Pills stolen
MONROE TOWNSHIP - State police at Selinsgrove reported someone stole prescription pills from a white 2007 Mazda sedan owned by Danielle Marie Housner, 25, of Millmont, while it was parked in the Courtyard Offices lot.
Anyone with information is urged to call state police at 374-8145 and reference incident number F07-1152857.
Signs stolen
BEAVER TOWNSHIP - State police at Selinsgrove are investigating the theft of two orange diamond-shaped PennDOT flag signs from Kissimmee Road, approximately 200 yards south of Longer Road.
Police said the signs were stolen between 2:30 p.m. Tuesday and 8:30 a.m. Wednesday.
$1,000 stolen
PORTER TOWNSHIP - Kevin Charles Fairburn, 28, of Tower City, reported someone stole $1,000 from his unlocked gold 2000 Ford Focus between 3 and 6 p.m. Saturday at 1812 E. Grand Ave.
Anyone with information about the theft is urged to call state police at Schuylkill Haven.
Computer virus
WILLIAMSTOWN - State police at Lykens reported someone gained control of a computer system owned by Williams Valley Dental, 111 S. Water St., by installing a virus between 6 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. Tuesday. The virus, a type of ransomware, prevented the victim from accessing any of the information on the computer and the actor attempted to extort money from the victim in exchange for unencrypting the victim's computer files.
Anyone with information about the incident is urged to call state police at Lykens at (717)362-8700 and reference incident number HO4-2148443.
Retail theft
NEW CASTLE TOWNSHIP - Trooper Matthew C. Barrett of state police at Frackville has charged Samantha Shatalsky, 25, of Shendandoah, with two counts of retail theft at Kmart at the Schuylkill Valley Mall Wednesday.
Shatalsky is accused of stealing $102.53 in merchandise at 1:15 p.m. and $74.60 worth of items from the store at 2 p.m.
Disorderly conduct
LOWER MAHANOY TOWNSHIP - Michael Christ Fabrizio, 35, of 318 School Road, Dalmatia, was charged by Trooper Thomas Leib of state police at Stonington with disorderly conduct involving a disturbance shortly before 9:30 a.m. Wednesday near his residence.
Police said Fabrizio was in the street stopping traffic, yelling at passing motorists and doing pushups.
Access device fraud
WEST CHILLISQUAQUE TOWNSHIP - State police at Milton reported someone used a credit card belonging to Harry Hess, 72, of the Milton area, and made approximately $3,200 worth of alleged fraudulent purchases between July 17 and Aug. 17.
Theft by deception
WEST CHILLISQUAQUE TOWNSHIP - State police at Milton said Ralph Guffey, 78, of the Milton area, was offered large sums of money and valuable items in exchange for sending money orders to various international locations and was defrauded of approximately $7,000.
Police said the scam occurred between Aug. 1 and Tuesday.
Underage drinkers
BLOOMSBURG - Officers from the Pennsylvania State Police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement cited 13 minors for underage drinking, issued citations to one person for public drunkenness and charged two adults with furnishing alcohol to minors during patrols in Bloomsburg on Aug. 30 and Aug. 31.
The following people were cited for underage drinking:
Allea Marie MacArthur, 20; Kaeli Jospehine MacArthur, 20; Albert John Murphy, 20; Matthew Alan Heim, 20; Michelle Christina Bancroft, 20; Jessica Marie Geisel, 20; Ryan Daniel Taylor, 18; Jessica Lynn Pisaturo, 20; Jacqueline Taylor Gould, 10; Julie Meredith Rubel, 20; Sarah Hughes-Blaum, 20; Justin David Ward, 20, and Daniel James Keller, 20.
Ayrton L. Troches, 21, was cited for public drunkenness.
Urinates in public
SHAMOKIN - Jeff Leach, 32, of 1725 Pulaski Ave., Coal Township, was cited by Patrolman Scott Weaver for disturbing the peace by urinating in public at 5:33 p.m. Tuesday outside 34 S. Coal St.
Pilfering
COAL TOWNSHIP - A former employee of Wal-Mart Supercenter is accused of attempting to pilfer Airsoft Guns and targets from the store in July.
Coal Township police say Anthony W. Durio, 19, of 101 Fifth St., Ranshaw, filled a shopping cart with sporting goods merchandise valued at $542.90 on July 30 and attempted to leave the store with the items. He allegedly abandoned the cart and fled the scene in a vehicle after store employees gave chase.
Durio was identified through surveillance footage on store security cameras, police say.
He is charged by Patrolman Terry Ketchem with a first-degree misdemeanor count of retail theft.
Drug charge
SHAMOKIN - A 25-year-old Shamokin man is accused of possessing of a small amount of marijuana following a vehicle stop at a city convenience store in July.
According to police, Sean J. Harris, of 226 W. Independence St., was pulled over July 12 in the parking lot of Uni-Mart after being observed driving a vehicle by Patrolman Jarrod Scandle, who was aware at the time Harris does not have a valid driver's license.
A warrant for his arrest from Atlantic County, N.J., was discovered and Harris was searched, during which time police found two small bags of marijuana.
Harris was not held on the warrant because Atlantic County Sheriff's Office said Harris would not be extradited.
He is charged by Scandle with possession of a small amount of marijuana and driving without a license.
Drug charge
SHAMOKIN - A visit from a probation officer in July led to a drug charge being filed against a Shamokin man.
Roger Facer, 25, of 403 E. Sunbury St., top floor apartment, is charged by Patrolman Jarrod Scandle with one misdemeanor count of possession of drug paraphernalia.
According to police, a probation officer visited Facer's apartment July 16 and found him in possession of two syringes, a spoon and a glass smoking pipe.
DUI
SHAMOKIN - Drunk driving charges were filed against a Coal Township man accused in a hit-and-run crash in the 900 block of Webster Street last month.
Richard Dunkelberger, 21, of 1538 Tioga St., is accused of driving into a vehicle and fleeing the scene about 1:20 a.m. Aug. 18. Police said Dunkelberger was discovered at his home, where his vehicle was found with damage consistent to the reported crash.
Chemical testing found his blood alcohol content to be 0.158 percent, police say.
He is charged with two counts of driving under the influence and one count each of careless driving and leaving the scene of an accident.
Jewelry stolen
SHAMOKIN - A city woman is accused of possessing needles commonly used to inject heroin after attempting to sell her mother's rings at two Shamokin pawn shops.
Sarah Ann Karpinski, 23, of 716 E. Race St., is charged by Cpl. William Miner, Shamokin police, with possession of drug paraphernalia.
Police said officers were alerted by a store owner that Karpinski was attempting to sell two rings and a bracelet Sept. 1 that he believed may have been stolen. He refused to buy them and she left the store.
Karpinski was confronted by police and admitted the rings were not hers, later saying the rings belonged to her mother.