These items are from various police departments.

Thursday — A Butler couple is accused of failing to return $400 that a woman had given them last month as a kind of collateral payment for an apartment she later decided not to rent.Randolph D. Dahl Jr., 34, and Jamie L. Dahl, 33, the owners of the apartment, are both charged with theft by failure to make required disposition of funds and conspiracy.The alleged victim, Nancy Hinchberger, told police that on May 24 she met with Jamie Dahl to discuss renting the defendant's apartment on West Cunningham Street. At the meeting, Dahl agreed to hold the apartment for Hinchberger until the would-be tenant got the needed utility services.Hinchberger, in exchange, gave Dahl $400 that would be returned upon her renting the apartment, according to court documents. Police said the deal was spelled out in a note that Dahl signed using her husband's name.But on May 25, Hinchberger notified Dahl that she was unable to get the utilities in her name because of past debt problems, police said.Dahl told Hinchberger that she would return the $400, which had been deposited in the bank. But later that day Dahl told the alleged victim that “her (attorney) told her she didn't have to return the money.”Police on May 28 spoke by telephone with Randolph Dahl, who advised them he and his wife were keeping the money.

11 p.m. Wednesday — No one apparently was hurt when an unidentified vehicle crashed into a house in the 700 block of Freeport Road in Jefferson Township. The house at the time was occupied by its owner, an 87-year-old woman. The unknown driver in the gray vehicle drove away.Police believe the hit-and-run driver was eastbound on Fisher Road, ran a stop sign at the intersection with Freeport Road, traveled about 90 feet through the yard and slammed into the house.The crash badly damaged the home's foundation and interior.The vehicle, which likely has severe front end damage, fled north on Freeport Road before turning onto Great Belt and Bonniebrook roads.Anyone with information about the crash is asked to call police at 724-284-8100.

9:20 p.m. Sunday — A mother and daughter from Rimersburg were seriously injured when a vehicle hit them as they tried to walk across Main Street in Rimersburg.A medical helicopter flew Judy Quant, no age given, and her 6-year-old daughter to a Pittsburgh hospital for treatment of “major” injuries, according to a police report. Their conditions were not known this morning.Police said the victims were walking in the crosswalk near Broad Street when they were struck by the eastbound 2004 Jeep driven by 56-year-old Cindy Everett of Rimersburg.The crash remains under investigation and no other information was available.