Suicide threat
SHAMOKIN - An adult male threatening suicide was taken into custody Saturday and transported for psychiatric evaluation at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville.
The incident occurred in the 200 block of South Franklin Street about 5:40 p.m. and lasted three hours. The man was subdued by police officers with a Taser.
No injuries were reported. A child was inside the home at the time. Northumberland County Children and Youth responded.
Charges will not be filed, and the man's name was withheld by police due to the nature of the incident, according to Shamokin Patrolman Shane Mowery.
Shamokin police officers responding were Mowery, patrolmen William Zalinski, Nathan Rhodes and Ray Siko and Chief Darwin Tobias. Assisting were officers from Coal Township and Ralpho Township police departments.
Disorderly conduct
COAL TOWNSHIP - Janell Schickley, 39, of 1039 W. Water St., and Delvin Williams, 30, of 1042 W. Water St., were cited for disorderly conduct for a neighbor dispute at 7:20 p.m. Sunday.
Patrolman Joshua M. Wynn said the two individuals were in a heated argument and screaming and cursing in public after being warned by the police to stop.
Underage drinking
SHAMOKIN - Gabrielle Poplaski, 19, of 629 Chestnut St., Kulpmont, was cited by Shamokin police with underage drinking for an incident occurring around 10 p.m. June 2 at 140 S. Franklin St.
Police said Poplaski admitted to consuming beer. She had a positive preliminary breath test, police said.
Exposure
COAL TOWNSHIP - Kyle Q. Gulliver, 18, of 351 S. Harrison St., and Derek K. Weaver, 18, of 413 W. Spruce St., both of Shamokin, were cited for disorderly conduct after the two walked around Bay Street near Hill Street with their underwear down, exposing their buttocks at 2 p.m. May 31.
Retail theft
COAL TOWNSHIP - Eric Mendler, 32, and Kristian Skavery, 29, both of 740 Chestnut St., Kulpmont, were charged by township police Patrolman Matthew Hashuga with retail theft and conspiracy to commit retail theft after incidents at the Walmart SuperCenter.
Police said the two individuals make a fraudulent return of stolen merchandise with a value of $59.80 April 29. The pair did the same thing again on May 3, this time for $144.63. The total value of the loss to the store was $204.43.