Charged with DUI

Charged with DUI

NEW CASTLE, Pa.

Neshannock Township police have charged David Black, 52, of New Castle with driving under the influence after police witnessed Black’s vehicle going left of center and off the side of Maitland Lane as he drove eastbound Saturday.

Police said Black failed a field- sobriety test and was arrested and taken to Jameson Hospital for a blood-alcohol-content test.

Black, who also was cited for traffic violations, was later released from the hospital to family members.

Man arraigned

NEW CASTLE, Pa.

William L. Laux, 47, of Mercer Road, New Castle, was arraigned last week on charges of assault and harassment after Neshannock Township police were called last week to a disturbance involving his girlfriend at the Mercer Road home.

The 51-year-old victim told police Laux punched her in the face twice and spit on her several times Thursday evening.

The victim did not appear to have visible injuries and refused aid by emergency medical technicians.

As of late Monday, Laux was in the Lawrence County Jail on a $5,000 bond.

Burglary investigation

BOARDMAN

Police continue to investigate a weekend burglary in which a man took about $400 from a 79-year-old woman.

The woman told officers that about 7 p.m. Saturday she returned to her home on Parkland Avenue from Giant Eagle on U.S. Route 224 in Boardman, when she noticed a red car behind her.

Reports state the man claimed he had run out of gas and needed to make a phone call, and the woman said she would call for him. Police said the man grabbed woman’s groceries from the trunk and pushed open her door in the garage, coming inside without permission.

The man, who did not have a weapon, said he needed money, and the woman gave him the cash in her purse, according to reports.