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8:50 p.m. Monday - A car driven by Renee Leitem, 37, of Butler traveled off Pillow Street, struck a utility pole and flipped onto its roof. Leitem was cited for careless driving and driving with a suspended license.Monday - Christopher Dukovic, 35, of 533 W. Wayne St. was charged with harassment following a domestic dispute with his live-in girlfriend at the couple's home.Monday - Police reported that a pair of Butler County women were arrested in connection with two home burglaries in the city. A third woman is also charged with one of the burglaries.Sara Bachman, 23, of 519 Great Belt Road, Jefferson Township and Robin Hecker, 43, of 320 W. Birch St. are charged with conspiracy and receiving stolen property stemming from the Feb. 8 break-in at a West Birch Street home. Bachman is also charged with burglary in the case.Police said a digital camera and jewelry were taken in the break-in. A ring has been recovered in the burglary.Meanwhile, Bachman and Hecker, along with Deana Fair, 33, of 518 W. Brady St. are charged in a break-in reported Monday at a West Jefferson Street home, where a laptop computer was taken. The computer was later recovered.The three women in that break-in are charged with receiving stolen property. Additionally, Fair is charged with burglary and criminal mischief.Bachman and Hecker remain in the Butler County Prison in lieu of $10,000 bond each. Fair is in the county prison in lieu of $5,000 bond.Monday - James Matson said someone overnight broke into a vehicle at his Garfield Avenue home and stole a Durabrand compact disc player from the dashboard. A CD was also taken.2:42 p.m. Sunday - Wesley Stepp, 62, of 215 Spring St. was arrested for driving under the influence at Center and Wayne streets. Stepp was also cited for speeding.3:39 p.m. Friday - Shasta Wilkinson, 29, of 481 Chicora Road, Oakland Township, was arrested for driving under the influence at McKean and Wayne streets after her vehicle struck a traffic sign. Wilkinson was also cited for possession of a small amount of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

10:33 a.m. Monday - A sport utility vehicle driven by Robert Batty, 82, and a pickup truck driven by Frank Rice, 38, both of Butler, collided at Route 68 and Whitestown Road in Connoquenessing Township. The collision forced the SUV into a moving truck driven by Brian Barish, 26, of Grove City. Batty was cited for an undisclosed traffic violation.9:55 a.m. Monday - Pickup trucks driven by Richard Hannes, 47, of Valencia and Larry Weber, no age given, of Butler collided on Route 68 in Connoquenessing Township. Both drivers, wearing seat belts, suffered minor injuries.6:57 a.m. Monday - A car driven by Marsha Hespenheide, 45, of Butler skidded off slush-covered Bruin Road in Parker Township and struck a tree. Hespenheide, who was wearing a seat belt, suffered minor injuries. She was cited for an undisclosed traffic violation.6:45 a.m. Monday - A car driven by Gabriel Gehenio, 24, of Sarver and a pickup truck driven by Daniel Barto, 41, of Butler collided on Route 356 in Jefferson Township. Both drivers, wearing seat belts, suffered minor injuries. Police said the crash occurred after Gehenio fell asleep at the wheel and crossed into Barto's lane of traffic.Monday - Police reported they are investigating a case of identity theft between Nov. 22 and Feb. 9 in which someone used the name and Social Security number of a Marion Township woman to fraudulently open a cell phone account.9:24 p.m. Sunday - A sport utility vehicle driven by Joshua Myers, 19, of Saxonburg struck a utility pole along Great Belt Road in Jefferson Township. Myers was cited for driving too fast for conditions.5:55 p.m. Sunday - A car driven by Jennifer Patrick, 20, of Cabot struck an embankment, overturned on its side and hit a utility pole and several mailboxes. Patrick, who was wearing a seat belt, suffered minor injuries. She was cited for driving too fast for conditions.Sunday - About $100 worth of pop was taken in a theft between 12:15 a.m. Saturday and 9:30 a.m. Sunday from a soda machine at E.L. Car Wash on Saxonburg Boulevard in Clinton Township.Sunday - Several compact discs were taken between 2:30 and 8:30 a.m. from a pickup truck and a car at a Moran Road home in Summit Township.7:30 p.m. Saturday - Christopher Kowal, 30, and Linda Noa, 29, both of 403 E. Penn St. were charged following a domestic dispute in a wooded area off Parker Pike Road in Allegheny Township. Kowal is charged with simple assault and Noa is charged with harassment.2:23 p.m. Feb. 14 - A vehicle driven by Erica Mooney, 24, of New Castle struck a guardrail on Route 422 near the Interstate 79 overpass in Worth Township.

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