Hit and run crash
ROCKEFELLER TOWNSHIP - Authorities are looking for the driver who damaged a fence on Trout Pond Road April 4.
State police at Stonington reported a driver traveling south lost control of the vehicle, struck a fence and left the scene.
Drug paraphernalia
SHAMOKIN - Robert Felix, 41, of 1027 W. Chestnut St., Coal Township, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, driving with a suspended license and careless driving following a traffic stop on East Independence Street at 11:52 p.m. April 3.
According to court documents filed by Shamokin City Police Patrolman Nathan Rhodes, Felix was seen pulling out of a parking stall at a high rate of speed, squealing his tires. When Felix was talking to the officer, he stated he did not have a driver's license and Cpl. Bryan Primerano, assisting Rhodes, observed a smoking pipe on the floor of the vehicle. Felix said the pipe was used for smoking marijuana.
The charges were filed with Magisterial District Judge John Gembic III, of Shamokin.
Disorderly conduct
KULPMONT - Denise L. Kelley, of North 10th Street, reported to state police at Stonington her neighbor was being loud and burning some material at 11:45 p.m. Monday.
DUI
COAL TOWNSHIP - State police at Stonington charged Ryan C. Wendell, 23, of 250 Church St., Millersburg, with driving under the influence, driving without registration, driving without a license, driving while operating privilege is suspended or revoked and careless driving after a traffic stop in the area of Route 61 and 225 in Coal Township at 12:54 a.m. March 26.
Trooper David Boucher of the Stonington barracks reported in court documents that he and another officer observed Wendell's vehicle, a 2003 Jaguar, traveling with its four-way flashers on before pulling to the side of the road. The officers stopped to see if the driver needed assistance and smelled a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage in the car. Police administered a breath test and field sobriety tests, which the driver failed.
Boucher observed that all four tires were flat, and Wendell said he ran over some railroad tracks in Shamokin which caused the flat tires. The officer noted Wendell's clothes were ripped and disheveled. He was taken into custody, but refused to submit to blood alcohol testing at a local hospital.
The charged were filed with Magisterial District Judge John Gembic, of Shamokin.
Burglary
UPPER AUGUSTA TOWNSHIP - State police charged Hugo Concepcion-Arroyo, 37, of Sunbury, with burglary, criminal trespass, terroristic threats, criminal conspiracy and driving without a license following a break-in at a home along Route 147 in Upper Augusta Township at 10:30 a.m. April 4.
Police report the victim, Jeff Pontius, of Sunbury, came home to find Arroyo allegedly crawling through an unsecured window in the home and attempting to steal a purse.
Arroyo was arraigned before on-call Magisterial District Judge Hugh Jones, of Mount Carmel, and placed in prison on $50,000 bail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, April 28, before Magisterial District Judge Benjamin Apfelbaum, of Sunbury.
Drug arrest
SHAMOKIN - Johnathon R. Grove, 26, with a last known address of 409 E. Packer St., Shamokin, was charged by Shamokin Police with possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia after a stop on Independence Street by Northumberland County Probation officers at 6 p.m. March 9.
According to court documents filed by Cpl. Jarrod Scandle, Grove was found with a bag containing synthetic marijuana, a glass smoking pipe, a syringe, and a small orange pill used to treat patients who are opiate dependent.
Grove was placed in Snyder County Prison on a probation violation, while the drug charges were filed with Magisterial District Judge John Gembic, of Shamokin.
Retail theft
COAL TOWNSHIP - Township Patrolman Joshua Wynn charged Caitlin Bitler, 25, and Rachel Graham, 32, both of 343 S. Diamond St., Shamokin, with retail theft and criminal conspiracy after the two allegedly engaged in shoplifting at Walmart Oct. 24.
According to Wynn, store security personnel observed the two placing items from housewares and the cosmetics department in their purses. Police said the two conspired to steal a total of $327.30 worth of items.
The charges were filed with Magisterial District Judge John Gembic, of Shamokin.
Identity theft
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP - Amy and Jeffrey Zartman, of Dornsife, reported to state police at Stonington the couple received a call from their accountant at 4 p.m. Wednesday that their 2014 income tax return was denied because it was already being processed by an unknown person.
Police say the investigation is ongoing.
Driver charged
SNYDERTOWN - Tabitha J. McKown, 34, of 23 N. Grant St., Shamokin, was charged with driving under the influence, driving without registration and proof of insurance and several other traffic offense by state police at Stonington after a traffic stop near Mowery Street, Snydertown at 7:06 p.m. March 7.
Police reported in court documents Trooper Mark Adams observed the vehicle traveling all over the roadway. The vehicle then turned onto Mowery Street without using a signal. After failing field sobriety tests, McKown, the driver, was taken into custody for being suspected of driving under the influence.
A blood test drawn at Sunbury Community Hospital showed her blood alcohol level to be .155 percent. The charges were filed with Magisterial District Judge John Gembic, of Shamokin.
Retail theft
COAL TOWNSHIP - David M. Laude, 26, of 30 S. Shamokin St., Shamokin, was charged by Coal Township Police Patrolman Matthew Hashuga with retail theft after allegedly attempting to steal $409.95 worth of merchandise from Walmart at 8:53 p.m. Oct. 19.
The charge was filed with Magisterial District Judge John Gembic, of Shamokin.
Disorderly conduct
ROCKEFELLER TOWNSHIP - Michele Shipe, of Plum Creek Road, Rockefeller Township, reported to state police at Stonington a number of vehicles were in a field near her home and playing loud music at 10 p.m. Monday.