Driver cited in crash
COAL TOWNSHIP - Raymond P. Glessner, 48, of 817 Market St., Ashland, was cited for careless driving following a two-car accident at 11:36 a.m. Tuesday at Route 61 and State Route 8001.
Coal Township Police report Glesser was driving a 2009 Chevrolet Impala on State Route 8001 toward Route 61 north and was stopped behind a 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer, driven by Suzanne Leffler, 50, of 194 Roadarmel Lane, Paxinos, which was stopped for a red light.
After looking to the left to see of any traffic was traveling on Route 61, Glessner failed to look if the Leffler vehicle had moved. He hit Leffler's vehicle, which was still stopped.
Both vehicles sustained minor damage and neither driver, nor Glesser's passenger, a 14-year-old female, was injured.
DUI
COAL TOWNSHIP - Shane Williams, 19, of 1111 N. Pearl St., Shamokin, was charged with three counts of driving under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance after Coal Township Police suspected he was under the influence during a vehicle stop at a sobriety checkpoint on Route 61 near the former Sam Bressi Motors Sept. 20. Police said Williams had a blood alcohol level of .116 percent.
Littering
COAL TOWNSHIP - William J. McLaughlin Jr., 44, of 1103 E. Race St., Coal Township, was cited by township police for scattering rubbish.
Officers said McLaughlin allegedly took household rubbish to the Big Mountain area and deposited it off the main road. McLaughlin agreed to remove the rubbish.
The citation was filed with Magisterial District Judge John Gembic, of Shamokin.
Criminal trespass
SNYDERTOWN - State police at Stonington cited four juveniles for criminal trespass at a property at the intersection of Furman Road and Fox Road at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
Scattering rubbish
COAL TOWNSHIP - Kenneth Pilkus Jr., 24, of 519 E. Kase St., Shamokin, was charged by Coal Township Police with scattering rubbish for allegedly dumping and burning household trash in a wooded area near Bunker Hill ballfield on property owned by Susquehanna Coal Company.