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POLICE REPORTS

These items have been collected from various police departments across Western Pennsylvania.

2:25 a.m. Sunday - Gregory A. Norman, 23, of 215 Rider Church Road, West Sunbury, was arrested for simple assault, reckless endangerment and criminal mischief after hitting his girlfriend, Jessica Hilliard, while the two were driving on South Chestnut Street in Butler. District Judge Kevin O'Donnell arraigned Norman and set his bail at $2,500, which Norman paid Sunday.

3 a.m. Sunday - Jack Duffors of Cabot reported someone drove a vehicle off Marwood Road in Winfield Township and hit his wooden fence, then left.Sunday - Gregory Cannella of Pittsburgh reported someone broke into his property at 239 Hufnagel Road in Muddy Creek Township and took unidentified items sometime between Jan. 1 and Sunday. Anyone with information is asked to call the state police in Butler at 724-284-8100.7:15 p.m. Saturday - Paul Brosky, 21, of Slippery Rock suffered a minor head injury when his car left Route 356 in Winfield Township and hit a utility pole. He was cited for driving too fast for conditions.7:55 p.m. Friday - Karen Ann Preston, 20, of Dinnerbell Road, Saxonburg, was not injured when the vehicle she was driving went off a curve on Stutz Road in Summit Township, down an embankment and came to rest in a creek. Police and Fisher's Towing had to wait until Saturday to pull the car from the creek because of darkness after the accident.12:55 p.m. Friday - No one was injured in a three-vehicle accident on Route 8 in Center Township which involved a truck driven by Denise Heist, 44, of Butler, a car driven by David Lefever, 46, of Slippery Rock and a truck driven by Melanie Rieger, 51, of West Sunbury. Dale Rieger, 63, who was a passenger in the third vehicle, was not injured. Butler Ambulance and the Unionville Volunteer Fire Department assisted. Heist was cited for the accident.9:30 a.m. Jan. 23 - Larry Sanders of Wexford was not injured when he lost control of his car on Interstate 79 just south of Lancaster Township and hit a tow truck driven by John Hockenberger of Harmony and a trailer he was attempting to pull. Neither man was injured and no charges have been filed.Jan. 22 - James Clements, 60, of Slippery Rock was not injured when he pulled his car in front of a car driven by Ann Bratschie, 44, of Slippery Rock on Ralston Road in Slippery Rock Township. No charges have been filed.

3:45 p.m. Friday - Vehicles driven by Kenneth Barnett, 77, of Knox and Devon Thorpe, 22, of Rimersburg collided on Route 68 in Clarion Township in Clarion County.Barnett and his passenger, Nancy Barnett, 70, were wearing seatbelts and were not injured. Thorpe was not wearing a seatbelt and was moderately injured. There is no information where Thorpe was taken.

7 p.m. Saturday - Jerra John, 16, of Kittanning totaled the van she was driving and hit her head when she lost control of the vehicle on Route 28 just south of the Slate Lick exit in South Buffalo Township.5:55 p.m. Tuesday - Rosiah Patterson, 72, of Kittanning, totaled her car when she rear-ended a tractor driven by Gary Hoffman, 58, of New Bethlehem on Route 422's Graff Bridge. Patterson was cited for careless driving.

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