An Avalon woman reported being robbed in the alley behind her Center Avenue home on July 16. The woman told police that she was walking down the alley towards North Ohio Street when a white male walked past her, then turned around and came back. he pushed her to the ground and took her purse, police say.

The driver of a vehicle hit by a tractor trailer was taken by ambulance to Allegheny General Hospital on June 29.

Police say the woman’s car was forced into a spin, and then into oncoming traffic, when the large commercial vehicle attempted to change lanes.

One vehicle was towed from an accident at Florence and South Chestnut avenues on June 28.

Police received a complaint June 25 from a woman who said that a friend to whom she had given a ride stole two bottles of prescription medication, cash and a dozen DVDs from her vehicle.

A burglary in the 600 block of Forest Avenue was reported May 7. The resident reported several items stolen.

A laptop computer and PS3 machine were reported stolen during a burglary at a home in the 400 block of Dawson Avenue on May 3.

The Quaker Valley Council of Governments and its member municipalities of Aleppo, Avalon, Bell Acres, Bellevue, Ben Avon, Edgeworth, Emsworth, Glenfield, Haysville, Kilbuck, Leet, Leetsdale, Glen Osborne and Sewickley will sponsor a Recycling Day on Saturday, May 7, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Sewickley Borough will host the event behind the Sewickley municipal building on Washington Street. Only residents from the above mentioned municipalities will be able to participate, and ID (driver’s license or voter registration) will be required. No commercial establishments may participate.

Ohio Township Police are continuing to investigate the possible attempted luring of a young teenage girl in Ben Avon Monday afternoon.

Police say that the 13-year-old was walking on Terrace Avenue, above Dickson Avenue, during the heavy rains about 4 p.m. A balding white male driving a four-door maroon colored car yelled at the girl to get into his car. He then drove around the block and returned to Terrace, where he again told the girl to get into the car. She continued walking and the man drove off.

The driver is described as having a red or brown mustache and beard.

Bellevue Police are calling a drive-by shooting that occurred on Lincoln Avenue Tuesday afternoon a "transient event" not substantially connected to the borough.

The victim of the shooting at this point appears to be a gray Oldsmobile, as both young men in the car fled the scene on foot and have not yet been located.

A pizza delivery driver reported Sept. 30 that someone had attempted to rob him on Teece Avenue about 10:30 p.m.

Two attempted burglaries were reported: Someone tried to break into a home on Dunbar Avenue on Sept. 30, and into an apartment on Grant Avenue on Sept. 28.

It could have been much worse, but the combination of an effective emergency response plan and what can only be called acts of God prevented an environmental nightmare when a tanker truck carrying a toxic chemical overturned on Union Avenue Wednesday afternoon.

The tanker was traveling down Union Avenue toward the North Boroughs about 3 p.m. when the driver attempted to turn onto the I-279 southbound on-ramp. Officials believe several tires hit a rut beside the ramp, the driver overcompensated, and the tanker flipped.

An Avalon man stopped for having the music in his car too loud ended up cited for disorderly conduct on June 27. Police say that Bruce Brown Jr., 20, of Clive Street, became hostile and shouted profanities at officers and passing motorists.

A driver whose vehicle malfunctioned ended up hitting a street sign on Jackman Avenue on July 1, then her vehicle continued along the sidewalk, hitting three parked cars. No injuries were reported.

Thomas Ochaba, 18, of California Avenue, was charged with underage drinking at Anthony’s on Ohio River Boulevard on June 25.

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.

A quick trip to the store became more of a ride than expected by a young Ben Avon man, whose vehicle flipped over after hitting the hillside along Perrysville Avenue in Ben Avon, near the entrance to Avon Park. Driver Mark Keyser told police that he lost control in the heavy rain gushing down the street Saturday afternoon. Pictured here, a relatively uninjured Keyser, who managed to get himself out of the car, jumps back in to obtain some belongings. Also pictured are Ohio Township Police Officer Joel Donovic and NorthWest EMS personnel.

Photo by Connie Rankin for The Citizen