Ralpho rollover
PAXINOS - Luis Francisco Pares-Lanza, 22, of 210 Orange St., Northumberland, escaped injury in a rollover at about 9:45 a.m. Thursday on Bottle Road, near West Center Street, in Ralpho Township.
Pares-Lanza, employed at a nearby plant in Reed Industrial Park, was on a break and went to a retail store. He was traveling west toward Snydertown Road on his way back when a deer ran in front of his 1995 Honda, causing him to swerve and strike an embankment, according to reports at the scene.
Police said the car traveled 117 feet before re-entering the road, at which time it rolled onto its roof, coming to rest in the northbound lane. Pares-Lanza crawled from the vehicle through a side window.
Pares-Lanza suffered injuries to his head and face, but refused treatment at the scene, police said.
Assisting police were members of the Elysburg Fire Company paramedic unit.
Pares-Lanza's car was towed.
Rubbish charge
COAL TOWNSHIP - Michael McKenna, 30, of 28 S. Hickory St., Mount Carmel was charged with scattering rubbish after police say it was discovered he had taken a dump truck to the Third Patch area of Bear Valley Road and emptied its contents. The charge was filed by police Patrolman Chad Yoder.
Granite vase stolen
GRATZ - State police at Lykens report that sometime between Sept. 7 and Tuesday, someone stole a Bahama blue granite vase from a headstone display owned by the Sausser Monument and Memorial Company, of Ashland. The display was at the area of Erdman Road and North Alley. Anyone with information is asked to contact state police at 717-362-8700.