These items have been collected from various police departments.

[naviga:h2]Butler Police[/naviga:h2]

1:24 a.m. Tuesday — Tyler D. Smith, 32, of Butler was allegedly caught with heroin while being booked into the Butler County Prison.

Police earlier had gone to a Pillow Street home seeking to question Smith about an ongoing investigation. They arrested him after learning he was wanted on a bench warrant, according to court documents.

Smith was taken to the county prison and searched. Correctional officers found two stamp bags of suspected heroin in his wallet, documents said.

He is charged with possession of a controlled substance by an inmate, a felony, and possession of drug paraphernalia, a misdemeanor.

Monday — James K. Kaechele, 30, of Summit Township was charged with having marijuana stemming from a call last fall for a man passed out in a pickup truck at a business on Center Avenue.

Police said Kaechele was slouched over in the driver’s seat when they got there. An officer had to knock on the window several times before he awakened. A strong odor of alcohol came from the vehicle, and Kaechele admitted he had been drinking, police said. A search, according to court documents, later turned up a bag of marijuana in the truck.

Kaechele is charged with possession of a small amount of marijuana and public drunkenness.

4:07 p.m. April 7 — Benjamin T. Zellefrow, 28, of Butler was allegedly caught with drug contraband outside a North Main Street business. A suspicious activity call sent police there where Zellefrow and a woman were found in a car. A subsequent search of the suspect found him with two drug-smoking pipes and a syringe. He is charged with possession of drug paraphernalia.

[naviga:h2]Adams Twp. Police[/naviga:h2]

1 p.m. April 4 — Wayne E. Nicklas, 70, of Evans City was arrested for drunken driving after he allegedly drove onto a yard on Brown Avenue before driving home. Police said he made a “rut” in the lawn.

A witness recognized the suspect and his car and notified authorities. Police went to Nicklas’ home and waited for him to return. When he showed up, his car had mud on it, presumably from driving on the lawn in Adams Township.

Police said he smelled of alcohol but he declined a blood test. He is charged with driving under the influence and damaging property by vehicle.

[naviga:h2]Cranberry Twp. Police[/naviga:h2]

Wednesday — A four-time convicted shoplifter was arrested for allegedly committing a similar crime last month at a home improvement store on Route 228.

Stephen D. Wise, 33, of Ambridge, Beaver County, is accused of removing a tool battery charger, valued at $104.94, at Lowe’s and then taking it to the store’s customer service desk for a return.

But when he presented his state identification card, the alleged fraudulent return was denied. The store’s database, according to court documents, showed the suspect “has executed an excessive number of returns of merchandise without receipts.

Police said Wise, after being informed of the store’s findings, walked out the automatic, entrance-only doors — with the charger. A store employee confronted the suspected shoplifter and grabbed the merchandise away from him. Wise fled and drove away in a sport utility vehicle.

The employee recognized the suspect from previous shoplifting incidents, documents said.

Police also noted in the charges that Wise has four prior convictions for retail theft and he is on probation in Beaver County.

District Judge Sue Haggerty on Wednesday arraigned Wise on felony charges of retail theft, receiving stolen property and trespass, and misdemeanor charges of access device fraud, attempted fraud and theft by deception.

He was placed in the Butler County Prison on $15,000 bail following arraignment.

[naviga:h2]Butler County Drug Task Force[/naviga:h2]

Monday — Brandon J. Keene, 30, of Venango Township was charged in a felony arrest warrant for an alleged 2016 drug deal in Butler.

The defendant is accused of selling four stamp bags of heroin to a police informant Aug. 2. The deal, according to court documents, happened on Center Avenue.

Keene is charged with delivery and possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, and possession of a controlled substance.

[naviga:h2]State Police, Butler[/naviga:h2]

8:22 a.m. Thursday — Sara L. Huey, 26, of Grove City was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence on Windy Point Road just east of Route 308 in Marion Township.

Police said they stopped Huey’s car for having a revoked license plate and for not having a valid inspection sticker. In addition to DUI, according to a police report, pending charges include possession of drug paraphernalia and six traffic violations.

Thursday — A Pittsburgh man was arrested on a bench warrant in connection with a January traffic stop for drunken driving in Lancaster Township.

Police said Claude Bonner, 56, was stopped for driving too slowly — 45 mph in a 70 mph zone — on Interstate 79 about 8:50 p.m. Jan. 26. His sport utility vehicle also had a passenger brake light that wasn’t working.

Bonner, who smelled of alcohol, was unable to perform field sobriety tests due to medical reasons. He also was unable to provide a useful sample on a portable breath test, police said.

He later refused to submit to a blood test or a formal breath test at the barracks.

He was released but failed to appear for his preliminary arraignment and hearing, which prompted the bench warrant.

District Judge Sue Haggerty on Wednesday arraigned Bonner on charges of driving under the influence, driving with a suspended license, driving too slow for conditions and the brake light violation.

He was placed in the Butler County Prison on $25,000 bail following arraignment.

April 4 — Police charged Jonathan M. Tacey, 19, of Parker Township with felony drug possession in connection with a drugged driving arrest last month in East Butler

Tacey was pulled over about 1:10 a.m. March 16 in the 700 block of Butler Road for having an obstructed license plate, according to court documents. Police said the teenager appeared impaired and was acting “nervous.”

He allegedly admitted that he smokes marijuana daily and that he had “weed” in the car. The suspect was taken to Butler Memorial Hospital for a blood test after he failed field sobriety tests and a drug recognition expert’s evaluation.

A toxicology report subsequently confirmed the presence of marijuana as well as benzoylecgonine, which is a metabolite of cocaine, in his system, documents said.

A search of the car turned up a Crown Royal bag containing eight individual baggies with a combined 32.8 grams of marijuana inside.

Police said they also found Tacey’s passenger, Braden T. Stevenson, 18, of East Brady, Clarion County, with a baggie containing 2 grams of marijuana.

Tacey is charged with possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia, driving under the influence of a controlled substance and two traffic violations.

Stevenson is charged with possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia, and possession of a small amount of marijuana.

April 3 — Police charged Jarrod N. Warner, 37, of Butler Township with driving under the influence of a controlled substance with his two young children in his sport utility vehicle that crashed last month in Center Township.

Warner told police that he was traveling on Route 308 near Elliott Road when he “dosed off” and lost control of the SUV, according to court documents. No injuries were reported.

He also admitted to having consumed between 30 and 40 milligrams of methadone earlier that morning, police said. He was arrested after failing field sobriety tests.

Warner was taken to Butler Memorial Hospital for a blood test. The results, documents said, were “positive for controlled substances.”

In addition to DUI, he is charged with two counts of child endangerment, careless driving, failing to keep right and disregarding traffic lanes.

12:50 a.m. April 2 — Richard L. Lilly Jr., 23, of West Sunbury was arrested for suspected drunken driving after police found his disabled pickup truck in the middle of Route 308 in West Sunbury.

Police said they detected a “strong odor” of alcohol coming from Lily, who admitted he had been drinking, according to court documents. He was taken for a breath test that showed his blood-alcohol level was 0.095 percent. A level of 0.08 percent is considered intoxicated under state law.

Lilly is charged with driving under the influence, driving with a suspended license, driving without a license, driving an unregistered vehicle, driving without insurance, careless driving, driving with another vehicle’s license plate and a seat belt violation.

[naviga:h2]State Police, Clarion[/naviga:h2]

April 3 — Police obtained a felony arrest warrant for an Emlenton teenager suspected of deliberately setting fire to a car that was involved in a hit-and-run crash last month in Perry Township, Clarion County.

Bryce William Dittman, 18, is accused of wrecking the vehicle March 23 on Bartow Road near Buttermilk Falls. Two days later, police said, a property owner on Bartow Road found the car burned and abandoned.

Dittman is charged with reckless burning, criminal mischief, failing to immediately notify police of an accident, failing to stop and give information after an accident, giving false information to police, illegally abandoning a vehicle, driving an unregistered vehicle and several other traffic violations.

[naviga:h2]State Police, Punxsutawney[/naviga:h2]

April 7 — The state police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement cited Runt’s Roadhouse on Route 356 in Winfield Township for permitting gambling on the premises. The alleged violation occurred Jan. 12. An administrative law judge will hear the case.