These items have been collected from various police departments.

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Friday — Austin J. Rusch, 23, of Butler was charged with having drug contraband earlier this month on the 400 block of North Chestnut Street. Police said they were responding to a burglary call about 7:16 p.m. Dec. 3 when they came upon him.

Rusch was carrying a back pack but he had no identification, according to court documents, and he would not tell police what he was doing in the area. He matched the description of the suspected burglar.

A search of his back pack turned up three empty stamp bags of suspected heroin, documents said, as well as a pipe with suspected cocaine residue.

Rusch is charged with possession of drug paraphernalia.

Dec. 7 — Police charged Andrew K. Olczak, 20, of Winfield Township with possessing THC extract and LSD stemming from a call earlier this month for a man believed to be unconscious in a vehicle on Brown Avenue.

Officers said they had to knock on the driver’s side window several times before Olczak awakened. He appeared “very confused,” according to court documents, but he denied having been unconscious. He said he was waiting for a friend who lives nearby.

When police asked to see his driver’s license, documents said, he handed them two pieces of wax paper that contained suspected THC, which is the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana.

Again, police asked to see his license. This time, police said, he handed an officer a plastic bag that contained a small piece of aluminum foil, which had a single sheet of suspected LSD paper in it.

He eventually provided his license, documents said, after police asked for it a third time.

Olczak is charged with possession of a controlled substance and public drunkenness.

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2:04 p.m. Monday — A vehicle driven by George Wylie, 64, of Butler traveled off Old Plank Road and struck a large rock. Police cited him for disregarding traffic lanes.

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3:10 a.m. Sunday — Bernard J. Anderson Jr., 43, of Pittsburgh was arrested for drugged driving after he crashed his pickup truck in a ditch on Browntown Road in Mercer Township.

Police said when they got there, they found Anderson and a man who they believe was the defendant’s passenger. Anderson, however, denied he was the driver. He allegedly gave police the name of another man who he claimed was driving the truck before leaving the scene to get help.

The other man who was there, police said, identified Anderson as the driver. Troopers noted that the defendant had the keys to the truck in his pocket.

Anderson failed one field sobriety test and during a second one, according to court documents, he began “to dance and fell to the ground.” He refused to perform any additional testing at the scene.

Police took him to Butler Memorial Hospital for a blood test. Toxicology results are pending.

Anderson was arraigned on charges of driving under the influence, driving under the influence of a controlled substance, DUI of combination of drugs and alcohol, failing to keep right, driving at an unsafe speed, careless driving and giving false information. He is free on $3,000 bail.

Friday — Police obtained an arrest warrant for an Allegheny County man accused of illegally trying to buy a handgun earlier this month at a Butler Township sporting goods store.

Christopher Robert Thomas, 31, of McKeesport allegedly provided false information on a federal form that was required Dec. 4 when he attempted to purchase at .380-caliber pistol at Dick’s Sporting Goods at the Greenwood Plaza.

When Thomas’ information was entered into the Pennsylvania Instant Check system, an automated system by which gun dealers can determine if someone can legally buy a gun in the state, he was denied the purchase.

He is charged with unlawfully attempting to buy a firearm, a felony, and unsworn falsification to authorities, a misdemeanor.

Dec. 6 — A Beaver County woman was charged with smuggling marijuana into Butler County Prison in October.

Authorities said Essence N. Wilson, 27, of Aliquippa was placed in the prison on Oct. 31 after she allegedly threatened to kill another woman during an altercation at the victim’s home in Penn Township.

While the defendant was being searched, according to court documents, prison officers found hidden in her sock marijuana that was wrapped in a cellophane bag.

Wilson is charged with possession of contraband by an inmate, a second-degree felony.

Dec. 6 — Rick A. Kriess Jr., 41, of East Butler was charged with drugged driving stemming from a traffic stop last month in Butler. A trooper was assisting Butler police on a suspicious vehicle call about 6:30 p.m. Nov. 24 when he stopped Kriess’ car on Kittanning Street.

The car, police noted in charging documents, did not have working taillights. Police said the defendant admitted he had just smoked half a marijuana joint. He handed over a Ziploc bag of suspected marijuana from the center console.

Kriess was later arrested after failing filed sobriety tests. A search of the car, police said, turned up a marijuana grinder, rolling papers and the partially smoked blunt.

Police took the defendant to Butler Memorial Hospital for a blood test, which confirmed he had marijuana in his system.

He is charged with driving under the influence of a controlled substance, possession of a small amount of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, driving with a suspended license, driving without a license, failing to notify authorities of a change of address, careless driving and a lighting violation.

Dec. 6 — Police charged a Venango County man with having a marijuana pipe in connection with an October traffic stop in Butler.

Richard A. Morrison, 28, of Polk was pulled over on Hansen Avenue about 2:20 p.m. Oct. 11 for driving a vehicle with a suspended license plate, according to court documents. Police said they subsequently found the pipe in the car’s center console.

Morrison is charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, driving a vehicle with suspended registration, and driving without insurance.