Jul 27, 2018 3 min read

CANONSBURG

Single-vehicle crash: A tractor-trailer crashed into a support beam in the drive-through at Ross Beverage, 173 E. Pike St., while trying to make a delivery a little before 8 a.m. Wednesday. The truck driver reportedly told police a colleague informed him the truck would be able to clear the drive-through area. The truck was able to pass under the first overhead support beam but not the second. The driver also said he didn’t spot the sign warning of a 12-foot clearance limit. The truck’s height was 13 feet, 6 inches. No injuries were reported, but the store’s website said it was closed that day and again Thursday because of structural damage.

CANTON

Husband, wife charged: Hank William McCartney, 40, and Melanie Ann McCartney, 43, both of 2717 Jefferson Ave., Canton Township, are charged by state police with simple assault and harassment stemming from a fight in their residence about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, court records show. Both are free on $5,000 bonds set by District Judge Mark Wilson.

INDEPENDENCE

Fire cause undetermined: A state police fire marshal could not determine what caused a July 7 fire at 1885 Avella Road. Police said the fire, which started in one corner of the structure owned by Frank A. Checco III, did about $7,000 worth of damage.

MONESSEN

Assault alleged: Larry Walker, 29, of 522 Third St., Charleroi, is charged by city police with indecent assault, simple assault and harassment, court records show. Police accuse him of attempting to force a woman to perform a sex act on him about 1:40 a.m. July 18 at a residence in the 400 block of Park Manor Road. He will receive the charges in a summons filed Wednesday.

Man wanted: Daniel Webster Brewer III, 33, of 225 Linden Ave., Monessen, is charged by city police with access device fraud over allegations he used Nikkia Jones’ credit card numbers without her permission July 16 to make $128 in online purchases, court records show. A warrant was signed Tuesday for his arrest.

SOUTH STRABANE

Dine and dash: Township police received a report of two people who left Applebee’s in Trinity Point without paying their $57 bill. The person who reported the incident said she just wanted the bill paid. Police told members of the dashers’ group who apparently were still at the restaurant to tell the pair to settle their tab.

WASHINGTON

Man jailed: Christopher Michael Montgomery, 33, of 360 Duncan Ave., Washington, is charged by city police with strangulation and aggravated assault, court records show. Police accuse Montgomery of applying pressure to a woman’s neck and also placing a pillow over her face about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in his residence. Montgomery was placed in Washington County jail on $50,000 bond set by District Judge Mark Wilson.

Theft: A man told city police Thursday morning someone rummaged through his car and stole a pair of sunglasses while the car was parked overnight in the 600 block of Fayette Street.

Stolen furniture: A green glass-top patio table worth $40 was reported stolen from Habitat For Humanity, 1001 E. Maiden St, about 10 a.m. Wednesday. The person who stole it was described as an older white man with a gray beard and red shirt who arrived as a passenger in a cream-colored, late-model Ford F-150 and loaded the table into the back of the truck before fleeing east on East Maiden.