Trespassing teens
MOUNT CARMEL - Five teenagers were cited with criminal trespass for a May 24 incident.
Borough police said a witness reported seeing several people on top of a building owned by Northeast Industrial Services, of Shamokin. According to the witness, three males and two females left and walked west on Second Street. Borough police located the group near Second and Apple streets. The teens were transported to the Mount Carmel police department.
Two 14-year-old boys from Mount Carmel were cited for criminal trespass and criminal mischief and a 14-year-old boy from Mount Carmel, a 14-year-old girl from Kulpmont and a 13-year-old girl from Kulpmont were cited for criminal trespass.
Fireworks charge
ASHLAND - Robert Lee Knoeppel, 38, of 1214 W. Walnut St., Coal Township, was cited at 5:25 p.m. Monday by Ashland police for disorderly conduct.
They said Knoeppel was observed throwing a lit firework from a moving vehicle into the road at Third and Centre streets.
Liquor law violation
MOUNTOURSVILLE - Bumpers Beverage Inc. was cited June 12 with violating liquor laws.
The Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement said Bumpers sold malt or brewed beverages on credit rather than following protocol of requiring payment at the time of purchase. Employees also accepted cash as payment from one or more licensees, which is forbidden under current liquor laws. Violations occurred June 14, 2013, and other occasions within the past year.
Code violation
COAL TOWNSHIP - Gary L. Cox, of 792 State Route 487, Elysburg, was cited for code violations May 27 for allowing brush, grass and weeds to exceed a maximum height of six inches at his 903 W. Spruce St. property.
Code violation
COAL TOWNSHIP - Charles Coolen, of 3189 Whiskey Run Road, Muncy Valley, was cited for code violations June 17 for high brush, grass and weeds on his vacant lot on Pulaski Avenue.
Code violation
COAL TOWNSHIP - Mary E. Manney, of 503 Wall St., Milton, was cited for brush, grass and weeds exceeding a maximum height of six inches and for accumulation of garbage, carpet and indoor furniture on a porch at 1011 W. Willow St.
Trespassing, theft
MOUNT CARMEL - Andrew William Pankotai, 29, of 25 Blue Springs Terrace, Danville, was charged with two counts of criminal trespass and one count of theft by unlawful taking for an incident Sept. 7.
State police said Pankotai entered the recently established residence of his wife, from whom he is separated, at 1267 Chestnut St., Kulpmont. His wife awoke at 8:30 a.m. to discover several items missing from her living room, including a laptop, a leather wallet, homemade CDs and prescription medications. The woman also told police the car stereo of her vehicle, which had been locked and parked on a side street near the residence on the previous night, was missing. State police questioned Pankotai at Northumberland County Prison Dec. 8 and he admitted to entering the home and vehicle and removing the items.
DUI, careless driving
MOUNT CARMEL - Duane Leland Bennett Jr., 56, of 344 N. Market St., Mount Carmel, was charged with three counts of driving under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance and one count each of possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and careless driving.
According to Mount Carmel Borough Police, Bennett's maroon Chevrolet Camaro was discovered at 3:05 a.m. Wednesday, May 21, resting on its passenger side and partially submerged in the Shamokin Creek; however, Bennett was not with the vehicle.
Police spoke with Bennett at his home, which is adjacent to the crash site. Bennett had abrasions and small bleeding wounds on his body and his clothing was in disarray. He told police he was looking for his cell phone to call police to report he had driven his car into the creek.
Police saw a small plastic bag containing what appeared to be marijuana on the coffee table and two homemade smoking devices containing what appeared to be marijuana residue and several prescription tablets and bottles strewn about.
Without being questioned, Bennett said he had smoked marijuana on the previous day and had made the pipes to smoke the marijuana. He also told police he was driving the vehicle when it crashed into the creek.
An on-site field sobriety test was not performed due to Bennett's condition. Bennett was transported to Geisinger-Shamokin Area Community Hospital where a blood test showed he had marijuana, Oxycodone, Oxymorphone and Lorazapam in his blood stream.
Theft, trespassing
MOUNT CARMEL - Sean Ryan Baker, 27, of 18 W. Fifth St., Mount Carmel, was charged with burglary, trespassing, theft, receiving stolen property and possession of drug paraphernalia for an incident occurring at 1:37 a.m. May 2.
Mount Carmel Borough police said Baker broke into a locked bedroom and went through the pants of his mother's boyfriend looking for the man's wallet. The victim told police he awoke to find Baker lying on the floor of his bedroom, pants in hand, and the wallet removed from the pants.
In Baker's bedroom, police found three pipes which appeared to contain marijuana residue. Baker admitted to police he had been smoking marijuana.
Condition updates
- Joseph Yost, of Aristes, remained in critical condition at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Friday afternoon, according to a nursing supervisor. Yost was injured in a Thursday morning crash on Route 61 near the entrance to Harmony Mine when he lost control of his vehicle and it rolled over, landing on its wheels partially straddling the concrete median.
- Joseph Grosch, 20, of 416 Lake Glory Road, Cleveland Township, who was injured in a four-wheeler crash Thursday on Eisenhower Road, Cleveland Township, was transferred from Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital to Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, where he was treated and released Friday, after being listed in serious condition Thursday, according to a nursing supervisor.