An Altoona woman had a wallet taken after shopping at a grocery store in Antis Township on Oct. 25.
Police reported Nicole Pannebaker left her wallet in a grocery cart by mistake. When she returned to the store several hours later she was unable to locate it. The wallet had credit cards, identification and $26 in cash.
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Huntingdon County-based state police investigated a one-vehicle accident in West Township that left a Tyrone teen injured on Oct. 29.
The incident happened on Kyper Road when 18-year-old Michael Crownover was rounding a curve shortly after 11 p.m. His vehicle started to slide and then rolled over onto its side and came to rest across the road on its roof facing south.
Crownower was not wearing a seat belt and suffered facial cuts. A passenger, 18-year-old Adam Shope of Petersburg, suffered a minor injury to his hand. He also was not wearing a seat belt.
Both teens were taken to JC Blair Hospital by private vehicle for treatment.
Shaver Creek Fire Company assisted state police on the scene.
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A 44-year-old Tyrone man was arrested on a DUI charge after a traffic stop in Port Matilda on Oct. 30, shortly after midnight.
Philipsburg state police said they stopped the driver after his vehicle was observed being driven over the center line into the opposite lane of travel.
In an Oct. 31 release police did not identify the driver while stating that charges would be filed in the case.
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State police investigated a burglary along the Spruce Street extension in Tipton on Nov. 1.
The incident happened sometime between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. when someone entered the home of William Stouffer by breaking a window and climbing through it. Once inside, the burglar took a television and a DVD player with surround speakers from the living room. The culprit then fled the scene.
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A 17-year-old Duncansville girl accidentally shot herself in the Sinking Valley area on Nov. 2.
She was target shooting on a private property. Police said she got scared while shooting a weapon and accidentally shot herself in the hand. She went to the Altoona Regional Medical Center for treatment. Police said they were continuing their investigation as of a Sunday press release on the incident.
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A case of criminal mischief was investigated in Snyder Township late last week.
The incident happened at the corner of Gates Hill Road and Clinton Street sometime between 1 p.m. on Nov. 3 and 12:30 p.m. on Nov. 4. Someone took a sharp object and scratched the left side rear of Danae Ann Plows’ 1995 Ford Explorer.
Damage was estimated at $1,200.
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Two Tyrone teens and another juvenile were injured in an accident in Snyder Township on Sunday.
Police said 18-year-old Samuel Emigh was traveling at an excessive speed on State Route 453. He lost control of his vehicle, which then hit a rock embankment.
Emigh suffered a moderate injury and was not wearing a seat belt. His passengers, 18-year-old Siera C. Hughart and an unidentified juvenile from Huntingdon County, also suffered moderate injuries. Neither passenger was wearing a seat belt.
Emigh’s vehicle, a 2004 Dodge Ram truck, had severe damage.
