These items have been collected from various police departments.

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10:50 p.m. Sunday — Timothy P. Parker, 40, of Butler was arrested on charges that he assaulted and choked his wife’s son during an altercation at the family’s home on the 500 block of Second Street.

Police said Parker struck the victim in the neck and placed him in a choke hold. The defendant left the home but was later arrested. He was arraigned on charges of simple assault and strangulation. He was placed in the Butler County Prison on $3,000 bail.

9:17 p.m. Sunday — Two men were arrested for fighting following a domestic dispute in the 200 block of Greenview Drive.

The defendants — William J. Matos, 39, no known address, and Jason Pineda, 27, no known address — were both injured in the altercation.

Police said the men reeked of alcohol and appeared intoxicated when they found them. Both had scratches on their upper bodies and Pineda also had dry blood around his mouth.

Both defendants were arraigned on charges of simple assault, public drunkenness and disorderly conduct. They were placed in the Butler County Prison on $5,000 bail each following arraignment.

8:59 p.m. Sunday — Megan N. Emel, 22, of Butler was arrested after she allegedly assaulted her boyfriend, Dorian Murray, during a domestic dispute at their apartment on the 300 block of North Washington Street.

Murray told police that Emel got angry and struck him in the face and scratched his neck, according to court documents. She later pushed his face against the wall.

The alleged victim had swelling and redness to the left side of his face and a number of scratches on the back of his neck and left shoulder, police said.

Emel immediately admitted to the allegations.

“Before (officers) could even ask her anything,” according to a police affidavit, “she stated that she hit Murray and needed to taken to jail.

She was arraigned on a charge of simple assault and placed in the Butler County Prison on $2,000 bail.

4:12 p.m. Sunday — Robert C. Best, 30, of Lyndora was arrested for felony shoplifting after he allegedly swiped a can of Red Bull at the Dollar General store on North Main Street.

Best fled the store after an employee confronted him, according to court documents. Police about 30 minutes later nabbed the defendant after they saw him walking on West New Castle Street.

A repeat shoplifter with at least two prior convictions, Best was arraigned on a felony count of retail theft, and placed in the Butler County Prison.

3:41 a.m. Sunday — Zachary S. Rush, 21, of Harrisville was arrested after he allegedly kicked out the front door glass at a home on the 200 block of Broad Street.

Police said they later had to take Rush to the ground after he stopped “in an aggressive manner” several times while being taken to a patrol car, according to court documents.

The defendant, who reeked of alcohol according to police, was later arraigned on a list of charges and placed in the Butler County Prison on $2,000 bail.

He is charged with a trespass, a felony, and resisting arrest and disorderly conduct, both misdemeanors. Additionally, he faces summary charges of criminal mischief and public drunkenness.

5:40 p.m. Saturday — Christine R. Banfield, 28, of Middlesex Township was arrested on a bench warrant after police found her passed out in a vehicle at Memorial Park.

Police said Banfield, who appeared impaired, gave officers a bogus name. She eventually admitted her real name. Following her warrant arrest, she turned over a Suboxone strip for which she did not have a prescription, according to court documents.

Additionally, she was later found with three empty stamp bags of suspected heroin after being taken to the Butler County Prison.

[naviga:h3]Butler Twp Police[/naviga:h3]

Wednesday — Police cited Tracey L. Tack, 44, of Butler for leaving her broken down car at Morton and Brown avenues. The vehicle later caught fire.

South Butler volunteer firefighters were called and extinguished the fire. No one was injured. The car was towed. Tack is charged with abandoning a vehicle on a highway.

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6:30 p.m. Saturday — Amy S. Kostecky, 46, was arrested after she allegedly assaulted a man during a reported domestic dispute at her home on Valley Drive.

The victim, Raymond Priester, told police that he was working on a motorcycle when Kostecky drove her car toward him, according to court documents. He recounted that he had to jump out of the way, causing him to land on his back. The car struck the cycle.

Priester said he suffered severe pain to his hip and back. Kostecky disputed Priester’s account and claimed he was backing up on the motorcycle when he struck her car.

District Judge Sue Haggerty arraigned Kostecky on charges of simple assault, reckless endangerment and driving with a suspended license. She was placed in the Butler County Prison on $5,000 bail following arraignment.

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July 19 — Police charged two Gibsonia men with drugged driving stemming from the same traffic stop earlier this month in Worth Township

Tyler E. Thimons, 32, and Kevin D. Letterle, 31, are both charged with driving under the influence of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, careless driving and reckless driving. Letterle also is charged with driving with a suspended license.

Police said they found the defendants riding together in a car stopped for erratic driving about 12:20 p.m. July 2 on Interstate 79. Letterle was driving at the time. He appeared “sluggish” and admitted that he had taken Suboxone earlier in the day, according to court documents.

He also advised police that Thimons, a front seat passenger who owns the car, had been driving the vehicle a short time before the traffic stop.

“(Letterle) advised he told (Thimons) to pull over because he was falling asleep behind the wheel and almost crashed,” documents said.

A search of the car turned up drug contraband, including more than 80 empty stamp bags of suspected heroin, two hypodermic needles and a crack pipe.

Both defendants were taken to Butler Memorial Hospital for blood tests. Toxicology reports subsequently showed they both had fentanyl, morphine, a metabolite of cocaine and the prescription medication alprazolam in their systems, documents said.

Additionally, Letterle’s blood tested positive for methamphetamine.