From WESB.com

October 20, 2009 08:10AM
Sheffield Pharmacy Robbed

A man robbed the Sheffield Pharmacy Monday afternoon. Sheffield Township Police say the man, who was wearing a dark ski mask, blue jeans, a dark jacket with a gray vest over, was carrying a black backpack. He displayed a large handgun and made-off with an undertemined amount of prescription pills. The robber headed east on the railroad tracks.

October 20, 2009 07:10AM
Oil Spill on Tionesta Creek

An oil spill was discovered Sunday along Hastings Run in Forest County. Department of Environmental Protection investigators say that 630 gallons of oil leaked out of holding tanks and 200 gallons of the oil entered the stream and then flowed into Tionesta Creek. There was an oil slick which reached 21 miles down the Creek to near Nebraska Bridge State Police discovered that valves were open on three of the holding tanks in a five-tank battery owned by Duhring Resource Co. of Sheffield. The incident has been deemed suspicous and is being classified as criminal mischief.

October 20, 2009 06:10AM
Eldred Firefigher Charged in Department Fires

An Eldred volunteer firefighter has been charged with the fires at the Eldred Borough and Township Fire Department buildings. State Police say 38 year-old Scott McClain of Eldred is charged with arson and criminal mischief for the two fires, one early Monday at the borough fire department and the second blaze at the township fire department building on August 6th. Investigators say McClain ignited rolls of bathroom tissue in the storage closet in the men's bathroom early Monday at the borugh building. The fire caused more than $5,000 in damage to the structure. Police say that fire in August at the township’s second station was set by McClain who ignited a flare that burned a fire truck and building and caused more than $300,000 in damages. McClain is jailed on $500,000 bail. There are several other fires that the fire marshall is looking into, including one on July 20 at the Eldred Borough Ambulance building, which destoryed two ambulances. No one has been charged in any of those fires.

posted by Frank Williams at WESB.com

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