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The Blotter

Feb 16, 2006

State police have released details about a theft incident in Antis Township on Jan. 31.
The incident happened at a parking lot located off of old Route 220 when someone removed various articles from a vehicle belonging to 21-year-old Ashley Yvonne Dean of Tyrone.
Anyone with information on the incident should contact the state police in Hollidaysburg.

Tri Star Ford Mercury in Snyder Township was the scene of theft of a vehicle sometime between Feb. 7 and Feb. 8.
Police said someone stole a gray 2003 Ford Escape from the lot. Anyone with information on the incident should contact state police at 696-6100.

A rural Altoona woman escaped injury in a one-vehicle accident on State Route 4015 on Feb. 8.
The accident happened around 7:15 a.m. when Rheanna Stehley lost control of her vehicle while she was attempting to negotiate a right curve on a snow and ice covered road.
Her vehicle rolled over onto its roof after striking a tree and traveled up an embankment. Stehley was wearing a seat belt at the time of the accident.

A 20-year-old Tyrone man was arrested for underage drinking in Birmingham Borough, Huntingdon County.
Police said Todd M. Keith was arrested for consumption of alcoholic or malt brew beverage on Feb. 9 at 10:50 p.m.

A 41-year-old Tyrone woman suffered a minor injury in a one-vehicle accident on Feb. 10 at 2:30 a.m. on State Route 4027 in Snyder Township.
Sheila Kay Fink lost control of her car while negotiating a curve. Her vehicle hit a building owned by Nancy Eyer-Coffman of Alexandria. Police said Fink would be cited for failing to immediately report the accident to police.

A check on a disabled vehicle in Tyrone on Monday afternoon led to the arrest of three people for public drunkenness.
State police stopped to check on a truck on Washington Avenue across from the Kwik Fill around 5:30 p.m. The vehicle had damage to the left-front end and two people were inside.
They told police that a third person had been driving and had hit a tree at an unknown location. Police said the other person had gone to the Kwik Fill to arrange rides for the trio.
The police press release said the two people in the truck were highly intoxicated. An officer went to the Kwik Fill and found out the third person had left the area on foot and was headed toward the Save A Lot store. Police said the man was located inside the store was found to be highly intoxicated. He denied knowing anything about the truck or accident.
Police later discovered the truck had been involved in a hit-and-run accident in Altoona. The truck was towed and Altoona Police were given information of the truck’s location and the parties involved in the Tyrone incident.
State police said charges of public drunkenness against all three were filed before Magisterial District Judge Fred Miller.

By Rick