Disorderly conduct
SHAMOKIN - Brenda J. Snyder, 49, of 1123 W. Water St., Coal Township, was cited by Patrolman Scott Weaver for disorderly conduct and public drunkenness relating to a disturbance at 8:35 a.m. Friday at Turkey Hill Minit Market on North Second Street.
Police said Snyder, who was under the influence of a controlled substance, was "casing" the store for about an hour, spilled a drink and knocked items off a shelf.
Criminal trespass
SHAMOKIN - Carl Marchetti, 55, of 453 S. Shamokin St., Shamokin, was cited by Patrolman Mark Costa for criminal trespass and disorderly conduct involving an incident at his neighbor's residence at 3:35 a.m. Saturday.
Police reported Marchetti went onto the front porch of Mark Wood, 455 S. Shamokin St., shouted obscenities and spit on the front door.
Public drunkenness
SHAMOKIN - Raymond K. Eltringham, 33, of 309 S. Fifth St., Shamokin, and Michael Hughes, 34, of 300 S. Maple St., Apt. 1, Mount Carmel, were cited by Patrolman Mark Costa for public drunkenness in connection with an incident at 3:45 a.m. Friday at Willow and Fifth streets.
Creek channel runner
SHAMOKIN - Patrolman Mark Costa cited Daniel Martin, 29, of 504 Center St., Tharptown, for public drunkenness after he was found running in a creek channel at Willow and Sixth streets at 4 a.m. Friday.
DUI
SHAMOKIN - Brian L. Petrovich, 37, of 34 N. Second St., Shamokin, has been charged by Patrolman Raymond Siko II with two counts of driving under the influence of alcohol relating to an April 11 accident at the intersection of Walnut and Sixth streets near Weis Markets.
Police said Petrovich had a blood-alcohol content of .214 percent.
Drug charges
SHAMOKIN - Charges of possession of spice and possession of drug paraphernalia were filed by Patrolman Scott Weaver against Michael Leiby, 30, of 1333 W. Water St., Coal Township.
Police reported Leiby was found in possession of spice, cigars and rolling papers Feb. 9 in the rear parking lot of Weis Markets.
Pizza melee
SHAMOKIN DAM - Michael Joseph Runko, 28, of Shamokin Dam, is accused of assaulting two people Sunday at the Papa John's on Routes 11/15 while attempting to steal pizza and money from the victims.
According to police, Runko entered the restaurant in Monroe Township, Snyder County, about 11:45 p.m. and demanded free pizza before running behind the counter and grabbing several pies. He allegedly assaulted an employee, exiting the store and assaulting a second person - demanding money before punching the victim's face. Runko's accused of throwing a brick at someone before fleeing the area.
State troopers spotted Runko, who reportedly fled on foot. He was found hiding in a bush near Chubb Alley.
Runko is charged by Trooper Rodney D. Shoeman Jr. with 29 criminal counts including aggravated assault and robbery. He was arraigned by Magisterial District Judge John H. Reed, Selinsgrove, and remanded to Snyder County Prison in lieu of $100,000 bail.
Rash of thefts
SUNBURY - Sunbury police are investigating two burglaries and five thefts that occurred since April 23.
A home in the 800 block of North Seventh Street was burglarized between April 23 and 27 when someone cut a window screen and removed a window. Nothing was reported missing. The second reported burglary occurred at a home in the 100 block of South Front Street between 3 and 7 p.m. April 27, with unidentified items reported stolen.
Between April 23 and 26 the window of a vehicle parked in the 800 block of North Seventh Street was smashed, the door pried and the ignition tampered. The vehicle's radio was stolen. A woman's purse was stolen from the Pennsylvania CareerLink on Market Street between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Thursday. Money, credit cards and keys were inside the purse.
Between 9:30 p.m. Saturday and midnight Sunday someone jumped on a vehicle roof on the 500 block of Reagan Street, entered the vehicle and stole unidentified items. Two cement geese were stolen from a front porch on the 500 block of Line Street between 7 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. Sunday. A license plate was stolen from a motorcycle Sunday on the 900 block of Susquehanna Avenue.
Police ask that anyone with surveillance footage or information on suspects or suspicious activity to call the department at 570-286-4587.
Credit fraud
SUNBURY - Benjamin Snyder, 29, of Sunbury, reported someone fraudulently used his credit card to charge approximately $1,700 in purchases from Lowe's website on Wednesday. An investigation continues.
Hit/run
KULPMONT - State police at Stonington seek information on the vehicle and driver who crashed into the driver side a 2005 Kia Sedona parked on Chestnut Street (Route 61) near 10th Street about 5 p.m. Thursday. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 570-286-5601.
Car damage
KULPMONT - A 2005 Pontiac Sunfire owned by Angela M. Hall, of Kulpmont, was damaged while it was parked in the Turkey Hill lot on Chestnut Street between 7 and 11 p.m. Saturday. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 570-286-5601.
Bike found
COAL TOWNSHIP - A pink Next bicycle was found in the 1600 block of West Pine Street and turned over to the township police department. The owner can claim it by contacting the department, 570-644-0333.
Disorderly behavior
COAL TOWNSHIP - Robert F. Santore, 37, of Ranshaw, is charged by Patrolman Matthew Hashuga with disorderly conduct. Santore allegedly screamed, yelled and pounded on doors at Third and Webster streets, Ranshaw, about 11:35 p.m. Sunday.
Thefts
COAL TOWNSHIP - Two people are cited by Patrolman Matthew Hashuga with retail theft in separate incidents at Walmart Supercenter, Route 61.
Eric Zlotorzynski, 37, of Shamokin, is accused of stealing $67.48 in merchandise about 1:25 p.m. April 22, and Kaitlyn Else, 26, of Trevorton, is accused of stealing $79.68 in merchandise about 5 p.m. March 13. Else also is accused of making a fraudulent return.
Scattering rubbish
COAL TOWNSHIP - Wayne Kratzer, 51, of 617 W. Pine St., Shamokin, was charged by Chief of Police William Carpenter with scattering rubbish for allegedly dumping household trash along a mountain road north of Coal Run between March 16 and Monday.
DUI defendant sentenced
SUNBURY - Randy Wiest, 48, of Kulpmont, was sentenced Monday by Northumberland County Judge Charles Saylor to six months intermediate punishment with the first 90 days on house arrest for driving under the influence.
Wiest, who was charged by Shamokin police with DUI relating to an Oct. 27 incident, also was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine plus costs and had his driver's license suspended for 12 months. He is prohibited from attending bars and drinking alcohol.
Saylor also sentenced Wiest to pay $50 in fines plus costs for summary offenses of failure to drive in a single lane and careless driving.
2-vehicle crash
COAL TOWNSHIP - A Pitman man was cited following a two-vehicle crash at the traffic light on Route 61 at Tharptown.
Coal Township police said Cody Glosek, of 1563 Creek Road, pulled forward in a 1991 Ford pickup truck when the light turned green and drove into the rear of a 2007 Dodge 2500 van that was stopped at the signal. The van was driven by Claude W. Raudenbush, of 194 Badman's Hill Road, Paxinos.
Neither Glosek nor Raudenbush was injured, police said. A passenger in the van, Sharon Raudenbush, complained of back pain.
Glosek was cited by Patrolman Christopher Williams with traffic citations, following too closely and tire equipment and traction surfaces.