Teen in crash
SHAMOKIN TOWNSHIP - A Paxinos teen was uninjured in a crash at 4:38 p.m. on Irish Valley Road.
State police at Stonington report the 16-year-old Paxinos female was traveling west on Irish Valley Road and negotiating a right curve in a 2000 Dodge Dakota truck when it left the road after skidding clockwise, entering the oncoming lane. It continued before leaving the eastbound lane and striking a ditch.
The female was not injured in the crash, but police said she would be cited for a traffic violation.
Purse stolen
MONROE TOWNSHIP - Henrietta Nornhold, of Beavertown, reported to state police at Selinsgrove that at 10:26 a.m. Sunday, while she having her photo taken at the photo studio inside the Wal-Mart department store, someone took a purse Nornhold left laying on a chair. Anyone with information on the theft is asked to contact state police at 374-8145.
DUI
ELIZABETHVILLE - Gary Lee Laudenslager, 60, of Herndon, was charged with driving under the influence by state police at Lykens following a traffic stop at 1:02 a.m. Monday at the intersection of Route 225 and Monroe Street. Charges were filed with Magisterial District Judge Rebecca Jo Margerum, of Elizabethville.
One-car crash
UPPER AUGUSTA TOWNSHIP - No one injured in a one-car crash at 9:35 p.m. Sunday in the area of Route 147 at its intersection with an unnamed street.
State police at Stonington report a 2006 Hyundai Tiburon, driven by Ryan C. Hunt, 25, of Sunbury, was traveling north on Route 147 and negotiating a left curve in the roadway. Police say the Tiburon left the lane of travel and exited the roadway off the northbound shoulder. The vehicle then struck two traffic signs with its front end, then re-entered the road and fled the scene.
Police said that Hunt will be cited for the crash.
Simple assault
SHAMOKIN - Richard Giedosh, 48, of 702 Bear Valley Ave., Shamokin, was charged by Cpl. John Brown with simple assault and harassment involving a domestic disturbance at 11 p.m. July 31.
According to a criminal complaint, Giedosh allegedly punched his wife, Kathy Giedosh, in the face, causing a wound, after a verbal argument about missing medication.
DUI
SNYDERTOWN - Michael A. Pastuszek, 28, of 109 School House Road, Bloomsburg, was charged by Trooper Barry Wooten of state police at Stonington with two counts of driving under the influence of alcohol, failure to drive in a single lane, driving at an unsafe speed, careless driving and failure to wear a seat belt.
Police said the charges relate to an incident at 3 a.m. July 8 along Route 4005 in Snydertown.
Police reported Pastuszek had a blood-alcohol content of .218 percent.
Disorderly conduct
SHAMOKIN - Jesse A. Beck, 20, of 41 S. Owl St., Coal Township, was cited by Patrolman William Miner for disorderly conduct for playing music too loud from his vehicle parked at the former skate park on North Rock Street at 6:12 p.m. Wednesday.
Harassment
SHAMOKIN - Randy Taby Jr., 25, of 18 S. Market St., Apt. 5, Shamokin, was cited by Patrolman William Miner for harassment for shoving Melissa Driggers, 20, of 20 N. Diamond St., Shamokin, to the ground at Driggers' residence at 11:12 p.m. Friday.
Public drunkenness
SHAMOKIN - Norman Bohner, 33, of 406 W. Chestnut St., Shamokin, was cited by Patrolman Jarrod Scandle for public drunkenness involving an incident at 11:15 p.m. Saturday at Fifth and Spruce streets.
Eggs thrown
SHAMOKIN - A 17-year-old Elysburg male has been cited by Patrolman Jarrod Scandle for disorderly conduct for throwing eggs at two male bicyclists at Webster and Shamokin streets at about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Couch in cemetery
SHAMOKIN - James Neidlinger Jr., 21, of 1538 W. Walnut St., Coal Township, was cited by Cpl. John Brown for scattering rubbish for depositing a couch at Shamokin Cemetery at 4 p.m. July 5.