Crime and Courts

Published on November 18, 2023 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- When Chris Wharton saw two men struggling with a flat tire, he brought out his air compressor and pumped it up. Police say one of the...
Published on November 18, 2023 - Page 1
DANVILLE -- A Shamokin woman already jailed on other cases in Northumberland County pleaded guilty here to assaulting a Geisinger employee while a...
Published on November 18, 2023 - Page 3
BERWICK -- A Benton woman allegedly bit and kicked a Berwick man, landing her in legal trouble on charges of assault and harassment, court paper say...
Published on November 17, 2023 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A Berwick man was jailed after texting his ex-girlfriend messages in which he wrote ominously of a shotgun and "preparing for the worst...
Published on November 17, 2023 - Page 12
SCRANTON -- A Jamaican man was sentenced to 16 years in prison for his part in a sweepstakes scheme targeting senior citizens in the United States,...
Published on November 16, 2023 - Page 1
BERWICK -- Police say a man already serving state time for dealing drugs menaced a clerk with a large kitchen knife to rob the Berwick Smoke Shop in...
Published on November 15, 2023 - Page 1
MILLVILLE -- A policeman recalled being "spun" around but otherwise staying on his feet when he was struck by an SUV fleeing The Home Depot after a...
Published on November 15, 2023 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A Berwick woman with multiple drug arrests involving methamphetamine was sentenced to state prison for felony drug possession with...
Published on November 15, 2023 - Page 4
Press Enterprise staff report SOUTH CENTRE TWP. -- A man with visible track marks on his neck and the overdose-reversal drug Narcan in his glove...
Published on November 14, 2023 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A Bloomsburg man whose small marijuana cultivating operation was sniffed out by a police drug dog during a robbery investigation at a...
Published on November 14, 2023 - Page 3
BLOOMSBURG -- A man wanted for grand larceny in New York agreed to be returned there, but not before pleading guilty to driving drunk in Hemlock...
Published on November 14, 2023 - Page 5
CLINTON TWP. -- A Benton man was cited for going too fast when he rear-ended a minivan with his pickup along Route 405 at Armstrong Road here, State...
Published on November 13, 2023 - Page 1
Press Enterprise staff report DERRY TWP. -- A man is facing burglary charges after police say he stole a Harley Davidson motorcycle from a storage...
Published on November 13, 2023 - Page 1
Press Enterprise staff report BLOOMSBURG -- A Mount Pleasant Township man accused of forcing himself sexually on a teen girl has pleaded guilty to a...
Published on November 13, 2023 - Page 1
Press Enterprise staff report ESPY -- A man allegedly hid a black box filled with a baggie of psychedelic mushrooms and other drug paraphernalia...
Published on November 12, 2023 - Page 1
Press Enterprise staff report SCOTT TWP. -- An Orangeville man allegedly drove his car over the curb in a grassy area while intoxicated and driving...
Published on November 11, 2023 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A year after the town toughened its noise ordinance, a judge declined to dismiss parts of a lawsuit filed against it by the Bloomsburg...
Published on November 11, 2023 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A university student who jumped onto the hood of a car from a second-story balcony last spring pleaded guilty to criminal mischief in...
Published on November 11, 2023 - Page 6
SCOTT TWP. -- Two women were cited with harassing each other during a dispute at 1000 Scottown Center here, district court papers say. Kayla Edwards...
Published on November 10, 2023 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A scrap metal hauler from Pike County has pleaded guilty to felony theft by failing to deliver several loads of copper and other...
Published on November 10, 2023 - Page 1
BRIAR CREEK TWP. -- An autopsy is scheduled today for a man who died of what appears to be a single gunshot wound on Martzville Road Wednesday, the...
Published on November 10, 2023 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A man Hemlock Township police say sped away during an attempted traffic stop crashed minutes later in Bloomsburg. In a press release,...
Published on November 10, 2023 - Page 5
BLOOMSBURG — A driver seen going through stop signs and a flashing red light here late at night was arrested for driving drunk, according to a...
Published on November 10, 2023 - Page 5
BLOOMSBURG — A town man was charged with failing to register his new address with State Police as required of a Megan’s Law sex offender. John...
Published on November 10, 2023 - Page 6
BLOOMSBURG -- Two Bloomsburg University students accused of injuring two other men during a fight in front of 385 Lightstreet Road waived charges...
Published on November 10, 2023 - Page 6
BLOOMSBURG -- A Mahoning Township man serving state prison time for possessing child pornography was sentenced here last week on additional charges...
Published on November 9, 2023 - Page 1
LIGHTSTREET -- A woman is accused of pulling down her pants in front of a police officer outside her home here and threatening to defecate in the...
Published on November 9, 2023 - Page 3
BERWICK -- A man was arrested for a previously existing warrant along with the alleged possession of methamphetamine paraphernalia on Oct. 5....
Published on November 9, 2023 - Page 10
BRIAR CREEK TWP. -- Law enforcement officials remained on scene Wednesday night at what the county coroner called a death investigation at 519...
Published on November 7, 2023 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- An admitted drug dealer whose Scott Township home and former tobacco shop in Berwick were raided by state narcotics agents will spend 5...