Week of March 18
BETHEL PARK
Drug arrest: Police were called on March 9 at 12:04 p.m. to Walgreen’s on Library Road for a report of a male acting suspicious. Robert Faulkner, 27, of Bethel Park, was found walking along Horning Road and was arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia and narcotics.
Burglary: A contractor working in the 7100 block of Baptist Road reported to police on March 12 theft of copper from a house.
Theft: Police arrested Jordan Barry, 26, of Pittsburgh, after he was spotted by employees at Rite Aid on Library Road shoplifting items on March 12.
Theft: Representatives from Bethel Presbyterian Church reported to police March 14 copper down spouts were removed from the exterior of their building.
Castle Shannon
Drug violations: Michael Valdisera of McKees Rocks, was arrested on Grove Road March 8 for fraudulent plates and drug violations, police said.
Theft: Police said that household items were reported stolen from a home on Glen Shannon Drive on March 11.
Quick change: Police said that a quick change scam was reported by two businesses on Mt. Lebanon Boulevard on March 12.
MT. LEBANON
Accident: One person was injured March 16 as the motorcycle he was riding on Connnor Road crashed into the back of a stopped vehicle. The driver was waiting for turkeys to cross the road. The 19-year-old motorcycle rider was taken to UPMC Mercy with moderate injuries, police said.
Robbery arrest: Police arrested Harold Linnert III, 31, of Mt. Oliver on March 14 initially for a traffic violation on Castle Shannon Boulevard before noticing his vehicle matched the description from a March 8 robbery of a Subway restaurant in Baldwin Township. Police said Linnert brandished a knife in the robbery and was being held in the Allegheny County Jail on $5,000 bail. He was also cited for driving with a suspended license and drug paraphernalia.
Hit and run arrest: Gretchen Kipp, 31, of 732 Roselawn Ave., was arrested by police for accidents involving unattended vehicles on March 4.
Drug violations: Jacob Wytiaz, 21, of 911 Chestnut Street, Pittsburgh, was arrested March 9 for DUI, drug possession and paraphernalia.
PETERS TOWNSHIP
Criminal mischief: A living room window and a second-floor side bathroom window belonging to a home in the 100 block of Farmview Place, Venetia, were reported broken March 9. Police found rocks underneath both windows and the incident remains under investigation.
Probation violation: Police arrested William Henry White, 23, of Brownsville Road, South Park, March 10 at District Justice James Ellis’ office in McMurray after discovering White had an outstanding probation violation warrant from Allegheny County. White was transported to the Allegheny County Jail.
Two-car accident: A car that was going southbound on Washington Road in McMurray driven by Darlene Slifco, 54, of Shoreline Drive, McMurray, collided shortly before noon March 10 with a car driven by Carol Rothhaar, 57, of Mervin Drive, Venetia, that was sitting at the intersection of Braun Drive and Washington Road. No one was injured, but both cars had to be towed.
Cash taken: Police said $80 in cash was taken March 10 from a secure box at Allegheny Health Network, 122 Gallery Drive, McMurray. The incident remains under investigation.
UPPER ST. CLAIR
Retail Theft: Two white males with beards entered Dick’s Sporting Goods at South Hills Village Mall around 1 p.m. March 12 and cut cables off of two Go-Pro Cameras. They left with the merchandise valued at $800 and fled in an older white minivan, police said.
Theft from residence: A woman reported to police on March 13 jewelery and other property including clothing was missing from her Moynelle Drive residence.
Criminal mischief, property damage: The owner of a 2014 Toyota pickup truck reported to police on March 14 he discovered a lamp post was broken and used to break off one of the exterior rear-view mirrors on the vehicle parked on a driveway along Bonview Drive.