An arrest-warrant sweep by authorities from numerous Westmoreland County law enforcement agencies this week resulted in 52 people being apprehended and 124 active warrants cleared, Sheriff Jon Held said.

Sheriff's deputies, probation officers and state troopers on Wednesday and Thursday were assisted by officers from police departments in Greensburg, Latrobe, Ligonier borough and township, Jeannette, Derry Borough and Penn Township.

A state police helicopter assisted officers on the ground Wednesday.

Many warrants involved people wanted for failing to appear in court for domestic assaults, hit-and-runs, retail theft, access-device fraud, possession of controlled substances, driving under the influence charges and minor summary offenses — even failure to pay fines, authorities said.

Some warrants involved more serious crimes such as robbery, assaults, fraud and burglaries, a state police spokesman, Trooper Steve Limani, said.

“We'll be able to update the totals at the end of the week because of the overwhelming number of wanted people calling to surrender on the bench warrants,” Held said. “So far, the officers involved have covered more than 700 square miles during the sweep.”

State police were still looking for Eddie Clarence Fairman, 31, formerly of Greensburg, who is wanted for allegedly assaulting and snatching a wallet from a good Samaritan in the parking lot of the Hempfield Wal-Mart on Oct. 17.

Fairman is charged with robbery, access device fraud, theft of lost property, receiving stolen property, simple assault and harassment. He is known to frequent the Greensburg, Jeannette, Latrobe and Derry areas has ties to New York, New Jersey and Florida, state police said.

Others police were searching for include:

• Duke Kayshaun Brown, 22, of Jeannette, who is wanted on possession of marijuana and disorderly conduct charges filed by state police following an incident in Hempfield last month.

• Tracey G. Diaz, 47, formerly of Greensburg, who is wanted by North Huntingdon police for retail theft and receiving stolen property.

• Megan Riley, 41, who has lived in Greensburg and Herminie, who is wanted by state police for possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia following an incident in Southwest Greensburg in August.

Among those apprehended are:

• Joshua P. Husband, 36, of Ruffsdale, wanted on multiple drug charges filed by state police.

• Dominic R. Panuccio, 33, of North Huntingdon, wanted for a parole violation following a conviction for receiving stolen property.

• Trever Cue, 23, of New Stanton, wanted by Greensburg police for possession of cocaine, fleeing and eluding and resisting arrest, following an incident in October.

• Amanda L. Kuntz, 32, of New Stanton, wanted by state police for access device fraud and theft.

• Walter E. Cole, 56, of Latrobe, who was arrested in March by Ligonier Township police for resisting arrest.

• Sarah A. Householder, 24, of Greensburg, wanted for theft by deception and retail theft following a July arrest by Hempfield Wal-Mart store security.

• Shea M. Lakin, 31, formerly of Ligonier, wanted on six counts of retail theft at stores between 2012 and 2015.

• Roger Gallik, 35, formerly of Jeannette, wanted on four counts of burglary and a count of theft at multiple locations in Penn Township and Hempfield.

• Mike Santavicca, 46, of Penn, wanted by Penn Township police for prowling at night in September.

Anyone with knowledge of a fugitive's location is asked to call 911, Limani said. Harboring a wanted person could lead to criminal charges.

Paul Peirce is a Tribune-Review staff writer. Reach him at 724-850-2860 or ppeirce@tribweb.com

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