Crime briefs
Nov. 1, 2004 Uniontown
Woman cited
City police cited Tricia Crozier, 34, of East Craig Street for harassment, disorderly conduct and trespassing after an alleged dispute with her neighbor on Saturday.
Uniontown
Siding damaged
Lorna Warman of 43 E. Berkeley St. told city police someone struck her house with a round metal ball, causing a small hole in her vinyl siding sometime Saturday night. Damage is estimated at $100, police said.
Uniontown
Tire stolen
Penny Shipley of 18 Elwood St. told city police at 1:37 a.m. Sunday someone stole a tire and rim from her vehicle while it was parked across the street from her residence.
Uniontown
Man injured
City police said Brian Price, 31, of 455 Evans St. was taken to Uniontown Hospital for treatment of a small gunshot wound to a finger on his left hand after he allegedly shot himself by accident at 5:50 p.m. Saturday.
Price told police that he was putting his hand through his coat sleeve when he must have accidentally hit the trigger on his .38-caliber handgun, causing the injury.
Uniontown
Harassment reported
Gayle L. Gordon of 3 E. Craig St. told city police at 8:16 p.m. Saturday that she was harassed by a woman unknown to her.
Uniontown
Woman screaming
City police responded to a report of a woman screaming in the area of Kerr Street and North Gallatin Avenue at 9:50 p.m. Saturday.
Police said they found no one in trouble.
Uniontown
Warrant served
Calvin Lee Solomon, 31, was placed in the Fayette County Prison for a domestic bench warrant after city police initiated a traffic stop on Solomon along Connellsville Street at 12:20 a.m. Sunday.
Uniontown
Under investigation
City police said they are investigating alleged drug activity in the North Gallatin Avenue area as the result of a traffic interdiction at 1:35 a.m. Sunday. Police said no further details are available at this time.
Uniontown
Man charged
City police charged James R. Cullen, 21, of 105 Morgantown St. with simple assault after a domestic dispute around 3 a.m. Sunday.
Uniontown
Message received
A representative of National City Bank in Uniontown told city police a threatening message was left on the bank’s answering machine at 3:15 p.m. Friday.
Uniontown
Fountain chipped
City police discovered a 16-inch section of marble was chipped off the top of the retaining wall of the fountain located at the corner of Beeson Boulevard and East Main Street at 4:25 p.m. Friday.
Uniontown
Homes searched
City police searched two abandoned homes on Collins Avenue after receiving a report of four men dressed in black going into an abandoned house at 4:28 p.m. Friday. Police said both homes were vacant.
Uniontown
Report logged
Tiffany Blaho of 28 Evans St. told city police someone known to her was outside her home and refused to leave at 5:57 p.m. Friday.
UNIONTOWN
Charges to be filed
Charges are pending against a 22-year-old Locust Street man and an 18-year-old Carolina Avenue man after city police allegedly found a small amount of marijuana and crack cocaine in their possession during a traffic stop, which police initiated because the 22-year-old driver of the car allegedly ran a stop sign at the Barton Mill and Derrick Avenue intersection at 7:25 p.m. Friday.
UNIONTOWN
Theft reported
City police said someone stole a fuel pump from Frank’s Auto Supermarket located at 75 Beeson Blvd. at 7:37 p.m. Friday.
Police said a suspect approached the parts counter, received a fuel pump for a 1991 Ford Explorer, walked up to the cash register and ran out the door with the pump. Police said two employees of the business chased the man, but lost him on Fayette Street.
Police described a suspect as a white man, 6-foot-3-inches tall, weighing 200 pounds and wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans and a ball cap.
UNIONTOWN
Man cited
Donald Walters, 42, of 29 B Kerr St. was cited for public drunkenness and disorderly conduct after he allegedly attempted to break into Brian Fullem’s 121 E. Askren St. home at 9:17 p.m. Friday, city police said.
UNIONTOWN
Brick thrown
Joanna Duda of 68 Cleveland Ave. told city police someone threw a brick through the side bottom window of her home, causing $200 in damages sometime between 5 and 10 p.m. Friday.
FRANKLIN TWP.
Open lewdness
State police said a 19-year-old Waynesburg adult streaked across the Waynesburg High School football field around 9 p.m. Oct. 22. Police said the school district is handling the matter.
GEORGES TWP.
Woman transported
State police said Jennifer Lee, 22, of Masontown was transported by ambulance to Uniontown Hospital after the vehicle she was driving struck a utility pole on Smithfield-Masontown Road at 5 p.m. Friday.
SOUTH UNION TWP.
Man to be charged
State said a 22-year-old Uniontown man will be charged with criminal mischief after he allegedly punched and broke the windshield of a 1990 Honda Prelude belonging to Matthew P. Moore, 21, of Smithfield while it was parked at 770 Morgantown Road around 12:20 a.m. Friday.
SOUTH UNION TWP.
Accident logged
State police said Roberta Meese, 58, of Brownsville; Suzanna Gency, 46, of Carmichaels; and Stella Thot, 49, of Lake Lynn were involved in a three-car chain reaction accident on Route 21 at 4:39 p.m. Wednesday.
HENRY CLAY TWP.
Man apprehended
State police said Edward Duane Frazee, 23, faces numerous charges after allegedly leading police on a pursuit on Flat Rock and Clover Top roads at 3:53 a.m. Sunday. Troopers Craig Spisak, 35, and Antonio DeMarchi, 32, pursued Frazee’s Ford F-150 pickup when the vehicle left the roadway and drove into a field. The cruiser pursued, hitting a drop in elevation and striking the front bumper against the ground, but leaving the troopers uninjured.