POLICE: Assault, Harassment, Hit & Run DUI

Boyfriend Leaves Girlfriend With Swollen Eye

On Monday, November 26, Pennsylvania State Police were called to a home on Mill Bridge Road in Slippery Rock Township at 8:18 p.m. on reports of a boyfriend beating his girlfriend.

The victim called police with the report that she and her boyfriend, Dwayne Okeson, 39, had been in an argument when things got physical. She said that Okeson had choked her, punched her, and grabbed her by the back of the head. She said that these actions had happened in the home’s sunroom.

The argument continued up to the second-floor bedroom where Okeson began throwing belongings out of the window before he smashed her face into the wall, which resulted in a bruised, swollen eye.

When police arrived at the home, Okeson had fled the scene in a white 2014 White Volkswagen. Okeson is charged with simple assault and harassment.

Hit And Run Results In DUI

On Saturday, November 24, state police responded to a hit and run accident report in Perry Township at approximately 10:00pm.  The victim identified the driver who had fled the scene of the accident, as Josh Keener, 40, of Perry Township.

When state police responded to Keener’s home, he was found slurring his speech and smelled of alcohol. Keener’s vehicle also had noticeable damages.

Keener was charged with careless driving, leaving the scene of an accident and DUI charges.