District Court: Man Charged with Stealing More Than $61,000 Worth of Aluminum

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A Rochester man will be formally arraigned April 17 before Butler County Common Pleas Judge William Shaffer on charges that he helped steal $61,559 worth of aluminum from construction sites in Cranberry Township.

David Gene Badger, 24, was charged with theft, receiving stolen property, conspiracy, criminal attempt at theft, criminal use of a communication facility and falsely identifying himself to police.

According to the criminal complaint that  Pitell Contracting reported the aluminum theft Aug. 22 from the company’s construction sites on Strawberry Circle in Cranberry. The theft took place between 6 p.m. Aug. 21 and 8 a.m. Aug. 22, the complaint said.

A large number of the aluminum forms stolen from the site were sold on Aug. 22 to Skip’s Recycling in Conway. Photo identification showed Badger and two other men sold the forms.

At about midnight Aug. 29, Cranberry police found Badger and his girlfriend walking through the Cranberry Circle construction site, according to the complaint. Badger provided false identification information to police and lied about why he was at the site, the complaint said.

Drug Possession

Kiel Hendry Campbell, 27, of Sunset Circle, Cranberry, was charged with possession of a controlled substance and drug possession with intent to deliver.

According to the complaint that Cranberry police filed, a U.S. Postal inspector intercepted a suspicious package that was to be delivered to Campbell’s home. After working with Cranberry police, state police and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the inspector delivered the package at 2:30 p.m. Feb. 23 to Campbell’s home while authorities observed the residence.

Cranberry police stopped Campbell less than 30 minutes later when he attempted to drive away from his home with the package in his car. When officers opened the package, they found five shrink-wrapped bags containing marijuana. The marijuana weighed more than 5 pounds and had a street value of about $17,5000, according to the complaint.

Theft

Deanna Nicole Treece, 30, of Magee Street, New Castle, was charged with retail theft and theft by unlawful taking. Cranberry police reported they were called to Pediatric Ophthalmology on Graham Park Drive at about 2:15 p.m. Feb. 23 after Treece attempted to leave the office with a dozen eyeglass frames she did not pay for.

According to the criminal complaint, Treece had 10 eyeglass frames valued at $200 each in her purse. Also inside her purse was an iPhone belonging to a Pediatric Ophthalmology employee. Another two pairs of eyeglass frames were found in the car Treece had been driven to the office in.

Police said Treece accompanied a friend to the ophthalmologist. While the friend was being examined in the doctor’s office, Treece was in the waiting room stealing the items. After Pediatric Ophthalmology employees confronted her, Treece walked from the office to the ESB Bank across the street. She then walked into an office and shut the door, the complaint said. Police found her inside the bank and took her into custody without incident.

Marijuana charges

Colton David Hansen, 19, of Linden Drive, Allison Park, was charged with possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. Hansen was the passenger in a car Cranberry police pulled over for a traffic stop at 11:40 p.m. Dec. 8. Police found Hansen was carrying a pipe used for smoking marijuana and a prescription bottle containing marijuana and a partially burnt blunt laced with marijuana.

DUI

Kendraneshia L. Barnett, 34, of 43rd Street, Beaver Falls, was charged with driving under the influence, driving under the influence at the highest rate of alcohol, driving with a suspended license, failure to use turn signals and driving an unregistered vehicle. Cranberry police reported a patrolling officer saw the Ford Explorer Barnett was driving switch from the right lane to the left lane without using turn signals at about 11:15 p.m. Dec. 16.  A check showed the Explorer’s registration expired in November. Police said Barnett’s blood alcohol content was 0.134 percent, exceeding the state’s legal limit of 0.08 percent.