Police, fire May 6, 2008

Fri, May 16 2008

Brookfield

• Erik Abram, 20, of 102 Euclid Ave., Sharon, was charged at 1:10 a.m. Saturday with possession of crack cocaine and possession of marijuana and picked up on a warrant from Mercer County on a drug-related charge in a parking lot in the 900 block of South Irvine Avenue, police said.
Abram had about $200 worth of crack cocaine hidden is his pants and was taken to Trumbull County Jail, police said.
Grove City

• Someone stole a blue, 18-speed mountain bike between 2 and 4:30 p.m. Sunday from behind the outfield fence of the Grove City High School baseball field, police said.
Sharon

• Julius D. Hopson, 38, of 928 Beechwood Ave., Farrell, was charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession of a small amount of marijuana and two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia after Sharon police picked him up on a warrant at 12:26 a.m. Friday on West State Street, police said. Police said Hopson ran from police and when they caught him they found crack and marijuana.
• Dwight Thomas, 57, of 406 Pershing St., Farrell, was charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia at 10:49 p.m. Saturday in the parking lot at 55 W. Connelly Blvd. after a warrant arrest, police said.
• Ryan Thomas Rice, 20, of Canfield, Ohio, turned himself in Monday morning on charges of burglary, theft and criminal conspiracy for an incident April 18 in the 400 block of Jefferson Avenue in which a video game console and other items were stolen, police said.
• Two women were hurt in a two-vehicle crash at 5:24 p.m. Saturday at East Connelly Boulevard and Spencer Avenue, police said.
A vehicle driven by Edgar Clark, 47, of Fairview Township, was traveling west on Connelly, ran a red light and hit a vehicle driven by Judith Wiley, 51, of Sharon, which was traveling south on Spencer, police said.
Ms. Wiley and a passenger, Theresa Santell, 81, address unknown, treated at UPMC Horizon, Farrell, police said. Clark was not hurt and was cited for a red light violation, police said.
• Someone between April 28 and Friday afternoon stole a gas-powered weed eater and two Jeep wheels from a garage in the 300 block of South Oakland Avenue, police said. The total value of the items is about $630, police said.
• Someone between 7:35 a.m. and 3:15 p.m. Friday stole a Nintendo Wii, a laptop computer and a digital camera from a home in the 200 block of South Myers Avenue, police said. The items are valued at a total of $1,150, police said.
State police

• Someone punctured the bottom of a Harmony man’s aluminum row boat between Aug. 31 and April 27, police said. The boat was being stored on Whittaker School Road in Pine Township, police said.
• Mercer County PennDOT District 1 Thursday reported that six items valued at a total of $2,297 were stolen from their inventory, police said. Missing items include a pole saw, leaf blower weed cutter, pruners, a chain saw and an 8-foot ladder, police said.
• A man received minor injuries when his motorcycle slid onto its side at 9:30 a.m. Sunday on Interstate 80, police said.
Kevin C. Buffington, 35, of Coraopolis, was merging from the U.S. Route 60 northbound ramp onto Interstate 80 westbound when the motorcycle slid onto its side after allegedly traveling over some debris, police said.
Buffington was issued traffic citations and refused medical treatment for scrapes on his face and head, police said. A police report did not say if he was wearing a helmet.
• Yeager’s Locust Grove, 1428 Greenville-Mercer Road, Jefferson Township, was cited for serving alcoholic beverages to a 19-year-old man Feb. 20, police said.
• Our Gang’s Lounge Inc., 93 Sharpsville Ave., Sharon, was cited for serving alcoholic beverages to a 19-year-old man Feb. 21, police said.
• Robert W. Barnes, 24, of 1198 Franklin Road, Jackson Center, has been charged with criminal mischief and criminal trespass after police said he damaged a door of the Jackson Center Volunteer Fire Department with an aluminum bar at 3 a.m. April 25.
Drunken driving arrests
Brookfield

• Carli Brant, 22, of 5669 Stewart Sharon Road; at about 1:50 a.m. Sunday at U.S. Route 62 and Broadway Avenue, Masury; also charged with a traffic violation.
Sharon

• Lori L. Miller, 40, of 69 S. Summit Road, West Salem Township; after her vehicle hit a pole at 12:35 a.m. Saturday in the 500 block of West State Street; also cited for leaving the scene of an accident.
Warrant arrests
Sharon

• Lisa M. Boyle, 33, of 735 Hasenflu Drive, Hermitage; at 7:10 a.m. Sunday by Sharon police on a warrant for theft from Southwest Mercer County Regional Police.
• Whitney L. Smith, 19, whose last known address was 102 Euclid Ave., Sharon; at 11:04 p.m. Sunday by Sharon police on a bench warrant for unsworn falsification.

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