These items have been collected from various police departments.

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

11:48 p.m. Friday — Percy B. Guilky, 50, was arrested after he allegedly strangled and assaulted a woman at their apartment on the 900 block of Center Avenue.

The woman, who was bleeding from the mouth and had blood on her left hand and shirt, told police that she and Guilky were smoking crack cocaine and got into an argument.

He also is accused of hitting the victim in the head and face, and placing his hands around her neck, squeezing until she nearly lost consciousness, court documents said.

District Judge Sue Haggerty arraigned Guilky on a felony charge of strangulation and a misdemeanor charge of simple assault. He was placed in the Butler County Prison on $10,000 bail following arraignment.

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3:07 p.m. Thursday — Erin Via, 19, of Butler, was charged with driving a vehicle without insurance, failing to notify police of an accident, not driving at a safe speed and disregarding traffic lanes after a crash on Litman Road.

Police were called to the scene for a vehicle into a hillside. When they arrived, officers found the vehicle but no one was around. Via was identified as the driver and was later found.

Via told police that the wreck happened when she swerved to miss a deer. She was not hurt but her vehicle had to be towed.

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9:30 p.m. Dec. 28 — A West Virginia man was arrested for allegedly shoplifting $372 in merchandise at the Walmart on Route 19. Police said the defendant, John B. Gonchoff, 24, of Moundsville, also was caught with suspected crack cocaine and methamphetamine, and a drug-smoking pipe.

District Judge Sue Haggerty arraigned Gonchoff on charges of retail theft, two counts of possession of a controlled substance and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia.

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

Monday — Bethany L. Champ, 51, of Portersville was charged with being more than 2½ times the state’s legal limit for alcohol stemming from a two-vehicle crash last month in Muddy Creek Township.

Police said Champ about 11 p.m. June 16 was driving a car that struck the back of another vehicle on Route 422. She was “in and out of consciousness” when troopers got there, according to court documents, and rescuers had to extricate her from the car.

She was taken to Butler Memorial Hospital for treatment of injuries and a blood draw. Toxicology results subsequently showed her blood-alcohol level was 0.220 percent. In Pennsylvania, a level of 0.08 percent is considered intoxicated.

Champ is charged with driving under the influence, following too closely to another vehicle and driving at an unsafe speed.

Saturday — Derek J. Ezatoff, 26, of Franklin Township allegedly withdrew $180 from her mother’s bank account without her permission. The money was removed in three separate withdrawals.

Ezatoff lives with the victim, who Monday reported the theft. She also told police that she found empty stamp bags of suspected drugs under her son’s bed and mattress.

The defendant is charged with access device fraud and possession of drug paraphernalia.