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11:33 p.m. Wednesday - Cars driven by Jennifer Ross, 21, of Saxonburg and Roy Gamble, 41, of Butler collided at West New Castle Street and Hansen Avenue. The collision spun Ross' car into a truck driven by Russell Lang, 22, of Saxonburg. Ross, who was wearing a seat belt, suffered minor injuries.

7:05 p.m. Sunday - A pickup truck driven by a 17-year-old Karns City girl, whom police did not identify, struck a utility pole and utility trailer along School Street in Parker Township. The girl, who was wearing a seat belt, suffered minor injuries.5:05 p.m. Sunday - Michael McKnight, 46, of Mercer faces several traffic charges after his 9-year-old daughter was injured in a one-car crash on Spithaler School Road in Forward Township.The girl, who was not wearing a seat belt, was taken by medical helicopter with facial injuries to Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh. Her condition was not known this morning.Police said the crash occurred when McKnight lost control of his car, which traveled off the road and struck a driveway post before rolling onto its side. McKnight, who was not wearing a seat belt, suffered minor injuries.He is charged with accidents involving personal injury while not properly licensed, driving with a suspended license, careless driving, and driving without a seat belt.2:55 a.m. Sunday - Sondra Space, 22, of Prospect was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence at Routes 173 and 8 in Brady Township.1:20 a.m. Sunday - A car driven by Robin Curtis, 43, of Evans City struck several trees along Spithaler School Road in Forward Township. Police said Curtis, who fled the crash, leaving the car partially on the road, faces several traffic citations.1 p.m. Saturday - Ronald Belles. 20, of East Brady, Clarion County, was arrested on drug-related charges following a traffic stop on Route 68 in Fairview Township. He is charged with possession of a small amount or marijuana and drug paraphernalia.7 a.m. Saturday - A car driven by Jeannetta Emmert, 27, of Saxonburg struck a guardrail and a tree along Route 288 near Sandy Hill Road in Clinton Township. Police said Emmert, who was driving with a suspended license, faces several traffic citations.Saturday - A black, Abetta youth saddle was taken from a horse barn on Grant Avenue Extension in Oakland Township. The theft occurred between May 16 and Saturday.Saturday - A wallet containing $65, a credit card and checkbook were taken between 6 p.m. Friday and 6 a.m. Saturday from a car on Dallyson Lane in Clearfield Township. Patricia Wilson of Butler owns the stolen property.2:50 p.m. Friday - Bernice Hickey of Butler reported someone took her black wallet containing $275 and credit cards from the Giant Eagle store, Clearview Mall, in Center Township.Friday - Two power drills and a saw were taken from a storage shed in a burglary between 9:30 p.m. Thursday and 9 a.m. Friday at the home of George Lineman in Chicora.4:30 a.m. Thursday - Undisclosed items were taken in a burglary at a Main Street home in Bruin. The home's tenant, who had earlier been evicted, owns the items, police said.12:30 a.m. Thursday - Douglas Fennell said someone broke into a shed and took about $500 in tools and other items in a burglary at his Kittanning Street home in Chicora.Thursday - An inspection sticker was taken from the inside windshield of a car, owned by Heidi Bowser of Slippery Rock, parked at a Maple Manor home in Brady Township. Police noted the thief was unable to remove the entire sticker.Tuesday - A purse owned by Deborah Dunlap of Butler was taken between 6 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. from a car on William Flynn Highway in Brady Township.May 14 - Mark Wallace Holmes, 20, of Butler allegedly struck Kelley Swanberg, 19, of Butler in the throat after following the woman to her vehicle outside a store at the Clearview Mall in Center Township.Police said Holmes also made several telephone calls to Swanberg's mother, threatening to kill the teen. The defendant was arraigned on charges of stalking, terroristic threats and harassment, and placed in the Butler County Prison in lieu of $10,000 bond.

7:58 a.m. Friday - A sport utility vehicle driven by Armando Sciullo, 35, of Grove City and a car driven by Debra Jazwinski, 26, of Stoneboro collided on Route 173 in front of the United Community Hospital in Pine Township, Mercer County. Sciullo was cited for a left-turn violation.

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