Police Blotter: Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2014
No injuriesEXCELSIOR - Two Ashland residents escaped injury Saturday in a one-vehicle crash on Route 901 in Coal Township.John Monterosso Jr., 60, was driving a 2001 Ford Escort east about 2:50 p.m....
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015
Police car in wreck COAL TOWNSHIP - No one was injured in an minor crash involving a Coal Township police vehicle at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday. Police said Officer Christopher Williams was traveling north up...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Thursday, January 8, 2015
Aggravated assaultELYSBURG - Christopher F. Fausnaught, 43, of 235 Roadarmel Lane, Paxinos, was charged with burglary, aggravated assault, criminal trespass, simple assault and criminal mischief...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Friday, Jan. 9, 2015
Public drunkennessSHAMOKIN - John Valenskie, 37, of 325 E. Water St., Apt. 3, was cited for public drunkenness by Shamokin City Police Cpl. Jarrod Scandle after being found passed out on the floor of...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015
DUICOAL TOWNSHIP - Daniel E. Straub Jr., 25, of Shamokin, was charged by Patrolman Jason Adams with driving under the influence of alcohol and driving without insurance in connection with a Dec. 24...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015
Vehicle rolls into ditchELYSBURG - A 16-year-old Elysburg driver escaped serious injury in a crash Friday night when the vehicle he was driving went out of control on a snow-covered rural road and...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015
Retail theftCOAL TOWNSHIP - Glenn Heim Jr., 37, of 29 N. Second St., Shamokin, was charged by Patrolman Chad Yoder with retail theft for allegedly stealing $465.02 in merchandise from Walmart...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015
Simple assault SHAMOKIN - Patrolman William Zalinski has charged Ryan Allen Wagner, 36, of 325 S. Shamokin St., Shamokin, with simple assault and harassment relating to a disturbance at 9:30 p.m....
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015
HarassmentLYKENS - State police in Lykens filed harassment charges against Ronald G. Gray, 59, of Halifax, after a Jan. 12 incident in Middle Paxton Township.Police said an unidentified 32-year-old...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Friday, Jan. 16, 2015
Disorderly conductSELINSGROVE - State police charged an unidentified 16-year-old with disorderly conduct for intentionally jumping on a merchandise prop at Walmart Supercenter, Monroe Township, causing...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015
Driver cited in crashCOAL TOWNSHIP - Raymond P. Glessner, 48, of 817 Market St., Ashland, was cited for careless driving following a two-car accident at 11:36 a.m. Tuesday at Route 61 and State Route...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Monday, Jan. 19, 2015
Criminal mischief MOUNT CARMEL - A 16-year-old male from Ashland was charged by Lt. Christopher Buhay with criminal mischief for causing damage to an entrance door at Compass Academy, 30 W. Third St.,...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015
Drug chargeCOAL TOWNSHIP - Prenden Heintzelman, 27, of Northumberland, was charged by Patrolman Matthew Hashuga with possession of drug paraphernalia involving an incident at Walmart Supercenter at...
View ArticleDistrict 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...
View ArticleDistrict Court, Jones: Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015
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...
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