Accident victim still serious
DANVILLE - Edna Bachman, 82, of Freeburg, who was injured in a four-vehicle accident Saturday afternoon at the intersection of Route 890 and Brush Valley Road in Rockefeller Township, remained in serious condition Sunday at Geisinger Medical Center, according to a nursing supervisor.
DUI
MILLERSBURG - Shannon R. Kieffer, 40, of Dornsife, was charged by state police at Lykens with driving under the influence of alcohol and other offenses relating to a July 5 traffic stop at Church and North streets.
DUI
BUTLER TOWNSHIP - Stephen Ryan Ennis, 24, of Gordon, was charged by state police at Lykens with driving under the influence of alcohol and other offenses involving a June 24 traffic stop on Interstate 81 in this Schuylkill County township.
Motorcycle chase
GRATZ - James Ernest Machamer III, 18, of Gratz, has been charged by state police at Lykens with driving under the influence of a controlled substance, fleeing police, recklessly endangering and numerous traffic violations in connection with a July 14 motorcycle chase in the borough.
Police said an attempt was made to stop Machamer for traffic violations on Route 25 near MI Windows and Doors at 5:50 p.m., but he fled on his motorcycle with a 23-year-old female passenger from Gratz. After turning into a parking lot, police reported Machamer traveled through the backyards of residences before re-entering Route 25 at a high rate of speed. Police said Machamer reached speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour during the pursuit before he came to a stop.
Sexual offenses
LYKENS - State police here have charged Brandon Sterling Kennedy, 30, of Newport, with sexually assaulting a girl between 2008 and 2013 in Dauphin County when she was between the ages of 5 and 11.
Kennedy is charged with felonies of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child, unlawful contact with a minor and corruption of minors, and misdemeanors of terroristic threats, indecent assault and indecent exposure.
Police said Kennedy also threatened to kill the victim's mother if the girl did not perform oral sex on him.