Crime briefs
May 9, 2006 Uniontown
Man cited
City police were dispatched to Jacob Street at 11:36 p.m. Saturday where they discovered John Keith Oberly lying in the roadway. Police alleged Oberly, 48, of Crest Street was visibly intoxicated. He was escorted to his residence and advised that a citation for public drunkenness would be filed against him by summons. Around 3 a.m., Oberly was cited for public drunkenness, said police.
Uniontown
Warrant served
City police served a warrant Friday from the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department in West Virginia on Anthony Paul Gatts, 33, of Masontown on charges of forgery. Gatts, already lodged in the Fayette County Prison on other charges, was scheduled to be paroled this date. Instead, he was transported to the city police station where he was charged and then arraigned before Magisterial District Judge Mark Blair. Gatts’ bond was set at $25,000 and he was returned to prison after the arraignment.
Uniontown
Window broken
Someone used a rock to break the driver’s side window of a vehicle parked at Melissa Latsnic’s 180 Beeson Blvd. residence sometime between 2 and 9 a.m. Friday, Latsnic, the vehicle’s owner, told city police. Police said the force of the rock also damaged the interior of the passenger’s side door, while Latsnic told police paint on the side of the vehicle was scratched with a sharp object.
Upper Tyrone Twp.
Charges pending
State police said Richard Cramer, 44, of Connellsville was charged with several felony charges after drug paraphernalia and a small amount of suspected drugs were allegedly found in his vehicle after a hit-and-run accident involving a pedestrian on Mt. Pleasant Road at 12:57 p.m. Saturday. Cramer, who suffered minor injuries in the crash, was placed in the Fayette County Prison, according to police.
Redstone Twp.
Man charged
Richard Darnell Simmons, 36, of McClellandtown was charged before Magisterial District Judge Wendy Dennis with possession of drug paraphernalia and criminal trespass after he was allegedly found at the Hunter’s Ridge Apartments with drug paraphernalia at 10:15 a.m. Friday, state police said. He was placed in the Fayette County Prison on $5,000 bond, according to police.
Bentleyville
Windows damaged
Jeremy Wiley of Bentleyville told state police that several windows and a snowblower were damaged at his Wood Street home between 6 p.m. Saturday and 6:45 p.m. Sunday, police said.
Bentleyville
Gasoline stolen
State police said a 17-year-old from Ellsworth stole about $23 worth of gasoline from the Pilot Travel Center in Bentleyville at 8:55 p.m. Saturday.
Perry Twp.
Harassment filed
State police said John Darkangelo of Perryopolis was cited for harassment after he allegedly struck his wife, Jill Darkangelo, at their River Road home Sunday.
Redstone Twp.
Man cited
Leonard Haynesworth Jr. of Brownsville was cited for harassment after he allegedly pushed his mother, Julia Green, during an argument at the Hunter’s Ridge Apartments Sunday, state police said.
Redstone Twp.
Hit-and-run logged
State police said a vehicle operated by a Brownsville man struck a parked vehicle in Cardale and then fled the scene at 11 a.m. Sunday.
Rostraver Twp.
Four vehicles crash
Vehicles operated by Angela Jeffers, Andreia Sands and Earla Deabner, all of Belle Vernon, and a fourth vehicle driven by Michelle Morton of Clarksville collided on Interstate 70 near the Arnold City exit at 7:27 a.m. Monday. Sands was the only driver not injured in the crash, according to police.
Connellsville
Charges filed
Police have filed charges against the following individuals in unrelated incidents:
– Kelly L. Kershey, 25, of Connellsville, with harassment after she allegedly pulled the hair of an unidentified female and struck her in the face during a May 3 incident at Marlene’s Corner Bar.
– Anthony French, 39, of Connellsville, with simple assault, harassment and trespassing after he allegedly struck an unidentified female repeatedly in the face and caused a laceration that required stitches during a May 4 incident in Gibson Terrace.
– Brian S. Miller, 27, of Hopwood, with public drunkenness after he was allegedly found intoxicated May 6 in Gibson Terrace.