Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site on September 23, 2026.
Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, has about 64,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by 13 city agencies and three campus, state or other agencies. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the District Attorney files charges, a case in the Armstrong County Court of Common Pleas. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Armstrong County public records, Pennsylvania arrest records, Pennsylvania inmate search and Pennsylvania criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Armstrong County
Arrests inside seven of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Kittanning, 3,920 residents: 162 arrests reported for 2024.
- Leechburg, 2,075 residents: 25 arrests reported for 2025.
- Apollo, 1,551 residents: 10 arrests reported for 2025.
- West Kittanning, 1,153 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2024.
- Rural Valley, 801 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2024.
- Parker, 678 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2024.
- Worthington, 572 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2025.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Armstrong County: the Bureau of Forestry in Armstrong County and the Office of Attorney General Region 3 in Armstrong County (state agency); the Armstrong County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Armstrong County
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Kiskiminetas Township: 94 for 2025, 193 for 2024 and 273 for 2020; 2021, 2022 and 2023 are missing months.
- Kittanning: 162 for 2024 and 502 for 2020; 2021, 2022 and 2023 are missing months.
- South Buffalo Township: 42 for 2025, 136 for 2024 and 12 for 2019; 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 are missing months.
- Southern Armstrong Regional: 116 for 2025 and 105 for 2024.
- Apollo: 10 for 2025, 24 for 2024, 22 for 2023, 69 for 2022, 46 for 2020 and 43 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Leechburg: 25 for 2025, 19 for 2024 and 40 for 2020; 2021, 2022 and 2023 are missing months.
- West Kittanning: 0 for 2024, 0 for 2023, 0 for 2022, 0 for 2020 and 5 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- East Franklin Township: 0 for 2024, 9 for 2023, 46 for 2020 and 31 for 2019; 2021 and 2022 are missing months.
- Parker: 0 for 2024, 0 for 2023 and 0 for 2022.
- Worthington: 0 for 2025, 0 for 2024, 2 for 2020 and 5 for 2019; 2021, 2022 and 2023 are missing months.
- Rural Valley: 0 for 2024, 0 for 2023 and 0 for 2020; 2021 and 2022 are missing months.
- Parks Township: 12 for 2025, 0 for 2024 and 4 for 2020; 2021, 2022 and 2023 are missing months.
Together, the 12 agencies with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 639 arrests that year. The five of them with both 2024 and 2023 complete reported 24 in 2024 against 31 in 2023.
Manor Township reported only part of 2024 (10 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Armstrong County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Armstrong County is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 140 people, down from about 160 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 158 beds, and it ran at 91 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the sheriff's office at inmatelookup.co.armstrong.pa.us/Details.aspx (page title: Inmate Information), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at inmatelocator.cor.pa.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Armstrong County
Whether someone was arrested in Armstrong County, and what came of it, shows up in three places: the custody page of the sheriff's office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Armstrong County Court of Common Pleas, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.armstrong.pa.us/index.php/county-government-m/prothonotary-clerk..., phone 724-548-3252); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.armstrong.pa.us/index.php/county-government-m/district-attorney-m, phone 724-548-3240).
Statewide, UJS Web Portal is the Pennsylvania courts' free statewide docket search.
Pennsylvania is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: PATCH lets anyone request a criminal record check by name online, for $22 a search, through the Pennsylvania State Police. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Armstrong County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Right-to-Know Law the agency must answer within 5 business days, with a 30-day extension, and it may charge copying at 25 cents a page.
- An arrest in Kittanning, Leechburg, Apollo, West Kittanning, Rural Valley, Parker or another of the cities listed above: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Bureau of Forestry in Armstrong County, the Office of Attorney General Region 3 in Armstrong County or the Armstrong County State Police: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 724-548-3240, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Armstrong County Court of Common Pleas, through the court records page at co.armstrong.pa.us, phone 724-548-3252.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at co.armstrong.pa.us (page title: Right to Know).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Armstrong County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for seven of the 17 cities in Armstrong County: Kittanning, Leechburg, Apollo, West Kittanning, Rural Valley, Parker and Worthington. Ford City, Freeport, North Apollo, Dayton, South Bethlehem, Manorville, Ford Cliff, Applewold, Elderton and Atwood have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list. The FBI's list also carries the East Franklin Township Police Department, the Southern Armstrong Regional Police Department, the Kiskiminetas Township Police Department and three more as city agencies in Armstrong County; East Franklin Township, Southern Armstrong Regional, Kiskiminetas Township and three more are not among the cities above.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Armstrong County Court of Common Pleas.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Armstrong County each year?
Kiskiminetas Township reported 94 arrests to the FBI for 2025. For 2024, the latest year most of the agencies in Armstrong County sent in full, the 12 with every month on file reported 639 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Armstrong County?
Look on the custody page of the sheriff's office at inmatelookup.co.armstrong.pa.us/Details.aspx. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Armstrong County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Armstrong County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Pennsylvania State Police: PATCH lets anyone request a criminal record check by name online, for $22. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Right-to-Know Law.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Armstrong County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the sheriff's office or the city's police. Under the Right-to-Know Law the answer is due within 5 business days, with a 30-day extension; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at co.armstrong.pa.us.
Is this the official Armstrong County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.