Car overturns
COOPER TOWNSHIP - A cat was blamed for the cause of a one-vehicle accident in this Montour County township at 3:40 p.m. Monday, Sept. 28.
State police at Milton said Sarah E. Wallich, 29, of Watsontown, was traveling east on Bloom Road when she said she was distracted by a cat under her feet. While she was looking down, the 2001 Mercury Sable she was driving left the roadway on the south berm. Wallich attempted to counter steer, but lost control, causing her car to go sideways. The front passenger side struck a ditch, causing the car to overturn and stop in a ditch facing west.
Wallich was transported to Geisinger Medical Center in Danville with unknown injuries, but two minor passengers, a two-year-old male and an eight-year-old female, escaped injury.
Wallich is being charged with careless driving by Trooper Maxwell Andres.
Retail theft
COAL TOWNSHIP - Jeffrey Cosgrove, 48, of Coal Township, has been cited by Coal Township Patrolman Matthew Hashuga for retail theft. Cosgrove allegedly stole $59.97 worth of merchandise from Walmart of Coal Township without paying full retail price Sept. 7.
Vandalism
SHAMOKIN TOWNSHIP - A window leading to the basement of Ash Grove United Methodist Church, Lilac Road, was smashed sometime between 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27, said state police at Stonington. An unknown person used an object to break the window. The act of vandalism is being investigated by Trooper Nathan R. Messner.