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•Criminal mischief. The windshield of a sport utility vehicle was broken between 2 and 9 a.m. March 21 in the 700 block of Clayton Street.
•Criminal mischief. A tire was slashed on a minivan overnight Saturday to Sunday in the 1500 block of East Washington Street.
•Criminal mischief. The passenger side windows of two delivery trucks were broken between Monday afternoon and 9 a.m. Tuesday at Nickles Bakery, 462 E. Washington St.
•Theft. Six lawn chairs were stolen from the back yard of a house in the 500 block of Countyline Street between 10 a.m. Tuesday and 6 a.m. Wednesday.
•Criminal mischief. Someone broke into a car parked on Route 168 in West Pittsburg between 3 and 9:30 p.m. Monday and stole a cover for a compact disc player. The driver’s side doors and front fender were scratched, the driver’s side window broken and the dashboard was missing.
•Theft. Someone stole an in-dash compact disc player from a car parked in the 200 block of East Lincoln Avenue between 10 p.m. Saturday and 6 a.m. Sunday. The owner found a pack of Marlboro Black cigarettes in the car. A neighbor reported seeing an extended cab pickup truck with two men in it pull up to the car the night of the incident.
•Theft. Someone stole a purse from a car parked on East Moody Avenue between 9 p.m. Monday and 8 a.m. Tuesday.
•Burglary. Two laptop computers and miscellaneous jewelry were stolen from a home in the 200 block of East Sheridan Avenue between 7:15 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. The medicine cabinet and dresser drawers had been ransacked.
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Police: Reports for March 30
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Shenango man accused of breaking into car
A Shenango man was arrested after he allegedly was caught breaking into a car on New Castle’s East Side. New Castle police charged Jessie Lauderbaugh, 23, of Highview Drive with fleeing from police, theft from a motor vehicle, disorderly conduct and loitering and prowling at night.
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Police arrest four in Union Township drug raid
Four people were arrested and drugs and a gun were confiscated Wednesday when police raided a house in Union Township. Union Township police, with the Lawrence County District Attorney’s Drug Task Force and New Castle police special response team and narcotics unit, served a sealed search warrant at 27 Spring St. just before 6:30 a.m.
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Man charged as store burglary accomplice
New Castle police have arrested a South Side man for his alleged role in a convenience store burglary. Alex John Benkosky, 21, of 821 S. Mercer St., is accused as an accomplice in the March 26 break-in at the Country Fair on Croton Avenue.
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Man accused of cutting woman
A New Castle man is accused of allegedly assaulting a Crestview Gardens woman. Police said Dajoi Taylor, 19, of 509 W. North St. allegedly hit an 18-year-old woman in the cheek with a purple eyebrow razor and pulled the weave out of her hair during an encounter around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday.
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Vacant house burns on South Side
A vacant South Side house burned Monday morning. New Castle firefighters were called at 12:50 a.m. to 510 Galbreath St. They said the structure “was fully involved” when they arrived and flames could be seen on all four sides of the building.
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Man reports being pistol whipped
A Detroit man reported to New Castle police he had been pistol whipped by two men in Crestview Gardens. The man told police the incident occurred around 3 p.m. Wednesday on Parkwood Court.
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Police: Dog had no food, water or space
A Lower East Side woman is facing charges for allegedly leaving her dog without food or water during hot temperatures.
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Cleaners cause fire in vacant Halco unit
Lawrence County Housing Authority employees cleaning a vacant unit sparked a blaze Monday, according to city firefighters. The fire just before noon in the Halco Drive apartment caused $10,000 damage to the kitchen, they said.
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Business ‘total loss’ after fire
A Little Beaver Township business was destroyed when a fire started in a garage. Enon Valley Volunteer Fire Chief Ben Hostetler said the blaze broke out about 12:20 a.m. Sunday in the garage of John Curea at 1791 State Route 551.
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