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POLICE REPORTS

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

2:25 a.m. Saturday - Kurtis Wentling, 21, address unknown, was taken into custody on an outstanding warrant. The report did not state what the warrant was for.9:55 a.m. Friday - Trudy Funkhouser, 44, of 122 Pillow St. and Karen Funkhouser, 23, of 160 Old Plank Road were charged with conspiracy and robbery after Trudy Funkhouser got into a fight with Robin Ealy, 41, of 319 Brown Ave., Apt. B, outside the Family Video.Trudy Funkhouser was arraigned by District Justice Clifford Woessner and placed in Butler County Prison on $5,000 bond. Karen Funkhouser will receive her citation in the mail.1:10 p.m. Thursday - David Piper, 24, of 110 ½ W. Quarry St.; Daniel Seitz, 28, of 313 Virginia Ave.; and Travis Hilliard, 19, of 334½ Virginia Ave. were informed by police that there were warrants for their arrests. All three turned themselves in to police and were arraigned by District Justice Pete Shaffer. They were released on their own recognizance. The report did not state what the men were wanted for.12:47 p.m. Thursday - John Locke, 43, no address given, was arrested on a city police warrant and charged with criminal mischief, loitering and prowling.5:43 a.m. Wednesday - Six people face charges after police received a complaint of a loud party and a fight. Eric Bailey, no age given, of 110 ½ W. Quarry St. was charged with five counts of furnishing alcohol to minors. Daniel Gould, no age given, of 612 Center Ave. was charged with public drunkenness and underage consumption and four juveniles were charged with underage consumption.

6:25 a.m. Thursday - Daniel Wright, no age available, of New Kensington was not injured when he swerved his Mercury Mountaineer to miss a deer on Winfield Road, Jefferson Township, and instead struck a tree.Thursday - Dennis W. Peterman Jr., 20, is accused of taking $252 of merchandise from the Bon Ton store in the Clearview Mall.9:54 p.m. Wednesday - An unidentified man broke a window at the 626 Dinnerbell Road, Jefferson Township, home of George Miller. The window is valued at $85.Between Dec. 6 and Dec. 26 - Someone removed three guns and a gun case from the home of Lonnie Cogswell at 114 Weaver Lane, Slippery Rock. The weapons, a 12-gauge Mossburg shotgun, a .270 Remington rifle and a .22 Marlin rifle, and the Camo gun case are valued at $550.

5:57 p.m. Thursday - Gary Watterson, no age available, of Sarver was flown by medical helicopter to Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh after crashing his car on Route 28 in Harrison, Allegheny County.Watterson attempted to pass the other vehicle, but instead he lost control of his car and struck the barriers of a bridge. He had severe head and abdominal injuries.

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