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POLICE REPORTS

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4:11 p.m. Sunday — Michael Lee Hutchinson, 19, of Butler was arrested after he allegedly struck his girlfriend, Brittany Miller, during a domestic dispute at his apartment in the 400 block of West North Street. Miller was moving out of the apartment at the time, according to court documents.Hutchinson is accused of hitting the woman and pushing her down the stairs. She suffered a cut on her left cheek.The defendant was arraigned on a charge of simple assault and placed in the Butler County Prison on $5,000 bail.9:40 p.m. Saturday — Victor Biondo III, 56, of Butler was arrested after allegedly attacking his wife, Colleen Biondo, during a domestic dispute at their home in the 400 block of West New Castle Street.Police suspect Biondo punched his wife in the face, leaving her with a swollen, black left eye, court documents said. He was arraigned on a charge of simple assault, and placed in the Butler County Prison on $5,000 bail.

Tuesday — Police charged Kasey L. Spurk Leonard, 18, of Renfrew with stealing $1,450 from the Target store between Sept. 24 and Oct. 10 when she worked there. Spurk is charged with a first-degree misdemeanor count of theft.9:41 a.m. Monday — A 16-year-old boy was caught under the influence of an unknown drug at the Butler Intermediate High School. The student, who police did not identify, was cited for public intoxication.Grove City PoliceFriday — A cell phone was stolen from a gym bag in the girls' locker room at Grove City High School on Highland Avenue. The theft happened between 1 and 2 p.m. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 724-458-7925.

4:14 p.m. Tuesday — A car driven by Michael E. Reese, 23, of New Kensington, Westmoreland County, collided with another vehicle at South Main Street and Hockenberry Road in Slippery Rock. A police report did not identify the other driver.Monday — Police cited Bodacious Ann Emerick, 26, of Butler for criminal mischief stemming from an Oct. 5 rock-throwing incident in Connoquenessing Township. Emerick is accused of breaking a window at a woman's home on Isaac Lane.7:35 p.m. Saturday — Daniel I. Wick, 19, of Lyndora was caught with suspected marijuana and a marijuana pipe in a vehicle parked at the Summit Township Elementary School. Wick is charged with possession of a small amount of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

3:06 a.m. Sunday — Troy A. Dupe, 28, of East Brady, Clarion County, was arrested after he was caught with suspected marijuana and drug contraband at a Glynn Road home in Sugar Creek Township. Police said his arrest followed an attempted getaway and struggle with troopers.Dupe was arraigned on charges of possession of a small amount of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, resisting arrest and escape. He was placed in the Armstrong County Jail on $5,000 bail following arraignment.12:20 a.m. Sunday — A New Jersey man and woman were arrested after they caused a suspected alcohol-fueled disturbance at the Holiday Inn Express, Hilltop Plaza in East Franklin Township.Troopers found the suspects — Paul M. Stewart, 24, and Lauren E. Sickles, 24, both of Cherry Hill — in a third-floor hallway. Both were “screaming and yelling” and both appeared “highly intoxicated,” according to a police report.At one point, police said, Sickles tried to run away down the stairwell. A door was damaged in the failed getaway.Both defendants were arraigned on charges of criminal mischief, disorderly conduct and public drunkenness, and placed in the Armstrong County Jail.1:36 a.m. Saturday — A 31-year-old Chicora man was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence on Queenstown Road in Bradys Bend Township. Police did not identify the suspect.Saturday — Two guns and other property worth nearly $1,000 were taken in a burglary at a home in the 300 block of Craigsville Road in West Franklin Township.The stolen items included a Remington 870 model 12-gauge pump shotgun, a New England single shot 12-gauge shotgun, Sony PlayStation video game console with four video games, two 12-inch Rockford Fogsate speakers and a 15-watt amplifier.

6:23 a.m. Tuesday — Joshua J. Snow, 22, of Bruin was hurt when he lost control of his car and slammed into a utility pole along George Junior Road just north of Cranberry Road in Pine Township. Snow, who was not wearing a seat belt, was taken to Grove City Medical Center with moderate injuries.Police said Snow was cited for driving at an unsafe speed.12:28 a.m. Tuesday — A car driven by Cindy L. Gilliland, 58, of Portersville struck a deer on Interstate 79 in Jackson Township, Mercer County.11:05 p.m. Sept. 27 — Todd M. Book, 36, of Portersville was seriously injured when the motorcycle he was driving collided with a pickup truck in Springfield Township. The other driver, Frances I. Ferry, 66, of Volant, was backing up from a driveway onto Route 208 when the cycle struck the right rear side of the pickup.Book's Harley-Davidson Fat Boy traveled off the road and into a mailbox and the bushes of a house following the collision.A medical helicopter later flew Book to St. Elizabeth Health Center in Youngstown, with “major injuries,” a police report said. Book was not wearing a helmet.Police cited Ferry for illegally entering a road and improperly backing up a vehicle.

10:57 p.m. Monday — Police cited Priest Enterprises on Route 422 in Slippery Rock Township, Lawrence County, for an unlawful alarm activation. The citation was issued after the business had “numerous” false alarms during an unspecified period, a police report said.8:50 p.m. Monday — A sport utility vehicle struck a tree along Princeton Road a little east of Cherry Tree Lane in Slippery Rock Township, Lawrence County. The driver was gone by the time police got there. A police report did not indicate if the driver has since been identified.

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