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POLICE REPORTS

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

1:35 p.m. Friday - A van driven by Denise Priester, 38, of Lyndora became stuck under the overhead barrier at the entrance of the tier garage on West Vogley Street as she tried to pull the van into the garage. The overhead barrier was eventually pulled down.

11:30 a.m. Wednesday - The police received a complaint that a man had exposed himself to two juvenile girls at the Wal-Mart in Butler Commons. The victims told police the man exposed himself as he walked past them while they were sitting on a bench. The girls described the man as a white male in his 50s, about 5-foot, 8-inches tall with an average build and a large stomach wearing blue jeans, a gray T-shirt, dark blue jacket, glasses and a cowboy hat.

10:18 a.m. Feb. 2 - Maryann DiMarco, 49, of 407 Grandview Ave., Zelienople, was traveling north on Route 19 and was making a turn onto Magill Road when her vehicle hit a vehicle driven by George Hofmann, 45, of 152 Harmony Road, Prospect. A passenger in his vehicle, Denise Hofmann, was taken to Magee Hospital after complaining of shoulder pain. DiMarco was cited for left turning movements and for not yielding the right-of-way.

3:30 a.m. Friday - A driver lost control of his vehicle on Route 68 in Piney Township, hit a utility pole and a road sign before striking a second utility pole and shearing it off. The vehicle left the scene of the accident.

6:54 p.m. Thursday - A vehicle driven by David Dale, 60, of Hermitage struck a deer on Route 258 in Springfield Township.7:12 p.m. Tuesday - Vehicles driven by Richard Dodson, 20, of Stoneboro and Morris Hoffman, 54, of Mercer collided on Route 58 in Pine Township.11:48 a.m. Monday - John Geffrard, 33, and Margarette Geffrard, 31, of Aurora, Ill., were charged with counterfeiting after police found 160 counterfeit Louis Vuitton and Gucci handbags in their vehicle during a traffic stop on Interstate 80 in Wolf Creek Township.2:29 a.m. Jan. 29 - John Foradley, 23, of Grove City lost control of his vehicle on a snow-covered George Jr. Road in Pine Township and struck a tree.Noon Dec. 29 - Someone removed four flat panel television sets from Born 2 Run in Springfield Township valued at $4,400.6 p.m. Dec. 24 - Someone stole several gas-powered radio controlled cars from Louis Hebert in Pine Township valued at $3,300.3 p.m. Oct. 5 - Marilyn Maxwell, no age given, of Grove City told police someone took jewelry valued at $3,065 from her home in Wolf Creek Township.

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