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POLICE REPORTS

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9:59 a.m. Friday — A car driven by Jaco Vandevort-Renforth, 20, of Butler and a SUV driven by Richard P. Kile, 59, of Butler collided on Pillow Street near Third Avenue. Kile's passenger, Judy Kile, 59, of Butler was taken by ambulance to Butler Memorial Hospital with unknown injuries. Vandevort-Renforth was cited for a traffic violation.9:30 p.m. Wednesday — A U-Haul box truck driven by Melissa Hugus of Butler was struck by a hit-and-run vehicle while parked on the 500 block of West Penn Street, severing the driver's side mirror.6:38 p.m. Tuesday — A Jeep driven by Jonathan M. Nickleach, 22, of Butler struck Francis Coy, 48, of Butler as he was walking on the sidewalk on Third Avenue near Pillow Street. Coy and another man, Jacob Patterson of Butler, who was injured diving out of the vehicle's path, both were taken by ambulance to Butler Memorial Hospital with minor injuries. Nickleach was cited for driving at unsafe speed.1:58 a.m. Monday — Dennis M. Milton, 41, of Butler was arrested under suspicion of DUI and charged with required financial responsibility and several traffic violations after the motorcycle he was driving rear-ended a parked car on Campbell Street. Milton suffered minor injuries.10:33 p.m. June 27 — Zachary Adam Clouse, 23, of Butler was charged with theft of services after he and another man allegedly left Pizza Hut on West Cunningham Street without paying their $30.50 bill. The police are looking for the other man.8 p.m. June 26 — A pickup truck driven by Glenn T. Widenhofer, 76, of Butler struck Patricia L. Linhart, 37, of Butler as she was standing on West Birch Street. Linhart suffered a minor injury.

12:09 p.m. Friday — Vehicles driven by Lisa Schultz, 28, of Girard, Ohio; Ray Lerner, 70, of Kittanning; and James Senople, 68, of Butler collided on New Castle Road in front of Wendy's. Lerner's passenger, Leona Kammerdiener, 56, of Ford City, suffered a minor injury.

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