Law & Order
April 8, 2003 Uniontown
Tree down
Elizabeth Ann Jackson of 65 S. Mt. Vernon Ave. reported a tree down blocking her driveway Monday.
Uniontown
Man cited
City police cited a driver and passenger Monday following 1:15 a.m. traffic stop on Wayne Street. Police said Richard L. Ruffner and Ronald Harshman Jr., no age or addresses given, were cited for disorderly conduct.
Uniontown
Shots fired
Police are investigating a complaint by Mari McFadden of 33 W. Fayette St. of shots fired Monday at 2:12 a.m. Police said an alarm was activated at the A-Plus on Morgantown Street and glass was found in the parking lot.
Uniontown
Vehicle stolen
City police said a 1993 Ford Explorer, license plate number EPJ-6556, was stolen from Brier Wood Acres Monday at 2:16 a.m. The vehicle is light green in color and has the words “Pebbles” written across the doors.
Uniontown
Man cited
Police cited Brandon Mitchell of 66 Whiteman Street Sunday for disorderly conduct after they said he verbally assaulted Carleta Alene Deeds of 64 Lenox St. Police said Deeds and her nephew were walking on Lenox St. at about 2:13 p.m. when the verbal assault occurred.
Uniontown
Criminal mischief
Jennifer Davis of 120 Rear Walnut St. told police Sunday that someone broke two windows out of her Chevrolet Blazer sometime Saturday night.
Uniontown
Bicycle stolen
Clarabelle King, no age or address given, told police that someone took her son’s purple 20-inch bicycle with dice on the valve stem from in front of the Rite Aid on Connellsville Street Friday at about 7:22 p.m.
The bicycle is valued at about $100.
Uniontown
Man stabbed
Police said Timothy Palo of 76 Collins Ave. was stabbed with an ice pick and slashed with a utility knife by a black man wearing a red shirt, white T-shirt and black bushy hair on Friday at about 10:20 p.m. in his home.
Police said Palo was transported to Uniontown Hospital by Uniontown Firemen’s Ambulance where he was treated for a puncture wound to the right side of his chest, a laceration on the left side of his face and his back and a collapsed right lung.
Police said while they were in the emergency room at the hospital they discovered the black man, who was bitten by Palo’s Pit-Bull, during the incident.
No charges were filed Monday against the man, however, police said they are still investigating the incident.
Jefferson Twp.
Three-vehicle accident
State police said drivers Jeremy Bodkin, 31, of Morgantown, W.Va., Ralph Loring of New Geneva and Jeb Stewart of Waltersburg were involved in an accident Wednesday at 3:50 p.m. along Route 21 near Haver Hill Road.
Bodkin suffered a minor injury, while Loring and Stewart were taken to Greene County Memorial Hospital with moderate injuries, police said.
Uniontown
Items stolen
City police said a black woman in her 20s, about 5 feet, 5 inches tall, entered the Eckerd Drug Store at 575 Morgantown St. Friday at about 12:19 p.m. with a blue basket and took several DVD’s and a Kodak camera. Police said the woman escaped in a vehicle driven by a white female with a ponytail.
Wharton Twp.
Harassment
State police said that charges are pending against a Farmington woman who harassed a girl Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at a location along Dinner Bell-Five Forks Road. Police said the charges will be filed at the office of District Justice Wendy Dennis.
Franklin Twp.
Woman charged
State police said Donna M. Eddy-Thomas, 26, of Waynesburg was charged with theft after she took money she received as payments while working as a receptionist at Waynesburg Family Medicine between January 2002 and January 2003.
Police said the charges against Eddy-Thomas were filed at the office of District Justice Neil Canan, who arraigned her following her arrest.
Police said Eddy-Thomas was released on bond and awaits a preliminary hearing.
Cumberland Twp.
Burglary
State police said someone cut the fence at the Crucible Sewage Treatment Plant sometime between 12 and 2 a.m. Saturday.
Police said the building at the plant was entered, parts were moved and the control panels were damaged.
Anyone with information about the incident should call state police at Waynesburg at 724-627-6151.
Connellsville
Criminal mischief
State police said someone broke the front door of Valley Fuel Oil sometime between 8 p.m. Saturday and 7 a.m. Monday. Police said nothing was removed from the business.
Rices Landing
Park vandalized
State police said someone spray painted several items at Rices Landing Community Park Tuesday at around 4 p.m.
Jefferson
Man threatened
Scott Andrew Guthrie, 30, of Jefferson told state police a 22-year-old Clarksville man threatened him at a residence at 132 Elizabeth St. Wednesday at 10:40 p.m.
Cumberland Twp.
Man cited
Joseph Gudac III, 43, of Carmichaels was cited for public drunkenness after he was found Sunday at 5:17 a.m. in front of a residence along Crucible Road. Police said the citation was filed at the office of District Justice Lee Watson.
Franklin Twp.
Public drunkenness
State police at Waynesburg said Anthony Michael Dunleavy, 41, was cited for public drunkenness after he was found walking along the Freedom Bridge Thursday at 3:40 a.m. The citation was issued at the office of District Justice Neil Canan, police said.
Jefferson Twp.
Items taken
Hubert White of Waynesburg told police someone entered his shed along Route 21 and removed several items between 4 p.m. March 31 and 1:30 p.m. April 1.
East Huntingdon Twp.
Theft
Michael D. Pizzola of Scottdale told state police money and a credit card were taken from his gym bag while it was in the men’s locker room at the Mount Pleasant YMCA sometime between 12:30 and 1:30 p.m. Saturday.