Police Blotter: Friday, Sept. 26, 2014
Sledgehammer used in break-insJORDAN TOWNSHIP - State police at Stonington are investigating two break-ins at homes in Jordan Township that occurred between Sept. 13 and 16.Police report the first...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014
Scooter stolenCOAL TOWNSHIP - James Coleman III, of 1508 W. Arch St., told police someone stole a gas-powered Razor scooter from the front of his residence between 5 and 10:15 p.m. Tuesday. The scooter...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014
Two injuredTURBOT TOWNSHIP - Two Watsontown men suffered moderate injuries in an accident late Friday night on the I-180 off-ramp just north of I-80.State police at Milton reported John R. Nancarvis,...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Monday, Sept. 29, 2014
Bad check ROCKEFELLER TOWNSHIP - Donna Carl, 38, of 238 S. Sixth St., Shamokin, was cited by Trooper Mark Adams of state police at Stonington for issuing a bad check in the amount of $329.58 to...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014
Sex chargesCOAL TOWNSHIP - Dustin Gearhart, 26, of 1823 Sunbury Road, Selinsgrove, was arraigned Monday on a charge of statutory sexual assault before Magisterial District Judge John Gembic III, of...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014
Aggravated assault ROCKEFELLER TOWNSHIP - A Sunbury man suffered a minor injury after an assault in the area of Beck Road at 3:15 a.m. Sunday. State police at Stonington report that Ralph Treaster,...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014
Phone scamDALMATIA - State police at Lykens are warning the public about a phone scam that cost a local woman thousands of dollars.Police said the victim, Mary R. Schaffner, 75, of Dalmatia, received a...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Friday, Oct. 3, 2014
Community service set for SaturdayCOAL TOWNSHIP - Participants in a community service program coordinated by Magisterial District Judge John Gembic III will meet at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Coal...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Friday, Oct. 3, 2014
Pleads guiltyMOUNT CARMEL - Robert M. Daniels II, 25, of 120 Columbia Ave., Atlas, pleaded guilty Wednesday to open lewdness and public drunkenness and was ordered to pay $800 in fines plus costs and...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014
Public drunkennessSHAMOKIN - Charges of public drunkenness and disorderly conduct were filed at Magisterial District Judge John Gembic III against Amichae Young, 33, of 409 E. Packer St.,...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014
Fugitive caughtUPPER AUGUSTA TOWNSHIP - State police at Stonington report that a fugitive from Missouri was captured Wednesday on a traffic stop on the Veterans Memorial Bridge near Sunbury.Police...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014
Theft-related chargesCOAL TOWNSHIP - Jeffry J. Grassi, 21, of 219 S. Shamokin St., Shamokin, was charged by Patrolman Edward Purcell with theft, receiving stolen property, criminal conspiracy and...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014
Wanted man COAL TOWNSHIP - Police are still searching for James Latshaw, 48, of 12 E. Arch St., Shamokin, after he fled on foot shortly before noon Friday in the 400 block of West Chestnut Street....
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014
AssaultKULPMONT - Patrolman David Patrick Tomtishen cited a 17-year-old Kulpmont girl with harassment and disorderly conduct relating to an assault that occurred during the evening hours of Sept. 23 at...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Friday, Oct. 10, 2014
Ralpho rolloverPAXINOS - Luis Francisco Pares-Lanza, 22, of 210 Orange St., Northumberland, escaped injury in a rollover at about 9:45 a.m. Thursday on Bottle Road, near West Center Street, in Ralpho...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014
Aggravated assaultPITMAN - Melody Shingara, 52, of Pitman, was charged by state police at Schuylkill Haven with aggravated assault for allegedly swinging a meat cleaver and fillet knife that struck...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014
Attempted fightMOUNT CARMEL - Borough police cited Andrew S. Snyder, 46, of 350 S. Vine St., and Dennis R. Dormer, 43, of 138 S. Oak St., for public drunkenness following an incident at 9:45 p.m. Oct....
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014
Attempted burglary SHAMOKIN - City police responded to a burglar alarm about 5:15 a.m. Tuesday at the Choice Cigarette Discount Outlet at Race and Pearl streets. A window was broken but Chief Darwin...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014
DUIMOUNT CARMEL - Philip Donald Fallat, 29, of 1064 Pine St., Kulpmont, was charged by Ralpho Township Patrolman Chris Dailey with driving on the wrong side of the road, refusing to provide a driver's...
View ArticleDistrict Court: Friday, Oct. 18, 2014
Three cases were settled during preliminary hearings held Wednesday before Magisterial District Judge Hugh Jones, of Mount Carmel.n Charges of simple assault, harassment and disorderly conduct against...
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