4 charged in Mercer Street fight, woman chased with crowbar, police say
Butler police filed misdemeanor disorderly conduct charges against four people in connection with a fight in the 200 block of Mercer Street — including two people taken to the hospital by medical helicopter following the Nov. 28 incident.
Travis W. Soloski, 33, Jacob A. Mosteller, 20, James E. Barton, 26, and Tiffany N. Barton, 28, all of Butler, were charged following the incident at 11:30 p.m.
Tiffany Barton and Soloski told the Butler Eagle previously that they were flown to Pittsburgh hospitals with serious injuries. Butler County Emergency Services Dispatch reports indicated two people were taken by medical helicopter following the incident, but the police report didn’t mention the hospital transports.
Tiffany Barton said she was struck with a crowbar and knocked unconscious in the incident. She said in an earlier interview that she went into a seizure after being struck, and Soloski was knocked to the ground by the crowbar.
“The next thing I know, I wake up surrounded by a bunch of medics,” she said.
Police said they were dispatched to an apartment for a report of a woman being chased by someone with a crowbar and being assaulted. Both parties were on the porch when officers arrived.
Through interviews, police said they determined all four were engaged in a fistfight outside the apartment that caused a disturbance among their neighbors.
