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7:25 p.m. Sunday — A car driven by Joseph Millan, 26, of East Amherst, N.Y., hit a guardrail, spun around and struck another car on Interstate 79 in Worth Township. Carl Weatherby, 48, of Leetsdale, Allegheny County, the other driver, was treated at Butler Memorial Hospital for minor injuries.Millan was cited for driving too fast for conditions, careless driving and a lane violation.2:50 a.m. Sunday — Chester Gladd, 42, of Butler was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence after he was found asleep in his vehicle with the engine running on Slate Road in Allegheny Township. The vehicle also was on the wrong side of the road.4:15 p.m. Saturday — Cars driven by Amy L. Scott, 31, of Hilliards and Michelle L. Davis, 36, of Parker collided on Route 38 in Eau Claire. Scott was cited for illegally entering the road.7:57 a.m. Saturday — A car driven by Elle Molinari, 21, of Bethlehem, Northampton County, flipped onto its roof before landing on its wheels after crashing off I-79 in Lancaster Township. Molinari and Elizabeth Weaver, 23, of Pittsburgh, a passenger, suffered minor injuries.4:59 p.m. Friday — A car driven by Edward Krafft Jr., 52, of Slippery Rock crashed into a guardrail on I-79 in Muddy Creek Township. Krafft faces a citation for driving too fast for conditions.4:39 p.m. Friday — Both northbound lanes on I-79 in Jackson Township were closed for about four hours after a tractor-trailer crashed on the highway. Police said Parvinder-Singh Dhillon, 42, of Ontario, Canada lost control of the rig and went over an embankment before traveling back onto the road.4:20 p.m. Friday — A minivan driven by Donna J. Ford, 50, of Baden, Beaver County, crashed into a guardrail on I-79 in Jackson Township. Ford was cited for driving too fast for conditions.2:40 p.m. Friday — Elizabeth Anne Cosme, 28, of Butler and OscarCosme Jr., 28, of Connoquenessing both were arrested following a domestic dispute at a Main Street home in Connoquenessing. Elizabeth is charged simple assault and harassment and Oscar is charged with violating a protection from abuse order. Both were arraigned on charges and placed in the Butler County Prison; she on $2,000 bail and he on $5,000 bail.2:33 p.m. Friday — Rex M. Grossman, 54, of Slippery Rock swerved his pickup to avoid a truck and struck a utility pole on Harmony Road in Slippery Rock Township. Alan Schmelzer, 48, of Slippery Rock, who was driving the truck, was cited for a stop sign violation.12:55 p.m. Friday — A sport utility vehicle driven by David H. Kennedy, 74, of Zelienople struck a tree along snow-covered Route 68 in Connoquenessing.12:33 p.m. Friday — AnSUV driven by Amy Gemma, 37, of Evans City struck a tree along snow-covered Route 528 in Connoquenessing Township.1:48 a.m. Friday — Jennifer Cole, 35, of Connoquenessing was arrested for suspicion of DUI at Route 68 and Constitution Avenue in Connoquenessing Township.4:08 p.m. Thursday — A pickup truck driven by Jesse Roudebush, 22, of Bruin and a vehicle driven Lisa Dittman, 35, of Chicora collided on Route 268 in Fairview Township. James Roudebush, 47, of Petrolia, a passenger in Jesse Roudebush's pickup, was treated at ACMH Hospital in Kittanning for minor injuries. Both drivers face citations for driving on the wrong side of the road.2:15 p.m. Feb. 25 — Randy Lee Halstead Sr., 39, of Hilliards, an inmate at the Butler County Prison, faces drug charges after a corrections officer found him with a small amount of suspected marijuana.

1:50 p.m. Friday — Acar driven by Megan Lamison, 16, of Freeport and a pickup truck driven by Timothy Swetof, 36, of New Kensington, Westmoreland County, collided on Route 28 in Frazer Township. Lamison was cited for driving too fast for conditions.

1:50 p.m. Friday — A sport utility vehicle driven by William Renaud, 55, of Seven Fields spun and crashed after hitting the blade of a truck's snowplow on Interstate 79 in Findley Township. Charles C. Bowser, 51, of Jackson Center was driving the truck,11:55 a.m. Feb. 25 — Glenn Guidry, no age given, of Coraopolis, Allegheny County, was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence on I-79 in Springfield Township.

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