William Burton, 33, of Junction City; was booked at 6:15 p.m. for driving under suspension.

Tara Dean, 19, of Columbus; was booked at 11:11 a.m. for a probation violation.

Pamela Dittoe, 46, of Lancaster; was booked at 1:06 p.m. for driving under suspension.

Stephen Dunn, 18, of Lancaster; was booked at 5:36 p.m. for felonious assault.

Bruce Lavey, 37, of Sugar Grove; was booked at 3:20 a.m. for operating a vehicle under the influence, possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. He was released at 4:29 a.m.

Perry Mason, 48, of Pleasantville; was booked at 5:57 p.m. for driving under the influence. He was released at 6:13 p.m.

Shawn Pickett, 31, of Lancaster; was booked at 3:08 p.m. for failure to appear in domestic relations court. He was released at 4:07 p.m. Thursday.

Ryan Potter, 25, of Lancaster; was booked at 11:13 p.m. for disorderly conduct. He was released at 11:25 p.m.

Wayne Swisher, 34, of Lancaster; was booked at 9:51 p.m. for carrying a concealed weapon. He was released at 11:26 p.m.

Nicholas Wilson, 29, of Lancaster; was booked at 1:18 p.m. for driving under suspension.

Briefs

PICKERINGTON -- A Glock 9mm handgun valued at $600 was stolen from a vehicle in the 9,700 block of Hounsdale Drive between Dec. 24 and Jan. 2, according to a report from the Fairfield County Sheriff's Office.

LANCASTER -- Someone cut the tire of a vehicle in the 2,800 block of Pleasant Way Drive between 9 a.m. Monday and noon Thursday, according to a report from the Fairfield County Sheriff's Office.

LANCASTER -- A 22-year-old man said someone smashed the window of his car and stole a purse he had found around 7 p.m. Thursday, according to a report from the Lancaster Police Department.

The man told police he parked by an abandoned cart containing a purse in the parking lot of Lowe's, 2240 Lowe's Drive.

He put the purse in his vehicle and went into the store. When he came out to retrieve the purse, the window was shattered and the purse was gone, according to the police report.

LANCASTER -- A Cobra radar detector, an iPod and FM transmitter were stolen from a vehicle in the 700 block of Elizabeth Drive between 2:30 and 6 a.m. Thursday, according to a report from the Lancaster Police Department.

IMHO most cops shouldn’t carry a gun. Most aren’t capable of using a firearm. If you go to the range more the five times each year, you probably more trained then most cops in the nation.

I find it amusing that cops lecture the general public about gun safety while at the same time the Chief of the Police shoot himself in the leg. You got cops lecturing school kids about gun safety and then immediately shoot himself/herself or blow a hole in the roof. It doesn’t matter if it is a Glock, Smith, Ruger, Sig, etc, it is the same sorry song.

I can’t imagine the Portuguese cops are better trained then US and that not saying much. I’m sure police officers when in stress confuse the safety with the mag release. There is also two type of Glock mags, the drop free (popular in the USA) and not drop free (popular in Europe from what I understand).

And remember folks, revolvers don’t have manual safety. In fact most handguns don’t have manual safety.