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The Blotter

Jan 25, 2006

State police released details about a December 4 accident recently.
A truck driven by 54-year-old Stephen Lee Shiffler hit the side of a SUV driven by 40-year-old Wendy A. Dillen with a plow.
Police said neither driver was immediately aware a collision had occurred.
Shiffler and Dillen were both wearing seat belts and were not hurt. A juvenile passenger in Dillen’s vehicle was also wearing a seat belt and was not hurt.

Philipsburg state police investigated a criminal mischief incident at St. Joseph Institute in Taylor Township, Centre County.
Police said the incident happened sometime during a two-day period in mid-January when someone destroyed a large wooden sign that marks the entrance to the Institute along South Mountain Road. Several lights that illuminated the sign were also destroyed. The damage was estimated at approximately $1,400.
Police said it appeared someone arrived in a large truck or SUV and a passenger got out and damaged the sign. Footprints were observed in the snow. Police are continuing their investigation.

A business in Antis Township was the scene of a theft between 7 p.m. last Wednesday and 3:30 a.m. on Thursday.
The incident happened when someone removed a fuel line from one of trucks at Industrial Uniform Rentals on Park Avenue. Gasoline was removed from the vehicle.
Police are continuing their investigation.

A 35-year-old Blandburg man suffered moderate injuries in a one-vehicle accident on State Route 865 in Antis Township last Wednesday shortly after 10:30 p.m.
The crash happened when Jeffrey Scott Ruckinger was traveling east on route 865 down the mountain from Blandburg towards Bellwood. His truck traveled off the road and struck a tree head-on. The truck then spun counter clockwise several times before coming to a rest in the middle of the road facing west.

A Bellwood man was the victim of an alleged harassment at a residence on Riggles Gap Road in Antis Township last Thursday at 6:40 p.m.
Police say 19-year-old Benjamin Kay Grove was at the residence of a friend. Grove and the friend’s father had a disagreement. Police said the friend’s father pushed the victim twice and told him to leave the residence. Grove left the residence.
State police were contacted by the victim’s friend who reported the incident.

By Rick