Police observed a man walking door-to-door on Marvine Street the afternoon of April 28. He appeared to solicit residents for unknown reasons, and after speaking with the man, officers determined he was employed by SFE Energy, a Pittsburgh-based electricity and natural gas company.

SFE's website states implicitly the company is not a utility, but a supplier intent on competative pricing.

Police decided to cite the company itself for peddling on private property.