Herald staff
July 18, 2008 07:26 pm
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Greenville-
West Salem Township
• Someone broke into vacant homes at 127 and 129 Clinton streets, Greenville, Thursday night or Friday morning and it’s unknown if anything besides flowers from the yards were stolen, police said.
• Someone broke into the concession stand at Greenville Memorial Swimming Pool in Riverside Park Thursday night or Friday morning and stole candy, police said.
• Someone stole a red, Country Clipper Boss zero-turn mower between Wednesday and Friday from Anchor Tractor, 64 Sharon Road, West Salem Township, police said.
• Two women were hurt when their car collided with a pickup truck at 9:52 a.m. Friday at Williamson and Conneaut Lake roads, West Salem Township, police said.
Raymond E. Burnett, 66, of 3270 W. County Line Road, Greene Township, stopped at the stop sign on Williamson and pulled his westbound truck into the path of a southbound car on Conneaut Lake, driven by Kathleen T. Prusia, 65, Guys Mills, police said.
Burnett told police he didn’t see the oncoming car.
Ms. Prusia and her passenger, Katherine Baker, Saegertown, were taken to UPMC Horizon, Greenville, for treatment of unknown injuries, police said. A nursing supervisor said they weren’t listed as patients.
Hempfield Township
• Someone broke into two vacant homes on Leech Road during the past week but it appears nothing was stolen, police said.
• Two tires worth $400 were cut on a vehicle parked at a Ruth Street home Wednesday night or Thursday morning, police said.
Hermitage
• Someone broke into a home and stole $200 and keys, using them to drive off with the resident’s car, a tan 2007 Ford Taurus, worth about $15,000, at about 6:15 a.m. Friday in the 500 block of Dutch Lane, police said.
Sharon
• Police said someone between Friday and Wednesday stole a 64-inch flat-screen television from a home in the 600 block of Stambaugh Avenue.
SW Mercer County Regional
• Someone stole a purse sometime before about 1:40 a.m. Wednesday from a home on Vaughn Avenue, Wheatland, police said.
• Joseph F. Porterfield, 34, of 8165 Lindberg St., Masury, has been charged with possession of OxyContin, Roxycontin, marijuana and drug paraphernalia for having the items in his car when he was stopped at 1:22 p.m. June 4 on Spangler Road, Shenango Township, police said.
• Larry J. Hargrave, 31, of Youngstown, and Ed Odem Jr., 58, of 547 S. State Line Road, Sharon, each was charged with loitering and prowling at night, prostitution and disorderly conduct, police said.
They were found hiding in tall weeds at 12:33 a.m. Saturday at 83 Main St., Wheatland, and both said they were trying to get the other to perform a sex act, police said.
• Someone stole $100 cash and credit cards from a woman’s purse between 10 p.m. Thursday and 4:30 a.m. Friday from a home in the 700 block of Smith Avenue, police said. Police believe the thief came in through an open window.
• A man and a woman were charged with burglary and simple assault after an incident at 7:30 p.m. July 9 at a home in the 100 block of Fifth Avenue, police said.
Jennifer Schuller, 24, and Jeffrey Watkins, 33, both of 103 Fourth Ave., Sharon, were each picked up on warrants Thursday night at home after police said Watkins held down an 8-year-old Sharon boy and Ms. Schuller hit him.
State police
• Glenn Michael Bochert, Farrell, William Nathaniel Burt, Sharpsville, and Laurie Lynn Digiammarino, were each charged with criminal trespass at about 2:18 a.m. Friday. Police allege they entered a fenced area on Penn Power property on McCracken Road in Union Township, Lawrence County, police said. They gained entry by prying open the rear door and ran upon activating the burglar alarm, police said.
• Someone entered a house between Dec. 7, 2007, and March 8, 2008, at 3931 Hadley Road, Perry Township, and stole several items, police said. The home is owned by American General Finance, Hermitage, police said. Anyone with information is asked to call state police at 724-662-6162.
• The Medicine Shoppe pharmacy, state Route 58, Coolspring Township, which had five false alarms in the last year, was cited the business June 27 with making false alarms, police said.
DRUNKEN DRIVING ARREST
SW Mercer County Regional
• Erin K. Biser, 23, of 100 N. Buhl Farm Drive, Hermitage; at 3:16 a.m. Saturday in the 900 block of Market Avenue, Farrell.
WARRANT ARREST
Sharon
• Peter Pope, 29, of 459 Edgewood Drive, Sharon; at 9:51 a.m. Thursday by Sharon police for receiving stolen property and theft.
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