Brewery Curve accident
THARPTOWN - No injuries were reported in a two-vehicle accident Sunday night on Route 61 at the Brewery Curve.
Coal Township police said Barbara Bernotas, 61, of Coal Township, was driving a 2012 Ford Fusion north at 6:37 p.m. when a 2015 Nissan Altima operated by Samantha Kripaitis, 45, of Woodbridge, N.J., moved from the right lane into the passing lane and struck the passenger side of Bernotas' car.
Both vehicles, which sustained moderate to major damage, came to rest in the center of the highway.
Both drivers, two adult female passengers and a 3-year-old child in Kripaitis' auto escaped injury.
Two-vehicle crash
LOCUST TOWNSHIP - An early-morning crash Wednesday in front of Southern Columbia Area High School resulted in no injuries.
Locust Township Patrolman Jason Sudol said shortly before 5:45 a.m. Ryan Gajkowski, 38, of Rhodestown Road, Catawissa, was making a left turn from Bethel Road onto Southern Drive when he pulled into the path of a car traveling north on Southern Drive driven by Stacey Diggan, of Bear Hollow Road, Elysburg.
Upon impact, Diggan's 2005 Chrysler Sebring left the road and Gajkowski's 2010 Ford Fusion spun around. Citations are pending an investigation.
Police were assisted by Catawissa Hose Company No. 1.
Defiant trespass
COAL TOWNSHIP - Charles Troup III, 21, of 536 N. Second St., Shamokin, was charged by Coal Township police with defiant trespass relating to an incident at 7:30 a.m. Sunday at 1120-B W. Arch St.
Police said Troup is accused of entering the residence of Zoey Parker, 18, and staying there after being told by Parker not to come to her home.
Multiple offenses
KELLY TOWNSHIP - Johannes Stahl, 19, of Allenwood, and a 21-year-old male from Lewisburg who has not yet been identified by police are facing multiple charges in connection with the theft of a vehicle, arson and vandalism.
State police at Milton said the suspects are accused of stealing a vehicle, lighting a piece of paper on fire and placing it in another unoccupied vehicle, entering several vehicles and removing various items. They also allegedly damaged several pools by slashing the liners.
Police said the incidents occurred between 1 and 5 a.m. Tuesday on Walnut Street, Yarger Road, Harold Pawling Lane, Willow Brook Boulevard, JPM Road and William Penn Drive in this Union County township.
Stahl was arraigned on charges and committed to Union County Jail in lieu of $50,000 cash bail.
An investigation is continuing.
Defendant sentenced
SUNBURY - Jonathan Shacklton, 30, of Shamokin, was sentenced Tuesday by Northumberland County Judge Charles Saylor for driving under the influence of alcohol to five years intermediate punishment with the first 90 days on house arrest.
Shacklton must pay a $1,500 fine plus costs and fees and will lose his driver's license for 18 months. He also is prohibited from frequenting bars or drinking alcohol during his intermediate punishment period.
The defendant was charged by Shamokin police in connection with a May 28, 2014, incident.