Underage drinking
COAL TOWNSHIP - Three individuals were cited by Coal Township Police for an incident Friday when police found three minors in possession of alcohol and that the three had consumed alcohol in the Third Patch of Bear Valley Road.
Police cited Colton Zimmerman, 18, of Herndon, for underage drinking and a summary offense of minors prohibited from driving with any alcohol in their system. Brent Heintzelman, 18, of Herndon, was charged with underage drinking, and a 17-year-old Shamokin female was cited for underage drinking.
Crash
STONINGTON - A Kulpmont woman was injured in a single car crash in East Cameron Township at 4:37 a.m. Sunday.
State police said Matthew S. Dietz, 23, of Mount Carmel, was traveling south on Gap Road when the vehicle drifted off of the right side of the roadway. Dietz then over corrected, causing the vehicle to spin into the oncoming lane of travel before striking an embankment. The vehicle then rolled onto its roof and continued to slide down before coming to rest on its roof. Dietz suffered a minor injury in the crash. A passenger, Amber M. Wondoloski, 27, of Kulpmont, was also injured in the accident. Police said alcohol and drugs are suspected to be a factor in the crash.
Crash
STONINGTON - Two people were cited in a two-car collision in Lower Mahanoy Township at 8:04 p.m. Friday.
State police said John L. Gahres, 75, of Dalmatia, was exiting a driveway on the east side of route 147, attempting to travel south, when he struck the front of a Ford Escape driven by Susan D. Meilke, 56, of Trevorton. Gahres, Meilke, and a passenger in Gahres' vehicle were all uninjured. Gahres was cited with a traffic citation and Meilke was cited for not wearing her seatbelt.
Public nuisance
SHAMOKIN - Russell Kolody, 81, of 603 W. Mulberry St., Shamokin, was cited twice by Cpl. Bryan Primerano for allowing several of his properties to be in danger of collapsing.
Primerano cited Kolody for having broken glass, unsecure roofs and shingles falling off the roofs of properties he owns at 603, 605, 607, 609, 611, 613 and 615 W. Mulberry St. and 442 W. Mulberry St. The citations were issued Sunday.
Runaway sought
EAST CAMERON TOWNSHIP - State police at Stonington report Destiny Hand, 14, of Shamokin, ran away from an Upper Road, East Cameron Township, residence between 11 p.m. Friday and 6 a.m. Saturday by unknown means to an unknown destination.
Hand is 5 feet, 2 inches tall, weighs approximately 115 pounds, has short black hair and is known to frequent the Shamokin-Coal Township area.
Anyone who comes into contact with or knows the whereabouts of Hand is asked to contact state police at 570-286-5601.
Public drunkenness
SHAMOKIN - Todd Hummel, 48, of 124 E. Chestnut St., was cited for public drunkenness after allegedly causing disturbances at Dunkin' Donuts and with several cars on Market and Independence streets, at 10:30 p.m. Sunday. The citation was filed with Cpl. Bryan Primerano of the Shamokin police.
Two vehicle crash
MONROE TOWNSHIP - No one was injured in a two-vehicle crash at 10:45 a.m. Sunday on Routes 11 and 15.
State police at Selinsgrove report a 2012 Ford Escape, driven by Tria P. Dove, 71, of Geneseo, N.Y., was legally stopped at a red light at the intersection of Ninth Street when it was rear ended by a 2011 Toyota Rav 4, driven by Robert G. Bogutskie, 65, of Kulpmont, traveling south.
Neither driver nor Bogutskie's passenger, Frances G. Bogutskie, 67, of Kulpmont, were injured.
Retail theft
COAL TOWNSHIP - Police have filed either retail theft charges or citations against a number of individuals for incidents at Walmart Supercenter, Route 61.
- Corena Reid, 42, of Shamokin, was cited for two separate incidents. Police said she allegedly stole $28.32 worth of merchandise June 3. She was also cited for an incident June 20 when she allegedly stole various clothing items, body wash and hair coloring valued at $56.70.
- David McCormick, 36, of Shamokin, was charged with two misdemeanor counts of retail theft after allegedly stealing $334.69 of merchandise May 13 and $465.80 worth of items May 27.
- Rodger Facer Jr., 26, of Shamokin, was charged with misdemeanor retail theft for allegedly stealing $267.72 worth of DVDs May 26.
- Bonnie Klinger, 23, of Ashland, was charged with a misdemeanor count of retail theft after allegedly stealing $166 worth of merchandise May 29.
Driving charges filed
ZERBE TOWNSHIP - Paul Lee, 50, of 439 W. Shamokin St., Trevorton, was charged with driving while operating privilege is suspended or revoked, and cited for turning movements and required signals following a traffic stop at 2:14 p.m. Tuesday in the 1300 block of Susquehanna Street.
Zerbe Township Police Chief Robert John reported he observed Lee turning from Susquehanna Street onto a dirt road without using a turn signal. The chief observed Lee get out of the vehicle from the drivers side and a woman get out from the passenger side. When John called for Lee to come over, Lee told him that his wife was driving the vehicle and kept walking away.
The charges were filed with Magisterial District Judge John Gembic III, of Shamokin.
Simple assault
COAL TOWNSHIP - Stanley Levi, 39, of 1255 Pulaski Ave., Coal Township, was charged with simple assault, harassment and two counts of terroristic threats following a series of incidents between 9 p.m. Thursday and 8 p.m. Saturday at his residence.
Patrolman David Sage of the Coal Township Police reported in court documents Levi was fighting with his live-in girlfriend when he allegedly pushed the woman to the ground and punched her in the shoulder, causing soreness. On two occasions, Levi allegedly threatened to kill the victim and see that her two minor children, also in the house, were molested.
Levi was arraigned Sunday before Magisterial District Judge John Gembic III of Shamokin and released on $5,000 cash bail.
Failure to disperse
SHAMOKIN - A Shamokin man was placed in Northumberland County Prison following a incident on South Market Street at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Shamokin City Police Patrolman William Zalinski reported in court documents police were called to 18 S. Market St. for a report of a disorderly crowd harassing a resident. One of the residents, Tracey L. Carmen, 35, of 310 N. Shamokin St., Shamokin, told the officers he wasn't leaving and there was nothing they could do about it.
After police dispersed the crowd, Carmen yelled an obscenity toward the officers and was taken into custody.
Carmen was charged with misdemeanor counts of failure of disorderly persons to disperse, disorderly conduct and harassment. He was arraigned Thursday before Magisterial District Judge John Gembic III, of Shamokin, and placed in Northumberland County Prison on $1,000 cash bail.
Simple assault
SUNBURY - Christopher Ulsh, 25, of 317 Chestnut St., was charged by Sunbury City Police with simple assault and harassment after allegedly assaulting his father, Timothy Ulsh, causing injuries to his elbow, back and left shoulder at 11:30 p.m. Saturday.
Christopher Ulsh was arraigned Sunday by on-call Magisterial District Judge John Gembic III of Shamokin and placed in Northumberland County Prison on $5,000 cash bail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, July 1, before Magisterial District Judge Benjamin Apfelbaum, of Sunbury.