Tuesday, March 19, 2013
People with active arrest warrants wanted by Cranberry Police include those charged with prostitution, theft, DUI and more.
Cranberry has updated its “Most Wanted” list on the township’s website with information on new people with active arrest warrants from the Cranberry Township Police Department. Besides names and photos, “Most Wanted” also includes the crimes the individuals are charged with. Cranberry added the feature in January at the request of the police department. At the time, township manager Jerry Andree noted public awareness is one of the best ways to find people. Residents are warned not to approach or attempt to apprehend any of the suspects. As people are added or taken off the list of active arrest warrants, the site is updated with the new details. Anyone with information on the people listed on the site is asked to call Cranberry police at …
Friday, March 15, 2013
If you insist on driving after a few drinks to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, here's what you should know about how alcohol affects your system—and your criminal record.
Do you know how many drinks you can have before you're in danger of getting a drunken driving violation? Officers in the Cranberry area and state police are always on the lookout for drunk drivers, particularly over the St. Patrick's Day weekend. When police pull drivers over for suspected drunken driving, officers ask them to perform field sobriety tests and to take a breath test to measure Blood Alcohol Content. A BAC test measures the percentage of alcohol present in a person's bloodstream. Pennsylvania's legal limit is 0.08. According to the Virginia Tech Alcohol Abuse Prevention website, every 40 minutes, 0.01 percent of alcohol leaves your system. Check out the charts in the media portion of this article to see what your limit is. …
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
The 17-year-old driver was the most seriously injured person in the crash.
Cranberry Police said a female teenage driver was speeding before she crashed in front of the Manheim Auto Auction along Route 19 in Cranberry Friday, injuring herself and three others. “It appears just to be speed issues,” said Sgt. Chuck Mascellino, who added the teen was not texting or using her phone when the one-car crash occurred. Of the four juveniles in the car Friday, Mascellino said the 17-year-old driver was the most seriously injured. The teen, a Valencia resident, had broken bones and a head injury, he said. The other passengers, a 19-year-old boy, a 17-year-old girl and a 17-year-old boy suffered minor injuries, Mascellino said. All three of those teens are from Gibsonia. Mascellino said the driver would receive a citation …
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Bullets shot off during a Dec. 31 celebration struck two homes in the Fernway neighborhood.
Three people charged with shooting off guns during a New Year’s Eve party in the Fernway neighborhood in Cranberry and striking at least two homes with bullets are heading to the Butler County Court of Common Pleas. Christopher Nemit, 29, of Pittsburgh, Rachel Sherd, 28, of Cranberry, and Lucinda Jones, 34, of Finleyville, on Friday waived their preliminary hearings before District Judge David Kovach in Cranberry. All three are charged with discharging a firearm into an occupied structure, recklessly endangering another person, criminal mischief, permitted use of firearms and disorderly conduct. Nemit also is charged with criminal conspiracy in the incident. According to the criminal complaint filed by Cranberry Police, Nemit and Jones …
Friday, March 8, 2013
The teens are taken to Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh.
Cranberry Police and fire crews were called to the scene of a one-car crash Friday that sent four teenagers to the hospital. Cpl. William Ahlgren said the teens, who were not identified, were heading south on Route 19 at about 8 p.m. when the female driver lost control of the vehicle for an unknown reason near the Manheim Auto Auction. The red Chevrolet Cavalier went up an embankment before striking a pole and a wire fence in front of the auction. All four teens were taken by ambulance to Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh. Ahlgren did not know the extent of their injuries. He said the teens, two boys and two girls, either extricated themselves or were helped from the vehicle. “Everyone was able to get out of the car or was assisted …
Friday, March 1, 2013
Christopher Menosky originally was from Beaver County.
The human remains discovered along Dutilh Road in Cranberry Feb. 16 have been identified as a missing Butler man. Cranberry police Sgt. Chuck Mascellino said investigators used dental records to identify 47-year-old Christopher Alan Menosky, who was reported missing in July. Mascellino said Menosky’s last known address was in Butler. He originally was from Beaver County. Police do not know how Menosky died at this time, Mascellino said. The investigation did not indicate any foul play. “We don’t suspect anything suspicious at this time,” Mascellino said. Investigators were able to identify Menosky with help from a wallet with identification in it found near where the skeletal remains where discovered across from Dutilh United Methodist …
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Dutilh United Methodist Church
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Thursday, February 28, 2013
The township releases photos, addresses and more of people with active arrest warrants.
Cranberry has updated its “Most Wanted” list on the township’s website with information on new people with active arrest warrants from the Cranberry Township Police Department. Besides names and photos, “Most Wanted” also includes the crimes the individuals are charged with. Cranberry added the feature in Janurary at the request of the police department. At the time, township manager Jerry Andree noted public awareness is one of the best ways to find people. Residents are warned not to approach or attempt to apprehend any of the suspects. As people are added or taken off the list of active arrest warrants, the site is updated with the new details. Anyone with information on the people listed on the site is asked to call Cranberry police at…
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Cranberry Township Police
2525 Rochester Rd, Cranberry Twp, PA
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Thomas R. Herdlick was arrested as part of a Drug Task Force investigation of heroin sales in the area last spring.
A Cranberry man charged with selling heroin in the area is heading to the Butler County Court of Common Pleas. Thomas R. Herdlick, 29, of Laurel Drive, was arrested last June by Cranberry Township police officers working with the Butler County District Attorney’s Drug Task Force as part of an investigation into the sale of heroin in Cranberry. He is charged with four felony counts of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and two misdemeanor counts of intentional possession of a controlled substance, according to court documents. After waiving after a preliminary hearing before District Judge David Kovach in Cranberry, he is set to be formally arraigned April 2. Although arraigned before Kovach last June, Herdlick’s …
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Cranberry Township Police
2525 Rochester Rd, Cranberry Twp, PA
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Monday, February 18, 2013
Investigators find a wallet with identification in it near where the skeletal remains were discovered Saturday.
The human remains found along a wooded area of Dutilh Road in Cranberry over the weekend may be those of a Beaver County man reported missing in July, investigators said. Sgt. Chuck Mascellino said police would not release the name of the man, who is believed to be in his 40s, until a positive identification is made on the remains. “We have a tentative idea of who it is,” Mascellino said. Investigators found a wallet with identification in it near where the skeletal remains where discovered Saturday across from Dutilh United Methodist Church, Mascellino said. Police were called to the area at about 2:30 p.m. Saturday after a man walking from UPMC Passavant Cranberry to the Cranberry Mall saw the remains and dialed 9-1-1. Mascellino said …
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1270 Dutilh Rd, Cranberry Twp, PA
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Saturday, February 16, 2013
A man walking toward Cranberry Mall found the remains Saturday afternoon.
A forensic anthropology team from Mercyhurst University in Erie is assisting Cranberry Township Police in identifying human remains found Saturday afternoon in a wooded area along Dutilh Road. A man walking from UPMC Passavant-Cranberry to a Cranberry Mall found the skeletal remains about 2:30 p.m. on hospital property near Dutilh United Methodist Church (see map). Officers said clothing indicates the remains were that of a man and that there was no apparent cause of death. The remains have been taken back to Mercyhurst for further analysis, KDKA-TV reported. “We’ll do a complete forensic anthropological analysis of it to determine the age, the sex, the stature, the ancestry, and then take a look at trauma, for example, and do a careful …
Blc
12:26 am on Wednesday, March 20, 2013
The law is after six months of having license no more then 3 under age passengers! more ›