News briefs Aug. 12, 2008
Dennis R. Weber, 26, of 87 S. Irvine Ave., was charged in two cases with burglary, two counts of trespassing, two counts of theft, criminal mischief, criminal conspiracy to commit theft and robbery, according to court documents.
Police were called at 1:49 p.m. Saturday to a home on South Irvine, where a “mentally handicapped and terminally ill” man said Weber had removed his pain-management patch from his body.
When police were leaving the man’s home, they noticed the door at the house next door at 89 S. Irvine was not secure, police said.
They found Weber hiding in the attic and he admitted to previously stealing copper pipe from the house, which is owned by a Mansfield, Ohio, man.
Hospital releases Grove City man hurt in cycle-car crash
GROVE CITY — A Grove City-area man seriously injured when his motorcycle crashed into a car that had turned in front of his bike at 4 p.m. Aug. 1 in Vernon Township, Crawford County, is no longer a patient at Meadville Medical Center.
Steven B. Krofcheck, 36, was discharged Sunday, a hospital spokeswoman said Monday.
The car, driven by Francis R. Smith, 58, of Conneaut Lake, was turning left into a parking lot along Route 6, and Smith did not see the motorcycle, police said. Smith was cited for a left-turn violation.
Krofcheck was not wearing a helmet, police said.