These items have been collected from various police departments.

[naviga:h3]Butler Police[/naviga:h3]

Friday — Austin M. Stevenson, 25, of Butler was charged in connection with an incident last month at a home on the 200 block of Broad Street.

Police said they found Stevenson and Zachary S. Rush, 21, of Harrisville about 4:30 a.m. July 23 after being called to the home for a possible burglary, according to court documents.

Stevenson and Rush had a “strong odor” of alcohol coming from them. Police said Stevenson “kept confronting officers with his aggressive physical movements,” documents said.

He is charged with disorderly conduct and public drunkenness.

Rush was arrested that night and charged with trespass, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, criminal mischief and public drunkenness.

July 26 — Brandy L. Lane, 29, of Jefferson Township was charged with having more than a dozen empty stamp bags of suspected heroin and other drug contraband in connection with a Fourth of July traffic stop at Elm and East Locust streets.

Police said Lane was a passenger in the car that was stopped about 10:30 a.m. July 4 for having an expired registration.

An inventory search of the vehicle turned up a coin purse that was under Lane’s seat. The purse contained 14 empty bags of suspected heroin, a syringe and a Chore Boy copper scrubber, according to court documents. The defendant admitted the items were hers. While she was being searched, documents said, a second syringe fell to the ground.

Lane is charge with possession of drug paraphernalia.

[naviga:h3]Adams Twp Police[/naviga:h3]

9:44 p.m. July 21 — Douglas George Linn II, 67, of Mars was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol — general impairment (second offense), following an incident at his residence.

Police responded to a well-being check of a man who was bleeding. Police said they went to the nearest residence at 216 N. Adams Pointe Blvd., Suite 8, where they found Linn unresponsive in a silver Lincoln Navigator at a garage behind the residence.

Linn woke up and displayed signs of impairment. His face and head had blood on them. Police observed damage to the Lincoln, as well as blood on the back window of the vehicle.

Linn refused to submit to a blood test. He told police that he did not drive the Lincoln, and drove the vehicle that was parked next to it, a white Infiniti. Police found the hood of the Infiniti to be warm.

Linn was transported by police to UPMC Passavant Cranberry after refusing transport by Quality EMS.

[naviga:h3]Butler Twp Police[/naviga:h3]

Monday — Joshua D. Charlton, 34, and Jessica E. Charlton, 33, both of Butler, were charged in connection with a shoplifting incident last month at the Butler Commons’ Walmart. Police said the defendants about 10 a.m. July 27 walked past the cash registers without paying for $68.87 in merchandise.

Both are charged with misdemeanor counts of retail theft and conspiracy to commit retail theft. Joshua Charlton also was cited for summary charge of defiant trespass.

[naviga:h3]Jackson Twp Police[/naviga:h3]

2:41 a.m. Sunday — Alcohol is a suspected factor in a one-vehicle wreck that left one person trapped and injured on Ridge Road.

The crash happened when Joshua J. Haskins, 27, of Zelienople lost control of his northbound 2004 Jeep. The vehicle crossed over the opposing lane and traveled up a grass embankment before hitting a tree and landing on its driver’s side.

Harmony Fire District volunteer firefighters had to extricate Haskins from the wreckage. Police said he was wearing a seat belt.

Haskins, who complained of minor pain, admitted that he had recently left a friend’s home where he had been drinking beer and liquor, according to a police report. He smelled of alcohol and appeared intoxicated.

Harmony EMS tended to Haskins before he was taken to Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh.

Police said possible charges of driving under the influence are pending lab results.

[naviga:h3]Penn Twp Police[/naviga:h3]

Aug. 31 — Rachel K. Shrefler, 42, of Clinton Township was charged in connection with the June theft of head phones from a vehicle on Church Road.

Shrefler is accused of taking the property, valued at $250, that belonged to her cousin, according to court documents. She is charged with misdemeanor counts of theft and receiving stolen property.

[naviga:h3]State Park Rangers[/naviga:h3]

July 24 — A Beaver County man was charged with drugged driving stemming from an incident in June at Moraine State Park in Muddy Creek Township.

A ranger for the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources about 5:35 p.m. June 3 came upon Kenneth L. Veltri, 59, of Baden at the Bear Run Boat Launch and reported smelling marijuana coming from his car, according to court documents.

Veltri allegedly admitted having a marijuana cigarette in the ashtray. He also acknowledged he had more marijuana in the center console.

The ranger seized “multiple roaches” in the ashtray, documents said, as well as a plastic container of marijuana, a marijuana grinder and smoking pipe and other contraband in the console.

The defendant was arrested after failing field sobriety tests and taken to Butler Memorial Hospital for a blood test. Toxicology results subsequently showed he had marijuana in his system.

In addition to driving under the influence of a controlled substance, Veltri is charged with possession of a small amount of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

[naviga:h3]State Police, Butler[/naviga:h3]

Monday — Police charged Charles D. Brown II, 26, of Hermitage, Mercer County, with removing and taking a wheel boot lock device last month from his car at the Slippery Rock Apartments in Slippery Rock.

Slippery Rock Towing and Repair owns the boot, which had been placed on Brown’s Cadillac because it was illegally parked at the apartment complex July 22, court documents said.

A company employee notified police after he returned to the complex and found the defendant’s car gone. He also found “a small piece of the pin broken off the boot used to hold the boot together,” documents said.

Police said they later tried to speak to Brown but he refused to meet with investigators. He is charged with misdemeanor counts of theft and criminal mischief.

July 31 — Ilene Kerins, 68, of Butler was charged with being more than twice the state’s legal limit for alcohol in June when she crashed a utility task vehicle in Jefferson Township.

Police were called June 19 for a report of a woman pinned underneath an orange Kubota UTV on the 400 block of Dinnerbell Road. Emergency crews got the vehicle off Kerins, who smelled of alcohol, and took her to an awaiting ambulance, according to court documents.

“Kerins related she had been drinking alcoholic beverages that evening,” a police affidavit said, “before driving the UTV from her farm.”

She told police that she had gotten into an argument with her husband and took off on the vehicle. She could not explain how she wrecked.

The defendant was taken to Butler Memorial Hospital for a blood test, which showed her blood-alcohol level was 0.169 percent. A level of 0.08 percent is considered intoxicated under state law.

Kerins is charged with driving under the influence, driving an unregistered vehicle, driving a vehicle without insurance and disregarding traffic lanes.

July 26 — Dennis E. Goodwine Sr., 42, of Butler Township was charged with drugged driving in connection with a May traffic stop in Butler. Police said they pulled over Goodwine about 9:50 a.m. May 26 for driving with a suspended license on Hansen Avenue.

Troopers got to the sport utility vehicle and smelled air fresheners that were hanging from the rearview mirror, and along the ceiling of the back seat, according to court documents. Police suspected Goodwine was impaired.

He was arrested after failing field sobriety tests and a drug recognition expert’s evaluation. A search of the SUV also turned up three pain pills for which he allegedly did not have a prescription.

Results of a blood test subsequently showed Goodwine had marijuana in his system.

In addition to driving under the influence of a controlled substance, he is charged with possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia, driving with a suspended license, driving without a license, careless driving and a seat belt violation.