Law & Order
June 5, 2003 Connellsville
Charges filed
Police have filed charges against the following individuals in unrelated matters:
– Terry A. Crow, 25, of 109 Haas Ave. and Edward T. Addis, 24, of 508 Narrows Road for public drunkenness after they were allegedly found May 31 in an intoxicated condition along South Pittsburgh Street.
– Daniel Lee Swope, 24, of 107 Gibson Terrace for public drunkenness after he was allegedly found May 30 in an intoxicated condition along South Arch Street.
– Edwin J. Parkinson, 21, of 612 S. Pittsburgh St. for public drunkenness after he was allegedly found in an intoxicated condition on May 31 in the 1100 block of South Arch Street.
South Connellsville
Dryer fire
South Connellsville Volunteer Fire Co. responded to the residence at 1403 Vine St. on Wednesday after a neighbor reported seeing smoke coming from the structure.
According to Assistant Chief Scot Sage, a faulty clothes dryer caused the 11:06 a.m. fire that was confined to the utility area.
Micky and Jodi Ardabell own the home. No one was in the residence at the time of the fire.
In addition to the South Connellsville fire and police personnel, DL&V and Morrell fire departments, along with Fayette EMS and Connellsville City police responded to the scene.
German Twp.
Criminal mischief
The windows of a vehicle on Wall Street in Edenborn were broken with a cinder block between midnight and 1:10 a.m. Wednesday, state police said.
The owner of the Nissan sedan is Dale Pollard of McClellandtown.
Springfield Twp.
One-vehicle accident
No injuries were reported in a one-vehicle accident on Mill Run Road at 5:35 p.m. Tuesday, state police said.
A 1989 Dodge Daytona driven by Lea Ann Daniels, 20, was traveling on the road when she lost control and struck a utility pole.
Neither Daniels nor her six passengers were injured.
Stewart Twp.
Public drunkenness
Three people were taken into custody following an incident on Route 381 at 10 p.m. Sunday, state police said.
Thomas David Seal, of Bruceton Mills, W.Va., and Kimberly Blockston of Greenwood, Del., were taken into custody for public drunkenness and Frederick Martin Price of Tunnelston, W.Va., was taken into custody for an outstanding warrant, police said.
Speers
Hit-and-run accident
No injuries were reported in a hit-and-run accident on Interstate 70 eastbound at 1:30 a.m. Monday, state police at Belle Vernon said.
An unidentified vehicle was traveling in the right lane and passing a vehicle driven by Kewei Yu of West Haven, Conn., when the unidentified vehicle changed lanes and struck Yu’s vehicle and then continued east.
Yu’s vehicle sustained moderate damage, police said.
Uniontown
Theft by deception
City police are investigating an incident in which two men fraudulently obtained money from the Big Lots store on Morgantown Street at 3:11 p.m. Tuesday.
Security employee Joe Greco told police that two males in their 50s asked to return items without a sales slip. Greco told police that after the manager approved the men’s request, the men went to the rear of the store and picked up two comforter sets and a bedspread set and redeemed them for cash.
Uniontown
Vehicle stolen
A maroon 1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme was taken from the front of a home on John Street between 7 and 10 p.m. Tuesday, city police said.
The two-door vehicle, which has a hard top, has the license plate number FDK 8130. It also has a T-Tag window sticker and a AAA sticker on the trunk. The owner is Thomas Crawford.
Uniontown
Arrest warrant issued
City police issued an arrest warrant Tuesday for Shawn Lamont Brown, 32, of Uniontown for charges of false reports to police and intimidation of a witness for an incident that occurred last month.
Detective Phillip W. Jones said that on May 17 Brown allegedly intimidated a juvenile female into saying that she was raped and then report the incident to police. An investigation revealed that the female was not raped or sexually abused, Jones said.
Uniontown
Window broken
Dolores Thomas of Walnut Street reported to city police at 6:53 p.m. Tuesday that her front window was broken for a second time.
South Union Twp.
One injured
State police said one woman was injured when a car and sport utility vehicle collided Wednesday night along Walnut Hill Road on the bridge just before the intersection with Wiggins Lane. The woman was flown from the scene by emergency helicopter but information was not immediately available on the extent of her injures and the hospital where she was taken for treatment. Police said one vehicle was traveling north and the other south when they collided at 9:16 p.m. South Union Township Volunteer Fire Department directed traffic away from the scene of the accident and onto Farm Road.