These items have been collected from various police departments.

[naviga:h3]Middlesex Twp. Police[/naviga:h3]

Nov. 7 — Tanner A. Steele, 26, of Center Township was charged with having marijuana and other drug contraband in connection with a traffic stop last month on Route 8 near Glade Mill Road.

Police said they stopped Steele’s car for speeding. The vehicle also had a smashed windshield.

An officer reported smelling marijuana coming from the car, according to court documents. The defendant subsequently handed over a marijuana pipe from a pants pocket and marijuana that was in one of his boots, police said.

A vehicle search turned up a pill bottle that had marijuana residue in it and a vape pen with suspected THC in it. The items, police said, were in a gym bag that was on the back seat.

Steele is charged with possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia.

[naviga:h3]Penn Twp. Police[/naviga:h3]

Tuesday — Police charged a Washington County man with bouncing a check for several thousands of dollars in May at Hunter Idealease on Route 8.

Matthew R. Smiley, 29, of Burgettstown is accused of passing the check for $4,117.83 on May 18. The check, police said, was written on a bank account that did not have sufficient funds.

The company on Sept. 19 sent the defendant a certified letter seeking payment. But the latter was returned as unclaimed.

Smiley is charged with a first-degree misdemeanor count of bad checks.

[naviga:h3]Butler County Drug Task Force[/naviga:h3]

Thursday — Robert A. Schafer, 29, of Butler was arraigned on charges he was found with 20 bags of suspected heroin and gave a bogus name to a task force officer following a traffic stop Nov. 9 in the 200 block of West New Castle Street.

The task force was conducting surveillance of possible drug activity on West Jefferson Street about 10 p.m. when officers stopped a car for a faulty tail light, according to court documents.

When Schafer, a passenger, was taken out of the vehicle, officers said they found the bags of suspected heroin on the floor where he was seated.

The name he subsequently gave officers could not be found, documents said. At the Butler police station, the task force used a portable fingerprint scanner to learn his true identity.

Officers also learned that he was wanted on unrelated arrest warrants by Butler Township police and by Washington County authorities, documents said. He was placed in the Butler County Prison

Schafer was eventually arraigned on charges of possession of a controlled substance and false identification to law enforcement authorities. Bail was set at $5,000 in the case.

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

Wednesday — Joshua J. Wallis, 28, of Penn Township was charged with being more than twice the state’s legal limit for alcohol stemming from traffic stop last month in Clearfield Township.

Police said they stopped Wallis about 1:05 a.m. Oct. 27 for speeding and crossing into the opposing lane on South Clearfield Road.

He subsequently failed field sobriety tests and was taken for a breath test that showed his blood-alcohol level was 0.172 percent. In Pennsylvania, a level of 0.08 percent is considered intoxicated.

Wallis is charged with driving under the influence, speeding, disregarding traffic lanes and careless driving.

9:45 p.m. Nov. 9 — Christopher D. Wright, 22, was arrested after he allegedly threatened his step-father with a handgun and pushed his sister during a domestic dispute at his home on Water Street Extension in Jefferson Township.

Wright was arraigned on charges of simple assault, reckless endangerment and harassment. He was placed in the Butler County Prison on $20,000 bail following arraignment.

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

Wednesday — A minivan driven by Christopher D. Dias, 47, of Kittanning struck a deer on Route 28 south in North Buffalo Township. Dias and his two passengers were not injured but the van had to be towed.

5:38 p.m. Nov. 12 — A sport utility vehicle driven by Pamela L. Crissman, 67, of Mayport, Clarion County, hit a deer on Route 28 north just north of Glade Run Road in North Buffalo Township. Neither Crissman nor his passenger were hurt. The SUV had to be towed.