These items have been collected from various police departments.

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Wednesday — Police charged a Clarion County woman with shoplifting 65 items last month at the Walmart at Butler Commons. Margaret D. Daniels-Pazich, 44, of Worthington was caught Nov. 20 allegedly failing to scan merchandise valued at $330.90 at the self-checkout registers. She is charged with a misdemeanor count of retail theft.

2:33 p.m. Monday — Tara Ann Pflugh, 22, of Ellwood City was caught allegedly shoplifting $116.56 worth of merchandise at the Butler Commons’ Walmart. She is charged with retail theft.

5:40 p.m. Monday — Gail Dicuccio, 70, of Butler was hurt when she was struck by a pickup truck at the Moraine Pointe Plaza parking lot. She was taken to Butler Memorial Hospital with apparent minor injuries. Thomas Vissari, 52, of Butler was driving the pickup.

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Dec. 12 — Police charged a Lawrence County man with illegally having a handgun stemming from a traffic stop last month on South Main Street. Police said they stopped Charles A. Cowan, 23, of New Castle about 1:40 p.m. Nov. 26 for having an expired inspection sticker on his pickup truck.

An officer at the truck grew suspicious when he noticed Cowan kept both hands around the left side of the seat and the driver’s door, according to court documents. When the officer asked if he had any weapons, he admitted he had a .22-caliber pistol, which he handed over to police.

Cowan also admitted that he did not have a permit to carry the gun, documents said, which he claimed he found in a house that he had purchased. Police checked the National Crime Information Center database and found no record of the gun being stolen or of its ownership.

He is charged with possession of a firearm without a concealed carry license and driving a vehicle without valid inspection.

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8:26 a.m. Tuesday — Two people were hurt when a car driven by Christopher J. Kemerer, 29, of Harmony rear-ended a sport utility vehicle on Interstate 79 just south of Lindsay Road in Jackson Township.

The collision, according to a police report, forced the SUV driven by Thomas M. Blumberg, 60, of Harmony into the back of another SUV driven by Kathleen M. McNaughton, 55, of Prospect.

The wreck happened, police said, as traffic was slowing due to the backlog from another crash.

Kemerer, who was not wearing a seat belt, was taken to UPMC Presbyterian hospital in Pittsburgh with an apparent serious injury. His condition was not immediately available. Blumberg who was wearing a seat belt, suffered a minor injury.

Police cited Kemerer for driving at an unsafe speed, careless driving, not wearing a seat belt and driving without insurance.

Monday — Shehrish Ikram, 26, of Center Township was charged with shoplifting more than $700 worth of clothing items last month at a Clearview Mall store in Center Township.

Police said a loss prevention employee at Boscov’s saw Ikram take a jacket shortly after 6 p.m. Nov. 21. She walked out of the store without paying for the item, according to court documents, and then returned about 15 minutes later.

She is accused of taking additional merchandise, including several items of children’s clothing, which she placed in a bag. Again, she left without paying for the store property. This time, police said, the employee stopped her outside.

A search of the bag, documents said, turned up the children’s clothes as well as two jackets and a dress. In all, Ikram is accused of trying to take merchandise valued at $736.99.

She is charged with a first-degree misdemeanor count of retail theft.