Disorderly conduct
SHAMOKIN - Derek A. Weaver, 18, of 406 E. Dewart St., was cited for disorderly conduct after he allegedly got into a physical altercation and threatened Karina Neidig at her residence on Harrison Street at 6:25 p.m. Tuesday. The citation was filed by Shamokin Police Patrolman Raymond Siko II.
Harrassment
COAL TOWNSHIP - James Sweeney, 51, of 9964 Ferndale St., Philadelphia, is accused of leaving multiple harassing messages on the answering machine of Randy Slodysko, 58, of Coal Township. Sweeney is charged by Patrolman Christopher Lapotsky with harassment.
Simple assault
COAL TOWNSHIP - Agnes Coleman, 50, of 147 Coal Run Road, Coal Township, is charged by Patrolman Christopher Lapotsky with simple assault and harassment. She's accused of stabbing someone with a butter knife inside her home. The knife did not penetrate the alleged victim's skin but did cause bruising, police said.
Speed enforcement
BLOOMSBURG - State police in Bloomsburg announced Wednesday it conducted State Police Aerial Reconnaissance and Enforcement (S.P.A.R.E.) along Interstate 80 in Columbia County from 9:30 to 11 a.m.
The operation uses a state police aircraft and trained aerial observers to identify speeding violations. The S.P.A.R.E. site is surveyed and certified by PennDOT and has a series of lines painted on the roadway .3 miles apart. Personnel in the aircraft use a certified stop watch to clock the amount of time it takes for a vehicle to travel between the lines.
During Wednesday's enforcement, 11 vehicles were stopped for speeding. The speeds of these vehicles ranged from 80 to 95 miles per hour, police said.
Police said the program will be used again in the future.
Curfew violation
WATSONTOWN - Watsontown Police cited two 15-year-old juveniles, one from Watsontown and one from Damatia, with being out past curfew Wednesday at 2:55 a.m.
Curfew in Watsontown covers everyone under 18 years of age and is from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. on a weeknight and midnight to 6 a.m. on a weekend night.
Stemming from this incident, Watsontown Police recovered cigarettes on one of the 15-year-old juveniles. Through further investigation, Police found that the cigarettes were furnished to the juvenile by David S. Gotshall, 51, of 38 Pennsylvania Ave., Watsontown. Gotshall admitted to furnishing the cigarettes to the juvenile when interviewed.