Police Reports
These items have been collected from various police departments.
[naviga:h3]Butler Police[/naviga:h3]
10:07 p.m. Sunday — Teri L. Mulneix, 38, no known address, suffered an apparent drug overdose at a home in the 100 block of West Jefferson Street. Emergency crews found Mulneix unconscious but breathing in the bathroom. A woman who lives there had earlier called 911 to report the suspected overdose.
Butler Fire Department made contact with Mulneix, who awakened, and no medical treatment was needed. She admitted shooting up a bag of heroin, according to a police report. Butler Ambulance Service also assisted at the scene.
5:51 p.m. Wednesday — an Armstrong County man was arrested on charges he head-butted his girlfriend during a domestic dispute at a home in the 700 block of West Penn Street.
The suspect, Danny M. Bragg, 42, of Rural Valley, was arraigned on a charge of simple assault. He is free on $2,500 bail. Police said the woman suffered a red lump on her forehead.
3:14 p.m. Oct. 31 — Jonathan J. Daye, 24, of Jefferson Township was arrested after he allegedly assaulted his girlfriend during a domestic dispute at her Greenview Drive apartment.
The woman told police that Daye got mad at her for talking to another man, according to court documents, and started to yell at her and throw items in the living room. Daye is accused of throwing her onto the couch and choking her with both hands.
The victim's mother was there and managed to wrestle Daye off her daughter, documents said. Daye fled the apartment and the woman's mother suffered minor injuries.
Daye was arrested and arraigned Thursday on a charge of simple assault. He was released on his own recognizance following arraignment.
4:27 a.m. Oct. 31 — Police arrested James F. Cunningham, 35, of Butler after he allegedly stole an Apple iPhone 4, cell phone headphones and a bag of change from a woman's car on Morton Avenue.
Police said they eventually caught Cunningham laying down between houses in a failed bid to elude capture. Officers found him with the victim's property.
Cunningham was arraigned on charges of theft from a vehicle, receiving stolen property, and loitering and prowling at night. He was placed in the Butler County Prison on $25,000 bail following arraignment.
[naviga:h3]Adams Twp Police[/naviga:h3]
Oct. 30 — Gregory R. Gaynord, 22, was charged with trying to get away from police in connection with a September driving under the influence arrest at his home on Schultz Road.
Police said they initially spotted Gaynord about 2:45 a.m. Sept. 17 during a rolling DUI patrol on Route 228 at Adams Shoppes. He was driving a pickup truck with a damaged and protruding rear bumper, according to court documents.
Gaynord was walking toward his house when officers got there. Police told him to stop but he ignored them. Moments after, an officer again told him to stop, documents said, and he began to run toward his house.
Gaynord finally stopped, police said, but not until the chasing officer drew his Taser. The defendant admitted that he had been drinking at a bar in Cranberry Township. He also allegedly acknowledged using cocaine during the evening.
A search of the truck turned up a small glass phial containing suspected cocaine as well as three small sections of straws.
Gaynord is charged with escape, driving under the influence of a controlled substance, driving under the influence of alcohol, possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia, and driving a vehicle with unsafe equipment.
[naviga:h3]Butler Twp Police[/naviga:h3]
Monday — Heather L. Karenbauer, 43, of Butler was charged with drugged driving stemming from a two-vehicle crash last month on New Castle Road.
Police said Karenbauer's minivan about 3:30 p.m. Oct. 7 rear-ended a sport utility vehicle driven by Daniel Kirkendoll, 39, of Butler.
Karenbauer is charged with driving under the influence of a controlled substance and driving at an unsafe speed.
8 a.m. Friday — A student at Butler Intermediate High School landed in trouble with the law after he got into an altercation with another student in the locker room. The suspect, a 13-year-old boy, is charged with disorderly conduct and harassment.
12:47 a.m. Oct. 28 — Denise L. Platt, 25, of Butler was allegedly intoxicated in connection with an incident at the 11th Frame Bar & Grill on Fairground Hill Road.
Police said Platt was intoxicated when she fell outside and hit her head and began yelling obscenities. She continued to “yell and scream,” according to a police reports, while being taken to Butler Memorial Hospital for treatment of her head injury. Police cited her for disorderly conduct and public drunkenness.
Oct. 27 — Police charged Elizabeth I. O'Rourke, 37, of Butler with having marijuana and other contraband outside a convenience store on New Castle Street. She was found at 4:17 a.m. Oct. 22 passed out in the deriver's seat of a car at Sheetz.
The illegal items were found inside the vehicle as officers investigated the incident, according to a police report. O'Rourke is charged with possession of a small amount of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, and public drunkenness.
[naviga:h3]Slippery Rock University Police[/naviga:h3]
Oct. 29 — Police charged a Montgomery County man with bouncing several checks in August and October at the SGA Bookstore at the Robert M. Smith Student Center in Slippery Rock Township.
Carl B. Madison, 49, of Willow Grove is accused of passing checks Oct. 14 that were written on closed accounts. Two other checks Aug. 3 and 4 were written on accounts that could not be found. In all, the bookstore's lost totaled $4.32.53, court documents said. Madison is charged with four counts of bad checks and two counts of theft by deception.
[naviga:h3]State Police, Butler[/naviga:h3]
Friday — A car was stolen in Worth Township between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. The vehicle is described as a maroon 2000 Honda Accord with the Pennsylvania license plate KFZ0057. It had a Harley-Davidson decal on the top center of the rear windshield.
The owner, a 23-year-old Crawford County woman, told police that the car was unlocked with the key in it when it was taken from along Route 108 west of Interstate 79.
5:16 p.m. Wednesday — Three alleged shoplifters made off with $535 in merchandise at the Clearview Mall Boscov's store in Center Township. Police said they have identified one of the suspects, a 22-year-old woman.
The woman and two other suspects, both described as black females, according to a police report, selected several articles of clothing and left without paying for the merchandise through the doors in men's department.
Oct. 31 — Police reported they are investigating a case of suspected indecent assault in August involving two teenagers at Maple Manor, east of Route 173, in Brady Township.
The investigation followed a ChildLine report on Aug. 20. Police did not identify the suspect, a 15-year-old Slippery Rock boy. A police report said the victim is a 13-year-old Slippery Rock girl but no other information was provided.
Oct. 26 — Ronald E. Litzinger, 36, of Butler was charged with DUI in connection with a September motorcycle crash in Center Township that left him severely injured. Police said he lost control of his Harley-Davidson about 6:30 p.m. Sept. 23 and hit a tree along Route 308 at Belleshire Road.
Another motorist told police that shortly before the wreck, the defendant nearly struck his car. The cycle went off the road, flipped several times and hit the tree. Litzinger was taken to Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh for treatment of injuries.
Police subsequently got a search warrant to conduct a blood test, which showed his blood-alcohol was 0.15 percent. A level of 0.08 percent is considered intoxicated under state law.
In addition to DUI, Litzinger is charged with not having a proper driver's license, failing to keep right, disregarding traffic lanes, driving at an unsafe speed and careless driving.
