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9/1/2009 1:43 PM

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McMURRAY – What began as a traffic stop for DUI ended with Peters Township police solving at least 23 of an estimated 36 thefts from unlocked vehicles throughout the township during the past eight months and filing charges against three adults and eight juveniles.

Township Patrolman Matthew Collins stopped a vehicle driven by a 17-year-old boy from South Park at 3:35 a.m. Aug. 19 on McCombs Road. Collins found several items in the vehicle that were later determined to have been stolen from an unlocked vehicle parked at a home on Singletree Drive, said police Chief Harry Fruecht.

The stop led to the arrest of a passenger Jonathan Frings, 19, of 117 Breezewood Drive, Venetia. Frings was charged with theft from a vehicle, selling or furnishing alcohol to minors, underage drinking, receiving stolen property, loitering and prowling at night and theft. He was arraigned and placed in Washington County Jail.

Juvenile allegations were filed against the 17-year-old driver for DUI, underage drinking, furnishing alcohol to minors, two counts of theft from a vehicle, three counts of receiving stolen property and two counts of loitering and prowling at night, Fruecht said.

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“That’s how it all broke,” Fruecht said Tuesday.

Also charged were Benjamin M. Kennell, 18, of 200 Sienna Trail, Eighty Four, and Jose M. Ortega, 18, of 670 Venetia Road, Venetia.

Kennell was charged with theft from a motor vehicle, receiving stolen property and loitering and prowling at night, while Ortega was charged with receiving stolen property.

Seven other boys, ages 14 to 17, also face juvenile allegations in connection with the thefts. Six are from Peters and the other is from Canonsburg.


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