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POLICE REPORTS

These items have been collected from various police departments across Western Pennsylvania.

2 p.m. Thursday - Michael Parison, Jr., 23, of 623 Freeport Road was arrested and charged with driving under the influence after he drove a truck off Morton Avenue and struck a garage.Parison was driving a truck owned by Alvin Wise when he left the road and hit the garage at 208 Freemont Ave. Parison was seen by witnesses getting out of the passenger's side of the truck and running away through yards in the neighborhood.Police called Wise, who told them Parison had been driving the truck. Police found Parison at his girlfriend's house, where he could barely stand, his speech was slurred and he smelled of alcohol. Parison tried to tell police someone ran him off the road.Parison was taken into custody for a blood alcohol test. He was cited and released.March 16 - William Parker was charged with theft of a cell phone after police traced phone calls on the bill to him.Jered LeMasters told police he was at the pool hall on Main Street on Feb. 29 when he realized his cell phone was missing.2:52 p.m. March 14 - Merle Shippey, 27, of Evans City was charged with theft of gas after he failed to return to the A-Plus on West Jefferson Street to pay for $25 in gas.12:28 p.m. March 12 - Vehicles driven by Mercia Spikes, 46, of 875 Mercer Road and Shirley Mueller, 45, of Lyndora collided at the intersection of Locust and Jackson streets. Spikes was cited for failing to stop at a stop sign.

7 p.m. Thursday - Alicia Cotton, 20, of Butler told police someone entered her vehicle while it was parked in the parking lot at Clearview Mall in Center Township and stole her stereo/CD player.9:40 a.m. Thursday - While driving a 1998 Freightliner truck, Erik Sosu, 46, of Ontario, Canada, failed to stop at a stop sign at the end of the exit ramp on Interstate 79 in Jackson Township.Sosu's truck struck a 1998 Freightliner driven by Jason Morrison, 26, of Ohio. Sosu's truck then continued across Little Creek Road and went over an embankment.Both men were wearing seatbelts and neither one was injured.

5:15 p.m. Friday - Vehicles driven by Anthony Lawrence, 59, of Campbell, Ohio, and Anita Adams, 56, of Polk collided on Route 173 in Wolf Creek Township, Mercer County. Both drivers were wearing seatbelts and neither one was injured.1:20 p.m. Tuesday - Thomas Muir, 22, of Huntington injured his hand when he lost control of his vehicle on Interstate 79 in Springfield Township. Muir's 1989 Dodge Ram spun several times before rolling onto its roof. Muir was wearing a seatbelt.3:15 a.m. Robert Keister, 40, of Harrisville was arrested and charged with driving under the influence when he was found sleeping in his car with the engine running in the Eat-N-Park parking lot on Route 208 in Springfield Township.

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