These items have been collected from various police departments.

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

6:44 a.m. Tuesday — Joshua E. Eck, 33, of Franklin Township ended up in the hospital with injuries suffered in an unknown altercation.

Police said they found Eck after being called for a man reportedly lying on a bench outside the Grapevine Center on Elm Street. He had a swollen eye and other bruises.

He told officers that he had been jumped by more than one person while walking on Kittanning Street. He said he managed to make it to the Grapevine Center. He apparently was unable to identify his assailants.

A Butler Ambulance Service crew took Eck to Butler Memorial Hospital. Police said they later learned that he was wanted on bench warrants out of Butler and Armstrong counties.

5:13 a.m. Monday — Police said they had to use a Taser on a 32-year-old man after they were called to his home on Hickory Street for a domestic disturbance.

Officers said they found Mark W. Holmes Jr. seated on the couch. They also found his live-in girlfriend, Emerald Adamik, who told them Holmes had been sending her threatening text messages and voicemails. Police said Holmes appeared to be intoxicated.

While officers were there Holmes became “extremely irate and began yelling at Adamik about their relationship issues,” according to a police affidavit.

Police eventually arrested Holmes for public intoxication. But when they tried to put him in handcuffs, court documents said, he pulled away and grabbed one of the officers by the chest.

Patrolman Myles Bizub physically confronted Holmes and got him to let go of the officer, police said. But he continued to resist and pull away from police, who used Taser to subdue Holmes.

Holmes was arraigned on charges of resisting arrest and public drunkenness, and later released on $10,000 unsecured bail.

Dec. 21 — Christopher J. Lordo, 32, of Butler Township was charged with drunken driving stemming from a November disturbance call at the parking lot of a store on the 300 block of East Jefferson Street.

Police said the defendant’s girlfriend at about 8:30 p.m. Nov. 21 called 911 to report the disturbance. She told police that she went looking for Lordo after he failed to return home with food for dinner, according to court documents. She found him pulling out of the Snack-N-Pack, where his car struck her vehicle.

Officers spoke to the defendant when they got there.

“Lordo stated he was picking up dinner,” a police affidavit said, “however he stopped at the bar and had several shots before getting the food.”

He subsequently failed field sobriety tests and was taken to Butler Memorial Hospital for a blood test, which showed his blood-alcohol level was 0.221 percent. A level of 0.08 percent is considered intoxicated under state law.

In addition to driving under the influence, Lordo is charged with careless driving.

Dec. 12 — Police charged Bryan K. Fundark, 45, of Jefferson Township, with DUI stemming from a November traffic stop on Dingham Road near North Main Street. Officers stopped him at about 9:50 p.m. Nov. 30, after they noticed his car swerving without its head lights on, according to court documents.

Police said Fundark was taken to the station for a breath test after he refused to complete field sobriety testing. Results indicated his blood alcohol level was 0.193 percent.

He is charged with DUI, driving without head lights and careless driving.

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

Tuesday — Derek E. Harnish, 26, and Kayla D. Lutz, 25, both of Renfrew, were charged in connection with a shoplifting incident Nov. 18 at the Walmart at Butler Commons. The defendants are accused of trying to steal $183.34 in merchandise.

Harnish and Lutz are both charged with retail theft and conspiracy.

6:33 p.m. Monday — A vehicle driven by Louis Jean Stickle, 74, of Butler struck another vehicle at New Castle and Duffy roads. Neither Stickle nor the other driver, Wendy J. Meals, 50, of Butler, was injured, but both vehicles had to be towed.

Police cited Stickle for disregarding a flashing red light and driving an unregistered vehicle.

Dec. 23 — Amy Sue Kostecky, 46, of Harmony was stopped allegedly attempting to steal $40.30 in merchandise at the Butler Commons’ Walmart. Police said she was previously barred from the store stemming from a previous incident.

Kostecky was cited for retail theft and defiant trespass.

[naviga:h3]Evans City-Seven Fields Regional Police[/naviga:h3]

1:23 p.m. Friday — A Beaver County woman was arrested for being more than three times the legal limit for alcohol after a multivehicle crash at East Main and Washington streets in Evans City. Police said the defendant, Kristi E. McWilliams, 38, of Aliquippa, rear-ended another vehicle at the intersection.

McWilliams admitted that she had consumed “10 drinks” before driving and acknowledged she was drunk, according to court documents.

She was taken to UPMC Passavant Cranberry for a blood test that showed her blood-alcohol level was 0.274 percent. A level of 0.08 percent is considered intoxicated under state law.

McWilliams is charged with driving under the influence, driving a vehicle without valid inspection and careless driving.

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

Wednesday — Police are seeking the public’s help in hopes of tracking down an Emlenton woman wanted in connection with a burglary last year in Monroe Township.

Investigators in a news release said Jennifer Marie Elder, 23, is wanted on a felony arrest warrant. Anyone with information about her whereabouts is asked to call police at 814-226-1710.

According to court records, Elder is accused in a July 26 break-in. She is charged with burglary, trespass, theft and receiving stolen property.

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

Tuesday — Police reported they have a suspect in connection with an ongoing access device fraud investigation in Clintonville. The suspected thief, a 32-year-old Clintonville man who police did not identify, allegedly used a the victim’s bank debit card to make unspecified and unauthorized purchases Dec. 26.

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

1:06 p.m. Tuesday — Damian J. Ferrainola, 34, of Fredonia lost control of his car and struck shrubbery and a utility pole along Route 58 just west of West Main Street Extension in Pine Township, Mercer County.

Ferrainola, who was wearing a seat belt, was not hurt but his car had to be towed. Police cited him for driving too fast for conditions.

12:47 p.m. Sunday — An unknown hit-and-run driver struck a Grove City man’s car in the County Market parking lot at the Pine Grove Square shopping plaza in Pine Township, Mercer County.