AMBRIDGE — Police say a bartender has been charged with raping a female customer who claims she was unconscious and drugged.

James Sumpter of Ambridge is in the Beaver County Jail awaiting a preliminary hearing Jan. 3.

Police say the owner of the Firehouse Lounge has cooperated in the investigation and that the woman reported the incident Sunday morning.

Police say the 47-year-old woman claims she was drugged and raped for about three hours after the bar closed early Sunday. Sumpter is charged with rape of an unconscious person and with furnishing alcohol to an intoxicated person.

SCOTTDALE — A man faces child endangerment charges after he allegedly passed out in a Walmart while a 3-year-old child was in his care.State police charged 26-year-old Terry L. Stewart with endangering the welfare of a child and resisting arrest in the Dec. 18 incident.Employees blocked the exits after Stewart said he wasn't sure if he'd brought one or two children inside. The 3-year-old girl was soon located and police learned another child was safe at a relative's house.Tpr. Stephen Limani said Stewart was under the influence of a drug used to treat opiate addiction at the time.