Police reports include an instance of resisting arrest and disorderly conduct, harassment, theft, and crashes.
Two Indiana County Sheriff’s deputies were injured Friday afternoon in an altercation with a man and his dog in Shelocta Borough. According to a release from the Sheriff’s Office, the deputies, whose identities were not disclosed, went to a home on Sugar Avenue to serve a Protection from Abuse Order on 44-year-old Allen Beers Jr. Beers became combative and fought with the deputies, aggressively resisting arrest and ordering his dog to attack. The deputies then used pepper spray and a taser on Beers, and one of them drew his gun and fired at the attacking dog, hitting it in the face and forcing it to retreat. Beers was subdued and taken into custody. He was arraigned before District Judge Susanne Steffee on four counts of aggravated assault and two counts each of resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, and harassment. He’s being held at the Indiana County Jail, with bond set at $75,000 and a preliminary hearing set for January 16th. The deputies were treated at the Indiana Regional Medical Center for minor injuries, including bites from both the dog and from Beers.
State police report two thefts from homes in Clymer Borough. Sometime between the first of the month and Christmas, someone stole a 25-caliber pistol and six rounds of ammunition from the bedroom of Joseph Ondo, who lives along Morris Street. Nothing else was disturbed in the home. And sometime between December 15th and 17th, a thief took $100 from the home of Judy Abel.
State police also report a charge of harassment filed against Justin Scott of Indiana. Police say Scott grabbed a Sagamore man by the neck and pushed him on Friday night during a child custody exchange in White Township.
Accident reports include a single-vehicle crash Friday night on Route 286 in Green Township. Police say an SUV operated by 20-year-old Zachary Hitchings of Clymer struck an embankment near Lila Road, overturned, and came to rest on its roof back on the highway. Hitchings suffered minor injuries and was treated at the Indiana Regional Medical Center.
Four people suffered minor injuries yesterday afternoon in a two-vehicle collision in northern Indiana County. State troopers say 32-year-old Terry Burkett of Dubois lost control of his car on Central Street in Rossiter, crossing the center line and colliding with an SUV driven by 50-year-old Brian Vanyo of Rossiter. Both drivers were injured, as was Burkett’s passenger, Arisha Taylor of Dubois, and Vanyo’s passenger, Kimberly Vanyo. All were treated at Punxsutawney Area Hospital.
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