Blotter: Hickory Woman Charged With Burglary

Canonsburg police charged a Hickory woman Monday with burglary, criminal trespass, simple assault, harassment, criminal mischief and making terroristic threats following an incident Saturday.

Police said officers were called to 137 E. Pitt St. for a burglary in progress.

Margaret Bails, 42, told police that Kelly Stankiewicz, of Hickory, came to her door uninvited and began banging on it before breaking the glass and entering the home.

Bails said she ran into the kitchen and down into the basement, with Stankiewicz chasing her. The woman said she was able to close and lock an interior door in the basement to get away from Stankiewicz, who reportedly broke that wooden door also.

Bails escaped through a window and ran to a neighbor's house, where she called 911.

When police arrived, Bails told officers that she knew Stankiewicz from working as a peer mentor at a facility in Washington. Although she had previously invited the woman to her home, Bails said she stopped communicating with Stankiewicz because of what she described as her declining mental condition.

According to a police report, officers discovered Stankiewicz in the basement of Bails' home with a boxcutter with the blade retracted.

She cooperated with police, telling them that she hadn't felt well over the past two weeks and that she wanted to "hurt her like she hurt me."

Canonsburg police transported Stabkiewicz to Washington Hospital, where she was admitted, according to a report.

Her preliminary hearing has not yet been scheduled, court dockets show.

Purse, change taken

Erica Frian, of 705 Highland Ave., told Canonsburg police that someone removed a $400 Coach purse, a wallet with 19 store credit cards and an laptop computer from her unlocked car sometime Friday night.

Wallet, I-Pod taken

Chelsea Banks, of 330 N. Jefferson Ave., told Canonsburg police that someone went into her purse at work and took a Coach wallet and an I-Pod. She said about $40 in case and her identification cards were in the wallet.

Charm, change taken in Cecil

Kevin Marren told that someone took $6 in change and a gold, heart-shaped charm from his unlocked car sometime overnight Friday. The charm was valued at about $50, police said.