Mercer County District Attorney on Wednesday appealed the decision of a judge to suppress evidence, gutting the case against Christopher E. Rush, 22, of New Castle.

Rush was charged with receiving stolen property after state police found items in his car that had been stolen in recent burglaries.

He also gave police information that led their finding stolen items in a storage facility in Hermitage, and charges of theft, receiving stolen property and conspiracy being filed against Nicholas C. Ace, 26, of Kennderdell, and Tara N. Rice, 25, of 930 Stambaugh Ave., Sharon.

Trooper Mark Gladysz testified June 3 there had been a number of burglaries in the southcentral part of Mercer County and police were told to be on the lookout for a small green car, possibly a Chevrolet Cavalier, that might have been involved.

Gladysz said he was at the police barracks in Jackson Township at 11:35 a.m. Oct. 8 when the wife of a police corporal reported that a man in a green Cavalier had pulled into her driveway in Wilmington Township, knocked on her door, asked for directions to Watson Road, and left. The woman reported that the man appeared to be nervous, Gladysz said.

Gladysz said he drove to Watson Road, East Lackawannock Township, didn’t find anything, then spotted a green Cavalier on Mercer-New Wilmington Road and pulled it over. The driver, Rush, matched the description given by the corporal’s wife, he said.

Mercer County Common Pleas Court Judge Thomas R. Dobson said Gladysz had no justifiable reason to stop the car.