Crime and Courts
Published on December 3, 2025 - Page 1
WILKES-BARRE -- The attorneys for a Shickshinny man facing multiple animal cruelty charges are trying to get the charges against him dismissed before...
Published on December 2, 2025 - Page 3
CATAWISSA -- Police charged a man for drug possession after he showed them a metal thermos full of marijuana that was in his car, courts papers state...
Published on December 1, 2025 - Page 1
BUCKHORN -- A Muncy man who police say broke into a Buckhorn business in May was arrested a month later, when State Police caught him burglarizing...
Published on November 30, 2025 - Page 1
DANVILLE -- A Danville man filed an insurance claim for water damage to electronics that did not exist, the state Attorney General's office alleges....
Published on November 28, 2025 - Page 1
BERWICK -- A Berwick woman lied when she told police she was at work and did not know where her boyfriend was, court papers state.
Three others were...
Published on November 28, 2025 - Page 1
BLOOMBURG -- Authorities say a McAlisterville woman violated a protection from abuse order by repeatedly texting another woman in an attempt to...
Published on November 27, 2025 - Page 1
WILKES-BARRE -- A federal judge sentenced former Conyngham Township supervisor and secretary Linda Tarlecki Wednesday to 12 months plus a day in...
Published on November 27, 2025 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A Bloomsburg man is accused of choking another man while holding him down on a bed during an argument at their apartment here, arrest...
Published on November 27, 2025 - Page 3
ESPY -- Scott Township Police smelled weed inside a Buick Regal they stopped after watching its driver stop beyond the white stop paint at the...
Published on November 26, 2025 - Page 1
WILKES-BARRE -- A Berwick man accused of stabbing his mother's boyfriend at his East Second Street home in 2023 will get a chance to plead his...
Published on November 26, 2025 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- The Mahanoy City man accused of shooting a Bloomsburg teen on East Street saw the most serious charge against him, attempted homicide,...
Published on November 25, 2025 - Page 1
DANVILLE -- A Danville woman is accused of stealing another woman's shoulder bag containing cash and credit cards after it was accidentally left at...
Published on November 25, 2025 - Page 1
DANVILLE -- Two men were charged last week with having a large amount of marijuana in a vehicle where police found each of them passed out last...
Published on November 25, 2025 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A Locust Township man who blamed "an anxiety attack" for aggressively rushing at a police officer who showed up at his home was...
Published on November 25, 2025 - Page 3
BRIAR CREEK -- A Berwick man caught driving without a license at least 15 times told police there are "places he needs to be," when he was stopped in...
Published on November 24, 2025 - Page 1
BERWICK -- Police say a registered sex offender groped a homeless girl as she tried to fall asleep on his couch in September.
Court papers say Ralph...
Published on November 24, 2025 - Page 1
BERWICK -- A Berwick man locked himself and his children in a bedroom earlier this month to escape an angry ex-girlfriend, court papers say.
Sharon...
Published on November 23, 2025 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A Berwick man was sentenced to state prison this week for stealing power tools and other work items on three occasions from Walmart in...
Published on November 23, 2025 - Page 1
BERWICK -- Police say a man stole more than $300 in cash from a weigh station cash box at a trash hauler site here.
On Oct. 28, around 11:30 a.m.,...
Published on November 22, 2025 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A Sunbury man was sentenced Thursday to spend six months in Columbia County Prison for shooting a smoke shop owner in the knee during a...
Published on November 22, 2025 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A woman who admitted using another woman's debit card to buy ice cream and beer without her permission was sentenced to jail for five...
Published on November 22, 2025 - Page 1
BERWICK -- A Berwick man unable to speak coherently or stand upright was found to be drug-impaired when police were called to the area of Rosewood...
Published on November 22, 2025 - Page 3
BLOOMSBURG -- A Bloomsburg man charged with stealing cash out of a wallet left behind by a customer at Exxon in Buckhorn was allowed to enter...
Published on November 22, 2025 - Page 5
BLOOMSBURG -- An Espy woman is accused of shoplifting a total of $250.82 in grocery items while shopping at Weis Markets here, according to arrest...
Published on November 21, 2025 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A Bloomsburg man is accused of using a hammer to break into gaming machines at The Arcade here, according to district court papers....
Published on November 21, 2025 - Page 1
DANVILLE -- A Danville man was arrested after police say he struck a driver's vehicle with his skateboard during an Oct. 31 confrontation in the...
Published on November 20, 2025 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- Town Mayor Justin Hummel was the centerpiece Wednesday on the second day of a trial in a civil lawsuit between the town and the...
Published on November 20, 2025 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A Bloomsburg woman used counterfeit $100 bills at Weis Markets where store officials linked her to shoplifting on numerous occasions...
Published on November 20, 2025 - Page 1
LIGHTSTREET -- A Danville man violated the "no contact" conditions of a protective court order by messaging threats to a woman about a new boyfriend...
Published on November 19, 2025 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A trial to determine if the Bloomsburg Fair may resume auto racing on its track began Tuesday, and included testimony that before the...