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POLICE REPORTS

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5:57 p.m. Monday — Cody Albright, 9, of Butler suffered minor injuries when he accidentally rode his bicycle into the side of a car at Eau Claire and Swan streets. John Nanz, 61, of Pittsburgh was driving the car.2:52 p.m. Saturday — Cars driven by Heather Panei, 23, of Zelienople and Brittany Allman, 23, of Center Township collided at Jackson and New Castle streets.

11:17 a.m. Monday — Acar driven by Michelle Schaeffer, 36, of Clay Township sideswiped a guide rail post and then struck a wooden guide rail post along Unionville Road in Center Township.Monday — Someone cut sensor wires and hydraulic lines on two dump trucks at a construction site on Keister Road in Slippery Rock Township. The damage is estimated at $800. Thomas Construction Co. of Grove City owns the trucks.12:25 a.m. Sunday — Avehicle driven by Grant Thomas, 18, of East Butler struck a guardrail on Bonniebrook Road in Summit Township. He was cited for an undisclosed traffic violation.Sunday — Someone smashed several mailboxes along East Eldorado Road in Parker Township. Anyone with information about the vandalism is asked to call the barracks at 724-284-8100.Sunday — Someone between 9:30 and 10 a.m. stole a silver Nokia cell phone from a workbench at IDLin East Butler. Eric Boop of Butler owns the phone.3:20 p.m. Saturday — David Gallagher, 42, of Butler was injured when his motorcycle ran into a deer on Route 488 in Muddy Creek Township. Gallagher was flown by medical helicopter with moderate injuries to a Pittsburgh hospital. He was wearing a helmet.Saturday — A burglar ransacked two medicine cabinets after breaking into the Route 38 home of John Headland in Oakland Township. Police said it was not immediately known of anything was taken in the burglary between 6 p.m. Wednesday and 3 p.m. Saturday.3:55 p.m. Friday — A car driven by Theodore Simon, 45, of Butler ran into a building after crashing on Route 8 in Penn Township. Simon said the crash occurred when a tractor-trailer changed lanes and forced him off the road.Thursday — James Seibert, 29, of Gibsonia was arrested in connection with a stolen fishing boat found at an undisclosed location on Brewer Road in Clinton Township. The arrest followed an investigation by state police in Meadville.Seibert is charged with receiving stolen property. No other information about the case was available this morning.

3:39 p.m. Sunday — Apickup truck driven by James Winbush, 42, of Butler ran off Route 258 and rolled over near Black Run Road in Liberty Township, Mercer County. Police suspect alcohol was a factor in the crash.Winbush and Dave Kroha, 28, of Harrisville, a passenger, suffered minor injuries; both were wearing seat belts.1:25 p.m. Sunday — Avan driven by Steven Allison, no age given, of New Waterford, Ohio, and a motorcycle driven by Daniel Osborne, no age given, of Stoneboro collided on Route 19 near Creek Road in Springfield Township, Mercer County.Osborne and his passenger, Brook Osborne, no age given, of Stoneboro, were taken with moderate injuries to the Grove City Medical Center and then moved to Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh. Police said neither was wearing a helmet.9:42 a.m. Sunday — Acar driven by Thomas Mason, 45, of Grove City struck a utility pole along Irishtown Road in Pine Township, Mercer County. Stephanie Robbins, 16, of Grove City, a passenger wearing a seat belt, suffered minor injuries. Mason was cited for an undisclosed traffic violation.Sunday — A1995 Suzuki RM250 motorcycle was stolen from a yard at a Springfield Church Road home in Pine Township, Mercer County. Police said the thief cut the cable used to tie the cycle to a tree, and took the vehicle between 9 p.m. Saturday and 6:30 p.m. Sunday.

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