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Police reports

The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts.

State Police, Butler

March 25 — Paula Donaldson, 54, of Butler, was charged with criminal mischief. Police said she threw a beer bottle that struck a vehicle owned by Dena Martinez and chipped its paint on Randolph Avenue in East Butler.

Feb. 23 — Jason Geibel, 34, of Butler was charged with retail theft following the report of a theft at Petrolia Mini Mart in Petrolia.

March 17 — Seven county residents are facing trespassing citations for entering property on Wolford Road in Cherry Township without permission and burning tires.

March 29 — Robert Green, 43, of Butler, was charged with a felony count of criminal trespass and a misdemeanor count of criminal mischief. Police said he tried to pry open the front door of a home on Eastwood Drive in Summit Township.

April 4 — Police are investigating a report of the dissemination of intimate images and harassment of a juvenile. Police said the incident took place on Kruger Circle in Forward Township.

March 27 — Police said they are investigating a report about the dissemination of intimate images after receiving a ChildLine report.

March 17 — Police said they are investigating third-party reports of alleged touching between a 12-year-old girl from Saxonburg and a known adult male in Jefferson Township.

Zelienople Police

March 27 — Ryan James Kost, 25, of New Waterford, Ohio, was charged with three felony counts and a misdemeanor count of strangulation, three misdemeanor counts of terroristic threats and three misdemeanor counts of simple assault after borough police said he choked, strangled, restrained and slapped a woman.

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