Crimes

State Police

n Retail theft charges are pending against a 16-year-old Meadville boy and a 14-year-old Meadville girl for attempting to steal three video games, valued at a total of $59.46, from a Conneaut Lake Road, Vernon Township department store at around 12:20 p.m. Tuesday.

Saegertown Area

Magisterial District Judge

n Melissa A. Enders, 35, of 25211 Highway 27 Apt. 46, Meadville, waived her right to a preliminary hearing Tuesday before Magisterial District Judge Lincoln S. Zilhaver on Pennsylvania State Police charges of two counts of driving under the influence and one summary traffic offense for an incident Feb. 16 and was released on her own recognizance.

Crashes

State Police

n Vernon H. Nelson, 59, of Stoystown, was driving south on Interstate 79 in Cussewago Township around 10:35 a.m. Sunday when he braked his vehicle but was unable to avoid striking a deer that had run onto the road. Nelson’s vehicle was subsequently struck from behind by a vehicle being driven by James Vogt, 58, of Erie. Both vehicles traveled off the road, down an embankment and rolled over. Vogt and his passenger, Sally A. Vogt, 58, of Erie, and Nelson and two of his passengers, William R. Balya, 80, of Schellsburg, and Debbie Lou Nelson, 64, of

Stoystown, each reportedly sustained minor injuries. Another of Nelson’s passengers, H. Lucille Balya, 75, of Schellsburg, reportedly sustained moderate injuries and was transported by ambulance to Hamot Medical Center in Erie for treatment.

n Jessica L. DeArment, 22, of Meadville, was traveling east on Franklin Pike in West Mead Township around 12:44 a.m. Monday when she failed to yield the right of way, entered the intersection and struck a vehicle being driven north on Liberty Street by Rebecca Stallard, 32, of Meadville. Both drivers were wearing seatbelts; neither sustained injuries.

Vernon Township Area