Man Accused of Stealing Elderly Neighbor’s Car

A Scott Township man was arrested earlier this month after police said he stole his elderly neighbor’s car and threatened her if she called authorities.

Scott Township police said Robert Jasper, 47, took the woman’s car from her Elmbrook Lane home and was seen driving it around the neighborhood on March 8.

The woman was fearful, police said, so she didn’t contact them. However, another person in the neighborhood noticed Jasper driving the woman’s car and called police.

Police on the following day charged Jasper with theft and terroristic threats. He was released on those charges, but investigators later discovered he was wanted on other felony charges.

Police said they also charged him with resisting arrest while trying to take him into custody the second time.

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Scott Township

Man accused of bumping into Walmart employees with buggy: James Hamilton, 76, of Heidelberg, was cited for harassment after Scott Township police said he was intentionally bumping into Walmart employees with his shopping cart on March 9.

Public drunkenness arrest: Scott Township police said they cited Barbara McKenna, 53, of Carnegie, with disorderly conduct and public drunkenness following an incident in the 400 block of Hill Street on March 9.

Public intox arrest: Jeffrey Gordon, 55, of Scott, was charged with public drunkenness after township police said they found him in an apartment building’s hallway in the 400 block of Carothers Avenue on March 4.

Trespassing charge: Scott Township police said they charged Edward Walton, 27, of Pittsburgh, with trespassing and public drunkenness after he refused to leave an apartment in Kings Grant on March 7.

Police searching for hit-and-run driver: Scott Township police said a driver crashed into another car on Greentree Road on March 6 and left the scene. Police said the man threatened the other driver before leaving the area.

Public drunkenness charge: Sharon Twigg, 45, of Carnegie, was charged with public drunkenness after Scott Township police said they found her in the 400 block of Orchard Spring Road in the early hours of March 13.

Cell phone stolen from restaurant: Scott Township police said they charged Matthew McCutchan, 34, of South Fayette, with theft after an iPhone was reported missing from the desktop at the Original Pancake House. The phone was recovered and returned to its owner, police said.

Disorderly conduct charge: Julian Atwater, 19, of Scott, was charged with disorderly conduct following a traffic stop in the 1800 block of Greentree Road on March 16, township police said.

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