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POLICE REPORTS

These items have been collected from various police departments:

Nov. 15 to Nov. 17 — Police are asking for help in locating a suspect who keyed a 2008 Chevy Tahoe at the intersection of Vineyard Circle and Ivy Lane in Slippery Rock Township. Anyone with information is asked to call 724-284-8100.

10:52 a.m. Nov 17 — A Fairview Township man was charged with assault causing bodily injury after he allegedly grabbed a woman’s wrists and pushed her back into a residence in an attempt to prevent her from leaving following a verbal altercation.

Brian Scott, 33, of Chicora was arrested and the woman was taken to Butler Memorial Hospital.

4:39 p.m. Nov. 16 — About $300 in tools were taken from a detached garage on Canon Hill Road in Clinton Township.

12:51 p.m. Nov. 16 — An unknown person scratched a car belonging to a Hookstown, Beaver County man. The criminal mischief occurred on Vineyard Circle in Slippery Rock Township.

10:31 a.m. Nov. 16 — An unknown person smashed a cement cinder block into the car of a Slippery Rock man. The criminal mischief occurred on South Main Street in Slippery Rock.

2:20 a.m. Nov. 16 — Attempting to avoid a cat on an unnamed road in Muddy Creek Township, Jerry A. Gordon, 20, of Beaver Falls flipped his car over seven times. He is believed to have sustained minor injuries and was transported to Grove City Medical Center.

2 a.m. Nov. 16 — A 31-year-old man from Harmony allegedly hit a 57-year-old woman from Harmony on Orchard Valley Road. The man ran away, leaving drugs and paraphernalia behind him within arm’s reach of a 5- and 4-year-old. Police did not reveal the attacker’s name.

1 a.m. Nov. 16 — Police are looking for someone who stole an Xbox video game console, five controllers for the console and a cell phone from a home on Vineyard Circle.

2:54 p.m. Nov. 15 — An employee of Mid-Atlantic Youth Services — James Boanes, 59, of Grove City — is charged with stealing a company car and using the vehicle’s gas card to make three unauthorized purchases at a Speedway gas station in Sharon, Mercer County.

1:20 a.m. Nov. 11 — Tyler Shupp, 28, of Mansfield, Tioga County, was charged with driving under the influence after police stopped him for a traffic violation on Kriess and Cupps Roads.

10:55 p.m. Nov. 7 — Alan Perine, 56, of Cabot was determined to be driving under the influence when he flipped his car over while driving on South Clearfield Road in Clearfield Township, police said. Police added that Perine also possessed a small amount of marijuana.

9:31 p.m. Nov. 6 — Joseph Green, 56, of Franklin was charged with driving under the influence after police stopped him on North Main Street Extension at South Benbrook Road in Center Township.

2:23 a.m. Nov. 6 — Desiree Williams, 33, of Slippery Rock was charged with driving under the influence and arrested.

6:55 a.m. Nov. 4 — Three teens were cited for disorderly conduct after getting into a fight on Kittanning Pike in Fairview Township.

5:43 a.m. Oct. 25 — Thomas McGinnis, 61, of Vandergrift, Westmoreland County is charged with criminal mischief after he allegedly damaged a cement cinder block and plastic tubing on property owned by a 76-year-old victim. McGinnis had been previously told not to return to the victim’s property. The damage is estimated at around $25.

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