Police Beat June 20
Theft: State police said a GPS was stolen from the backseat of a vehicle parked on South Market Street in Carmichaels June 12 or 13.
Criminal mischief: State police said someone damaged personal property belonging to a 48-year-old Mt. Morris woman Friday or Saturday at 146 Bunner Hill Road, Dunkard Township.
Harassment charge: Davida Noelle Romanakis of Waynesburg was charged by state police with harassment for allegedly shoving a 46-year-old Cumberland woman June 5 at Alpha Aquatics Park.
Harassment charge: Thomas G. Schrader, 22, of 7 Evergreen Mobile Home Park, Monongahela Township, was accused of harassing a woman near his residence at 1 a.m. Friday. State police are investigating.
Three hurt in crash: An adult and two children were injured in a crash that involved a minivan carrying five children just before 8 p.m. Saturday in Morgan Township. State police said 17-year-old Matthew D. Haring of Mather was driving a car north on Chartiers Road, near the intersection with Center Loop Road, when his vehicle crossed into the southbound lane and struck the side of the minivan driven by Adam J. Hoover, 26, of Fredericktown. Police said Deiasha Whitaker, 34, and five of her children were passengers in Hoover’s vehicle. Hoover and Whitaker’s 11-year-old son were taken to WHS-Greene hospital for treatment of injuries of an unknown severity. Hoover’s 3-year-old son was treated for a suspected minor injury. The other children and Haring were not injured in the crash. Haring was issued a citation.
Crash: State police said a 31-year-old man from Westmoreland County was not injured in a one-vehicle crash Sunday evening on Interstate 79. Police said Garrett W. Smith of Derry was driving an ambulance north just before 7 p.m. when the front tire ruptured and caused the vehicle to collide with an embankment in the median of I-79. Police did not say if Smith is an EMS worker or if the ambulance was in service at the time of the crash.