State police probe arson

State police from Denton Hill are probing an arson in Bingham Township Monday between 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Someone poured an ignitable fluid on the wooden floor at an abandoned house owned by Arlie Holbert of Genesee, set fire to it and left. Damage was confined to the floor.

An East Smethport man has been jailed after he was caught naked, crawling in a stream early Tuesday morning. Troopers at the Kane barracks were called by neighbors to the Allen Street area of East Smethport at about 5:00 a.m. Tracy Holley, 40, was committed to the McKean County Jail.

A Coudersport woman suffered head injuries Saturday around noon when she was thrown off her ATV while crossing Whitney Creek Road in Hebron Township. Vivian Spoon, 66, was flown by helicopter to Altoona Hospital. State police said Spoon was

not wearing a helmet when her Bombardier Traxter 500 hit a pothole.

Both drivers were hurt in a collision early Saturday afternoon on Route 6, about two miles west of Coudersport. State police said 84-year-old Dorothy Stevens of Wellsboro was headed east when her car drifted into the opposite lane and into the path of a car driven by Sue Hawkins of Bradford. Both drivers were taken to Charles Cole Hospital for treatment. Stevens has been cited for careless driving.

Charges are pending against a Port Allegany driver following a hit and run collision Friday afternoon on the Lower Grimes Road in Liberty Township. Kane-based state police said 33-year-old Thomas Bennett backed up and fled the scene after his Olds Cutlass struck a Ford Escape driving by Frances Stauffer, also of Port Allegany.

A Driftwood driver escaped injury when his pickup truck went out of control and rolled onto its roof Saturday shortly before noon. Police said the driver was Caleb T. Graham, 21.

He was eastbound on Rt. 120 in Lumber Township when the truck went out of control on a righthand curve and struck an embankment.

Another Cameron County resident, Bryan Good of Emporium, escaped injury Sunday night when his Dodge SUV skidded on a muddy section of May Hollow Road in Shippen Township and ended up in a ditch. The vehicle sustained moderate damage.

State police are investigating the theft of a dog. Police say a known female suspect is accused of taking a Jack Russell Terrier belonging to Francis Burton of Harrison Valley at a social engagement last week.