FBI offers reward for bank burglary information

FBI offers reward forbank burglary information
GREENVILLE, Pa. -- The FBI is offering an unspecified reward for information leading to the arrest of the burglar or burglars who took an undisclosed amount of money from the Sky Bank office at 187 Main St.
Police said they were alerted around 4:40 a.m. Tuesday when the bank's silent interior alarm was activated. By the time officers arrived, the intruder or intruders had already fled, said Police Chief Thomas Strahler.
Authorities believe entry to the building was gained by breaking an alley window in the basement.
Police on routine patrol had checked that alley around 4:15 a.m. and noticed nothing amiss at that time, Strahler said, theorizing that the intruder or intruders broke into the building sometime after that and made their way to the bank offices on the first floor.
Police wouldn't say whether the intruders were able to get into the bank vault, nor would they specify from where the money was taken.
Anyone with information on the crime can contact local police at (724) 588-4190 or the FBI at (412) 432-4000.
Courthouse rededication
MERCER, Pa. -- Mercer County commissioners are expecting a big turnout Friday for the rededication of the newly renovated courthouse. There will be an open house from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. to accommodate visitors.
A formal ceremony will begin at 5 p.m., and Wayne S. Spilove, chairman of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, will be the guest speaker.
Overflow parking accommodations have been set up at the Mercer High School and Mercer Elementary School parking lots. Shuttle buses will run every half-hour between those lots and the courthouse between 4 and 8 p.m.
The county has spent $12.7 million to restore the interior and exterior of the courthouse in a project that spanned more than two years.
The courthouse, built in 1911, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in December 1998.
Crestview studentshold recycling collection
COLUMBIANA -- Crestview High School biology students will have their summer recycling collection from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 22 in the high school parking lot.
Students will be available to help unload recyclables from vehicles.
It is helpful to students if the items are separated by type.
Items that will be accepted include: copper, aluminum (cans and other aluminum items), newspapers, magazines, phone books, paper back books, hard cover books, catalogs, junk mail, cardboard of any type, school and office paper and notebooks of any type.
3 illegal aliens caught
MERCER, Pa. -- Pennsylvania State Police said they picked up three illegal aliens in a vehicle stopped along Interstate 80 in Findley Township.
The vehicle was stopped in the westbound lanes for a traffic violation around 8:50 a.m. July 7.
All three were in the United States illegally, police said.
Jesus A. Gonzales, 48, was taken into custody by federal immigration officials.
The other two, Ambroncio Montejo, 54, and Cresencia J. Ventura, 35, were interviewed by immigration agents and released, police said.
Police continue search
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- City police are still searching for a man who escaped custody Tuesday afternoon and have charged a second person who aided in his escape.
Jarrod Price, 23, of Pollock Avenue faces charges of escape; flight to avoid apprehension, trial or punishment; resisting arrest; possession of crack cocaine; and driving without a license.
He was initially arrested on truck theft charges and awaiting processing at the police station at 1 p.m. Tuesday when he got out of a leg cuff, police said.
He ran out of the police station, still wearing his handcuffs, and got a ride with Jamie Pardick, 20, of Hanna Street.
Pardick was arrested and charged with hindering apprehension or prosecution of a prisoner.
She told police she dropped Price off in a wooded area near Halco Drive.
Anyone knowing his whereabouts is asked to call police at (724) 656-3576.