07/17/08 — Meadville Area
Magisterial District Judge
n Trae Charles McFarland, 19, whose address is in care of Carol Glover, 1096 S. Main St., Meadville, waived his right to a preliminary hearing before Magisterial District Judge William Chisholm on Meadville Police Department charges of escape, resisting arrest, driving without a license and careless driving for a Feb. 14 incident and was released on $5,000 monetary bail.
n Daniel William Paul, 34, of 315 N. Martin St., Titusville, waived his right to a preliminary hearing on city police charges of two counts of driving under the influence, second offense, and two summary traffic violations for a May 23 incident and was released on his own recognizance.
Crimes
Meadville Police
n An 81-year-old woman and her son were looking at South Main Street apartments June 27 at 4 p.m. When they went between buildings, an unrestrained brown Labrador retriever-boxer mix dog bit the woman’s left arm and hand. The victim was taken to Meadville Medical Center, where she was treated for a dog bite and released. Charges are pending.
n It was reported July 7 that account information had been used to take money from a bank account belonging to a Woodring Road resident.
n Compact discs were taken from two unlocked vehicles parked in a public parking lot near Mickey’s Central Fire Station Restaurant and Lounge on Park Avenue on July 6 between 1 and 1:30 a.m.
n An unidentified person in a green-colored van pumped $70 in gas from the pump at the Country Fair on North Street and left without paying July 4 at 12:27 a.m.
n Overnight between July 3 and 4, an unidentified individual destroyed an Obama for President sign in the yard of a North Street residence.
n A golf bag, golf clubs and a set of binoculars were taken from a vehicle in a parking lot near the Eagles Club on Water Street between 11:45 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. July 4.
n A Magellan model 2200 Roadmate GPS unit was taken from an unlocked sport utility vehicle parked overnight the evening of July 1 at its owner’s Chestnut Street residence.
n Car keys and $40 in cash were taken June 28 from a customer at Market Street Scene on Market Street.
n Between 5 p.m. June 22 and noon July 1, a Sirius Satellite Radio was stolen from a pickup truck parked behind its owner’s Walnut Street residence.
n A Liberty Street apartment building was entered and copper pipes were ripped out of the basement sometime after June 24.
Statistics
Pennsylvania State Police Troop E investigated 299 incidents during June, according to a report from the Corry station.
The report shows: 81 criminal offenses were reported and 79 were determined to be founded; and 47 offenses were cleared and 45 arrests made.
The patrol unit activity was: responded to 23 crashes, including one fatal; responded to five hit-and-run crashes, including one fatal; 10 injures were reported from crashes; seven arrests were made for driving under the influence; three crashes were DUI-related, including one fatality; 210 traffic citations were issued; and 165 warnings were issues.
