Windshield smashed
COAL TOWNSHIP - A township woman punched and smashed a vehicle windshield during a domestic dispute June 15 on Hemlock Street, township police say.
According to police, Amy Snyder, Shayla Snyder and Stephen Hornberger were engaged in a shouting match outside 1435 Hemlock St., cussing and threatening one another, and despite several warnings, their behavior continued after the arrival of officers.
Shayla Snyder is accused of spitting in the face of Kathy Derck and then punching the windshield on Derck's Chrysler Pacifica. She told officers she punched the vehicle in order to prevent an attack from Hornberger after he allegedly raised his fist to her face, police said.
The incident was reported at 5:19 p.m.
Shayla Snyder, 22, of 1544 W. Mulberry St., is charged with disorderly conduct, criminal mischief and harassment.
Amy Snyder, 24, and Hornberger, 27, who live together at 1435 Hemlock, are each charged with disorderly conduct.
Damage to Derck's vehicle is estimated at $731.88, police said.
Charged with theft
TREVORTON - A 16-year-old male is accused by Zerbe Township Police of breaking into vehicles June 14 and June 15 and stealing electronics and other items.
A juvenile petition will be filed with Northumberland County juvenile authorities charging him with theft, theft from motor vehicles, receiving stolen property and possession of drug paraphernalia, according to police.
He was remanded to Northwestern Academy.
Amy Gearhart, 38, of 117 Hart St., Stiely's Trailer Park, is charged with corruption of minors and receiving stolen property. She is currently in Northumberland County Prison for a probation violation, police said.
Police Chief Robert John and Patrolman Josh Moyer, along with two state troopers, served search warrants on a pair of vehicles, one parked near 225 W. Shamokin St., Trevorton, and a second near Gearhart's residence.
Numerous stolen items were recovered from both vehicles, including satellite radios and GPS devices. Other items believed stolen but not reported as such were also recovered.
Anyone believing to own any of the items are asked to call police at 797-4637.
Pot possession
COAL TOWNSHIP - Two women are each accused of possessing marijuana outside State Corrections Institute/Coal Township in separate incidents just minutes apart earlier this month.
Trooper Brian Ronk, Stonington station, alleges Jacqueline Nadine Wright, 37, of Philadelphia, had parked in the prison lot and then slipped a plastic vial containing a small amount of pot inside her purse prior to attempting a visit at 10:55 a.m. June 13.
That vial was found during a search of her purse by prison personnel and a second vial was found inside her vehicle, Ronk said.
At 11 a.m., Trooper Thomas Leib, Stonington station, said Nadia Joanlitt Dorson, 30, of Brooklyn, N.Y., consented to a search of her vehicle during which a small amount of pot was found in the glove box and marijuana residue was found on the driver-side floor and in the ash tray.
Rolling papers were found in her purse, Leib said.
Both women are charged with possession of a small amount of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Truck crashes
SHAMOKIN DAM - The Veteran's Memorial Bridge off-ramp was closed several hours after a tractor-trailer driver drove over an embankment early Friday.
State police at Selinsgrove said Harpal Singh Brar, 29, of Ontario, Canada, was driving a 2006 Kenworth towards Shamokin Dam and was approaching a left curve at 4:14 a.m. when the crash occurred.
The off-ramp was reported closed at 6:30 a.m. and reopened at 12:15 p.m.
Brar was not injured, troopers said.
Neighbors fight
COAL TOWNSHIP - A brawl in the 1000 block of West Pine Street in May left a woman with a concussion, her husband with a broken hand and two of their neighbors facing assault charges.
According to police, Roslyn Nairns twice assaulted Robin Dorkoski, including after the latter had called 911, and had to be pulled away by a neighbor.
Nairns told police that she attacked Dorkoski because the woman was "running her mouth," police said.
Dorkoski's husband, John, was allegedly assaulted in the same incident by Roman Marshall.
The fight occurred about 6:20 p.m. May 5 in front of the Dorkoski's home at 1013 W. Pine St.
Nairns, 29, and Marshall, 44, both of 1011 W. Pine St., are each charged with simple assault, disorderly conduct and harassment.
The alleged victims were treated for injuries at Geisinger-Shamokin Area Community Hospital.
DUI
TREVORTON - A village man is accused of driving under the influence following a traffic stop May 26 in Zerbe Township.
John Derwin Reed Jr., 51, of 225 S. 11th St., is charged by Trooper Nathan Wenzel, of state police at Selinsgrove, with two counts of DUI and three traffic violations.
Wenzel said Reed was observed traveling in the wrong lane of traffic, failing to stop for a stop sign and crossing the double-yellow line while driving on various streets in the village shortly before 1:30 a.m.
His vehicle was stopped by troopers on Route 2044, 1/2 mile off Route 225.
Troopers said Wenzel exhibited signs of intoxication and failed field sobriety testing. His blood alcohol level was 0.176 percent, troopers said.