These items have been collected from various police departments.

[naviga:h2]Butler Police[/naviga:h2]

12:47 a.m. Monday — Jason W. Harvey, 31, was arrested after he allegedly assaulted his wife, 25-year-old Angela Harvey, during a domestic dispute at their home on Knox Avenue.

Police said the victim told officers that her husband threw a drink on her and struck her in the face. He also is accused of pinning her to the floor by her hair. The police report noted that the alleged victim had no visible injuries.

Harvey, who was gone by the time police got to the home, later turned himself in at the police station. He was arraigned on a charge of simple assault and placed in the Butler County Prison on $2,000 bail.

Monday — Police obtained an arrest warrant for John Wayne Thoma, 30, no known address, who is accused of a weekend break-in at an apartment in the 500 block of North Washington Street.

Officers were called about 7:15 p.m. Sunday for the reported burglary during which an Xbox video game console and a Nintendo 3DS portable game console were stolen. Several video games and other property also were taken.

The owner told police that Thoma had recently been staying at her apartment until about a week ago. A neighbor told police that she saw the defendant enter the victim’s apartment about 4:30 p.m. when no one was home.

Thoma is charged with burglary and theft.

[naviga:h2]Butler Twp Police[/naviga:h2]

Monday — Darrin J. Dibiccaro, 46, of Butler was charged with being more than double the legal limit for alcohol last month when he nearly collided head-on with a police cruiser conducting a roving DUI patrol on Fairground Hill Road near Butler High School.

Police said Dibiccaro’s pickup truck was traveling about 1:44 a.m. March 19 when it narrowly missed hitting the patrol car. The officer stopped the truck and detected a “potent odor” of alcohol coming from the truck, according to court documents.

The defendant, who admitted he had been drinking, was arrested after failing field sobriety tests. He was taken to Butler Memorial Hospital for a blood test. Toxicology results, documents said, showed his blood-alcohol level was 0.196 percent. In Pennsylvania, a level of 0.08 percent is considered intoxicated.

Dibiccaro is charged with driving under the influence and careless driving.

Monday — Janet M. Petroci, 70, of Butler Township was arrested on a felony shoplifting charge in connection with an incident last month at the Butler Commons’ Walmart.

Petroci is accused of failing to pay for six items valued at a combined $47.07 about 3:50 p.m. March 26 when she used the store’s self checkout, court documents said.

The defendant, who has three prior shoplifting convictions, was arraigned on a felony count of retail theft. She was released on her own recognizance following arraignment.

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March 29 — Kyle J. Willis, 43, of Slippery Rock was charged with being more than 2½ times the legal limit for alcohol last week when he was pulled over on South Main Street. Police said they stopped his car about 1 a.m. March 26 for first seeing it had a burned out head light.

Police said they smelled alcohol on Willis’ breath. He told the officers, “I’m not going to lie. I had a couple,” according to court documents. He admitted he had been drinking at a local bar.

Later, while unable to keep his balance during a field sobriety test, he told the officer, “I’m (expletive). You got me.”

A breath test subsequently showed his blood-alcohol level was 0.229 percent. A level of 0.08 percent is considered intoxicated under state law.

Willis is charged with driving under the influence, disregarding traffic lanes and the lighting violation.

March 29 — A New York man was charged with drugged driving stemming from a February traffic stop on Elm Street. Philip J. Ferrara, 21, of Monroe was pulled over about 10:25 p.m. Feb. 11, police said, for not using his turn signals.

Ferrara, who appeared to be impaired on drugs, according to court documents, admitted he had smoked marijuana within the past 24 hours.

In the car’s glove box, police found a small bag of marijuana.

The defendant was taken to Grove City Medical Center for a blood test, documents said, which subsequently confirmed he had marijuana in his system.

In addition to driving under the influence of a controlled substance, Ferrara is charged with failing to use turn signals and disorderly conduct.

[naviga:h2]State Police, Butler[/naviga:h2]

6:31 p.m. Monday — James M. Keeling, 49, was arrested after he allegedly assaulted his wife and threatened her with a handgun during a domestic dispute at his home in the 500 block of North Main Street in Chicora.

The victim, Kimberly Keeling, told police that she and the defendant are going through a divorce, according to court documents. She said when she came to the house to see him, they started to argue.

Keeling is accused of pushing his wife down and shoving her into a wall, “causing a large hole in the drywall,” documents said. He also allegedly shoved her through the basement door.

Kimberly Keeling said that when she ran down the steps, her husband “grabbed a gun from his truck and pointed it at her.” She ran out of the garage and went to a neighbor’s house to seek help.

She suffered minor injuries including redness to her chest and right arm.

Police arrested Keeling at his home and seized the gun from the center console of his truck in the garage.

Keeling was arraigned on charges of terroristic threats, simple assault and harassment. He was placed in the Butler County Prison on $5,000 bail following arraignment.

Thursday — Marcus Allen Wells, 23, of Pittsburgh was charged with three felonies in connection with the January theft of a motorcycle in Butler. The charges followed an investigation by the police Western Regional Auto Theft Task Force.

Wells is accused of breaking into a detached garage at a home in the 200 block of West New Castle Street on or about Jan. 15 and taking the 2001 Yamaha YFZ450 cycle, valued at $2,500.

Butler police initially investigated the case before advising state police of the vehicle’s whereabouts at Wells’ home in Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood section. Troopers on Jan. 24 recovered the allegedly stolen cycle at the defendant’s house.

During an interview, according to court documents, Wells at first denied wrongdoing and claimed he bought the vehicle for $200. Later, however, he “confessed to the burglary and theft of the motorcycle,” a police affidavit said.

He is charged with burglary, theft and receiving stolen property.