Police Beat June 18
CENTER
Hunting violation alleged: Derek T. Stickles, 23, of 104 Greene Valley Road, was charged by the Southwest Pennsylvania Game Commission with killing a bear without the proper license in October. Game Commission officer Brandon Bonin said Stickles was archery deer hunting about 8 a.m. Oct. 19 when he spotted a black bear. He allegedly shot and killed it, before going to Walmart to purchase a bear license. Police said that Nov. 2, Stickles took the bear to a taxidermy shop near Morgantown.
CUMBERLAND
Retail theft charge: Rebecca L. Reynolds, 34, of 441 S. Eighty Eight Road, was charged by township police with felony retail theft and receiving stolen property after she allegedly stole a travel coffee mug from Sheetz on state Route 88 Nov. 2.
MORGAN
Burglary: A 73-year-old man reported to state police that Thursday night, someone entered his unlocked shed on Jefferson Road and stole a lawn mower, leaf blower and other tools.
WAYNESBURG
Crash: David William Tustin, 23, of 165 East Alley, Waynesburg, was charged by borough police with leaving the scene of an accident and four summary traffic violations, following a hit-and-run crash May 22 at Washington and High streets. Police said Tustin was involved in a crash with a truck at that intersection, but fled. His vehicle was not registered or insured, police allege.
Assault charge: Jeffrey Emil Bechen, 30, of 775 N. West St., Waynesburg, was charged by borough police with simple assault and harassment following a domestic incident Thursday afternoon at his residence. The alleged victim told police that Bechen had said rude things to her and her children before he allegedly told the woman to kill herself. Police said he then allegedly grabbed the woman by her arm, twisting it and causing it to be red and swollen.