These items have been collected from various police departments.

[naviga:h3]Butler Police[/naviga:h3]

8:20 p.m. Friday — Sara Lee McCollums, 20, of Clay Township allegedly tried to stiff a cabbie out of an $84.50 fare. She also is accused of taking the hack’s cell phone charger.

Police said the victim, who drives a taxi for a Pittsburgh company, notified authorities after he provided McCollums with a ride to West Brady Street. The defendant made off with the driver’s phone charger, valued at $19.45, and never paid the fare.

She is charged with theft of services and theft from a vehicle.

6:17 p.m. Friday — Robert C. Best, 30, of Lyndora was caught with suspected drugs and other contraband after police found him face down on a bench in front of a store on North Main Street.

Best appeared to be “highly intoxicated” and began to “moan and squirm” when an officer approached him, according to court documents.

Police searched him and found two stamp bags and one empty bag of suspected heroin or fentanyl, a Suboxone strip and tablet, a used syringe and a spoon.

Best is charged with possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia, and public drunkenness.

[naviga:h3]Penn Twp Police[/naviga:h3]

6:09 p.m. July 4 — David B. Metz Jr., 40, of Penn Township was arrested for drugged driving on South Trail near North Trail following a call for a reported reckless driver.

The call initially came in to Adams Township police for a U-Haul truck that had struck trees and nearly struck five or six vehicles head-on while traveling on the wrong side of the road northbound toward Middlesex and Penn townships.

The 911 caller followed the truck onto Monroe Road in Penn Township and then onto North Trail, a residential plan frequented by children and pedestrians, according to court documents.

A Middlesex Township police officer stopped Metz, but not before his truck struck a culvert and nearly hit at least two mailboxes and a garbage can.

A Penn Township officer arrived and spoke to Metz, who appeared impaired, documents said. He subsequently failed field sobriety tests and was taken to Butler Memorial Hospital for a blood test.

Metz denied drinking alcohol but admitted using prescription medication, documents said. He told police he had taken six pills of Librium, a sedative, throughout the day. Police are awaiting toxicology reports.

In addition to driving under the influence of a controlled substance, he is charged with reckless endangerment, driving with a suspended license, careless driving and disregarding traffic lanes.

June 28 — Andrew J. Walagura, 34, of Butler was charged with having heroin and other drug contraband during a traffic stop more than a week earlier on Route 8 at Diehl Automotive.

Police said they stopped Walagura about 3:35 p.m. June 17 after they saw his van cross the fog line and nearly hit a guardrail. They eventually learned that his license was suspended.

He was searched and found with 25 stamp bags of suspected heroin on him, according to court documents. A search of the van turned up 20 stamp bags and four empty bags of suspected heroin, three syringes, a spoon and a crack pipe.

Walagura was arraigned June 28 on misdemeanor charges of possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia. He also was cited for driving with a suspended license.

Police in an unrelated case arrested Walagura about 3:10 p.m. June 15 after he allegedly threatened his mother during an altercation at her home on Renfrew Road.

He is charged in that case with terroristic threats and harassment.

[naviga:h3]Butler County Drug Task Force[/naviga:h3]

Tuesday — Joseph C. Brothers, 49, of Butler was arrested in connection with a 2016 drug investigation. Brothers is accused of selling eight stamp bags of heroin to an undercover officer Oct. 10 on East Brady Street.

The defendant was arraigned on felony charges of delivery of a controlled substance and possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, and a misdemeanor charge of possession of a controlled substance. Bail in the case was set at $25,000.

Following arraignment, Brothers was returned to the Butler County Prison where he’s been held on $50,000 bail since his arrest Saturday on charges he held up a Butler store clerk at knife-point.

[naviga:h3]State Police, Butler[/naviga:h3]

8 p.m. June 30 — Nathan E. Mechling, 33, was arrested after he allegedly slapped his 4-year-old son in the face at his home on Everest Lane Summit Township.

Police were called to the home and found the child had bruising, about eight inches long, on his right temple, according to court documents. When police asked him about his injury, the boy replied, “Dad slapped me in the face.”

Mechling told police that the boy was misbehaving and he struck him with an open left hand, documents said.

The defendant was arraigned on charges of simple assault and harassment.

Mechling remains free on his own recognizance under the condition that he have no contact with the child and that he complies with all instructions handed down by Butler County and Youth Services, which was advised of the incident.

According to the release condition, he is living at his parents’ house in the Parker area.

10:49 p.m. June 25 — Daniel J. Slater, 30, of Jefferson Township was arrested for drunken driving after his car crashed in Clinton Township. Police said his 1995 Chrysler LeBaron broke apart in two pieces after it slammed into a pair of trees along Knoch Road just south of Lois Lane.

The investigating trooper said he smelled alcohol on Slater’s breath and the suspect also showed signs of intoxication, according to court documents. He admitted drinking before driving that night.

Slater subsequently tested positive for alcohol on a portable breath test device; however, he refused to take a formal breath test at the barracks.

He is charged with driving under the influence, driving on the wrong side of the road, disregarding traffic lanes, driving at an unsafe speed, careless driving, reckless driving and not wearing a seat belt.

[naviga:h3]State Police, Punxsutawney[/naviga:h3]

Monday — The state police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement cited the White Star Fraternal Society on Shuster Drive in Buffalo Township for violating the state liquor law by allegedly selling games of chance after its small games of chance license expired Nov. 26, and was not renewed.

Additionally, the business is accused of failing to maintain complete and accurate records concerning the operation of small games of chance, and failing to maintain records in compliance with the Liquor Code.

The alleged violations occurred between July 1, 2016, and April 12.

An administrative law judge will hear the case.