Hit and run
COAL TOWNSHIP - Bradley E. Keister, 39, of 239 W. Pine St., Shamokin, was charged by Coal Township police for a hit-and-run crash Feb. 21 at Route 61 and Feeney Street.
Patrolman David Sage reported he responded to the crash site at 11:31 p.m. Feb. 21 when the victim, James Tomedi, said he was stopped for a red light at the intersection when a van without its headlights on came into the intersection and struck Tomedi's vehicle on the driver's side, then continued to travel south on Route 61, entering the McDonald's parking lot and then drove out onto Feeney Street and toward the bowling alley.
Police said a witness followed the van and observed the driver drop off a female passenger on Bear Valley Avenue. Shamokin police then received a report of a hit and run at Keister's address. Police said in an interview, Keister allegedly admitted to being the driver of the hit-and-run vehicle, saying he was scared because he had been drinking and driving without a license.
Charges of accidents involving death or personal injury, accidents involving death or personal injury while not property licensed, failure to give information or render aid, driving while operating privilege is suspended or revoked, and driving without headlights were filed by Sage with Magisterial District Judge John Gembic III, of Shamokin.
Officer assaulted
COAL TOWNSHIP - An inmate at SCI-Coal Township was charged with assault and related charges after attacking correctional officers in a dining hall on Feb. 3.
State police at Stonington reported in court documents that the inmate, Steven M. Ingram, 23, of 1 Kelley Drive, Coal Township, was approached by a corrections officer, Ethan S. Weisenberger, when he saw Ingram skip a seat. When confronted, Ingram cursed at Weisenberger, who walked away and reported the incident to a superior officer. When Weisenberger and a sergeant returned to Ingram, the inmate began to berate the officer. When told to turn around and be cuffed, Ingram struck Weisenberger with his food tray. The two struggled, and as he was taken to the ground, Ingram bit Weisenberger on the right wrist, police said.
Police charged Ingram with a felony count of aggravated assault and misdemeanor counts of simple assault, resisting arrest and harassment.
Drug buy money stolen
SHAMOKIN - Thomas J. Scott, 33, of 508 W. Pine St., was charged with delivery of a controlled substance and theft by unlawful taking by Shamokin City Police Cpl. Bryan Primerano following an undercover drug buy Feb. 27.
According to court documents, Scott contacted an undercover police officer about selling prescription-controlled substances and heroin. A deal was struck over the telephone for Scott to sell suboxone and a bundle of heroin to the officer for $350.
The officer left the Shamokin police station at 2:10 p.m. with the controlled buy money and met Scott on Spruce Street, then travel with him to Washington Street. During the ride, Scott handed the undercover officer three suboxone pills, took possession of the $350 and then left the vehicle to get the heroin.
Scott did not return to meet the officer, even when Scott insisted over the telephone he was getting the drugs. At 5:52 p.m., Scott was arrested at his Pine Street home, turning over $200 of the money.
He was arraigned before Magisterial District Judge John Gembic III, of Shamokin, on Feb. 27 and placed in Snyder County Prison on $20,000 bail.
Drug charges filed
COAL TOWNSHIP - Nadine Miller, 36, of 140 W. Ogden St., Girardville, was charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia after a medical emergency Nov. 21 at the Panda King Restaurant, Coal Township.
Coal Township Police Patrolman Ed Purcell said in court documents that a small amount of heroin in a bag and items used to inject heroin were found on the floor of the restaurant's bathroom after Miller had a medical emergency there.
The charges were filed with Magisterial District Judge John Gembic III, of Shamokin.
Bar assault
SHAMOKIN - Robert T. Tloczynski, 49, of 519 S. Eighth St., Shamokin, was charged with simple assault and harassment after he allegedly struck Cory Thompson in the face, knocking him to the ground, and then striking him in the face and head several times with his hands at approximately 1:30 a.m. Feb. 16 at the Independence Fire Company.
Video surveillance showed that as patrons were pulling Tloczynski off Thompson, he broke free and kicked Thompson while he was lying on the floor.
The charges were filed with Magisterial District Judge John Gembic III, of Shamokin.
Charges dropped
MOUNT CARMEL - Charges of burglary, criminal trespass and theft by unlawful taking against Jolene D. Hartley, 23, of 357 Walnut St., Mifflinburg, were dismissed during her preliminary hearing Wednesday before Magisterial District Judge Hugh Jones, of Mount Carmel, when the victims failed to appear for the hearing.
Hartley was charged by Trooper Samuel Edwards of the Pennsylvania State Police's Stonington barracks for an incident Sept. 24, 2013, at a home on Snydertown Road, Snydertown.
DUI charges filed
SHAMOKIN - Jill C. Steiff, 26, of 1012 Fountain St., Ashland, was charged with two counts of driving under the influence and careless driving by Shamokin City Police Officer Scott Weaver.
The charges stem from a Dec. 2 traffic stop in the area of Pine and Fifth streets, Shamokin. The complaint was filed with Magisterial District Judge John Gembic III, of Shamokin.