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Uniontown Man stabbed

Lawrence Davis, 37, of 355 Cleveland Ave., Uniontown, told city police that he was stabbed in the arm Tuesday morning while he was walking along Markle Street. Officers were dispatched to Uniontown Hospital at 12:48 a.m., where Davis was being treated for a laceration to his left forearm.

He reported that he was walking home from Farraugut Street when two men approached him from behind and one of them stabbed him.

He said didn’t see either man and could not identify his attackers.

The incident is under investigation.

Uniontown

Fire reported

City police and the fire department responded to a fire that was started by a cigarette on the second floor of the Meadow Heights Apartment building at 7:20 p.m. Monday.

Police said manager Sheila Taylor reported that a building resident started the fire by throwing a cigarette into a trash can. No injuries or damages were reported.

The fire department ventilated the floor.

North Union Twp.

Accidental shooting

Elijah Luke Fry, no age given, accidentally shot himself in the thigh with a rifle at approximately 6 a.m. Dec. 4 when he was cleaning the gun in his 109 Beech St. home, state police in Uniontown said.

South Union Twp.

Burglary reported

An unlocked garage at 40 Barton Mill Road was entered Dec. 5 or 6 and numerous items were stolen from a car inside owned by Inez Friend, 77, state police said.

North Union Twp.

Man arrested

Henry L. Singleton, 43, of North Union Township, was arrested on burglary and terroristic threats charges for allegedly entering a home at 136 Varndell St. and threatening Emma E. Reaggle, 40, and Jane Bailey, 47, with a metal pipe at 9 p.m. Saturday, state police said.

North Union Twp.

One-vehicle accident

State police said a 17-year-old male from Lemont Furnace was not injured Sunday at 5:10 a.m. when he traveled into a ditch off Starlite Road, hit a tree and rolled his vehicle onto its roof.

He was not wearing a seat belt.

Georges Twp.

Vehicles collide

State police said Jimmy Lee Guthrie, 33, of Guthrie Road, Smithfield, and Carl Robin Swenglish, 45, of Swenglish Lane, Smithfield, were involved in an accident on Route 119 at Smithfield-Masontown Road at 6:52 a.m. Monday.

Nobody was injured, but both vehicles were towed from the scene. Both men were wearing seat belts, according to police.

Georges Twp.

Fight investigated

State police said they are investigating a fight outside of Bullfeather’s Bar in Haydentown at 10:25 p.m. Sunday. Both males reportedly involved fled before police arrived.

North Union Twp.

Minor injury

Wanda Harden, 29, of New Salem suffered a minor injury, but her car was severely damaged Sunday at 2:49 a.m. when she swerved to avoid a deer on Coolspring-Jumonville Road and hit a speed-limit sign and a tree along the roadside, state police said. She was not wearing a seat belt, police said.

North Union Twp.

Man arrested

Horace Lamb, 41, of Lumberton, N.C., was arrested on charges of public drunkenness, resisting arrest and misdemeanor disorderly conduct at 3:24 a.m. Nov. 30 when he was found asleep in his vehicle at the Exxon station on Route 51, state police said.

District Justice Michael Rubish committed Lamb to the Fayette County Prison on a $10,000 bond.

North Union Twp.

Charges filed

Harassment and public drunkenness citations were filed against Kevin Abrams, 22, of Dunbar after he allegedly pulled the hair of Robin Dean, 21, of Dunbar along Route 119 at 2:15 a.m. Sunday.

North Union Twp.

Car egged

State police said somebody hit a car owned by George Hlatky, 34, of Uniontown with about a dozen eggs between 3 and 7:50 p.m. Sunday at 529 Independence Ave.

South Union Twp.

Egging reported

Somebody egged a car owned by Colleen Rae Liston of Hiller at the Uniontown Mall at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, state police said.

Fairchance

Woman cited

Evelyn Jacobs, 45, of Uniontown was cited for criminal mischief for allegedly smashing numerous items against a cocktail table and damaging the table at 10:37 p.m. Sunday at 32 Deforest Ave., state police said. Rachel Hare, 19, of Fairchance was the victim.

South Union Twp.

Hit-and-run reported

State police said an unknown driver backed into a car owned by Beth Ann Stefanik of Fairchance in the Wal-Mart lot at 9:45 a.m. Dec. 4 and then fled.

Uniontown

Lawn mower stolen

Curtis McDowell of 319 Prospect St. told city police that he left his shed open for about 10 minutes Monday and his red Sears 6.5-horsepower mower was stolen. He reported the theft at 8:45 p.m.

Uniontown

Drills stolen

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