These items are from various police departments.

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

1:02 a.m. Wednesday — Joshua P. Luchkiw, 32, was arrested after he allegedly assaulted and threatened his father during a domestic dispute at their home on the 900 block of East Jefferson Street.

Luchkiw was arraigned on charges of terroristic threats, simple assault and resisting arrest, and later placed in the Butler County Prison on $2,500 bail.

The victim, Basil Luchkiw, told police that the defendant slapped him in the face and threatened to beat him up after kicking in a bedroom door, according to court documents. He said his son had been drinking.

Police found Luchkiw in the living room. He was arrested but as officers were taking him out of the house he became “verbally combative” and refused to leave,” a police affidavit said.

He pulled away from officers and went into the rear door, causing the glass to break. Police said they eventually had to deploy a Taser to get him under control.

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

6:09 p.m. Sept. 17 — Shawn A Klinefelter, 41, was arrested after he allegedly assaulted his wife, Megan Klinefelter, during a domestic dispute at their home on the 200 block of Three Degree Road.

The defendant is accused of hitting his wife in the back and pushing her against the bedroom wall, according to court documents.

Klinefelter was arraigned on charges of simple assault and harassment, and later released on his own recognizance.

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

Sept. 22 — Police charged one student with assaulting another student at the Summit Academy reform school on Herman Road in Summit Township. Charged with simple assault and harassment is 18-year-old Jabar N. Grier.

Police spoke to the victim, a 15-year-old boy, at Butler Memorial Hospital, where he was being treated for a bloody mouth that needed stitches, according to court documents.

The victim told a trooper that Grier sucker punched him in the face during an altercation at the school. Grier admitted he punched the boy, but claimed the younger student was throwing metal eraser tips at him during class.

Grier said he “snapped and couldn’t take it anymore,” documents said. He recounted that he got out of his chair, walked up to the boy and punched him in the face.

The defendant is charged with simple assault and harassment.

10:30 p.m. Sept. 16 — Jason J. Yearick, 38, of Center Township was arrested for drunken driving on Route 8 in Clay Township. He admitted having had “a few beers” before being pulled over, court documents said.

He was taken to the barracks for a breath test, which showed his blood-alcohol level was 0.119 percent. A level of 0.08 percent is considered intoxicated under state law.

Yearick is charged with driving under the influence, driving with a burned out head light, disregarding traffic lanes and careless driving.

[naviga:h3]Slippery Rock Police[/naviga:h3]

Sept. 21 — A Mercer County man was charged with drugged driving stemming from a traffic stop last month on Midway Alley. Police said they pulled over Alex B. Sharo, 23, of Hermitage about 10:30 p.m. Aug. 17 after he crossed a double yellow line on South Main Street and did not use signals when he later made two turns.

Sharo, who acknowledged that he had smoked marijuana earlier in the day, subsequently failed field sobriety testing and was taken to Grove City Medical Center for a blood test. Toxicology results, police said, confirmed he had marijuana in his system.

He is charged with driving under the influence of a controlled substance, disorderly conduct and three traffic violations.

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

Wednesday — Isaac J. Bigenho, 19, of Butler was cited for underage drinking stemming from a police call about 10:15 p.m. Sept. 16 to Butler Memorial Hospital for a report of a “highly intoxicated” 17-year-old boy.

Police allege Bigenho had been drinking that night with the boy, who they did not identify. The younger teen also was cited for underage drinking.

Tuesday — An altercation between two men at a High Street home ended with both facing charges. Mathew Stuteville, 19, of Butler and Daniel L. Kopp, 44, of Evans City were both cited for disorderly conduct and harassment.

Amanda E. Kopp, 33, of Butler was also cited for disorderly conduct, according to a police report, “for escalating the situation.”

9:06 p.m. Monday — A domestic dispute at a home on the 200 block of Home Avenue left a Butler man and his girlfriend both injured and jailed overnight.

Kerry P. Paulick, 52, and Holly L. Abbott, 44, got into an altercation at her home, according to a police report. Both suffered minor injuries. They were placed in the Butler County Prison to await arraignment the next morning.

Paulick and Abbott were both arraigned Tuesday on charges of simple assault and harassment, and later released on $5,000 unsecured bail each.