Police Blotter: Friday, July 24, 2015
Hit and runCOAL TOWNSHIP - Township police are searching for the driver of a vehicle involved in two hit-and-run accidents within moments of each other at about midnight Thursday on Race and Chestnut...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Saturday, July 25, 2015
Harley theftATLAS - Sean Michael McDermott, 46, of 497 S. River Breeze Ave., Winfield, is charged by Mount Carmel Township Police Chief Brian Hollenbush with felony counts of theft and receiving stolen...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Sunday, July 26, 2015
HarassmentMOUNT CARMEL - Chastity M. Dewees, 34, of 327 S. Oak St., Apt. 1, Mount Carmel, was cited by Chief of Police Todd Owens for harassment relating to a disturbance at 12:35 a.m. June 28.Police...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Monday, July 27, 2015
Accident victim still serious DANVILLE - Edna Bachman, 82, of Freeburg, who was injured in a four-vehicle accident Saturday afternoon at the intersection of Route 890 and Brush Valley Road in...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Aggravated assaultSCHUYLKILL HAVEN - Jerome Franklin Kimmel, 40, of Auburn, has been charged by state police with aggravated assault, simple assault, terroristic threats and recklessly endangering...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Retail theftCOAL TOWNSHIP - Colby A. Sweitzer, 19, of Mount Carmel, and Cody Z. Horne, 20, of Shamokin, were cited by Patrolman Matthew Hashuga for retail theft relating to an incident at 9:30 p.m....
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Thursday, July 30, 2015
Still criticalDANVILLE - Kim Marie Allen, 56, of 193 Stoney Batter Road, who allegedly was shot Monday in the right shoulder by her 61-year-old live-in boyfriend, Charles Elwin Bower, remained in...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Friday, July 31, 2015
Condition improvesDANVILLE - The condition of Kim Marie Allen, 56, of 193 Stoney Batter Road, who allegedly was shot Monday in the right shoulder by her 61-year-old live-in boyfriend, Charles Elwin...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015
DUISTRONG - Mount Carmel Township Police charged Jared White, 32, of 926 W. Walnut St., Coal Township, with driving under the influence, driving on roadways laned for traffic and failure to observe...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Sunday, Aug. 2, 2015
Jeep driver sought ELYSBURG - Ralpho Township police seek information on a female motorist who fled the scene of a rear-end accident Thursday along Route 54. According to police, James Herman, of...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015
School break-inRIVERSIDE - Authorities continue to investigate an incident of criminal trespass at the Riverside Elementary School July 7.State police at Stonington report an unknown person or people...
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SELINSGROVE - In 1925, the state of Tennessee prosecuted a substitute school teacher, John Scopes, for telling students about the theory of evolution.The case soon became known as the "Scopes Monkey...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015
Attempted robbery SUNBURY - Police here are investigating an attempted robbery at a residence in the 300 block of Race Street late Monday night. Police reported an unidentified male dressed in black...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015
Drugs stolenMONROE TOWNSHIP - Aimee Lynn Snyder, 27, of Coal Township, reported to state police at Selinsgrove that at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 29, someone took more than 100 oxycodone pills from a...
View ArticleCharges dismissed or held for court
MOUNT CARMEL - Charges against three individuals were either ordered held to court or dismissed during preliminary hearings Wednesday before Magisterial District Judge Hugh A. Jones.- Charges of...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Friday, Aug. 7, 2015
Man cited twiceSHAMOKIN - Charles J. Probst, 47, of 124 E. Chestnut St., was cited twice for public drunkenness and once for disorderly conduct after a series of incidents starting at 4:13 p.m....
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Saturday, Aug. 8, 2015
Suzuki damagedELYSBURG - Ralpho Township Police continue to investigate a two-vehicle crash at 10:54 p.m. Thursday on Route 487 near the intersection of Northumberland Drive.Police say a 2004 silver...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Sunday, Aug. 9, 2015
Downed wiresCOAL TOWNSHIP - Police report George M. Follmer, 54, of 20 Hill St., Benton, was traveling west through the intersection of Tioga and Meade streets in his 2001 International tractor trailer...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Monday, Aug. 10, 2015
Crash ELYSBURG - Ralpho Township Police said Ryan J. Little, 18, of Elysburg, crashed a 2011 Ford Focus sedan near 197 Bear Hollow Road shortly before 1 p.m. Saturday. Little's vehicle crossed the...
View ArticleEight sentenced in Court of Common Pleas
SUNBURY - Eight defendants were sentenced recently in the Court of Common Pleas.- Shane Geary, 31, an inmate at SCI-Coal Township, was ordered Monday by Northumberland County Judge Charles Saylor to...
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