Police and Fire

The following are police criminal complaints filed by the Ellwood City Police Department. PUBLIC INTOXICATION On Tuesday, July 7 at 1:08 AM, ECPD reported to Hazel Manor for a disturbance in the parking lot. When they arrived, they made contact with a visibly intoxicated Jerrin Brandon, 30, of Fombell, outside the front door of the bar. Brandon was stating that he wanted to fight owner Jeff Weisz because Brandon believed that he “stole money and cigarettes from his girlfriend”. Police asked Brandon to leave, to which he walked to 7/11 to ask permission to leave his motorbike in their parking…

The following are police criminal complaints filed at the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Lawrence County office of Honorable Jerry G. Cartwright. Local Man Charged for making Terroristic Threats to ex-girlfriend 22-year-old Michael Sopo of Harrisville, Pennsylvania is being charged with multiple forms of assault and harassment after his ex-girlfriend called and reported him for an altercation on Wednesday, June 17. Pennsylvania State Police responded to a report by a female that had been assaulted by her ex-boyfriend, Sopo. After making contact with the victim on Clyde Street, New Beaver Borough, they obtained her written statement on the incident. She related that…

A two-vehicle crash sent one person to the hospital early Thursday morning. The crash happened on Portersville Road (Route 488) at the intersection with Wurtemburg Road. According to reports, one person was taken to the hospital and a second person refused medical treatment. State police are investigating the cause of the crash. The roadway was blocked off before Hickernell Road while crews attended to the scene. One person hurt in two-vehicle crash in Ellwood City https://t.co/n3riVBGiwT — WTAE-TV Pittsburgh (@WTAE) July 2, 2020

The following are police criminal complaints filed by the Ellwood City Police Department. Dog’s Afternoon Out Just like the rest of us, two local dogs decided that enough was enough with the indoors and took to the sidewalks of Ellwood City. On Tuesday, June 23 Bailey and Brandy, two Newfoundland Poodles, were first spotted out of the blue by the viaduct on Second Street. State Farm employee Marilyn Mancini was the first to report the two at 10:00 AM. Following through the day, Ellwood City Police later got a second report of the two dogs, this time however they were…

The following are police criminal complaints filed at the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Lawrence County office of Honorable Jerry G. Cartwright. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CALL On Sunday, June 7, at approximately 3:15 p.m, police were responding to a PFA Violation. When police arrived at the Porterville Road residence in Perry Township, they were met with the victim and her child. The victim recalled to police that her and her ex-boyfriend Steven Ramsey, 34 of Ellwood City, had gotten into a verbal argument about their relationship when, according to the complaint, Ramsey made it physical. The victim related that Ramsey had pushed them…

A Buckle Up PA ‘Click It or Ticket’ action plan was announced this week with enforcement running from May 18 through June 7, 2020. According to a press release, the mobilization will focus 50% of their enforcement funding on seat belt enforcement on unbelted crash roadways. Buckle Up PA (BUPA) will fund up to 350 LEAs for the 3-week mobilization. The plan is designed to increase Pennsylvania’s seat belt usage rate by optimizing the use of grant funds, focus enforcement and to increase the number of OP citations issued. The BUPA “Click It or Ticket” Action Plan for the 2020…

An overnight altercation sent one person to the hospital after a stabbing at a residence on Hillside Avenue in Ellwood City on Saturday, April 25. According to an Ellwood City Police report, at approximately 1:30 a.m. a known suspect assaulted a victim with a knife after becoming involved in an altercation at the Beaver County residence. The altercation involved a female, ex-boyfriend, boyfriend, friend of the ex-boyfriend, and another individual related to the female who intervened in altercation or were directly involved in altercation. The victim and one of the perpetrators had left the scene and patrol located the victim/suspect…