Crime and Courts
The latest crimes, arrests and court cases from Columbia and Montour counties and the surrounding area.
Published on May 18, 2013 - Page 1
BERWICK — An enraged ex-boyfriend is accused of attacking three men with a metal pipe after he broke into his ex-girlfriend’s house.
Here’s what...
Published on May 18, 2013 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG — Three Berwick residents were sentenced Friday on heroin charges, including a man who got a stretch in state prison.
Michael Haught, 25...
Published on May 18, 2013 - Page 3
DANVILLE — A Danville-area man was sentenced into DUI treatment court after pleading guilty Thursday to his fourth arrest for driving drunk.
Shawn...
Published on May 18, 2013 - Page 3
MIFFLIN TWP. — A drunken driver dozed off behind the wheel, flipped his car into a creek, then called a relative to pick him up, police say....
Published on May 18, 2013 - Page 13
DANVILLE — A Danville woman arrested after witnesses called police to report she was drunk and getting into a car pleaded guilty Thursday.
Nicole...
Published on May 18, 2013 - Page 14
GREENWOOD TWP. — Police say they received a report of someone shooting a cat in the area of 46 Oriole Road here.
The incident happened Thursday...
Published on May 18, 2013 - Page 14
HARTLETON — The police chief here has been charged with funneling traffic citation fines to a community playground fund, the Sunbury Daily Item...
Published on May 18, 2013 - Page 21
Parole granted in apartment gunplay
DANVILLE — A man who fired a rifle into his ceiling at Beaver Place Apartments during a domestic argument with...
Published on May 17, 2013 - Page 1
DANVILLE — A 64-year-old Danville man pleaded no contest to charges that he forced a wheelchair-bound woman to perform oral sex on him in his car as...
Published on May 17, 2013 - Page 1
ESPY — The scam calls kept coming at Dessie Stuempfle’s house earlier this month, so she phoned the police.
And when an officer arrived at her Edgar...
Published on May 17, 2013 - Page 1
A man charged with impersonating a policeman in a clash involving an ex-girlfriend saw the charge dropped in a plea deal.
And Courtney Kauffman says...
Published on May 17, 2013 - Page 3
BERWICK — The following people were cited for dog-law violations.
• Gail Berbick, 59, of 1906 Heights Road, allegedly let her dog get loose and...
Published on May 17, 2013 - Page 4
SCOTT TWP. — A Bloomsburg University student was drunk and traveling up to 70 mph along Fifth Street Hollow Road here, arrest papers say.
Andre...
Published on May 17, 2013 - Page 4
BUCKHORN — Emeritha Uwimana, 55, Bloomsburg, put personal items in a private Dumpster at Goodwill Inc. here April 18, a citation states.
Uwimana,...
Published on May 17, 2013 - Page 5
CATAWISSA — Anna and Andrew Mensch were cited for a loud and public argument at the home they share here, police say.
Ms. Mensch, 28, and Mr....
Published on May 17, 2013 - Page 10
SOUTH CENTRE TWP. — A 40-year-old man was found drunk and passed out behind the wheel of his running car, according to police.
Michael Lupcho,...
Published on May 17, 2013 - Page 13
HEMLOCK TWP. — Two passengers face charges after police found marijuana and bath salts in a disabled cargo van on Interstate 80 here, authorities...
Published on May 16, 2013 - Page 1
BERWICK — A suspected meth dealer hid in a crawl space beneath the floor where his wife was standing as police searched their home Monday, officers...
Published on May 16, 2013 - Page 3
SCOTT TWP. — A Danville man blew through a red light on Route 487 here Wednesday and slammed into a car exiting Interstate 80, police say.
The wreck...
Published on May 16, 2013 - Page 3
STILLWATER — A Stillwater man was drunk and driving at 67 mph in a 40-mph zone on Route 487 here April 28, charges say.
William Henry Brecht, 36,...