Tow hitch removed
TREVORTON - Clayton Bartholomew, 38, of 231 W. Market St., Trevorton, reported someone removed a Reese 1 7/8-inch ball tow hitch from his vehicle parked in front of his home between 10 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. Saturday.
Anyone with information about the theft should call Zerbe Township police at 797-4637.
Vandalism
MOUNT CARMEL - Borough police charged two teenagers for causing approximately 20 acts of vandalism overnight Aug. 1.
Cpl. Chris Buhay said the teens used black spray paint to paint gang insignia, symbols and profanity on vehicles and properties in the west end of the borough. Some acts were also committed in Mount Carmel Township, police said.
Charges of criminal mischief, disorderly conduct and loitering and prowling at night were filed in the county's juvenile court against a 17-year-old male from Mount Carmel and a 17-year-old male from Mount Carmel Township.
Clothes thrown
MOUNT CARMEL - A borough woman was cited for disorderly conduct for allegedly tossing her boyfriend's clothes from a second story window during a domestic incident Sunday, police said.
Patrolman Jason Drumheller cited Crystal Brandon, 30, of 338 S. Chestnut St., for the 1:35 a.m. incident at her residence.
Disorderly conduct
SHAMOKIN - Norman J. Bohner Jr., 33, of 406 W. Chestnut St., Shamokin, was cited by Patrolman Raymond Siko II for disorderly conduct and public drunkenness relating to a disturbance at 3 p.m. Wednesday in the 400 block of West Chestnut Street.
Police said Bohner became involved in an argument and fight with his 35-year-old live-in girlfriend, Angela Hopper.
Assault
COAL TOWNSHIP - Jonathan Garda, 22, an inmate at SCI-Coal Township, has been charged by Trooper Daniel Wilk of state police at Stonington with aggravated assault, simple assault and harassment relating to an Aug. 19 disturbance at the state prison.
According to a criminal complaint filed at the office of Magisterial District Judge John Gembic III, Garda is accused of punching Correctional Officer Robert E. Morey in the back of the head and kicking Correctional Officer Brian P. Clayton in the face at 6:40 p.m.
Domestic incident
MOUNT CARMEL - A pair of East Railroad Street residents were charged after allegedly slapping each other during a domestic dispute Aug. 20.
Steven Schlief, 18, and Belinda Smith, 19, both of 18 E. Railroad St., were charged by Patrolman William Adamski with disorderly conduct and harassment for the incident at 6:18 p.m. Police said they were yelling loudly during the disturbance.
Woman cited
MOUNT CARMEL - A borough woman was cited by police for allegedly attempting to pick a fight.
Patrolman Matt Dillman said Candace Diamond Vollmer, of 342 S. Beech St., was yelling in the 300 block of South Beech at 10:10 p.m. Aug. 22. She was cited for disorderly conduct.
Simple assault
RANSHAW - Coal Township Patrolman Jason Adams has charged Curtis Groom, 23, of 205 Third St., Ranshaw, with simple assault and harassment relating to a domestic disturbance at 3:51 p.m. Tuesday.
Police reported Groom allegedly pushed his live-in girlfriend, Felisha Albertson, causing her to suffer a laceration on her left arm. He also is accused of punching Albertson in the face, causing a contusion.
2-car crash
HAMILTON - No one was injured in a two-vehicle crash Thursday near the intersection of Routes 61 and 890 in this village just east of Sunbury.
According to state police at Stonington, Maria A. Newman, 84, of Sunbury, pulled out from a stop sign at Grant Street and Route 890 at 9:15 a.m. and drove her 2001 Cadillac DeVille into the path of an oncoming vehicle.
The eastbound 2009 Mercedes-Benz C300 was driven by Bua Giovanna, 47, of Sunbury. Upon impact, Giovanna's vehicle spun into the westbound lane. Newman's vehicle stopped on impact.
Newman and Giovanna were wearing seat belts; so was Giovanna's passenger, Rosalio Punzo, 37, of Sunbury.
Newman was cited for a stop sign violation, troopers said.
Window smashed
MOUNT CARMEL - A window of a pickup truck was smashed during an altercation Aug. 23 in the first block of Plum Street, police said.
Michael Benner Sr., 49, of 48 N. Spruce St., Mount Carmel, and a 17-year-old Mount Carmel male were engaged in a fight at 10 a.m. when the window was broken, Cpl. Chris Buhay said.
They were each cited for disorderly conduct. Benner was also cited for driving without a license.
Trash citation
MOUNT CARMEL - Thomas Donnelly, 51, of 206 S. Walnut St., Mount Carmel, was cited by Cpl. Chris Buhay with scattering rubbish for allegedly placing household garbage into a yard at 210 S. Walnut St. at 10 a.m. Wednesday without permission to do so.
Teen cited
MOUNT CARMEL - A 17-year-old borough teen was cited by Patrolman Dave Donkochik with disorderly conduct at 12:50 a.m. Aug. 18 at Fifth and Chestnut streets.
Police said the teen caused a disturbance while he was being investigated for suspicious activity.