These items have been collected from various police departments.

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

11:36 p.m. Wednesday — Carlos A. Medina, 35, who has no known address, allegedly gave police a bogus name and was caught with narcotic medication without a prescription on the 600 block of Center Avenue.

Police found Medina while investigating a call for a man seen rummaging through a woman’s car, according to court documents. He had no identification with him and police found no record of the name he provided them.

The defendant was taken to the station and a search turned up a Suboxone strip for which he did not have a prescription. He also was eventually identified by Live Scan, a digital fingerprint scan.

Medina, it turned out, was wanted on a bench warrant in Butler.

He was arraigned on charges of false identification to police and possession of a controlled substance, and placed in the Butler County Prison on $1,500 bail and for the warrant.

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

6:02 p.m. Sunday — Police have identified the man who crashed his Ford pickup truck into a guardrail on Route 422 in Butler Township. Patrick McHale, 39, of Harmony apparently was uninjured in the rollover accident.

McHale was westbound on Route 422 near the North Duffy Road overpass when his truck began to fishtail. The pickup hit the center barrier and traveled across the road before it struck the guardrail and flipped onto its side.

Butler Township Station 3 and Mercer Road fire departments assisted police at the scene. Traffic on the road was restricted for about an hour while the vehicle was towed and the scene cleared of debris.

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

3:49 p.m. Oct. 8 — Timothy A. Gifford Jr., 49, allegedly punched and threatened his stepfather during a domestic dispute at their home on Scenic View Drive.

The victim, Richard Moon, called 911 after fleeing the home with his wife, Sandra Moon. They later told police that they were watching television on their patio when Gifford started using obscenities and calling them profane names, according to court documents.

Sandra Moon advised the defendant to “pack his things and get out,” a police affidavit said. Gifford became “more enraged,” the affidavit said, and he threw chairs before threatening to “snap (Richard Moon’s) neck like a twig.”

He is accused of punching his stepfather in the right side of his jaw, knocking the victim to the ground. When Sandra Moon stepped in between the two men, documents said, the defendant shoved her aside, knocking her down, too.

Gifford is charged with terroristic threats and multiple counts of simple assault and harassment.

Oct. 8 — Alyssa M. Garcia, 28, of Buffalo Township allegedly stole another customer’s wallet at Rock-A-Fellas Sports Bar on Mulone Drive. The theft, police said, was caught on surveillance video.

The victim notified police Oct. 9 after discovering her wallet missing. She said that the last time she had the wallet, which contained her identification, about $15 and other personal items, was about 1:50 a.m. Oct. 8 when she was at the bar.

Police went to Rock-A-Fellas and reviewed the surveillance footage, which showed the victim at the bar. Garcia is seen entering the business around 1:50 a.m.

She walked up to the bar, according to court documents, and sat next to the victim. While holding a drink in her right hand, police said, she placed her left hand over the wallet, cupped it and slid it over toward her right hand. The suspected theft went unnoticed by the victim.

The video showed Garcia place the wallet in her back pocket, documents said.

Police quickly identified the defendant, who is a regular at the bar. An officer called her on the telephone and confronted her with the video evidence. Garcia admitted that she still had the victim’s wallet, documents said, which she later dropped off at the police station.

All the belongings were still in the wallet when it was returned to the victim.

Garcia is charged with third-degree misdemeanor counts of theft and receiving stolen property.

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

Wednesday — Police charged Michael A. Herrmann, 39, of Zelienople with bouncing a check at H.P. Starr Lumber on Route 8.

Herrmann is accused of writing a $206.69 check on a bank account with insufficient funds Sept. 7 and using it to purchase 14 items at the lumber store, according to court documents.

A store official told police that she was unable to contact the defendant by telephone. The store later sent him a certified letter, seeking payment, but to no avail. He is charged with a third-degree misdemeanor count of bad checks.

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1:45 p.m. Oct. 8 — Irisely Glover, 35, was caught with suspected heroin and other drug contraband at her home on the 200 block of Dinnerbell Road.

Police said they went to Glover’s home on a well-being check and found her slumped over the wheel of her car and crying. On the passenger seat, according to court documents, an officer noticed a syringe cap.

She was also found holding a box of candy that contained two syringe caps and what appeared an empty stamp bag of heroin. A search of the car turned up a full bag of suspected heroin, documents said.

Police said Glover was taken to Butler Memorial Hospital for evaluation. She is charged with possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia.

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

4:25 p.m. Saturday — Kenneth E. Claypoole, 60, of Butler was injured in a rear-end crash in Oakland Township. He was taken to Butler Memorial Hospital with an apparent minor injury.

Police said Claypoole was stopped or slowing down on Route 38 near Spillway Lane when his car was struck by a car driven by Brittney L. Garing, 18, of North Washington.

Garing was not injured. Both drivers were wearing seat belts. Both cars had to be towed.

Police cited Garing for driving at an unsafe speed.

2:20 a.m. Saturday — One person was hurt in a one-vehicle wreck in Slippery Rock Township.

The crash happened when Tyler S. Bailey, 24, of Ellwood City lost control of his sport utility vehicle on Arrowhead Drive at Miller Road and struck a tree in the yard of a home.

Police said there was no one around the vehicle when they got to the crash. They found Bailey lying on his back in the middle of the road. He was taken to Grove City Medical Center with a suspected minor injury. His vehicle was towed.

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

7:26 p.m. Thursday — Police found an LG Touch Screen cell phone at the West Hills soccer field in East Franklin Township. The owner can claim the phone by calling police at 724-543-2011.