Juveniles arrested, held after thefts in W.Va.

Juveniles arrested, heldafter thefts in W.Va.
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- Four juveniles are in the Krause Shelter this morning after a joy ride that took them to West Virginia.
Pennsylvania State Police said the boys took guns and money from a Jacobson Road home in Mahoning Township and a car from a nearby home sometime between 5:30 and 6:30 a.m. Sunday. They were later arrested in Sutton, W.Va., after stealing two more vehicles and crashing into a West Virginia State Police car, state police said. They ran off and were caught after a foot chase about 8 p.m. Sunday.
Woman accused of taking city money faces probation
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- A city woman accused of taking money from the sanitation authority was sentenced to 12 months' probation.
Deanna Christofer Jacobs, 57, of Tall Trees Court, appeared Monday before Judge Ralph D. Pratt of Lawrence County Common Pleas Court, said Matthew Mangino, Lawrence County district attorney. She had entered a guilty plea last month on a charge of misappropriation of entrusted property of government and financial institutions. Mangino said Jacobs already made restitution, which was also part of her sentence.
She was accused of taking more than $1,500 from the New Castle Sanitation Authority when she worked there from January 1999 to October 2000.
Pizza deliveryman robbed
HERMITAGE, Pa. -- Police said a 42-year-old Domino's pizza deliveryman was robbed after he made a delivery to a home in the 2000 block of Krivosh Road. The victim said he was walking back to his vehicle shortly after 12 a.m. Saturday when two men approached him from behind, stuck an object in his back and demanded his money. He handed over a small amount of cash, and the men ran into a wooded area. No description of the pair was available.
Money machine stolen
MERCER, Pa. -- Thieves took a money access machine from Walt's Golden Dawn in Mercer Plaza in Coolspring Township. Pennsylvania State Police said someone pried open a door to get into the grocery store between 12:50 and 1:10 a.m. Saturday and carried off the machine, which was in the front of the store.
Walk-a-thon falls short
GREENVILLE, Pa. -- Thiel College's first attempt at running a walk-a-thon to benefit Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh didn't quite make its goal.
The plan was to raise $50,000 in the two-day, 100-mile trek from the campus to the Oakland section of Pittsburgh, where the hospital is located.
The walkers netted $27,228 in the drive, including collections that started in September, said Steph Erdice, student service specialist with the college's student services department.
About 70 people participated in the walk Friday and Saturday.
The annual walk had been sponsored by Phi Theta Phi fraternity at Thiel College for 35 years and raised more than $1 million during that time period.
The fraternity was disbanded a year ago for violation of various college regulations, and the college took on the walk-a-thon effort.
Free flu shots for veterans
Free flu shots will be available for military veterans at two sites in western Pennsylvania this week. Mercer County Career Link together with Mercer County Disabled American Veterans Chapter #55 and Sharon American Legion Post 299 are providing flu shots from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at the American Legion post, 1395 E. State St., Sharon, Pa. Veterans must bring their DD214 discharge paper for identification.
Also, flu shots will be available at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 325 New Castle Road, Butler, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday. Veterans must bring their DD214 discharge paper unless they are being treated there by a VA doctor.