a camp on Book Road in Worth Township. Police said Robert Anderson, 35, of Upper St. Clair is charged with simple assault; Brian Anderson, 32, of Carnegie, who suffered minor facial injuries, is charged with harassment.7:41 a.m. Saturday — A car driven by Kiersten Zajac, no age given, of Prospect crashed into an embankment on Stanford Road in Muddy Creek Township. Zajac, who was not wearing a seat belt and suffered minor injuries, was cited for an undisclosed traffic violation.12:27 a.m. Saturday — An unidentified red vehicle struck a car driven by Patrick Flanigan, 59, of Butler at Fisher Road and Route 356 in Jefferson Township, and did not stop. Flanigan's car rolled onto its roof. He was treated for minor injuries at Butler Memorial Hospital.12:25 a.m. Saturday — A man and woman were injured when they were thrown off their motorcycle after hitting a deer on Oak Road in Fairview Township.Nicole Clauser, 23, of Chicora, a passenger on the back of the motorcycle, was flown by medical helicopter with major injuries; her condition was not known this morning. Matthew Senopole, 21, of Butler, the driver, was treated for minor injuries at Butler Memorial Hospital. Police said neither person was wearing a helmet.9:30 p.m. Friday — Three unknown men left empty-handed after they were chased away in a failed attempt to steal scrap items at a junkyard on Jamisonville Road in Center Township.Police said owner Gerald Soose had staked out his junkyard following a recent theft there. Soose and his grandson spotted the would-be thieves, and the grandson chased after the men but lost them in the woods.Apolice report noted the suspects "left behind items they brought with them to be used in the stealing of scrap."2 a.m. Friday — A pickup truck driven by Kenneth Burton, 17, of Karns City struck a tree along North Road in Franklin Township. Police said Burton was treated for moderate injuries at Butler Memorial HospitalState Police, Clarion2:10 p.m. Sunday — Justin Snyder, 25, of Rimersburg is accused of throwing out the window of his vehicle a ratchet with a connected socket. The ratchet hit a pickup truck and smashed out the back window, in the apparent case of road rage on Swartz Road near Traister Road in Madison Township, Clarion County.Neither Chase Stewart, 19, of Rimersburg, who was driving the pickup, nor a 15-year-old Rimersburg boy riding in the pickup was injured. Police charged Snyder with propulsion of missile. Snyder was placed in the Clarion County Jail on a probation violation.
8:15 p.m. Friday — A 15-year-old girl is accused of assaulting her mother, Jennifer Love Lindsay, 35, no address given, during a domestic dispute as the two were riding in a car on Route 68 in Bradys Bend, Armstrong County.Police said the girl grabbed her mother by the hair, repeatedly kicked her in the face and threatened to kill her. The girl, who is charged with simple assault, was upset about being grounded for being out after curfew, a police report said.2:40 a.m. Friday — Mark Faykosh, 29, of Ford City was arrested for driving under the influence on Route 28 in Buffalo Township, Butler County.Friday — Police reported they are investigating a burglary at a Slate Lick/Cadogan Road home in North Buffalo Township, Armstrong County. Several items of jewelry were taken in the burglary that occurred between Dec. 9 and May 7.State Police, Mercer5:35 p.m. Saturday — A sport utility vehicle driven by Michael Rodemoyer, 23, of Mercer and a car driven by Carol Everett, 50, of Templeton collided at Route 19 and Cannery Road in Springfield Township, Mercer County.4 a.m. Wednesday — An unknown burglar broke into Joe's Garage in Springfield Township, Mercer County. Police did not indicate if anything was taken.Wednesday — A radar detector was stolen between 9 p.m. Tuesday and 8 a.m. Wednesday from a 2005 Peterbilt truck at the Interstate Truck Service at Route 173 and Interstate 80 in Pine Township, Mercer County.