Police 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...
View ArticleA look at the numbers
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...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015
Grandmother assaultedTHARPTOWN - Brandon Strausser, 33, of 231 Center St., Tharptown, was charged by Patrolman Chad Yoder with simple assault and harassment after he allegedly grabbed his 78-year-old...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015
Car theftMOUNT CARMEL - Charges were filed last week against a borough man accused in two September car thefts within a four-day period.Edward J. Kleman, 28, of Mount Carmel, is accused of stealing a...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015
CrashBURNSIDE - An Elysburg man was cited for a stop sign violation following a crash Tuesday at Route 125 and Burnside Drive in Coal Township.Harold E. Kase Jr., of 127 S. Maple St., drove a 2005...
View ArticleCourtyard to present murder mystery
SELINSGROVE - The Courtyard Theater will present "Weekend at Withingham's," an audience participation murder mystery dinner, in late February.The two-hour production involves "a play within a play,"...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Friday, Feb. 13, 2015
DrugsMOUNT CARMEL - Kaitlyn Ann Else, 26, of 731 Scott St., Trevorton, was charged by Mount Carmel Township Patrolman Kelly Campbell with a felony count of hindering apprehension or prosecution, two...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015
Retail theftMOUNT CARMEL - Heather R. Crumb, 29, of 106 Wall St., Danville, was cited by police Chief Todd Owens for retail theft for allegedly attempting to steal 10 DVDs and 12 lollipops from the...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015
Retail theftCOAL TOWNSHIP - Patrolman Chris Lapotsky has charged Joshua Tagliaboski, 26, of 130 N. Nice St., Frackville, with retail theft for allegedly stealing $283.44 in merchandise from Walmart...
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