Police Beat Nov. 10
AMWELL
Theft charge: Jessica Madison Whitmer, 20, of 116 Matthews Spur Road, Eighty Four, was charged this week by state police with theft after she allegedly used an Amwell woman’s charge card to make $653.75 in purchases at area restaurants without permission. She was reportedly a caregiver for the woman’s son at the time. The charge was sent by summons from the office of District Judge Ethan Ward.
CALIFORNIA
Faces charges: Alisha Crayne, 27, of 120 Fourth St., Jefferson, is wanted on a warrant obtained by California police from District Judge Joshua Kanalis charging her with flight to avoid apprehension, false reports to police and false identification to police stemming from an Oct. 19 traffic stop that started in the area of Second Street. Crayne was placed in Washington County Jail on a Westmoreland County bench warrant. She will be arraigned on the charges later.
CANONSBURG
Vehicle theft: A man reported his 2004 white Toyota Camry stolen from 68 E. Pine St. at 6:45 p.m. Wednesday.
Probation violation alleged: Two men were arrested on probation violations arising from a domestic disturbance Wednesday. Police responded to a verbal altercation just after 6 p.m. at a Canonsburg residence. Zachary Mingo, 29, of 614 Bells Mills Road, West Newton, and Joseph Sanpietro, 40, of Washington, were both put in jail on probation violations.
CANTON
Warrant arrest: A warrant was issued for Samuel McKinley Wheeler, 32, of Pittsburgh, after he did not respond to a summons. Wheeler was charged with drug possession and two summary driving offenses after a traffic stop April 21 by state police in Canton. He was taken to jail on a $2,500 bond.
MONESSEN
Theft charge: Robert P. Supra, 30, of Belrose Drive was charged with theft and criminal mischief Tuesday by Monessen police. An officer said surveillance footage from outside the Eagles Club on Schoonmaker Avenue showed a man, later identified by police as Supra, breaking the front, driver’s-side window of a van to steal a wallet containing roughly $1,800 in cash and the owner’s state identification card about 4 p.m. Oct. 22. District Judge Joseph Dalfonso’s office issued a summons Tuesday.
Trespassing charge: Miriam E. Kinds, 40, who is listed in court papers as homeless, was charged with trespassing Tuesday. Monessen police said the owner of a vacant building on Knox Avenue went to check on the property on Saturday and found Kinds staying there. Police had warned her to stay out of the property several times since the owner’s brother, for whom Kinds was a caretaker, left on Oct. 10. District Judge Joseph Dalfonso issued a warrant for Kinds’ arrest Tuesday.
Three charged: City police charged three people after responding to a report of a fight in the parking area and street outside Westgate Manor about 1 p.m. Oct. 29. Sherman T. Aldrich, 47, of Lookout Avenue, Charleroi, faces charges of simple assault and harassment sent by summons Nov. 2 from District Judge Joseph Dalfonso’s office. Dalfonso also signed a warrant that day for the arrest of Aldrich’s son, Tyler J. Winstone, 24, also of Lookout Avenue, on the same charges. Haley L. Aldrich, 26, of Rebecca Street, Monessen, also was charged by summons with possessing heroin, possessing paraphernalia and harassment.
MT. PLEASANT
Tavern charged: The operator of Rough Cut Tavern and Hotel, 1041 Burgettstown Road, Mt. Pleasant, was charged by the state police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement with furnishing alcohol to a minor after allegedly giving alcohol to a 19-year-old on July 31.
NORTH STRABANE
Theft, receciving charges: Walter Lee Winland, 30, of 16 Raven Drive, Canonsburg, was arraigned Wednesday on a warrant obtained by North Strabane police charging him with theft, receiving stolen property and theft from a motor vehicle. He is accused of stealing items from vehicles last November on Lindenvue and Blue Jay drives, including a $430 Giant Eagle gift card. District Judge Jay Weller set bond at $25,000, and Winland was placed in Washington County Jail.
ROSTRAVER
Theft charges: Township police charged two people Tuesday with shoplifting at the Walmart in Rostraver Square. Mark R. Zabielski, 40, of Main Street, Belle Vernon, Fayette County, faces charges of theft by deception, receiving stolen property, retail theft and conspiracy to commit retail theft. Kelly Marshall, 40, who listed the same address as Zabielski, is charged with conspiracy to commit theft by deception and retail theft. The charges were sent by summons from District Judge Joseph Dalfonso’s office.
WASHINGTON
Assault charge: Stefan C. Sweeney, 29, of 138 Hamilton St., North Franklin Township, was charged Thursday by Washington police with simple assault for allegedly slamming a woman’s head off the dashboard of his vehicle during an Oct. 10 confrontation in the vehicle in the 300 block of East Prospect Avenue. The charge will be sent by summons from the office of District Judge Robert Redlinger.
False reports alleged: Kashawna Ritenour, 19, of 38 W. Walnut St., Washington, was charged Thursday by Washington police with false reports after she allegedly told police Nov. 2 that she had been kidnapped by three men. She told police during an interview in the Washington Hospital emergency room that she was forced into a van. She said that at some point she passed out, and when she regained consciousness, she was in an alley. Police checked her cellphone, and they say she later admitted she had spent time with a man during the period when she supposedly was being held against her will. The charge will be sent by summons from the office of District Judge Robert Redlinger.
Drug warrant: Shaylyn Rosello, 38, of 225 Maple Ave., Washington, was arraigned Wednesday on a warrant obtained by state police charging her with possession and possession with intent to deliver heroin after she allegedly sold the drug to a confidential informant in January 2016. She was placed in Washington County Jail on $25,000 bond set by District Judge David Mark.
Theft reported: A woman told police her smartphone was stolen from her vehicle while the vehicle was parked at 217 Jefferson Ave. at 4 p.m. Wednesday.
WEST PIKE RUN
Club charged: The officers of the First Hungarian Beneficial Society, 356 Pike Run Drive, West Pike Run, were charged last month by the state police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement with allowing gambling on Sept. 10 and 15.