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3:07 a.m. Saturday — Jason Draper, 31, of Butler was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence after his car struck another vehicle on Route 68 near the Sheetz store. Police said Draper did not stop following the crash.5:40 p.m. Friday — Russell Bodema, 40, of Penn Township was arrested for suspicion of DUI after a minor traffic crash on the Picklegate Crossing.Friday — Kimberly Workman, 39, of Cabot was arrested for DUI and limitations on backing after her car backed into a parked vehicle at a Bessemer Avenue parking lot in Lyndora.

6:30 p.m. Saturday — Kristin Tate, 25, of Lyndora faces retail theft charges for allegedly taking $116 in merchandise from the JCPenney store at the Clearview Mall in Center Township.2:40 p.m. Saturday — A car driven by a 16-year-old Renfrew girl, who police did not identify, skidded off Mars-Evans City Road near Marburger Road and hit a 55-gallon barrel in a field in Forward Township.Saturday — Twenty-five bags of wooden pellets, each weighing 40 pounds, were stolen Friday or Saturday from Martin Sales andService on North Main Street Extension in Center Township.Saturday — Jeffrey Folk reported that someone between 3 p.m. Friday and 7:45 a.m. Saturday smashed the mailbox at his Folk Lane home in Franklin Township.8:30 p.m. Friday — A sport utility vehicle driven by Jensen McElravy, 23, of Karns City skidded off Bonniebrook Road in Summit Township, hitting a mailbox and parked mini-van, owned by Suzanne Weiland of Butler. McElravy fled the crash site but was later found.5:58 p.m. Friday — A car driven by Alan Saadi, 29, of Greenville, Mercer County, and a mini-van driven by Shirley Suba, 55, of Portersville collided on Route 422 near the Interstate 79 North on-ramp in Muddy Creek5:25 p.m. Friday — Cars driven by Andrew Turkish, 22, of Presto, Allegheny County, and Harry Smith III, 35, of Leechburg, Armstrong County, collided on snow-covered Saxonburg Boulevard in Clinton Township.4:37 p.m. Friday — A car driven by Jamie Lippert, 30, of Butler skidded into a ditch on ice-covered Interstate 79 in Jackson Township.4:51 p.m. Friday — Apickup truck driven by Michael Pierce, 21, of Erie skidded on snow-covered Interstate 79 and struck a car inCranberry Township. The collision caused the car, driven by Rajkumari Dameron, 61, of Pittsburgh, to hit a concrete barrier. Dameron, who was wearing a seat belt, suffered minor injuries.1:20 p.m. Friday — A car driven by Kathleen Pringle, 41, of Butler crashed into shrubbery along Woodlands Road in Connoquenessing Township.8 a.m. Thursday — Donald Kunz, 46, of Butler was arrested for allegedly assaulting Dana Zoelle, 23, of Butler at a Terrace Drive home in Winfield Township. Kunz is charged with simple assault.4:17 p.m. Wednesday — Cars driven by Richard Sheakley, 75, of Bruin and Tyler Lucas, 20, of Chicora collided on Route 268 in Fairview Township.3:36 p.m. Jan. 30 — An SUV driven by Amanda Hunter, 22, of Hilliards crashed off Route 38 in Concord Township and rolled over several times. Hunter, who was wearing a seat belt, suffered minor injuries.

3:48 a.m. Saturday — A vehicle driven by Michael Kort, 47, of Evans City skidded off snow-covered George Junior Road and crashed into a ditch in Pine Township, Mercer County.1:48 a.m. Saturday — A car driven by Richard Phipps, 26, of Harrisville slid into the back of a Mack truck on Old Ash Road in Springfield Township, Mercer County. Phipps was cited careless driving. Shelly Helsel, 37, of Mercer was driving the truck.1:30 a.m. Saturday — Lawrence Smith, 40, of Grove City was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence after his pickup truck slid off Old Ash Road and hit another vehicle parked in a driveway in Springfield Township, Mercer County.5:30 p.m. Friday — A sport utility vehicle driven by Marcus Yeagley, 20, of New Castle hit a tree after skidding off snow-covered New Castle-Mercer Road in Springfield Township, Mercer County. Yeagley was cited for driving too fast for conditions and failure to immediately notify police of an accident.11:17 a.m. Jan. 26 — A car driven by James T. Adams, 56, of Grove City slid off snow-covered Route 318 and struck several trees in East Lackawannock Township, Mercer County. Adams suffered undisclosed injuries.

4:18 p.m. Friday — Vehicles driven by Michelle Huttinger, 20, of West New Castle Street, Zelienople, and Tony Clark, 41, of Timberbrook Court, Zelienople, collided at the intersection of Seneca Drive and Mercer Street on the snow covered road. Clark complained of back pain but refused medical treatment.8:36 a.m. Saturday — A tractor-trailer truck driven by Douglas Bekkers, 54, of Burlington, Vt., was turning from North Main Street onto Route 68 when it struck a vehicle driven by Debra P. Barger, 52, of New Brighton, Beaver County. Barger had a cut to her lip in the accident, but refused medical treatment.6:48 p.m. Jan. 30 — Mark Francis Nardulli, 49, of Fombell, Beaver County, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol following a traffic stop on West New Castle Street.

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