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Police reports

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

State police, Butler

March 2 — Charges of selling or transferring a firearm and statement under penalty were filed against Adam S. McClimans, 39, of Petrolia, following a Sept. 15 incident in Washington Township. Police said he attempted to buy a shotgun from Logan’s Gun Gallery and indicated on the purchase form that he had not been convicted of any offense with a maximum penalty of more than a year in prison. However, in 2019, he was convicted of a second driving under the influence, which has a maximum sentence of five years in prison.

Feb. 18 — Two counts of driving under the influence and three summary traffic citations were filed against Michael A. McClure Jr., 26, of Saxonburg, following a Jan. 18 traffic stop on Route 8 in Butler Township. Police said McClure showed signs of impairment during a field sobriety test. A breath test revealed he had a blood alcohol content of 0.153%, which is above the legal limit of 0.08%.

Feb. 18 — Paul J. Miller, 48, of Cabot, was arrested on resisting arrest and disorderly conduct charges and placed in Butler County Prison in lieu of $25,000 bail following a Feb. 18 incident in Butler Township. Police said there was a warrant for Miller, and a trooper saw him in the passenger seat of a vehicle, which was pulled over on Hansen Avenue. Miller refused orders to exit the vehicle, but eventually was extricated from it and taken into custody, police said.

State police, Kittanning

Feb. 18 — A charge of possession of drug paraphernalia was filed against Ian R. Lamison, 47, of Kittanning, following a Feb. 14 traffic stop in Buffalo Township. Police said he was a passenger in a car that was pulled over for a traffic violation. A trooper discovered he was wanted on a warrant from Westmoreland County. A glass crack pipe was in his pocket when he was searched, police said.

Adams Twp

Feb. 17 — Two counts of DUI and a summary traffic citation were filed against Edward F. Novak Jr., 58, of Mars, following a Feb. 5 incident. He attempted two breath tests for chemical testing, but didn’t provide a sufficient sample for testing, which police said they deemed a refusal to submit to the test.

Saxonburg

Feb. 18 — Derek A. Roskovski, 49, of Butler, faces two counts of DUI, charges of endangering the welfare of children and a summary traffic citation following a two-vehicle crash Feb. 7 on South Rebecca Street. Roskovski had a 12-year-old passenger in his vehicle at the time of the crash. Police said he failed a field sobriety test, and a subsequent breath test showed a blood alcohol content of 0.198% — more than twice the legal limit of 0.08%.

Butler Twp

Feb. 18 — Charges of terroristic threats, simple assault and two summary citations were filed against John A. DeRose, 89, of Butler, following a Feb. 17 incident. Police said he threatened a Pennsylvania American Water employee on Barracks Road by pulling up his shirt to display a handgun three times.

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