Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Plus, why is Thanksgiving Eve such a popular night for drinking? We have a few good guesses.
Oh, you better watch out this holiday season—and not just for Santa Claus. State police at Butler and the Butler County District Attorney’s DUI Task Force will be conducting sobriety checkpoints and roving patrols at various times and locations on Butler County's highways throughout the Thanksgiving period. The patrols are being deployed to target aggressive driving violations and impaired drivers, according to state police. Thanksgiving Eve, which falls this year on Wednesday, Nov. 21, traditionally is one of the biggest drinking days of the years—ranking right up there with New Year’s Eve and St. Patrick’s Day. "It's kind of a cultural thing. It seems that’s a big party night," said Jackson Township police Chief Terry Seilhamer, who …
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Results show an uptick in fatal crashes that involved alcohol, drugs or both.
Figures that the Pennsylvania State Police at Butler recently released show an increase in drug and alcohol-related fatal crashes that troopers investigated in 2011. “We had a lot of alcohol-related DUI crashes this year,” said Lt. Stave Ignatz, operations section commander at the Butler barracks. “There were no drug-related DUI crashes last year, so that’s on the uptick. Troopers investigated 41 crashes in which 46 people were killed in 2011 in Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Lawrence and Mercer counties. Twenty-two of the drivers were under the influence of alcohol, drugs or a combination of both. Twenty-five people died in those crashes, police said. Police said 15 alcohol-related crashes led to 17 deaths. In one fatal crash, the driver was…
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Police said the man was acting in good faith.
Update: State police at Butler said the person suspected of attempting to lure a 8-year-old boy into his truck in Summit Township has been cleared of any wrong doing. On Wednesday, police asked for the public’s help in finding the man, who officers said motioned for the boy to get into his pickup truck around 4 p.m. on Tuesday along Route 68 near Sullivan Lane. The boy, who was leaving school, also told police the man said he was a bus driver. After the boy ran to his home, the driver left the area. The driver has since contacted police. After interviewing him, police concluded the man was acting in good faith. He was trying to make sure the child arrived home safely, police said. Police urge all parents to have an appointed responsible …
