South Union Twp.
Fight reported Holly Ann Fordyce, 19, of Uniontown and Robert Elton Welsh III, 22, of Hopwood were cited for harassment, while Fordyce was also cited for criminal trespass and criminal mischief following an altercation at a Redstone Furnace Road apartment in Hopwood at 3:33 p.m. Sunday, state police said.
South Union Twp.
Burglary reported
Someone stole a safe and a push dolly and damaged property after breaking into the Dollar Tree at Cherry Tree Square sometime between 9:15 p.m. July 23 and 10:20 a.m. July 24, state police said.
South Union Twp.
Man jailed
Randy Wade Dimpfl, 35, of Baltimore, Md., was recommitted to the Fayette County Prison after Wal-Mart video surveillance archives showed Dimpfl attempting to steal from the store a second time after he was arrested for a similar crime on Thursday, state police said. Police said Dimpfl was arrested and arraigned on a second set of criminal attempt/retail theft charges before Magisterial District Judge Lawrence Blair who set Dimpfl’s bail at $50,000 straight cash. The bail requirement was not met, and Dimpfl was recommitted to the prison. The investigation continues, police added.
Dunbar Twp.
Man cited
State police cited Michael A. Capan, 18, of 476 Coolspring-Jumonville Road, Hopwood, for public drunkenness and underage drinking at the Fayette County Fairgrounds at 9:41 p.m. Friday.
South Union Twp.
One injured
Margaret Hixson, 84, of Republic was injured as the 2000 Chevrolet she rode in struck a 2002 Ford Ranger driven by Kenneth B. Dangerfield, 19, of Morgantown, W.Va., in the center turning lane of Route 21 near Monroe Muffler at 4:19 p.m. Friday, state police said. Dangerfield and the driver of the vehicle in which Hixson rode, Thomas Eadie, 38, of Fairbank, were not injured in the accident, police said. Police said Hixson and Eadie were not wearing seat belts at the time of the accident, while Dangerfield was.
Uniontown
Windows broken
Donald L. Swaney of 25 Ben Lomond St. told city police vandals used a BB gun to break the windows in his 1989 Chevrolet Camaro overnight on Saturday. Damage to the vehicle is estimated at $100, police said. There are no suspects in the case at this time, police said.
Uniontown
Theft reported
Debbie Taylor of 224 Morgantown St. told city police that over Saturday night, someone removed $100 in tools, two compact discs and about $10 in cash as well as her driver’s license and Social Security card from her vehicle.
Uniontown
Dog stolen
City police said someone stole a pit bull named Prime from the rear yard of Melody Lee Biserd’s 81 Collins Ave. residence sometime overnight on Saturday.
Biserd told police Prime was a gray 2-year-old female pit bull with blue eyes and wearing a blue collar.
Uniontown
Woman cited
Theresa Marie Rowan-Brown of 233 Crossland Ave. was cited for public drunkenness after city police discovered her reportedly intoxicated and sitting on a bench in Marshall Park at 9:50 a.m. Sunday.
Uniontown
Burglary reported
Crystal Bishop told city police a 27-inch RCA television, a DVD player, a 13-inch television and various videotapes were stolen from her mother’s home at 24 Pershing Court sometime between 6 p.m. Friday and noon on Saturday.
Police said the suspects gained entry through a back upstairs horizontal sliding window found to be open, and exited the home through the rear patio door, also discovered to be open.
Uniontown
Charges to be filed
City police said charges of simple assault and harassment will be filed against a Varndell Street woman who allegedly verbally threatened and used a tire iron to physically threaten Uniontown resident Tammy Price and Price’s children while they sat in a vehicle at the intersection of Collins and Clark streets at 2:39 p.m. Friday.
The woman allegedly swung the tire iron through the driver’s side rear window of Price’s car, striking the driver’s side passenger, 10-year-old Charles Price Jr., in the back of the head, according to police. Police said the child had a knot on his head and was taken to the Uniontown Hospital for treatment.
Two-year-old Carter Price and 12-year-old Tiffany Price were also occupants in the vehicle at the time of the incident. No one else was injured in the incident, police said.
Police noted that the woman allegedly made a spontaneous statement at 3:25 p.m. that she never hit her child with a tire iron after police confronted her about the incident regarding Price. The investigation continues, police said.
Uniontown
Tires punctured
Leno Evangelista of 85 Lincoln St. told city police someone punctured the front tires on his Ford Ranger pickup truck sometime overnight on Friday. Tires on the neighbors’ cars were also damaged, police said. No suspects were available, police said.
Uniontown
Man cited
City police cited 63-year-old homeless man Earl N. Moorman for theft, receiving stolen property, public drunkenness and disorderly conduct after he allegedly broke a parking meter in Marshall Park and was found sleeping in the park around 9 a.m. Friday. Police said a large amount of quarters were found in a pocket in Moorman’s backpack. Moorman was arraigned before Magisterial District Judge Mark Blair and lodged in the Fayette County Prison in lieu of a $5,000 straight cash bond. Police said Moorman had pending warrants for citations issued by other city police officers.
Uniontown
Juvenile cited
City police cited a 15-year-old Milton Street boy for disorderly conduct after he allegedly stole two bottles of pop from the Mid-Town Foodland along West Fayette Street around 9 p.m. Friday. The juvenile was also found in possession of a homemade smoking device and a very small amount of marijuana, police said.
Uniontown
Man found
City police found a man bleeding from his head and face laying on the sidewalk in the area of Marshall Park at 8:42 a.m. Friday. Police said the man was reluctant to say what occurred. Uniontown Firemen’s Ambulance transported him to the Uniontown Hospital for treatment, police said.
Uniontown
Car stolen
A black BMW owned by Dorothy Boone was stolen from outside 16 Wilson Ave. on Friday, city police said. Police said the car has a broken passenger-side mirror and a burned-out passenger-side headlight.
Belle Vernon
Report issued
State police at Belle Vernon released a monthly report that gives a breakdown of the 1,099 cases the crime and patrol divisions of the barracks investigated in July.
The crime division, which investigates more in-depth cases, had 207 offenses reported, all but one of them was founded. Of those offenses, 116 were cleared, resulting in 131 arrests. The patrol division investigated 56 crashes, one of which ended in a fatality. A total of 16 hit-and-run accidents were investigated. Thirty-one people were reported injured from the crashes. A total of 25 arrests for driving under the influence of alcohol were made and there were seven DUI-related crashes. Troopers issued 519 traffic citations and 508 warnings during the month.
Dunbar Twp.
Liner damaged
State police said someone punched six various size holes in Belden & Blake Corporation’s treatment pond liner. Police said the pond is located at 369 Vanderbilt Road. The incident occurred sometime between May 1 and 9 a.m. July 15.
Springfield Twp.
Woman harassed
Lisa M. Shaw, 30, of Normalville told state police a 47-year-old woman and a 25-year-old woman, both from Connellsville, punched and pushed her during a Monday argument at 224 Laws Road at 11:55 p.m.
South Union Twp.
Money stolen
State police said someone entered Tub ‘O Suds in Uniontown through a window and stole a safe containing an undetermined amount of money Tuesday at 5:45 a.m.
Centerville
Man charged
Police said Samuel Sanner Jr., 41, of Carmichaels was charged with aggravated assault by vehicle and driving under the influence of alcohol after being involved in a vehicle accident that took place July 18 on Lowhill Road. Police said Ammie Castanet, 34, of Bethel Park was seriously injured in the accident.