CRESSON — Two Pittsburgh residents have been charged with leaving a small container of marijuana outside the main entrance of State Correctional Institution-Cresson on Sunday afternoon.
Anthony Joseph Korey, 61, and Justine Bernadette Korey, 55, were charged with drug delivery, possession, criminal conspiracy, drug paraphernalia and contraband, state police said.
They were arraigned before District Judge Charity Nileski of Cresson.
Each is free on $5,000 unsecured bond.
A prison spokeswoman said the Koreys are neither staff members nor inmates at the prison.
In other police-related news:
Money stolen at store
State police are looking for whomever broke into a Family Dollar store in Meyersdale, entered a safe and fled with an undisclosed amount of money.
Police said the Grant Street business was entered overnight Sunday into Monday.
Someone broke the lock on an exterior door and damaged the door and door frame, police said.
The safe, valued at about $800, also was damaged.
Gold coins stolen
Five $1 gold coins were stolen after someone entered a home along Mechanic Street in Ursina during the day Tuesday, state police in Somerset said.
The burglar entered the property by breaking out a glass window about 8 inches by 19 inches.
The victim was Scott Randall Clevenger, 45.
Car window smashed
State police in Westmoreland County are looking for tips as to who smashed the rear window of a 1996 Honda Accord owned by Kevin Smith of New Florence.
The vandalism occurred overnight Sunday into Monday in the 100 block of Furnace Lane.
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