Law & Order
Uniontown Holiday travel
State police are urging motorists to use common sense during holiday travel.
Troopers will be watching for speeders, aggressive and drunk drivers during the Christmas and New Year’s holiday driving periods, police said.
During the Christmas 2002 driving period, five people were killed and 231 injured in 901 crashes investigated by state police, according to a state police press release. During last year’s New Year’s driving period, three people were killed and 132 were injured in 360 crashes to which troopers responded.
Slow down, buckle up and don’t drink and drive, police urged.
Uniontown
Police advisory
State police and the Office of the State Fire Commissioner are advising business owners to deny anyone admittance to their premises unless the person’s identity and the purpose of the visit can be verified.
State police said they have received information that persons identified as Pennsylvania Fire Prevention Control Board (PFPCB) field agents have been visiting businesses in western Pennsylvania and “conducting expositions” to promote fire safety.
According to the state police, insurance agents for several of the businesses have received bills for the expositions and other services.
Police said they are “not claiming wrongdoing on the part of PFPCB, but they want businesses to know that PFPCB agents have no affiliation with state police, the Office of the State Fire Commissioner, the State Fire Marshall’s Office or any Commonwealth of Pennsylvania agency.”
The PFPCB is a private company based in Sewickley, police said.
Luzerne Twp.
Vehicle accident
According to state police, a car driven by Christopher Bentz of Grindstone sustained moderate damage after striking a utility pole on Columbia Street at 2:25 p.m. Wednesday. Bentz and passengers Justin Hess of Republic, Peter Metts Jr. of Brownsville and Ryan Boger of Brownsville were not injured, police said.
Perryopolis
Two cited
State police said Kimberly Olinzock, 39, of Perryopolis and Martin Harger, 45, of Newell were cited for harassment at 6:35 a.m. Saturday.
Luzerne Twp.
Door stolen
Roy Engle of Waynesburg told state police someone stole a door from his apartment Thursday or Friday.
California
Man charged
According to state police, Steve Adams, 56, a homeless man, was charged with resisting arrest, public drunkenness, disorderly conduct and criminal trespass at 12:27 p.m. Saturday.
Perryopolis
Two cited
State police cited Kimberly Olinzock, 39, of Perryopolis and Martin Harger, 45, of Newell for harassment after an altercation at a Washington Mill residence around 6:35 a.m. Saturday.
Perry Twp.
Man sought
State police said a man entered four vehicles in the parking lot of Mount Morris Auto Sales and Towing along Buchannon Street around 11:30 p.m. Dec. 13. He stole change out of two vehicles and attempted to start a third, and police found him rummaging through the glove box inside a fourth.
Police said the suspect then fled the scene, running toward Roush Motors, Mount Morris Road, where the side door to the garage was knocked open, the hasp to the door damaged, the window to the office opened and the keys to a Pontiac Grand Am missing.
South Union Twp.
Window shot
State police said someone shot out a glass window at Heidi Talbert’s 15 Woodlawn St. residence between 10 p.m. Wednesday and 3:30 p.m. Friday.
Jefferson Twp.
Two injured
Contoure Sue Trbovich, 55, of Clarksville and Gregory Herbert Orris, 41, of West Brownsville were injured in a two-vehicle crash along Route 88 around 7:50 a.m. Friday, state police said.
Police said Orris’ passenger, 53-year-old Joanne Orris, was not injured but was taken to medical facilities along with Orris and Trbovich. Rices Landing Borough and EMS Southwest assisted at the scene.
Franklin Twp.
Wallet taken
Cynthia Curtis of Rices Landing told state police her wallet was stolen from her purse when she went to lunch between noon and 12:30 p.m. Wednesday. Curtis told police she left her purse in the copy room at Waynesburg Central High School.
Cumberland Twp.
No one injured
State police said neither Helen Preston, 44, of Carmichaels nor Kenneth Ross, 53, of Brownsville was injured in a two-vehicle accident along Route 21 at the Route 88 intersection around 11:15 a.m. Thursday.
Whiteley Twp.
Equipment stolen
Someone entered the RAG/Cumberland mine equipment storage area inside a fence along Kirby Road and stole components from a miner and a shuttle car between 8 am. Nov. 24 and 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, state police said. The theft totaled around $54,000 in replacement costs and repairs, police said. Anyone with information is asked to call state police at 724-627-6151.
West Brownsville
Charges pending
State police said DUI charges are pending against a Brownsville man after the car he was driving on a legislative route ran over a guardrail at 2:25 a.m. Sunday. The man was not injured and was taken to Brownsville Hospital for a blood test, police said.
South Union Twp.
Man arrested
State police arrested a 19-year-old Rices Landing man after police stopped him around 11:10 p.m. Thursday for an incident that occurred in the McDonald’s parking lot off Route 21 when the man allegedly gave a false name to law enforcement on three occasions.