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POLICE REPORTS

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3:30 p.m. Friday - A 12-year old boy who was struck by a SUV as he rode his bicycle on West Birch Street was treated and released from Butler Memorial Hospital Friday afternoon.Dillon Heyne of 427 W. Diamond St. told police the SUV knocked him off his bike and then drove away. The driver was described as a white male between 30 and 40 years of age. The vehicle is a dark blue SUV, clean, with a rack on the roof and possibly a spare tire on the back.Anyone with information on the driver or the vehicle is asked to call police at 724-287-7743.7:26 p.m. Thursday - Vehicles driven by Joshua Taylor, 24, of 299 Teakwood Road and Karrie Ferguson, 23, of 908 Herman Road collided on South Washington Street.11:34 a.m. Wednesday - Vehicles driven by Mary Love, 61, of New Kensington and Laura Morelli, 38, of Renfrew collided on Pillow Street.6:24 a.m. Tuesday - A vehicle driven by Joseph Morter, 49, of 431 Holyoke Road was struck from behind by a vehicle driven by Helen Duffy, 58, of 290 Evans City Road after Duffy blacked out behind the wheel on East Jefferson Street. Duffy was taken to Butler Memorial Hospital for observation. She was treated and released.

Tuesday - Grove City High School reported an altercation between two students, a 16-year-old boy and Stephen Steigerwald, 18. The boy hit Steigerwald in the head from behind and was charged with harassment.Monday - During a traffic stop on East Pine Street, police determined that E. Gumpp Sr., 40, and Cynthia A. Fotta, 41, both of Portersville, were wanted on warrants. Gumpp had a bench warrant from Mercer County and he was taken to Mercer County Jail. Fotta had a warrant for felony theft and was released to the Jackson Township police.Monday - A blue, flashing "pancake" light was reported stolen from a volunteer firefighter's car at Grove Manor nursing home between 11 p.m. Sunday and 7 a.m. Monday. Anyone with information about the theft is asked to contact.8:15 p.m. Oct. 27 - Police responded to an accident on West Main Street at Highland Avenue where a car driven by Jennifer A. Miller, 35, of Craig Street was driving east on West Main Street and hit the car of and James Beikert, 56, of Emlenton, which was stopped at a red light. Beikert's car then hit the car of Cynthia Shearer, 52, of William Flynn Highway. No one was injured. Miller's car was towed and she was charged with a traffic violation.7:45 p.m. Oct. 26 - Police investigated an accident at East Main and South Broad streets. Loreili Neal, 18, of Sandy Lake, was driving and did not stop for a red light. A pick-up truck driven by Harold Lutton, 77, of Madison Avenue, hit her car. Neal was cited for running the red light.

2:55 p.m. Thursday - Vehicles driven by a 17-year old juvenile from Harrisville and Shaw Lowgry, 33, of Zelienople collided on West Park Road in Worth Township. No one was hurt.6:35 a.m. Thursday - Vehicles driven by Lisa Brusamonti, 40, of Fenelton and Shelby Keil, 19, of Cabot collided on Gameland Road in Donegal Township.2:30 a.m. Thursday - Leonard Thornley, 38, of Slippery Rock missed a curve on Kiester Road in Slippery Rock Township and hit a utility pole. He was not hurt and his truck had moderate to severe damage.2:30 a.m. Wednesday - A vehicle driven by Michael Cumbridge, 31, of Pittsburgh struck a landscaping boulder on the northbound berm of Mahood Road in Clay Township after he fell asleep while driving.8:28 p.m. Tuesday - Vehicles driven by John Stack, no age given, of Butler and Mark Miller, no age given, of Evans City collided on Route 68 in Forward Township. Neither one was injured.4:18 p.m. Oct. 29 - Vehicles driven by Brittney Harrell, 17, and Matthew Perotti, 32, both of Butler, collided at Clearview Mall in Center Township. Both drivers along with Meagan Kuhrt, 16, of Butler and Tricia Johnston, 15, of Renfrew, passengers in Harrell's car, were taken to Butler Memorial Hospital where they were treated for minor injuries and released.10:42 a.m. Oct. 29 - No one was injured in a three-car accident at 140 Turk Road in Brady Township. The accident happened when Jacob Diehl, 60, of New Brighton pulled his milk tanker to the center of the road to avoid a van driven by Debra Long, 40, of Slippery Rock, who was on the shoulder of the road delivering mail. The truck hit the side of Long's van and then hit a car driven the other direction by David Brown, 25, of Venus, head on. Brown's car suffered extensive damage.9:28 p.m. Sept. 11 - Damian Metz, 28, of Pittsburgh has been charged with possession of a small amount of controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and public drunkenness after he caused a disturbance at the Bear Run Campground in Portersville.

July 23 - An unnamed 35-year-old man is under investigation for involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old female in Elk Township this summer. The man also allegedly gave the victim and several other juveniles alcohol and marijuana.

1:15 a.m. Thursday - Stephanie Titus, 30, of Ford City, suffered minor injuries when she hit a deer that ran in front of her van on Route 422 at Ruth Hill Road. Worthington Volunteer Fire and Ambulance departments responded to the accident.2:30 a.m. Wednesday - William Wayne Fouse Jr., 24, of Apollo was arrested and charged with simple assault after he hit his step-mother, Tammy Rouse, 43, at the Fouse home on Elbow Run Road in Kittanning Township. He was arraigned before District Justice J. Gary DeComo and is in the Armstrong County Jail on $5,000 bail.8:30 p.m. Oct. 23 - Someone entered Jennifer Heddinger's home on RD 4, Kittanning, but did not take anything. The person left the front door open.

4:40 p.m. Thursday - A known juvenile at George Junior Republic in Wilmington Township walked away from the New Wilmington High School and is considered to have escaped.

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