The Ohio Township Police department is investigating a series of thefts in which G.P.S. and other electronic devices have been stolen from vehicles during the night. Police remind residents to lock their vehicles.

On July 15, Robert Becker, 55, of Ben Avon, was arrested and is being charged with disorderly conduct and terroristic threats after making vulgar and threatening comments to neighbors.

Ryan Adams, 33, of Emsworth, was arrested for violating a protection from abuse order on July 18.

A local man has received the American Legion Valor Award for his actions under attack in Afghanistan last fall.

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Patrick Benson, who grew up in the Bellevue/Ross area, joined the Army in 1992, hoping to fulfill his dream of becoming a helicopter pilot. Since 1996, he has been piloting Kiowa helicopters, small, armed aircraft that provide security for the larger Black Hawk Medevac helicopters, among other assignments.

David Lozano, 51, of Bellevue, was arrested for driving under the influence on July 10. Lozano was driving erratically and seen throwing an empty alcoholic beverage bottle out of his window on Ben Avon Heights Road.

On July 13, Dennis Kevin Redmond, 20, of Bell Acres, was arrested for driving under the influence during a traffic stop on McAleer Road in Ohio Township. His also is being charged with underage drinking, reckless driving, and restrictions on alcoholic beverages.

A Bellevue man faces multiple felony charges after he attempted to outrun police on a motorcycle, then threw himself into oncoming traffic.

Police say that David Davis, 35, may have become agitated after being served with a Protection From Abuse (PFA) no-contact order earlier Wednesday night. About 1 a.m. Thursday, he was observed on a motorcycle on Ohio River Boulevard in Emsworth, where police say he ran the red light at Camp Horne Road.

Aloysius Gallagher Aloysius M. Gallagher, 70, of Allison Park, died Tuesday, June 29, 2010. Mr. Gallagher worked as a consultant in human resources. He was a lector at St. Ursula Church in Allison Park and a volunteer and member of the Renew Group. He taught at the Heinz School of Carnegie Mellon University, St. Francis University, LaRoche College and Butler County Community College.

A Bellevue man was scheduled for a preliminary hearing yesterday after being arrested in connection with a shooting in Wilkinsburg.

David Hickman, 50, of Washington Avenue, was taken into custody June 12 by Bellevue Police. He was being held in the Allegheny County Jail on a $50,000 bond after being charged with aggravated assault, recklessly endangering another person and terroristic threats.

Several arrests for disorderly conduct were made recently by Ohio Township Police.

David Schultz, 20, and David Lawson, 18, both of Ross Township, were cited following a traffic stop on Camp Horne Road on June 25.

Brandon P. Durler, 20, of Bellevue, was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia after he was discovered in Avon Park after hours on JUne 29.

Eric Wright, 36, of Verona, also was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia during a traffic stop on Camp Horne Road in Kilbuck Township on June 30.

Arlene Wible Arlene R. Heim Wible of Ohio Township died Saturday, June 5, 2010. She is survived by her husband, Walter J. Wible; her sister, Karen Clark and her husband Mal; and two nieces, Heather and Ashley Clark. Friends were received at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church until the time of services on Saturday. Contributions are suggested to North Hills Food Bank or the American Cancer Society. Arrangements were made by T.B. Devlin Funeral Home, North Hills.

Marcelline Nemecek Marcelline "Meem" Kapolka Nemecek died Friday, June 18, 2010.

A drug bust ended badly in Avalon last Thursday night, with a suspect attempting to run over a police officer and the officer shooting at the vehicle.

Avalon police Chief Tom Kokoski said that officers Walt Johnson and Matt McDanel were working in plainclothes, observing a drug deal occurring in Peach Alley. When the officers approached the car, Kokoski said, identifying themselves as police officers, the driver took off, headed right for Johnson. The chief said that Johnson fired three shots in self defense but did not hit the vehicle.

The woman sought by Bellevue Police for a purse snatching on June 3 turned herself in to police

Cynthia Russell, 25, of Hober Avenue, McKees Rocks, was charged with theft after turning herself in at the Bellevue Police Department on June 3 for a purse snatching in the 500 block of Lincoln Avenue.

A man was reportedly cut on the arm with a razor by a white male who fled in the area of Gilliland Place and Shiloh on June 2.

Jewelry was reported stolen from a Grant Avenue residence on May 27.

Vandalism at Marmo Park in Emsworth was discovered on June 7 and 8. An Ohio Township Police officer on patrol found overturned and broken tables on June 7, and received a report of more vandalism to the tables on June 8.

Thomas Kastory, 19, of Emsworth, was cited for disorderly conduct on June 9. Police say he was in possession of drug paraphernalia.

A number of people were arrested for driving under the influence:

Brian C. Cook, 43, of Ben Avon, was charged after a traffic stop on Ben Avon Heights Road in Ohio Township on June 4.