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Police Blotter: Saturday, March 21, 2015

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Truck rocked

COAL TOWNSHIP - Bernard Pronick, 51, of 905 W. Pine St., discovered Wednesday morning that someone threw several large rocks at his 1996 Ford F-150 pickup truck, causing damage to the windshield, hood, headlights and passenger side fender. Anyone with information is asked to call Coal Township police at 570-644-0333.

Two crash

COAL TOWNSHIP - Two vehicles were towed after colliding on Reinhart Road at 9:22 p.m. Thursday, according to Coal Township police.

Mark Campbell, 50, of 1274 Market St., Sunbury, was driving a 2001 Chevrolet west when he crossed into the oncoming lane and struck a 2002 GMC truck driven by Scott Hammaker, 51, of 138 S. Second St., Gratz. Both vehicles sustained moderate damage.

Disorderly conduct

KULPMONT - John Vincent Shustack, 49, and Mary Beth Goodlunas, 42, both of 545 Spruce St., Kulpmont, were cited by Kulpmont Police Chief Michael Pitcavage with disorderly conduct relating to a domestic disturbance March 3.

Pitcavage said officers were dispatched to their home at 10:13 a.m. after witnesses reported hearing them argue for two hours using obscene language and making excessive noise.

Shustack was later charged by Pitcavage with accidents involving damage to unattended property and driving with a suspended license related to a hit-and-run crash about 12:40 p.m. in the 500 block of Chestnut Street.

Police said he drove into a road sign, causing damage to a fence at 510 Chestnut St., and fled the scene.

Snow crash

COAL TOWNSHIP - A 2009 Nissan minivan driven by Kathy Slotterback, of 16 N. Second St., Shamokin, slid from Venn Access Road near the Shamokin Area High School about 8:15 Friday morning, police said.

All passengers escaped injury but the vehicle sustained light damage. Police attributed the crash to the slick, snowy roads.

Fire injury

WATSONTOWN - State Police in Milton say a Watsontown woman was listed in critical condition Friday at the Burn Recovery Center at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest after a fire heavily damaged an apartment building Thursday.

Police said the fire broke out in the apartment of Diane L. St. James-Amoss, 59, of 26 E. Fourth St., Apt. 5, at 8:39 a.m. She was flown to the center by Life Flight.

Ten other tenants escaped injury but were displaced. The building is owned by Beverly F. Wagner, 69, of Lewisburg. Damage is approximately $150,000.

Strikes bank

HERNDON - A Herndon man was cited after crashing into an embankment Thursday in Jackson Township.

Gregory B. Escaro, 39, was driving a 1999 Saab 95 south on Mandata Road about 2:20 p.m. when he drove into the northbound lane, exited the roadway and crashed, according to state police at Stonington.

Police said Escaro was wearing a seat belt and was not injured. The vehicle was towed.

Trooper Daniel Wilk cited Escaro for violating the traffic code, roadways laned for traffic.


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