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Crime & Courts
The following items have been collected from various police departments and district courts: Middlesex Twp March 16 — Kristen Ellen Lutzic, 51, of Valencia, was charged w...
April 01, 2026 Local News
A Bruin man facing trial for statutory sexual assault was charged with intimidating witnesses after police said he offered his daughter money on multiple occasions to att...
March 31, 2026 Local News
A Butler County Common Pleas Court judge will render a verdict following a bench trial Tuesday, March 31, for a Cranberry Township man charged with crashing into a neighb...
March 31, 2026 Crime & Courts
Police: 22 bricks of heroin, 13 firearms, grenade, mortar found in search
March 31, 2026 Local News
The attorney defending former Butler Area School board member William Halle against charges alleging he had a sexual relationship in 2023 with a 17-year-old girl who work...
March 31, 2026 Local News
A Butler woman is charged with tampering with evidence after she removed a dead man’s cellphone from a crime scene in Westmoreland County. Cheryl Anne Warner, 35, was ch...
March 30, 2026 Local News
A Lyndora man was charged last week with administering drugs that resulted in a woman’s death in 2025, Butler police said. Matthew Richard Tolley, 40, is facing the charg...
March 30, 2026 Local News
A Butler man is charged with statutory sexual assault after Butler police said he had sexual intercourse with a juvenile. Keyon David Franklin, 21, was charged Friday, M...
March 30, 2026 Local News
CRANBERRY TWP — The defense for a mechanic charged with deceptive business practices in multiple cases argued the proceedings should be civil matters, not criminal. Keit...
March 27, 2026 Local News
A Hilliards man was sentenced to five years of probation Thursday in Butler County Common Pleas Court. Patrick J. Butcherine, 40, faced charges stemming from a string of ...
March 27, 2026 Crime & Courts
A Butler man was sentenced Thursday in Butler County Common Pleas Court after pleading guilty to assaulting his former girlfriend in her Penn Township home in September 2...
March 27, 2026 Local News
One of two Erie County men charged with the theft of guns valued at more than $50,000 from a Cranberry Township residence in March 2025 was sentenced to probation. Mathew...
March 27, 2026 Local News
A Butler man was sentenced to prison Thursday in Butler County Common Pleas Court after pleading guilty to assaulting a Butler police officer in August. Valerian A. Dec, ...
March 27, 2026 Crime & Courts
A Butler Township couple was sentenced to probation Thursday in Butler County Common Pleas Court after pleading guilty to endangering the welfare of children. Joshua C. R...
March 27, 2026 Local News
An Ohio man is accused of stealing credit and debit cards from a locker in Planet Fitness in Cranberry Township. Anthony Christian, 45, of Canal Winchester, Ohio, was cha...
March 26, 2026 Local News
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