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Harassment charge: Patricia Dykins, 47, of Washington, will be charged by state police with harassment for allegedly shoving Donna Shaynak, 40, of Bentleyville, during a confrontation Sunday at Cokeburg Moose Club, 38 Grant St., Cokeburg.
FALLOWFIELD TOWNSHIP
Warrant served: Fallowfield police served a search warrant Tuesday night at the home of Richard and Eric Isbell, 250 Riverview Ave.
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MT. PLEASANT TOWNSHIP
Vehicles entered: Mt. Pleasant police said several unlocked vehicles were entered late Monday or early Tuesday at the Cherry Valley Lakeview plan. Among the items stolen were global positioning units, credit cards and change.
Soft drink machines were broken into at Kehn's Market, 21 Main St., and the township park, McCarrell Road, during the same time frame.
Anyone with information on the thefts is asked to call police at 724-356-7917.
NORTH BETHLEHEM TOWNSHIP
Game law violation: Tracy Magnelli, 44, of Washington, was charged by state police with a state game law violation for restrictions on recreational spotting. He is accused of turning a spotlight on a home on Pigeon Creek Road, North Bethlehem, while looking for deer Monday.
Trespass charge: James E. Wade, 29, of Bentleyville, was charged with defiant trespass by state police for allegedly riding an all-terrain vehicle Tuesday on posted property owned by William J. Schinkovec, 365 Daniels Run Road, North Bethlehem.
SOUTH STRABANE TOWNSHIP
Drug charges: Benny Lee Taylor, 39, of New York, N.Y., was arraigned Tuesday on charges of possession and possession with intent to deliver crack.
Members of the state police vice unit received information that Taylor was transporting crack between New York City and Washington. They learned Nov. 14, 2008, that he had a room at a South Strabane motel. Taylor was found sitting in the lobby of the Hampton Inn, Murtland Avenue.
Taylor gave police permission to search his room. They found three bags of marijuana, crack and powder cocaine.
He was arraigned before District Judge Joshua Kanalis and placed in Washington County Jail on $50,000 bond.
Sign damaged: Rick LeClair told South Strabane police Monday that vandals damaged the sign to his KOA Campgrounds, Vance Station Road.
WASHINGTON
Warrant arrest: Shawnice M. Williams, 30, of 444 Carson St., Monongahela, was arraigned Tuesday on a warrant stemming from an Aug. 13, 2007, traffic stop by state police at Allison and Tyler avenues, Washington.
Williams was caught with cocaine and marijuana in her purse along with more than $1,700, police said. She also had the drug hidden in her bra.
She was arraigned before District Judge Gary Havelka on charges of possession and possession with intent to deliver cocaine and possession of marijuana. Williams was placed in Washington County Jail on $25,000 bond.
Endangering charge: Nikki Robinson, 24, of 647 W. Wylie Ave., Canton Township, faces a charge of endangering the welfare of children after leaving three small children, ranging in ages 6 months to 3 years, unattended in a car in the parking lot of Shop 'N Save, 125 W. Beau, Tuesday.
The 6-month-old was released to her mother, who is Robinson's sister. Robinson's 2-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son were released to their father.
Washington County Children and Youth Services were notified.
Theft reported: Amy West of 725 Beech St. told Washington police that her son's iPod was stolen from his backpack, which was in his locker Monday at Washington Park School.
Tools stolen: Nicholas Jennings of Washington told Washington police Tuesday that a bag containing tools and a laser level were stolen from a building at 101 N. Main St. where he had been working.
Assault reported: Mike Young told Washington police Tuesday that he was punched in the face by a customer at Wine and Spirits Shoppe, Jefferson Avenue. A clerk asked the customer for identification. When the customer started causing problems, Young asked if there was a problem and was punched.
The assailant is a white man in his 20s, 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs 170 pounds. He fled in a blue sedan driven by another man.
Woman followed: A woman told Washington police that she was followed to her home in the 500 block of Allison Avenue after leaving a Washington bar by a man who claimed to work for the Washington County narcotics task force. The woman, who police said Wednesday was intoxicated, tried to get a license number. She said the man was white, about 6 feet tall and had spiky hair. He drove a light-colored vehicle.
