District Court, Gembic: Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015
SHAMOKIN - Three defendants pleaded guilty to charges Tuesday and were ordered by Magisterial District Judge John Gembic III to pay fines and costs.- Justin Simmons, 29, of 29 N. Shamokin St.,...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015
Fight chargesRANSHAW - Daren Albertson, 26, of 217 Third St., Ranshaw, and Jared Wagner, 22, of 810 N. Coal St., Shamokin, were charged by Coal Township Detective Jeff Brennan with disorderly conduct...
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Two defendants saw charges withdrawn against them in their preliminary hearings before Magisterial District Judge Hugh Jones, of Mount Carmel, Jan. 14.- Charges of endangering the welfare of children...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015
Burglary, indecent assaultSPRING TOWNSHIP - Daniel Edward Pick, 55, of 105 W. Market St., Beavertown, was charged by state police at Selinsgrove with burglary, indecent assault and other offenses...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Friday, Jan. 23, 2015
Resisting arrestMOUNT CARMEL - Charles Joseph Savitski, 40, of 651 E. Fourth St., Mount Carmel, was arraigned Wednesday on misdemeanor charges of simple assault, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct...
View ArticleDistrict Court: Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015
The following case was settled following a preliminary hearing before Magisterial District Judge Hugh Jones, of Mount Carmel, Wednesday.n Shannon B. McGinley, 19, of 50 N. Maple St., Apartment 202,...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015
Car hits mailboxesUPPER AUGUSTA TOWNSHIP - Heather Fisher, 31, of Ranshaw, escaped injury Wednesday afternoon when her 2006 Hyundai Elantra slid off the side of Route 61 and struck two mailboxes and a...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015
CrashPAXINOS -A Sunbury man escaped injury after snowy weather caused him to lose control of his car on Route 61 around 7:35 a.m. Saturday.State police said William Bielski, 23, will be cited with...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015
Driver injured TREVORTON ROAD - Christopher Kern, 34, of 1435 Pulaski Ave., Coal Township, suffered injuries when the 2000 Volkswagen Beetle he was driving traveled off Route 225 (Trevorton Road) into...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015
Driver critical WHITE DEER TOWNSHIP - A Shamokin man remains in critical condition at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, following a crash involving his vehicle and a Mack truck on Interstate 80 near...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015
Drug paraphernaliaSHAMOKIN - Brandon J. Menne, 22, of 18 S. Market St., Apt. 3, Shamokin, and Holly E. Madden, 24, of 417 Main St., Ranshaw, were charged by Patrolman Raymond Siko II with possession of...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Friday, Jan. 30, 2015
Phone, DVDs stolenSHAMOKIN DAM - State police at Selinsgrove are investigating the theft of a Nintendo Wii, Atari game system, I-phone 5C and approximately 100 Blu-ray DVDs from Carmen Ayala-Torres, of...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015
Two-vehicle crash MONROE TOWNSHIP - A Coal Township woman suffered a minor injury in a two-vehicle crash on the North Susquehanna Trail at the intersection with Lori Lane at 7:45 a.m. Thursday. State...
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The Shamokin Police Department reported 3,615 crimes to the Uniform Crime Reporting System between 2005 and 2009 during the tenures of retired chiefs Richard Nichols and John Brown - Nichols for the...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Monday, Feb. 2, 2015
Crash MILTON - A Bloomsburg man escaped injury in a rollover crash Tuesday south of Milton in West Chillisquaque Township. State police at Milton reported Sunday that Patrick F. Anderson, 28, was...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015
CrashCOAL TOWNSHIP - William McAndrew, of Mount Carmel, escaped injury after his vehicle slid from Route 901 near Industrial Park Road and collided with a fence shortly after 11 p.m. Sunday.His vehicle...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015
DUI MOUNT CARMEL - Joseph Victor Kolasa, 40, of 461 Tamarack Road, Renovo, was charged with a misdemeanor count of driving under the influence and summary counts of accidents to unattended property,...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015
Drug chargesSHAMOKIN - Bryan S. Hornberger III, 21, of 417 S. Coal St., Shamokin, was charged by Cpl. Bryan Primerano with felonies of possession with intent to deliver Spice and criminal use of a...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Friday, Feb. 6, 2015
DUIWEST CAMERON TOWNSHIP - Justin M. Russell, 33, of 316 Trevorton Road, Shamokin, was charged with two counts of driving under the influence, driving with a suspended license, driving on roadways...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Monday, Feb. 9, 2015
Deer accident LOWER AUGUSTA TOWNSHIP - An Elizabethville woman suffered a minor injury in a crash involving a deer at 9:30 p.m. Saturday on Route 147 near Boyles Run Road. State police at Stonington...
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