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6:51 p.m. Friday — Ryan J. Fuqua, 38, was arrested after allegedly assaulting Jamie Fuqua during a domestic dispute at their home in the 400 block of New Castle Road.

Police said the victim told them that she and her husband had gotten into an argument over his drinking when he pushed her onto a glass table, according to court documents. The table shattered, leaving Jamie Fuqua with a cut on her right elbow.

The defendant admitted that he had returned home “a little drunk,” documents said, but he claimed he only pushed his wife “out of his face.” She fell onto the table, he acknowledged.

District Judge Lewis Stoughton arraigned Fuqua on charges of simple assault and harassment, and released him on his own recognizance.

Thursday — A five-time convicted shoplifter was arrested for the same crime stemming from a July incident at the Butler Commons’ Walmart.

The suspect, Tina M. Budner, 47, of Winfield Township is accused of taking candles and other household goods, valued at a combined $391, from the store, according to court documents.

When a store security employee tried to stop the defendant, police said, she fled, driving away in a sport utility vehicle. Officers checked the area but were unable to immediately find her.

Budner was arraigned Thursday on a felony charge of retail theft, and later placed in the Butler County Prison on a probation violation.

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Wednesday — Hannah M. Clogan, 20, of Gibsonia was charged with a shoplifting incident last month at the Giant Eagle store on Grove City Road. She is accused of taking merchandise worth about $300 on Aug. 21.

She is charged with a misdemeanor retail theft.

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6:49 a.m. Monday — Two people were hurt in a three-vehicle wreck at Route 68 and Rose Haven Drive in Connoquenessing Township.

The crash happened when a sport utility vehicle driven by Carolyn R. Moyer, 77, of Harmony struck cars driven by Kyle C. Gandy, 22, of Connoquenessing and Karen L. Hillwig, 61, of Butler.

Police said Moyer and Hillwig, who were both wearing seat belts, were taken to Butler Memorial Hospital with unknown injuries.

Volunteer firefighters from Butler and Connoquenessing townships and the Butler Ambulance Service assisted at the scene. Police said their investigation continues.

3:24 p.m. Sunday — One person was hurt when a motorcycle struck a dog in Connoquenessing Township. The accident occurred when the dog ran from its owner’s driveway onto Route 528.

The driver, Joseph J. Fisher, 50, of Pulaski Township, Lawrence County, was able to keep his Harley-Davidson Road King on its wheels after hitting the animal but his passenger, Kimberley J. Porterfield, 55, of Pulaski, suffered a left leg injury.

Porterfield was taken to Butler Memorial Hospital for treatment. Authorities described the injury as minor.

Police said the owners had removed their dog from the road before they got there. The Connoquenessing Township Volunteer Fire Department and Butler Ambulance Service assisted at the scene.

1:20 p.m. Friday — Krystal K. Krauchak, 29, of Butler was arrested after she was caught allegedly shoplifting a box of gelatin at the Clearview Mall Giant Eagle store in Center Township.

Krauchak, who has at least two prior shoplifting convictions, was arraigned on felony charges of retail theft and receiving stolen property. She was placed in Butler County Prison on $10,000 bail following arraignment.

Thursday — Novella A. Littlejohn, 58, of Butler Township was charged with drugged driving and drug possession in connection with a traffic stop earlier this month on New Castle Road.

Police said they stopped Littlejohn’s car shortly after 8 p.m. Sept. 2 for having a burned out taillight and plastic cover over the license plate. When troopers got to the vehicle, according to court documents, they suspected the defendant was impaired.

Also in the car, police said, was a 4-year-old girl who was seated in back of the driver and not in a child safety seat.

Littlejohn was taken to Butler Memorial Hospital for a blood test after she failed field sobriety tests. A search of her purse, documents said, turned up a suspected marijuana cigarette and rolling papers.

Toxicology results indicated she had marijuana in her system.

She is charged with driving under the influence of a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia, driving without a license, driving with an obscured license plate, driving without proper rear lighting, careless driving, failing to notify authorities of a change of address and a child safety seat violation.

Wednesday — Anthony L. Murray, 27, of Butler was charged with having marijuana and other drug contraband stemming from an August traffic stop in Butler.

Police said they stopped Murray’s car Aug. 23 at North Sixth and Ridge avenues for having an expired registration. They also learned his driver’s license was suspended.

Troopers, who smelled marijuana coming from the car, searched the vehicle and found suspected marijuana and rolling papers, according to court documents.

Murray is charged with possession of a small amount of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, driving under suspension and driving an unregistered vehicle.

Wednesday — Police charged Colleen M. Baptiste, 32, of Oakland Township with possessing marijuana after they stopped her pickup truck in June in the parking lot at a Butler Township motel.

Troopers said they pulled over Baptiste about 2:40 a.m. in the rear lot at the Days Inn on Route 8 south, where they had seen her driving in a truck without its light on, documents said.

The defendant let police search the truck during which they found a bag containing suspected marijuana and other drug contraband.

Baptiste is charged with possession of a small amount of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

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4:11 p.m. Sept. 3 — Bradley S. Burroway, 32, of Emlenton was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence after a suspected hit-and-run crash at the Clarion Mall in Monroe Township.

Police said Borroway was backing out of a parking space when his pickup truck struck a sport utility vehicle. He is accused of driving away without exchanging insurance information with the SUV owner. He was later found, according to a police report.