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

3:42 p.m. Thursday — Roger M. Dugan III, 26, was arrested after he allegedly struck an officer in connection with a call for a domestic dispute at his home in the 300 block of Howard Street.

Dugan was gone when police got to his home. But moments later, according to court documents, he was spotted at East Walnut and Elm streets. He is accused of swearing at officers and taking an “aggressive stance” while moving toward Patrolman Kory Fleming.

Police said Fleming grabbed Dugan’s right arm and told him to stop. The defendant, in turn, placed his hands on the officer and pushed.

“In the process of trying to leg sweep Dugan to the ground,” Fleming said in his affidavit, “he hit me in the nose with one of his arms.”

While being placed in handcuffs, Dugan continued to allegedly resist police.

He was arraigned on a charge of resisting arrest and placed in the Butler County Prison on $3,000 bail.

[naviga:h3]Slippery Rock Police[/naviga:h3]

Monday — Elizabeth Hernandez-Pease, 20, of Grove City was charged with drunken driving in connection with a July traffic stop on South Main Street.

She was stopped about 3:15 a.m. July 1 after failing to turn off her high beams while passing a trooper’s vehicle. Police said her car also crossed over the white fog line “numerous times,” according to court documents.

Hernandez-Pease admitted that she had consumed alcohol earlier that night, police said. She submitted to a portable breath test device that indicated she had alcohol in her system.

Police took the defendant to the Slippery Rock University police station for a breath test, which showed her blood-alcohol level was 0.068 percent. Under state law, drivers younger than 21 who have a level of more than 0.02 percent are considered to be legally intoxicated.

In addition to driving under the influence, Hernandez-Pease is charged with DUI by a minor, underage drinking, minors prohibited from driving with any alcohol in their system, failing to use low beams and disregarding traffic lanes.

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

Thursday — A row of mailboxes was damaged in a hit-and-run accident on Grant Avenue near Marie Lane in Summit Township. Police do not know when the accident happened.

According to a police report, the unidentified vehicle that was headed east on Grant Avenue struck a post holding the mailboxes while pulling into a driveway. The vehicle backed out and appeared to flee west on Grant Avenue.

12:24 p.m. Wednesday — No one was injured in a two-vehicle collision on Route 422, east of the North Shore exit in Muddy Creek Township.

The crash happened, according to a police report, when an eastbound pickup truck driven by Daniel S. Foster, 39, of Clarksville, Greene County, attempted to turn left from the right lane into the crossover between the east and west lanes.

A car driven by Zachary D. Tarr, 26, of Kittanning, also traveling east, collided with the pickup truck on Route 422, east of the North Shore exit in Muddy Creek Township.

Police cited Foster for making an illegal turn.

Dec. 7 — Brandon C. Pollice, 21, of Slippery Rock was charged with drunken driving in connection with a traffic stop last month on Kiester Road in Slippery Rock Township. Police said they pulled him over about 3:15 a.m. Nov. 11 when they saw his windshield covered in ice and frost.

Pollice failed a field sobriety test. A breath test later showed his blood-alcohol level was 0.11 percent. A level of 0.08 percent is considered intoxicated under state law.

He is charged with driving under the influence, driving with an obstructed windshield, careless driving, failing to keep right and failing to carry his driver’s license.

Dec. 7 — Police charged a Westmoreland County man with drugged driving stemming from a traffic stop last month in Slippery Rock. Ian M. Ponitz, 21, of Greensburg was stopped Nov. 11 on Franklin Street, police said, for having a license plate light that was not working.

Ponitz acknowledged having smoked marijuana a day ago, according to court documents, and admitted being “a habitual marijuana user since the age of 16.”

He was subsequently taken to Butler Memorial Hospital for a blood test, which confirmed he had marijuana and a small amount of alcohol in his system.

Ponitz is charged with driving under the influence of a controlled substance, driving under the influence of a combination of drugs and alcohol, careless driving and a lighting violation.

Dec. 4 — Richard L. Walchesky, 49, of Winfield Township, was charged with being more than twice the legal limit for alcohol following a traffic stop last month in Winfield Township. He was pulled over for swerving over the fog line three times in the area of Hannahstown and Neupert roads.

Walchesky failed field sobriety tests and a portable breath tests device indicated his blood-alcohol level was well over the legal limit.

Police took him to Butler Memorial Hospital for a blood test that showed his blood-alcohol level was 0.195 percent.

In addition to DUI, he is charged with careless driving and disregarding traffic lanes.

Nov. 15 — Police charged a Jefferson Township couple with having crack cocaine and other contraband stemming from a September traffic stop in Buffalo Township.

Jessica M. Kalfas, 32, and Lazaros A. Sotos, 32, are both charged with possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia.

Police identified Kalfas as the driver and Sotos a passenger in a sport utility vehicle that was stopped at about 1:20 p.m. Sept. 20 on Route 356 at the Exit 17 ramp for having a broken brake light, according to court documents.

In the passenger compartment, a trooper noticed a Chore Boy copper scrubber, which is commonly used to filter crack pipes. Police said they searched the vehicle and allegedly found both crack and a crack pipe in the glove box.

“Sotos related that he and Kalfas had just bought the crack for about $80,” documents said, “and had only taken a few hits of crack.”

Along with the drug charges, Kalfas was cited for driving with a suspended license, driving without a license and a lighting violation.