Police Reports
These items have been collected from police reports.
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Tuesday — Kaitlyn M. Stroup, 30, of Chicora, was charged with having crack cocaine stemming from a traffic stop around 12:50 p.m. June 4 on West Jefferson Street. Police said she had the suspected crack in a rubber container that was in her bra.
Stroup is charged with possession of a controlled substance and failing to use turn signals. One of her passengers, Jason L. Best, 34, of Lyndora, was arrested after police learned he was wanted on a bench warrant.
Tuesday — Brad Stephen Cookson Jr., 46, of Butler, was charged with repeatedly yelling profanity at a neighbor on Roosevelt Boulevard and making statements about breaking into the neighbor’s home. Police said that between Jan. 1 and April 18, they have gotten eight such calls between Cookson and the alleged victim.
Police charged Cookson with disorderly conduct and harassment.
Monday — Police charged John C. Lefevre, 56, of Butler, with forging a woman’s check May 27 and cashing it for $300. He is charged with forgery, access device fraud and theft.
11:45 p.m. Sunday — Jordan R. Zulick, 24, of Butler, was allegedly found impaired and with 10 stamp bags of suspected heroin on the 100 block of East Jefferson Street. He is charged with possession of a controlled substance and public drunkenness.
2:23 a.m. Sunday — A Mercer County man was found to be more than three times the state’s legal limit for alcohol after police found him in the driver’s seat of a car at a convenience store on East Jefferson Street.
Police said they subsequently arrested Devin K. Hamilton, 25, of Greenville, who also had an open bottle of beer in the vehicle. A breath test allegedly showed his blood-alcohol level was 0.265 percent. In Pennsylvania, a level of 0.08 percent is considered intoxicated.
He is charged with driving under the influence, driving with a suspended license and driving a vehicle with an open container of alcohol.
June 13 — Police charged Noah J. Wilson, 20, of Grove City, with theft by deception stemming from a March incident involving the mobile payment service Venmo.
A woman told police she made a deal with the defendant to purchase an Apple iPhone for $400. On March 16, according to court documents, she paid him $200 up front via Venmo. She was to pay the remainder when she got the phone. But she never got the phone, police said.
When she later contacted Wilson on Facebook in a bid to get her money back, documents said, he blocked her.
1:44 p.m. June 11 — Ashley L. Friedrich, 34, of Butler, was allegedly in possession of Xanax without a prescription and a crack pipe after police found her laying on the ground on the side of South Monroe Street. She is charged with possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia, and public drunkenness.
