Crime briefs
Monongahela Twp. One-car crash
State police said no one was injured when a vehicle driven by John Sever of Perryopolis crashed on Donham Road at 4:03 p.m. Dec. 7.
Morgan Twp.
Man injured
George Rutherford of Millsboro suffered injuries when the vehicle he was driving crashed into a train trestle on Route 1011 in Morgan Township at 10:10 a.m. Monday, state police said.
Jefferson
Three injured
State police said three Greene County juveniles suffered varying injuries after the vehicle they were traveling in crashed on Route 188 and then rolled over several times at 6:50 p.m. Monday.
Franklin Twp.
Two struck
State police said a 22-year-old Waynesburg man will be charged with two counts of harassment after he struck Kathleen Brown and Charles Eddy, both of Waynesburg, during an incident in Franklin Township at 11:30 p.m. Monday.
Franklin Twp.
Man charged
Mark Ethan Vavrek, 25, of Carmichaels was charged with harassment after he left obscene messages via computer and telephone for Jessica Spencer of Waynesburg last month and this month, state police said.
East Huntingdon Twp.
Man assaulted
State police said James Hartz of Ruffsdale was assaulted by a juvenile he knows at a residence on Ruffsdale-Alverton Road at 8:45 p.m. Monday.
Franklin Twp.
Marijuana found
State police said drug charges are pending against a Swarthmore man who allegedly left a plastic bag containing a small amount of marijuana under a bridge near State Correctional Institution at Waynesburg and returned for the bag after visiting the state prison Tuesday. Police said the man left the bag along Route 21 under the Interstate 79 overpass at 8:30 a.m., went to the prison and then returned to the bag at 1:35 p.m. Charges are pending before Magisterial District Judge Neil Canan.
Dunkard Twp.
Mine fan overheats
A bearing in a fan motor overheated and caused a minor fire Wednesday at the Dana Mine on Bald Hill Church Road in Dunkard Township, according to Greene County 911.
The Bobtown Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched at 1:37 p.m. and left the scene at 2 p.m. No injuries were reported. Three other fire departments that were initially dispatched were called off.
South Union Twp.
False fire alarm
Uniontown and South Union Township fire departments responded to a false fire alarm at Laurel Highlands Middle School after school on Wednesday.
Students in the Hookton Avenue school for after-school tutoring and basketball practice were immediately evacuated from the building around 3:05 p.m., said Principal Mary Macar.
Dr. Ronald Sheba, superintendent, said a malfunction in the school’s sprinkler system set off the false alarm. No fire or injuries occurred, he said. The sprinkler was changed to prevent further problems, he added, noting school administration wanted to alert parents to the incident.