Crime and Courts

Published on March 8, 2024 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A former acting fire chief in Montour Township pleaded guilty to defrauding a benefit gun raffle and keeping some of the money raised...
Published on March 8, 2024 - Page 3
CARLISLE -- A man who now lives in Bloomsburg received two years' probation for his role in a case that involved the sale of human body parts,...
Published on March 8, 2024 - Page 4
Press Enterprise staff report HUNLOCK TWP. -- State Police say a man from Hunlock Creek was driving drunk when he crashed his car into a wooded area...
Published on March 8, 2024 - Page 4
BLOOMSBURG -- A landlord has been cited by town code enforcers for failing to renew required rental licenses for three of his properties here,...
Published on March 7, 2024 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- An 18-year-old man is accused of harming his mother's pet dog by spraying an air freshener in its face. Rachel Trivelpiece told police...
Published on March 7, 2024 - Page 1
Press Enterprise staff report BLOOMSBURG -- A contractor has pleaded no contest to accepting payment for a home improvement job in the Benton area...
Published on March 7, 2024 - Page 5
Press Enterprise staff report BLOOMSBURG -- Two Bloomsburg University students are facing court action following a marijuana bust on campus, district...
Published on March 6, 2024 - Page 1
WILKES-BARRE -- It took jurors a little less than an hour Tuesday to rule Ilonka Cann, the 22-year-old woman who vanished from a Huntington Township...
Published on March 6, 2024 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A trial is to start next week for a Columbia County prison guard accused of sexually harassing and molesting a female inmate in her...
Published on March 6, 2024 - Page 1
Press Enterprise staff report BLOOMSBURG -- A despondent university student is accused of body checking a campus police officer trying to help him...
Published on March 6, 2024 - Page 1
Press Enterprise staff report BLOOMSBURG -- A former Berwick teen prosecuted as an adult in a crime spree with others in Bloomsburg two years ago...
Published on March 5, 2024 - Page 1
WILKES-BARRE -- Ilonka Cann's parents arranged to send bus fare, in care of her neighbor, so she and her baby could escape her controlling husband, a...
Published on March 5, 2024 - Page 1
MILLVILLE -- State police identified four people involved in a pursuit that ended in a crash here Friday night. According to State Police at Milton,...
Published on March 5, 2024 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A Bloomsburg University student is charged with causing nearly $200 worth of damage resulting in extensive cleaning costs in an Elwell...
Published on March 5, 2024 - Page 1
Press Enterprise staff report SCOTT TWP. -- A Berwick man is accused of stealing items last week at two businesses along Columbia Boulevard here....
Published on March 4, 2024 - Page 1
Press Enterprise staff report MAHONING TWP. -- A Wyoming Valley man was jailed after allegedly assaulting a registered nurse while he was a patient...
Published on March 4, 2024 - Page 1
Press Enterprise staff report BLOOMSBURG -- Ten days after he had his wife take the blame for his intoxicated hit-and-run, a Scott Township man was...
Published on March 4, 2024 - Page 3
Press Enterprise staff report HEMLOCK TWP. -- Four people are facing criminal charges related to recent thefts at Walmart here, district court...
Published on March 3, 2024 - Page 1
Press Enterprise staff report HUGHESVILLE -- A collectible Slim Jims holder depicting professional wrestling star "Macho Man" Randy Savage was...
Published on March 3, 2024 - Page 1
BUCKHORN -- Two senior citizens were scammed out of $62,000 in cash by callers claiming something was wrong with their computers. Scammers managed to...
Published on March 3, 2024 - Page 5
BLOOMSBURG -- A Bloomsburg man was charged with having a small amount of marijuana in his vehicle when stopped for a registration violation here,...
Published on March 2, 2024 - Page 3
SALEM TWP. -- A Nescopeck man was going too fast on a snowy Route 11 when he lost control of his vehicle and struck a guard rail here, State Police...
Published on March 1, 2024 - Page 1
Press Enterprise staff report BLOOMSBURG -- A Nescopeck woman admittedly "flipped out" when she caused $5,000 in damage throwing items around in a...
Published on March 1, 2024 - Page 1
BERWICK -- A 21-year-old was arrested for violating a protection-from-abuse order after his wife reported he grabbed her and threw her to the ground...
Published on February 29, 2024 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- University officials deny allegations of sexual harassment and gender discrimination raised by a former employee in a federal lawsuit....
Published on February 29, 2024 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A Chester County man was sentenced to state prison for 1-2 years for stabbing a man later found injured near the police station here....
Published on February 28, 2024 - Page 1
HEMLOCK TWP. -- A Geisinger physician is headed to court on charges he allegedly fled police at high speeds on Mall Boulevard here before crashing...
Published on February 28, 2024 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- Columbia County Sheriff Tim Chamberlain said someone is calling residents claiming to be from his office. Residents are being told they...
Published on February 28, 2024 - Page 3
Police: Kin stole woman's vehicle MIFFLIN TWP. - A Nescopeck woman faces a criminal charge for not returning her grandmother's car, court papers say...
Published on February 28, 2024 - Page 5
CATAWISSA TWP. -- A Maryland woman is facing two DUI charges after crashing here Jan. 17, police said. Around 5:40 p.m., Officer Jeremy Moyer,...