These items have been collected from various police departments.

Monday — Blase A. Fusco, 51, of Butler was charged with using his walking cane to vandalize a car at an apartment building in the 300 block of North Elm Street last month.Fusco admitted that he had gone to the building to look for a friend about 7:40 a.m. Aug. 26 when he accidentally tripped and broke out the rear window of the victim's car with his cane, according to court documents.He told police that he went into the building to look for the car's owner but a man inside started yelling at him and chased him outside.“This upset (Fusco) and he went back to the same car,” a police affidavit said, “and smashed the side view mirrors of it with his cane.”The car had about $1,720 in damage. Police charged Fusco with criminal mischief.Sept. 3 — Police charged Alfred Bell, 62, of Butler Township with scrapping with officers during a late night altercation last month. Officers found Bell allegedly intoxicated at an apartment building in the 200 block of North Main Street about 11:30 p.m. Aug. 31. He was told to place his hands behind his back, but refused. Instead, police said, he pushed an officer in the chest.He continued to struggle before he was finally arrested and taken to the police station. Bell is charged with resisting arrest and public drunkenness.Sept. 3 — Samantha D. McCloud, 20, of Butler was charged with lying to police when she claimed her boyfriend assaulted her last month in the city.McCloud told police that 21-year-old Brandon Norris of Butler had attacked her Aug. 8, cutting her finger in the altercation, according to court documents.Based on those claims, police arrested Norris, who was charged with simple assault. However, at Norris' preliminary hearing on Aug. 26, McCloud testified that she “had made the entire incident up to get Norris arrested as they were having a dispute,” court documents said.McCloud admitted that Norris never touched her and that he was not responsible for the cut on her finger. That injury, documents said, came after she punched the wall.Police charged McCloud with false reports to law enforcement authorities.

Monday — A pickup truck's tailgate was reported stolen during the weekend outside the Butler High School maintenance building. The tailgate, valued at $1,200, belongs to a 2009 Ford F-250.

5:20 p.m. Monday — Richard E. Kelly, 29, of Butler was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence after his pickup truck crashed into a guardrail on Thompsontown Road in Clay Township.When police got to the wreck, the pickup was unoccupied. Later, they found Kelly walking along a wood line on nearby Mahood Road.

Aug. 30 — Jewelry and a Nintendo Wii video game console worth a combined $1,600 were stolen in a burglary at a home on Firehall Road in Slippery Rock Township, Lawrence County. The burglar got into the house after throwing a rock through the rear door window, and reaching through the broken glass and unlocking the door.The burglary happened between 10 and 11 a.m. Police did not immediately say if they have any suspects.