Sewickley Police Handling Numerous Animal Problems

Sewickley Police have handled numerous dog-related calls the past few weeks, including:

• Police were called at 8:40 a.m. April 14 to the 500 block of Boundary Street for a loose dog. The dog was taken to the kennel at the police station, and the owner retrieved his animal.

• Police received a call shortly after 9 a.m. April 14 for two golden retrievers on the loose in the area of Grove and Beaver streets. Police found the dogs in a yard in the 600 block of Grove Street and spoke to the caretaker of the house, who brought the dogs inside.

• A resident in the 500 block of Boundary Street told police that a chocolate Labrador retriever had been found near the home. The resident notified police in case someone reported a dog missing.

• Police were dispatched at 5:50 p.m. April 11 to Route 65 and River Road in Haysville for a report of an injured dog. Police checked the area, but couldn’t locate the dog.

• Police were dispatched shortly before 5 p.m. April 11 to Chestnut Street and Route 65 for a report of a loose dog. Police couldn’t locate the dog.

• Police responded to a call at 6:45 p.m. April 10 for a loose dog in the area of Route 65 and the Sewickley Bridge, but didn’t find a dog. Police later found a brown and white Beagle running loose in the Chestnut Street and Route 65 area, but the officer could not get close enough to grab the animal.

• Police went to the area of Route 65 and McKown shortly after noon April 10 for a report of an unattended dog. Police checked the area and did not find the dog. 

• Police were called at 11 a.m. April 2 to the Centennial Avenue and Fountain Street area for a report of a chocolate Labrador retriever running loose, acting aggressive and foaming at the mouth. Police located the lab in the 700 block of Centennial and found the dog had the normal slobber on its mouth and was not aggressive. The dog’s owner came out and took it in the fenced back yard.

• Police were called at 4:20 p.m. April 2 to the 1000 block of Route 65 in Glen Osborne for a black and gray dog running loose in the area and eating a deer carcass.

Sewickley Police also responded to the following recent incidents. Each incident reflects police records and is not an indication of guilt.

• Police were called to the Sewickley Bridge at 10:15 a.m. April 13 for a report of the traffic light not operating correctly coming off the Sewickley Bridge. An officer sat at the intersection and watched two light cycles and found all the lights to be working fine, police said.

• Police received a complaint at 9:15 a.m. April 13 about a truck idling for more than an hour outside of the BMW dealership near a Charette Place residence. Police said the resident complained about the exhaust fumes building up in and around his house. Police told the resident the problem would be addressed.

• Police responded at 10:45 a.m. April 12 to the 300 block of Broad Street for a report of a car blocking a driveway. Police told the resident that the vehicle was only blocking the driveway by two inches and would not be towed. The driver was ticketed.

• Police on April 14 stopped Nakia P. Cashaw, 29, of Aliquippa, in a car with a burned-out headlight travelling southbound on Route 65 at Walnut Street. Police said Cashaw also had an expired inspection sticker and was driving with a suspended license. She was cited for the offenses and given a courtesy ride to Heritage Valley Sewickley Hospital because of an asthma problem. Her car was towed.

• Police said Joseph Sahrek, 52, of Sewickley, came to the police station April 11 to report that someone keyed the driver’s side of his 2010 RX Lexus 350, punctured a tire and dented the passenger side while the car was parked at a meter about 8:30 a.m. April 6 in the 400 block of Beaver Street.

•  Police were called at 1:50 a.m. April 2 to the American Legion Post 450 in the 100 block of Chadwick Street for a report of people yelling and possibly fighting. Police found a party was letting out and some people were talking loudly, but the loud people had left before police arrived. At 2:38 a.m., police were called back to the American Legion for a reported fight between 10 to 15 people. Police learned the fight was verbal and there were no assaults or injuries. Police learned the party was for a person who was to serve a 27-year jail sentence and that all the guests were from the Aliquippa area. The argument broke out between some family members, police said. At 3 a.m., police said a 21-year-old Aliquippa woman came to the station to file a harassment report against another woman who pushed her at the Legion party while the two were in the women’s room and showed her two knives. Officers filed an incident report.