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DRIVING WITHOUT LICENSE: Trent Sirak, 21, of Ellwood City is charged with Driving without a license after an incident on May 21st. According to a criminal complaint, and at approximately 7:40 p.m., officers were patrolling and had noticed a green quad traveling at high speeds. Police followed with sirens and lights, but the operator fled. Police then spoke to Abigail Naher who related that Sirak had been operating a green quad recently. POSSESSION/USE: Jamie Pezzuti, 46, of New Castle is charged with Driving Without a License after an incident on May 29th. According to a criminal complaint, and at approximately…

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT: Arzie Hall, 20, of Ellwood City is charged with Aggravated Assault by Vehicle after an incident on March 26th. According to a criminal complaint, and at approximately 7:35 p.m., police were dispatched to Beaver Avenue for a motor vehicle accident. When police spoke to Hall and his passenger, they were told an argument had occurred and that Hall, the driver of the vehicle, looked away from the road and had hit a nearby telephone pole. The passenger was taken to a nearby hospital and later, after the passenger returned home from hospital, the victims mother relayed that the…

POSSESSION: Logan Eversole, 20, of Ellwood City is charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance and other charges on April 25th. According to a criminal complaint, an incident occurred and police were dispatched around the area of Park Avenue and 7th Street. Police observed Eversole sitting in a vehicle and as they approached they smelled an overwhelming marijuana smell. Eversole’s eyes were bloodshot and seemed to be on some kind of pill. As Police spoke to Eversole, and attempted to place him under arrest, Eversole resisted. He was taken to the Police Department and released to his mother upon her…

THEFT: Between the times of 4:00 p.m. on April 24th and 12:26 a.m. on April 27th, an unknown suspect proceeded into the unlocked door of a 53-year-old Wampum man’s vehicle located on Henry Street, Wayne Township, and stole a black Sig Sauer P365, gun magazine, Oakley sunglasses, two pocket knives, and flashlight. Property stolen valued at over $1,000.00. This investigation is ongoing. BURGLARY: On April 15th at approximately 1:40 p.m., PSP New Castle was dispatched to a 3400 block of SR 18, New Beaver Borough, for a reported Burglary. The known 91-year-old Wampum female reported that upon arriving home at…

CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: On April 3rd at approximately 9:00PM, unknown actor(s) damaged a 41-year-old Wampum female victims vehicle. The unknown actor(s) left front window was damaged. CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: Edward Allen Laurain, 54, of Ellwood City, is charged with Theft and Criminal Mischief after an incident on March 22nd. According to a criminal complaint, and at approximately 11:04AM, police were dispatched to the scene and were informed that another police office had began on a foot chase after Laurain after it was suspected he was stealing one of the outdoor central air units from the landlord’s property on Spring Avenue. After Laurain…

ASSAULT WITH A WEAPON: Richard Alan Criss, 50, of Edinburg, is charged with Assault after an incident on March 23rd. According to a police report, and at approximately 7:50PM, police responded to a report of an active domestic in Mahoning township. Police found that Criss had engaged in a verbal argument with a 52-year-old female victim of Wampum before brandishing a gun and firing it in the direction of the victim. Criss fled the scene and police located him driving a vehicle, in which he seemed impaired and later consented to a legal blood draw according to the report. THEFT:…

ASSAULT: On February 28th at approximately 1:46AM police responded to a call of possible domestic disturbance. The arrestee assaulted his two cousins and destroyed their cell phones over an argument. The arrestee, a 17-year-old male of New Wilmington, was charged with two counts of simple assault, two counts of harassment, and one count of criminal mischief, according to criminal complaint. CORRUPTION OF MINORS: Garrett Duncan, 23, of Ellwood City, is charged with corruption of minors, displaying obscene/sexual materials and criminal use of a communication facility after an incident reported on February 18th. According to a criminal complaint, Duncan is accused…

THEFT: According to a report, and on October 8th at approximately 4:11 a.m., William Russell, 56, of Mercer, agreed to pick up three prescription medications for a 71-year-old victim, totaling $1,471.95. Russell picked up the medications at Rite Aid in Ellwood City but never delivered them to the victim. Russell was charged with theft, receiving stolen property, and possession of a controlled substance by a person not registered. Russell was unable to be located and remains wanted on these charges and several other active warrants. He is known to frequent the City of New Castle. If anyone has information on…

THEFT: On February 14th at approximately 2:30 a.m., PA State Police were dispatched to a residence in the 300 block of Reserve Square, Wayne Township for a report theft from a motor vehicle. According to the report, a known victim, 29-year-old male, reported that he had reviewed video surveillance of his property and there was an unknown actor(s) observed near his vehicles. After checking his property, it was discovered that items were stolen from his flatbed tow truck and from the tool box on his trailer the report relates. Investigation is on-going, anyone with information is asked to contact PA…

THEFT: On January 17th, at approximately 7:32 a.m., police investigated the report of theft in Perry Township. Police discovered that one or more unidentified people broke into unlocked vehicles, according to criminal complaint. No one has yet to be charged. HARASS PHYSICAL CONTACT: On February 5th, at approximately 2:48p.m., police responded to a report of a disturbance on McCartney Hollow Rd. Both parties, male, one 36, and the other 60 years old, both of Fombell, were engaged in a verbal argument that escalated into a brief physical altercation before both parties separated on their own accord. Charges will be filed,…