These items have been collected from various police departments.

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

6 a.m. Wednesday — Icy road conditions were blamed for a one-vehicle accident on Delwood Road just east of Bon Aire Drive that injured the driver, Nikki McCrea, 46, of Butler.

Police said McCrea lost control of her sport utility vehicle while driving west on Delwood and struck an embankment several times before ending up in a ditch.

She was taken by ambulance to Butler Memorial Hospital with an unknown injury to her head or neck, according to a police report. The SUV had to be towed.

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Dec. 24 — Kathleen S. Smith, 51, of Saxonburg was charged with being more than three times the state’s legal limit for alcohol in connection with a November one-vehicle crash on the 200 block of Glade Mill Road.

Police said they found Smith around 9:40 p.m. Nov. 30 after another motorist reported seeing her hit a guardrail with her car. The witness told police that the defendant attempted to drive away before he and his wife stopped to help.

According to court documents. Smith showed impairment during field sobriety testing and a portable breath test indicated that she had alcohol in her system.

She was taken to the Butler police station for a formal breath test that showed her blood alcohol level was 0.247 percent. In Pennsylvania, a level of 0.08 percent is considered intoxicated.

Smith is charged with driving under the influence and hit-and-run.

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Dec. 28 — A Beaver County man was charged with drugged driving in connection with a rollover wreck last month on Renfrew Road.

Police said that around 10 a.m. Dec. 4, Timothy R. Beeman, 35, of Monaca lost control of his pickup truck, which was pulling a utility trailer, and rolled over a hillside near the entrance of the Saxonburg Area Authority plant.

Emergency crews found Beeman and the truck in the woods about 20 feet short of the Connoquenessing Creek. He appeared uninjured.

He told police, according to court documents, that he was on the job for a landscaping business. He also claimed that he wrecked after swerving to avoid another vehicle in his lane.

Field sobriety testing indicated Beeman was impaired. He later allegedly admitted that he had taken Suboxone earlier that morning.

Police said they also found him with Xanax pills, for which he did not have a prescription.

Toxicology results showed that he had marijuana and buprenorphine in his system. Buprenorphine is a painkiller that is used to treat opioid addiction.

Beeman is charged with driving under the influence of a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance and driving at an unsafe speed.

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

Jan. 9 — Michael L. Hawk, 51, was charged with pointing a loaded handgun at two people during a November altercation at his home on Old Orchard Drive in Winfield Township.

Hawk is accused of pulling the pistol on the others, whom he knew, while they were in a vehicle Nov. 2, according to court documents. He also allegedly threatened the victims. No injuries were reported.

He is charged with simple assault and reckless endangerment.