These items have been collected from various police departments.

[naviga:h3]Butler Police[/naviga:h3]

10:02 p.m. Thursday — Michael A. Leon, 46, was nabbed on an arrest warrant at his home on Pillow Street. Police said they found Leon hiding on a balcony outside a second-story bedroom.

Leon was wanted on the warrant that city police filed in connection with a Sept. 24 felony theft case. He was arraigned on charges and placed in the Butler County Prison on $10,000 bail.

Thursday — Scott W. Braden Jr., 34, of Meadville, Crawford County was arrested on charges stemming from the cashing of stolen checks earlier this year.

The owner of the checks, a woman who lives on Garfield Avenue, reported in May that several checks were removed from a checkbook that was in her vehicle. She learned some of those checks had been cashed and her signature forged.

Police suspect Braden convinced a second victim, a man he knew, to cash other stolen checks at a bank in the city, according to court documents. The defendant told the other victim that the checks belonged to his mother and he did not have a bank account.

The second victim, police said, cashed five checks totaling $1,802. He was unaware of Braden’s alleged theft scheme.

Braden was arraigned on charges of forgery and theft by deception, and placed in the Butler County Prison on $5,000 bail.

Oct. 14 — An unidentified vehicle struck a car that was in front of a home on Lumar Drive. The unknown driver did not stop after the crash between 1:30 p.m. Oct. 13 and 11:20 a.m. Oct. 14.

The car, owned by a 68-year-old Butler woman, sustained damage to its driver’s side fender.

[naviga:h3]Butler Twp Police[/naviga:h3]

5:24 p.m. Tuesday — A vehicle driven by Nicholas Kahle, 25, of Knox, Clarion County rear-ended another vehicle on East Jefferson Street. Jennifer Chacon, 32, of Butler was the other driver.

No one was injured but Kahle’s car had to be towed. Police cited him for driving at an unsafe speed.

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Oct. 17 — Anthony M. McIntyre, 27, of New Kensington, Westmoreland County, was charged with stealing jewelry and power tools from the Old Glade Mill Road home of his girlfriend’s parents earlier this year.

Police suspect McIntyre took two wedding rings, a gold pin and a sapphire necklace in April. He later allegedly sold the items at a gold store in Natrona Heights, Allegheny County

While the victims were on vacation between July 10 and 20, he is accused of stealing a bench grinder, circular saw and jigsaw from their garage, according to court documents.

He allegedly tried to pawn the items but could get no money for them. He subsequently donated the power tools to the Habitat for Humanity charity, documents said.

McIntyre was arrested Sept. 27 by West Deer Township police in Allegheny County on numerous unrelated felony charges in an auto part theft case. He is being held in the Allegheny County Jail on $32,000 bail.

Middlesex Township charged McIntyre with misdemeanor counts of theft and receiving stolen property.

[naviga:h3]State Police, Butler[/naviga:h3]

7:41 p.m. Sunday — A car driven by Susan M. Conti, 61, of Coraopolis, Allegheny County, struck a deer on Route 28 south just south of Beale Road in Buffalo Township. The car sustained damaged to the driver’s side front bumper, hood, fender and grille.

11:18 a.m. Sunday — Alex Truman, 25, of Slippery Rock was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence on Franklin Road in Slippery Rock.

Wednesday — Dana Lea Brewster, 42, of Jefferson Township was arrested on charges she broke into a friend’s house in Jefferson Township last month and stole $300

Brewster was arraigned on charges of burglary and theft, and released on $5,000 unsecured bail.

The alleged victim, Erin Lazor, on Sept. 29 told police that she discovered the money missing from a cookie jar at her home in the 700 block of North Pike Road, court documents said. She suspected Brewster, who she described as a friend

Police that same day spoke to the suspect at her house in the 900 block of North Pike Road. She initially denied taking the money, documents said, but eventually admitted taking $180 — but not $300 — from the cookie jar.

She said he got into Lazor’s house through an unlocked side door.

[naviga:h3]State Police, Kittanning[/naviga:h3]

3:26 p.m. Friday — Wesley J. Yough, 53, of East Brady was hurt when his pickup truck struck a deer on Route 268 in Sugarcreek Township. Yough, who was wearing a seat belt, suffered an unspecified minor injury.

State Police, Mercer

2:30 a.m. Sunday — Dallas R. Thompson, 20, of West Decatur, Clearfield County, was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence after police found his vehicle stuck in a ditch on Route 258 in Liberty Township, Mercer County.

1:32 p.m. Saturday — An upstate New York woman was arrested for suspected drugged driving on Interstate 79 in Jackson Township, Mercer County.

Police said they found the suspect, Cyndal C. Smith, 28, of Tonawanda, with marijuana and other drug paraphernalia. Driving under the influence of a controlled substance and other drug possession charges are pending lab results.

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Saturday — The state police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement nabbed six teenagers for underage drinking during a patrol detail in and around Slippery Rock University. The detail was conducted between 8 p.m. and midnight in Slippery Rock borough and township.

Those cited were Sara M. Celapino, 18, of West Newton, Westmoreland County; David A. Depretis, 18, of Mars; Ryan M. Donahue, 19, of West Newton; Matthew J. Huss, 19, of Sutersville, Westmoreland County; Seth A. Matvya, 19, of West Newton; and Zachary R. Young, 19, of Waterford, Erie County.