Aggravated assault
SHAMOKIN TOWNSHIP - State police at Stonington continue to investigate an aggravated assault against a jogger on Pine Hill Road Tuesday.
Police report the runner, a 45-year-old female, was running between 7:15 and 7:30 p.m. when she was approached by a white full-sized Dodge pickup truck. The woman told police someone in the truck attempted to grab her. The female ran away and the truck fled north on Pine Hill Road.
The truck is a four-door truck with extended mirrors. Police said the driver was described as a male in his late 20s or 30s, with light brown hair and possibly a mustache and chin hair. Anyone with information on the truck or driver is asked to contact police at 570-286-5601.
Aggravated assault
ASHLAND - A borough woman faces two separate set of charges following an incident at her Brock Street residence at 10:20 a.m. Wednesday.
Ashland Borough Police report they were called to the home of Kathleen M. Grosser, 44, of 722 Brock St., after Grosser allegedly tried to cause bodily injury to an employee of Schuylkill County Children and Youth Services.
Grosser left before police arrived, but a short time later, authorities were called to South Hoffman Boulevard where Grosser was reported walking in the middle of the state highway and was nearly struck by a truck. She again fled before police arrived, but was apprehended in the 500 block of Walnut Street. According to police, Grosser resisted arrest before being handcuffed.
She was arraigned Wednesday by Magisterial District Judge Christina Hale of Frackville and charged with a felony charge of aggravated assault and a citation for harassment.
Grosser was released on $10,000 unsecured bail, but Ashland police filed charges on her for the second incident, which included a misdemeanor charges of resisting arrest and citation for obstructing highways and disorderly conduct. Preliminary hearings on both sets of charges will be held before Hale July 30.
Toilet explosion
LOWER MAHANOY TOWNSHIP - An unknown actor caused damage to a portable toilet at the sports complex on Dairy Road between June 28 and July 3, when, according to police, a firework was set off, causing approximately $400 in damage to the toilet, which is owned by PA Environmental Solutions, Inc., of Dalmatia.
Grate theft
DORNSIFE - An unknown actor removed four metal floor drain grates from a business between 5 p.m. July 1 and 8:30 a.m. July 2.
State police said the drains, valued at $265, were removed from a car wash owned by Mark Leroy Howerter, 73, of Herndon. Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 570-286-5601.
Vehicle stolen
RIVERSIDE - Andrew H. Fray, 52, of Riverside, reported to state police at Stonington his 2001 Saab 95 vehicle was stolen while it was parked on North D and H Avenue between 3 and 6 a.m. Thursday. The vehicle is dark grey in color and has a black bike rack.
Criminal mischief
LOWER AUGUSTA TOWNSHIP - State police at Stonington report someone caused approximately $900 in damage to a soda vending machine at Susquehanna Railworks, Route 147, between 12:01 a.m. and noon Thursday.