Loitering and prowling
SHAMOKIN - David A. Demarco, 23, of 429 W. Second St., Mount Carmel, was charged by Patrolman Shane Mowery with loitering and prowling at night relating to a Nov. 19 incident in the Bunker Hill area.
Simple assault
HARTLEY TOWNSHIP - Jeffrey Auman, 49, of Millmont, was charged by state police at Milton with simple assault for allegedly cutting Kevin Miller, 39, of Millmont, with a knife during an altercation at 6 p.m. Monday at 119 Maple St., Apt. 1, Hartley Township.
Police said Miller suffered a non-life threatening injury.
Coins stolen
BUFFALO TOWNSHIP - State police at Milton are investigating a burglary at the residence of John Snook, 55, of Lewisburg, that occurred between 4:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Tuesday in this Union County township.
Police said a thief stole three plastic jugs containing various coins valued at $600 from 113 Arrowhead Lane.
Anyone with information about the burglary is urged to call state police at Milton and reference incident number F06-1162498.
Two injured
BLYTHE TOWNSHIP - Amanda Marie Mason, 23, of Pottsville, and her passenger, Lyndsey Taylor Stevenosky, 21, of Minersville, suffered lacerations in a one-car crash early Thursday morning on Tumbling Run Road in this Schuylkill County township.
State police at Frackville reported Mason was driving a white 2009 Chevrolet Malibu east at 4:15 a.m. when she failed to negotiate a left curve in the road, causing her vehicle to exit the south shoulder and strike a tree with its front passenger side. The auto then went back onto the road, where it rolled onto its roof before coming to rest and blocking both lanes.
The auto sustained extensive damage and was towed from the scene.
Mason and Stevenosky were transported by ambulance to Schuylkill Medical Center South in Pottsville.
Police said Mason was suspected of driving under the influence and submitted to a blood-alcohol test. Police said charges are pending upon results of the blood-alcohol test.