State police arrested three juveniles early Monday morning after they led troopers on a high-speed chase in Fayette County in a stolen vehicle.
According to police, the incident began about 2 a.m., when Trooper Robert McGarvey and Trooper Timothy Kirsch began pursuing the three occupants of a white Volkswagen GTI in Hopwood and South Union. After a short pursuit, police said, the car stopped and the three attempted to flee.
Further investigation revealed that the vehicle had been stolen from outside the unidentified owner's residence shortly after 1 a.m. yesterday.
New Stanton
Bridge work to briefly
stop turnpike traffic
Drivers using the Pennsylvania Turnpike between Irwin and New Stanton may encounter 15-minute stoppages late tonight and into Wednesday morning and late Thursday night and into Friday morning for overhead bridge work at Milepost 70.4, according to turnpike officials.
Intermittent stoppages of all traffic, eastbound and westbound, are planned between 11 p.m. today and 6 a.m. Wednesday and between 11 p.m. Thursday and 6 a.m. Friday so crews can set concrete beams for a new overhead bridge that will carry Pa. Route 136 (Greensburg Road) across the turnpike.
When stoppages occur, all lanes will be affected. Work schedules are subject to change based on weather conditions and other circumstances.
Greensburg Road has been closed at the construction site since Jan. 28. The new bridge is expected to open around Labor Day.
Replacement of the Route 136 overpass is part of a $6.4 million project contracted to J.F. Shea Construction Inc. of Mt. Pleasant. The contract includes removal and replacement of an overhead bridge at Milepost 74.2 carrying Glenn Fox Road.
Connellsville
Power restored
to customers
Power to more than 2,700 Allegheny Power customers in Connellsville, Connellsville Township, Bullskin and Springfield was restored Monday evening.
About 1,450 customers lost their power at 4:19 p.m. Monday. Their electricity was restored at 5:56 p.m., said Allen Staggers, Allegheny Power spokesman. He said crews had to take an additional 1,250 customers offline from 4:55 to 5:30 p.m.
The problem has not been identified, Staggers said, but it originated in the Springfield Pike substation.
North Union
Man surprises, scuffles
with home intruders
A Fayette County man who surprised two men who had broken into his home scuffled with them late Saturday night, state police reported.
Police said Kevin Price, 46, of North Union and Linda Lancaster, 34, of Uniontown arrived at Price's residence at 10:15 p.m. Saturday and found two men inside. After a scuffle, the two men left. Nothing was removed from the home. No one was reported injured.
Police described one man as white, 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighing 200 pounds. He is approximately 30 years old, bald and had a dark goatee. He was wearing a black T-shirt and blue jeans.
The other man was described as black, 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighing about 150 pounds. He is approximately 30, had black dreadlocks and wore glasses. He was wearing a white and yellow shirt and dark jeans.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact state police at 724-439-7111.
Redstone
Police seek suspect
in robbery of woman
State police at Uniontown are looking for a man who grabbed a Brownsville woman by the hair last week, dragged her out of her vehicle, pointed a gun to her head and robbed her.
According to police, Nicole Rebar told police a black man known to her stole her purse during the 1:30 p.m. Friday incident near a building in the Hunter's Ridge Apartments in Redstone. The purse contained $15 and personal items.
Greensburg
Jury acquits man
of sex assault charges
A Donegal Township man has been acquitted of the rape of a young girl.
After two days of testimony, a Westmoreland County jury last week returned a not-guilty verdict against Richard A. Myers, who had faced 16 charges involving sexual assaults against a child.
Myers, 30, formerly of Unity, testified he did not have any sexual contact with the girl.
His accuser claimed that the abuse started when she was 6 years old and continued for four years, ending after she alerted authorities about the alleged assaults in late 2006.
She told police that Myers forced her to watch pornographic movies, then touched her in a sexual manner.
Jurors deliberated more than six hours on Friday before returning the verdict.
-- Staff reports
