Crime and Courts

Published on February 16, 2024 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A rural Berwick man was sentenced to state prison Thursday for at least two years and three months -- and possibly as many as 10 years...
Published on February 15, 2024 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A sexual harassment lawsuit against Bloomsburg University will be allowed to move forward in federal court, a judge ruled recently....
Published on February 15, 2024 - Page 1
BERWICK -- Police say a man forced his way into a house where two women who'd been evicted from a condemned building were staying. Now all of them...
Published on February 14, 2024 - Page 1
BERWICK -- A home health aide whose pit bull allegedly mauled her client's husband didn't show up for her preliminary hearing Monday. Meanwhile, a...
Published on February 13, 2024 - Page 1
BERWICK -- State Police have filed charges against the owner of the company who did some of the title and registration work for used car lot owner...
Published on February 12, 2024 - Page 1
Press Enterprise staff report DANVILLE -- Three people arrested on various offenses, including animal cruelty and neglect, have successfully...
Published on February 12, 2024 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A state parole violator who admitted using a Millville roommate's computer to set up an identity theft scam was sentenced to two more...
Published on February 12, 2024 - Page 8
LIMESTONE TWP. -- Three people sustained serious injuries when a pickup struck a horse and buggy at 3:13 p.m. on Friday along Route 104, north of...
Published on February 11, 2024 - Page 1
Press Enterprise staff report VALLEY TWP. -- Two Bloomsburg residents wanted for allegedly stealing a Subaru Crosstrek were found here inside the car...
Published on February 10, 2024 - Page 1
SCRANTON -- Convicted killer Maria Sanutti-Spencer has filed a federal complaint from state prison alleging stacks of legal materials and law books...
Published on February 10, 2024 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A Berwick man busted for drug dealing around the Berwick area and elsewhere has been sentenced to state prison for 5-10 years in...
Published on February 10, 2024 - Page 3
BENTON TWP. -- State Police at Laporte charged William Bilby, 38, of Shickshinny with driving drunk following a traffic stop along Red Rock Road at...
Published on February 10, 2024 - Page 3
YORK (AP) -- A 22-year-old man wanted for murder and related charges in connection to a 2022 shooting in Hazleton was arrested here Friday morning,...
Published on February 9, 2024 - Page 1
DANVILLE -- A man apologized in court here Thursday while being sentenced to a lengthy prison term for sexually molesting a 6-year-old girl....
Published on February 9, 2024 - Page 1
NESCOPECK TWP. -- A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against Frontier Communications in a motorcycle crash that killed a Newport Township man...
Published on February 9, 2024 - Page 18
Five accepted into ARD program BLOOMSBURG -- Five people were recently accepted into Columbia County's ARD probation as first offenders with a...
Published on February 8, 2024 - Page 1
DANVILLE -- An Elysburg woman has pleaded guilty to draining her late grandfather's finances over several years while he was incapacitated and under...
Published on February 8, 2024 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A Catawissa man already jailed for punching a woman in the face then pressuring her to drop charges will serve an additional eight to...
Published on February 8, 2024 - Page 1
DANVILLE -- A New Jersey woman State Police busted while transporting 45 pounds of marijuana in her car along Interstate 80 in Montour County pleaded...
Published on February 7, 2024 - Page 1
BERWICK -- State Police escorted a used car dealer accused of cheating customers out of the magistrate's office in handcuffs Tuesday evening as half...
Published on February 7, 2024 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A Berwick man was sentenced to county prison for 45-90 days and ordered to undergo a mental health examination for head-butting a CVS...
Published on February 7, 2024 - Page 3
By LEON BOGDAN Press Enterprise Writer DANVILLE — A Shamokin man pleaded guilty here to stealing steel beams from a construction site as work was...
Published on February 7, 2024 - Page 8
DANVILLE -- Eight people pleaded guilty to DUI offenses in Montour County court on Monday. One defendant was sentenced immediately to probation as a...
Published on February 7, 2024 - Page 8
DANVILLE -- Two Danville women arrested for driving drunk were given a chance to clear their records by being accepted into Montour County's ARD...
Published on February 6, 2024 - Page 1
MIFFLIN TWP. -- A Mifflinville man threatened to shoot his wife and take his daughter away after the daughter went on a trip to New York, police say...
Published on February 5, 2024 - Page 1
MIFFLIN TWP. -- Police took four people into custody after a traffic stop when three of them allegedly refused to get out of their vehicle on...
Published on February 5, 2024 - Page 1
ARISTES -- A man is facing drug charges after his mother told state police he was growing marijuana behind her house here, according to court papers...
Published on February 4, 2024 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- It's highly unlikely there will be any auto racing this year on the Bloomsburg Fair's controversial track. The judge overseeing the...
Published on February 4, 2024 - Page 1
BERWICK -- Kimberly Bleiler thought the used car she was buying was a good one. After all, she said, the inspection and emissions stickers on it were...
Published on February 4, 2024 - Page 1
DANVILLE -- A Danville man is facing a charge of felony aggravated assault after he allegedly struck a borough police officer responding to where he'...