The Herald, Sharon, Pa.

Local News

April 21, 2009

News in Brief from April 21, 2009

Cops: Woman came at man with pitchfork

PYMATUNING TOWNSHIP — A Pymatuning Township woman was charged with aggravated assault after trying to attack a man with a pitchfork at 8:52 p.m. Sunday at her home, police said.

Patricia Rocco, 57, of 568 Crestview Drive, left some scratches on the man with the pitchfork but it didn’t puncture his skin, police said.



Cooperstown woman hurt in two-car crash on 62

JACKSON TOWNSHIP — A Cooperstown, Pa., woman was flown to Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh after a crash at 10:40 a.m. Saturday at U.S. Route 62 and state Route 965 in Jackson Township, state police said.

Diane R. Whitman, 54, suffered moderate injuries after she drove through a stop sign and hit a car driven by Georgetta L. Reddick, 46, of Stoneboro, police said. The impact pushed Ms. Reddick’s car off the road and onto the porch of a nearby building, police said.

Ms. Reddick and Ms. Whitman’s passenger, Roxlyn S. Morford-Penker, 50, Franklin, were both treated at Grove City Medical Center, Pine Township, said a spokeswoman.

Allegheny General did not return a message or answer phone calls asking for information about Ms. Whitman’s condition.

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