Law & Order
June 11, 2003 Uniontown
Drug arrests
Jaime Cordova, 24, of Philadelphia and Jodie L. Guthrie, 18, of 182 Big Six Road, Smithfield, were arrested on drug charges and Kahalies K. Lewis, 22, of 133 Lemon Wood Acres on a warrant from state police following a 12:25 a.m. Tuesday traffic stop on North Gallatin Avenue, city police said.
Following the traffic stop in which Guthrie was driving, a bag of suspected cocaine was found in her purse and Cordova had a bag containing nine wrapped pieces of suspected crack cocaine in his pants, police said. Police said field tests showed the suspected drugs were cocaine.
Cordova was charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession with intent to deliver. He was arraigned by District Justice Brenda Cavalcante and committed to the Fayette County Prison in lieu of $2,500 cash bail.
Guthrie was charged with possession of a controlled substance and released on $2,500 unsecured bail. Lewis was turned over to state police.
Springfield Twp.
Man arrested
Scott Sines of Dry Hill Road, Connellsville, was arrested Monday on a burglary warrant following an unrelated incident, which remains under investigation. State police in Uniontown said he contacted relatives around 9:35 p.m. and told them he had been shot at a home at 480 Hampton Road, where he was visiting. The relatives called police and several troopers responded.
Police said Sines was not shot, but reported that he got into an argument with four or five people and two of them pointed shotguns at him. He told police they fled when he went into the residence to get a gun. Police said Sines was arraigned on the burglary warrant, which was pending from state police in Belle Vernon, and was committed to the Fayette County Prison in lieu of a $25,000 percentage bond.
Uniontown
Warrant arrest
Robert Foster, 20, of 79 Murray Ave. was arrested on a warrant for violating parole 7 p.m. Monday at 54 North St., city police said.
Bullskin Twp.
Son arrested
William Greenawalt, 21, of Mount Pleasant was charged with simple assault for allegedly punching his father, David Greenawalt Sr., 50, of Mount Pleasant twice in the eye at 1:45 a.m. Sunday along Center Avenue in the Laurel View Trailer Court, state police said. He was arraigned and released on $5,000 unsecured bond.
Luzerne Twp.
Driver injured
State police in Belle Vernon said Anthony Lint, 41, of Labelle suffered moderate injuries and was flown to UPMC Hospital in Pittsburgh after the car he was driving struck a house at the corner of Maxwell Avenue and First Street in Maxwell Sunday at noon. The concrete block foundation of the house was damaged.
North Union Twp.
Two cited
Harassment citations were filed against Corinne Eley and Brent McClee, both of Lemon Wood Acres, for allegedly fighting in the housing project at 2 a.m. Monday, state police said.
California
Report released
During the month of May California police patrolled 4,384 miles and received 279 calls for service, including two assist other departments, seven escorts, eight alarm activation and 11 motorist assists. Police made four criminal arrests, including three thefts and one receiving stolen property.
Police issued nine summary citations, including one each of public drunkenness, scattering rubbish and junk vehicles and six disorderly conducts.
Police issued 129 parking tickets, 756 meter tickets and 125 parking violations, including 51 private lot, 39 where prohibited, 12 left wheel to the curb, eight out of stall, seven handicap, three seeded area, two each of blocking alleyway and blocking driveway and one too close to stop sign.
German Twp.
Burglary reported
A 20-inch TV and a video game unit were stolen from Christopher Harris’s home on First Street in Footedale between 4:30 and 5:15 p.m. Monday, state police said.
Uniontown
Window broken
A rock was thrown through a window on Timothy Paul Shoaf’s car along South Mount Vernon Avenue at 12:51 a.m. Tuesday, city police said.
Luzerne Twp.
Police issue report
Luzerne Township police released the following activity report for the month May. Police handled one each of animal cruelty, assist EMS, assist code officer, child custody dispute, disabled vehicle, disorderly conduct, illegal burning, parking complaint, property dispute, recovered stolen ATV, trespasser, ungovernable juvenile; two each of assaults, assist mental health, criminal mischief, DUI arrests, firearms violation, reckless endangering, terroristic threats, traffic accidents, unauthorized use of vehicle; three ATV complaints; four each of assist Brownsville police, assist other police departments, domestic disputes, harassment, vehicles towed, five assist Redstone police, 13 miscellaneous calls or complaints. Police patrolled 1,335 miles.
Connellsville
Charges filed
Police have filed charges against the following individuals in unrelated incidents:
Clayton L. Liston, 52, of 107 1/2 W. Apple St. and Jeffrey Miller, 22, of 109 Gibson Terrace with disorderly conduct after they were allegedly found by police pushing and shoving one another during a Monday incident at Gibson Terrace. Liston was additionally charged with public drunkenness.
Kenneth D. Shultz, 52, of 104 E. End Road, for public drunkenness after he was allegedly found in an intoxicated condition along Memorial Boulevard on Sunday.
Pittsburgh
Indictment issued
A federal grand jury in Pittsburgh indicted Jill Janesko, 42, of Smithfield on Tuesday on charges of bank embezzlement, making false statements on a loan application and unauthorized use of an access device, according to U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan.
Janesko, employed as a teller at the Cherry Tree branch office of National City Bank in Uniontown, allegedly made three unauthorized withdrawals from a personal checking account.
The report from Buchanan’s office also said that Janesko falsely used the name and Social Security number of another person without authorization to apply for an unsecured loan.
In addition, the report states, Janesko allegedly used a National City Visa credit card, in another person’s name, to obtain money, goods and services in excess of $1,000.
According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul E. Hull, the law provides for a maximum total sentence of 43 years and a fine of $1.55 million.
Pittsburgh
Two indicted
A federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on Tuesday indicted two Brownsville residents on charges of mail fraud, wire fraud and major fraud against the government, according to U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan.
The 29-count indictment was returned against Lawrence McGeehan, 51, of 124 Lynn Road and Kathleen Haluska, 51, of 128 Lynn Road.
The indictment is the second against McGeehan and Haluska and reiterates earlier charges and adds the major fraud charge.
According to the report issued by Buchanan’s office, McGeehan and Haluska, as president and vice president of the Ben Franklin Technology Center (BFTC), a non-profit corporation that administered contracts for the state and the U.S. Navy, violated their duties and caused the corporation to violate its duty of honest service to the Navy.
The report said that the two had the BFTC pay exorbitant expenditures and then attempted to get the Navy and the state to increase the corporation’s budget to cover the expenses.
The report said that McGeehan and Haluska also diverted $1.4 million allocated to the Navy for national defense projects to unauthorized expenditures.
Springfield Twp.
Women cited
Christine Lynn Dillinger of Normalville and Catherine Aileen Lork of Mill Run were cited for harassment for allegedly fighting in Miller’s Grocery store’s parking lot at 7:30 p.m. Monday, state police said.