Dormont Police Blotter March 31 to April 6

March 31

• aided the Dormont Volunteer Fire Department in response to a fire at 1458 Grandin Ave. at 7:36 a.m. The fire reportedly started in a second floor bedroom. An exact cause for the fire has not been determined, according to the Dormont police, but officers said it likely was caused by a cigarette that burned a blanket. No injuries were reported. Departments from Mt. Lebanon, Castle Shannon and Whitehall also responded.
• Dormont and Castle Shannon police responded to an apartment in the 2800 block of West Liberty Avenue at 3:05 p.m. for report that two people had kicked in the door of the apartment and were shouting at the residents, who had locked themselves in a bedroom. Police determined that the two had come to the apartment to retrieve a diamond ring that they accused one resident of stealing. Police located the ring at the Cash for Gold store on West Liberty Avenue. Police said the owner of the ring bought the ring back, and that she did not want to press criminal charges on the condition that one of the apartment residents—whom police said had taken and pawned the ring—reimbursed her the money. No charges have been filed to date.

April 2

• Dormont police responded to a call that a woman on Kelton Avenue was yelling inappropriate things to a neighboring couple that was standing on the deck of their own home at 5:20 a.m. Police issued a verbal warning. No charges were filed.

April 4

• Officers responded to a report of a landlord-tenant dispute that occurred in the 2800 block of Connecticut Avenue at 12:45 p.m. while a couple was moving out of an apartment. Police stayed on scene to ensure peace until the couple left the residence. No charges were filed.
• Officers responded to the 2900 block of Mattern Avenue at 4:47 p.m. for a report that a juvenile male stole a vehicle belonging to his stepfather. Neither the vehicle nor the juvenile have been located to date.

April 5

• George Sites, age and address unknown, was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol after crashing the vehicle he was driving at the intersection of Beltzhoover and Manton Way at 2:09 a.m. A Dormont officer  requested that City of Pittsburgh officers be advised of Sites’s actions after Sites, swerved into the opposite traffic lane and nearly collided with the Dormont officer in the 2800 block of West Liberty Avenue. Sites was arrested by Pittsburgh police.
• Dormont police responded to an apartment building in the 3200 block of Raleigh Avenue at 9 a.m. to assist on a medical call. When they arrived, police said more than 40 cats were present in the apartment and that a smell of cat feces was overwhelming. The borough code enforcement officer and animal control officers were called. Police said animal control is assisting the resident in removing the cats and she has been given 30 days to clean the apartment. No charges have been filed.

April 6

• A man was arrested and charged with simple assault for physically assaulting his mother at a home in the 1200 block of Arkansas Avenue at 6:23 a.m.

Police received a number of parking complaints, noise disturbance reports and nuisance reports that did not result in arrests or charges.