These items have been collected from various police departments.

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

3:49 p.m. Monday — Vehicles driven by Carol S. Zarnick, 77, of Butler and Charles D. Ryan, 66, of Chicora collided at New Castle and North Duffy roads. Police said the accident happened when Zarnick turned in front of the other car.

No one was injured but both vehicles had to be towed. Police cited Zarnick for making an improper left turn.

Monday — Police charged a repeat shoplifter in connection with an April shoplifting incident at the Butler Commons Walmart.

The defendant, Justin R. Manny, 37, of Freeport, is accused of running out of the store about 8 p.m. April 7 with $148.97 in electronics.

Manny, who has more than a half dozen prior shoplifting convictions, is charged with a felony count of retail theft.

Monday — Paul W. Butler Jr., 56, of Butler was charged with being more than twice the state’s legal limit for alcohol stemming from a one-vehicle, hit-and-run wreck last month at Butler and South Duffy roads.

Police said Butler about 4 p.m. May 27 lost control of his pickup truck and crashed into a chain-link fence. Afterward, according to court documents, he called a relative, who picked him up and took him home.

He arrived at his house just before police got there. He subsequently failed field sobriety tests, documents said, and a portable breath test device indicated he had alcohol in his system.

Butler was taken to Butler Memorial Hospital for a breath test that showed his blood-alcohol level was 0.183 percent. In Pennsylvania, a level of 0.08 percent is considered intoxicated.

Police noted that a later inventory search of the pickup turned up an open can of beer.

Butler is charged with driving under the influence, careless driving, hit-and-run and driving with an open container of alcohol.

[naviga:h3]State Police, Butler[/naviga:h3]

Wednesday — Police reported they are investigating the theft of a vehicle part, valued at $400, from a home in the 300 block of Pfeifer Road in Muddy Creek Township. The theft happened between June 9 and 11.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 724-284-8100.

Sunday — An unknown thief stole a golf cart from the Slippery Rock Campground in Worth Township. The Easy Go model cart, according to a police report, has “a unique multi-changing paint pattern.”

Police suspect the cart was taken between 8:30 p.m. Saturday and 8:15 p.m. Sunday. Anyone with information is asked to call police.

Monday — A Gibsonia teenager was charged with drunken driving stemming from a crash earlier this month In Connoquenessing Township. Police said 18-year-old Jeffery T. Broskey Jr. lost control of his so-called “drift car” about 5:40 p.m. June 11 on Stevenson Road at Isaac Lane.

The 1991 Nissan Silvia, struck a street sign and damaged property. The crash possibly was caused by a mechanical failure in the “non-street legal” car, according to a police report.

Broskey is charged with driving under the influence, DUI by a minor, underage drinking, driving an unregistered vehicle, driving without a license, driving a vehicle without insurance and without valid inspection, failing to keep right, driving an unsafe speed, careless driving and failing to stop and give information after an accident.

June 21 — Alicia A. Miller, 37, of Slippery Rock Township was charged with being nearly 2½ times the state’s legal limit for alcohol stemming from a traffic stop last month in Center Township.

Police said Miller was pulled over about 10 p.m. May 21 for failing to have her headlights on, weaving in her lane and failing to stop at a stop sign at Sunset Drive and Holyoke Road.

She showed signs of impairment during field sobriety testing and was taken for a breath test, which indicated her blood-alcohol level was 0.198 percent. In Pennsylvania, a level of 0.08 percent is considered intoxicated.

Miller is charged with DUI, failing to keep right, disregarding traffic lanes, careless driving, and stop sign and lighting violations.

[naviga:h3]State Police, New Castle[/naviga:h3]

Tuesday — Police reported they are investigating a telephone scam that targeted a woman from Slippery Rock Township, Lawrence County.

The unknown scammer June 6 called the victim and claimed the woman’s granddaughter was in a financial crisis and needed money.

According to a police report, the caller instructed the victim to sent $3,000 in gift cards “in order to keep her granddaughter from legal trouble.”

The report did not indicate if the victim compiled with the instructions. The investigating trooper was unavailable for comment Wednesday.