Police Beat Dec. 11
ALEPPO
Simple assault charge: Robert Charles Parson Jr., 23, of 873 McCracken Road, Wind Ridge, was charged with simple assault and harassment after state police said he slammed his girlfriend’s head off multiple objects, punched her several times and chocked her during an argument early Sunday morning in their Aleppo Township residence.
FRANKLIN
Drug charges: State police last week charged Shana Lea Puthuff, 30, of Waynesburg, with possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia after troopers said they found methamphetamine hidden in a child’s sock in her purse when she came to the barracks July 12 for an interview about an ongoing investigation. Police said they also found her with a straw, pipe and metal spoon.
GILMORE
Barrier damaged: State police said someone damaged a concrete barrier owned by the state Department of Transportation that was positioned on Jollytown Road in Gilmore Township on Dec. 4.