Crime and Courts
Published on August 12, 2013 - Page 12
CATAWISSA — A Millville man had just smoked some pot when police showed up at an apartment here looking for another man, charges state. Travis S....
Published on August 11, 2013 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG — A teenage girl told authorities she has been sexually abused by a Bloomsburg man at least once a month for the past six years, starting...
Published on August 11, 2013 - Page 1
FAIRMOUNT TWP. — A thief stole a pineapple from a couple’s fridge, but was caught when police saw the fruit mounted on the antenna of a yellow...
Published on August 11, 2013 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG — A man caught growing marijuana plants at a mobile home rigged up with grow lights and other equipment told a judge he’s done with drugs...
Published on August 11, 2013 - Page 3
Trucker caused I-80 crash, police say SOUTH CENTRE TWP. —A truck driver was unable to stop for construction-zone traffic on Interstate 80 Friday and...
Published on August 11, 2013 - Page 3
MIFFLINVILLE — A Nescopeck man who ran a stop sign was driving drunk, police said. Gary E. Bortz, 57, of 115 Worchester Ave., Apt. B, smelled of...
Published on August 10, 2013 - Page 1
SCOTT TWP. — A woman trying to keep herself out of trouble made up a story, inadvertently pointing police to a couple who had meth under their...
Published on August 10, 2013 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG — A woman left a bar to get away from an obnoxious former co-worker, but he followed her out, demanded a ride and banged away on her car...
Published on August 10, 2013 - Page 1
BERWICK — A woman with a blood-covered face crawled out of a house when police arrived in response to her screams, court papers say. Now, Michael...
Published on August 10, 2013 - Page 4
HUNTINGTON TWP. — A Shickshinny teen was drunk when he crashed his SUV into a tree here in Luzerne County, police say. Robert James Zadora Jr., 19...
Published on August 10, 2013 - Page 4
BLOOMSBURG — John McFadden III, 35, of Burlington, N.J., was charged with DUI after town police spotted him driving in the wrong direction on...
Published on August 10, 2013 - Page 6
BLOOMSBURG — A Bloomsburg University student charged with DUI in a crash here was cited for drunkenness only two hours later when police spotted her...
Published on August 10, 2013 - Page 17
MONTOUR TWP. — Several people were cited for misconduct following recent outbursts at a Perry Avenue trailer park here, police report. Chelsea Anne...
Published on August 9, 2013 - Page 1
MILLVILLE — Suspended Police Chief Ted Stout was slapped with criminal charges Thursday for two alleged assaults on an ex-girlfriend who was also a...
Published on August 9, 2013 - Page 1
BERWICK — Even though Brett Woodside allegedly killed her son, Christine Belford says “a part of me goes out” to Woodside’s family. Woodside and...
Published on August 9, 2013 - Page 1
BERWICK — A man who threatened to kill himself in a four-hour standoff with police just days after threatening to jump off a bridge asked a judge...
Published on August 9, 2013 - Page 3
BLOOMSBURG — Thirteen people charged with various crimes for the first time, including 11 arrested for DUI, were accepted into Columbia County’s ARD...
Published on August 9, 2013 - Page 4
HAZLE TWP. — A man involved in a crash obscured his license plate so the other driver couldn’t see the number, then drove away on I-81, police say....
Published on August 9, 2013 - Page 10
Businessman presses charges against son SOUTH CENTRE TWP. —A businessman asked police to file charges against his son after the son drove off with a...
Published on August 9, 2013 - Page 12
FOSTER TWP. — Thieves stole about 500 brass veteran cemetery markers worth more than $10,000, police say. The markers were taken from St. Ann’s...
Published on August 8, 2013 - Page 1
***EDITOR'S NOTE - THIS STORY HAS BEEN CHANGED TO REFLECT A CORRECTION PUBLISHED AUG. 9***
BERWICK — A Berwick man is accused of molesting a 5-year-...
Published on August 8, 2013 - Page 1
SHICKSHINNY — Robert Orlando and Steven Eugene Houser, friends for 25 years, were dating the same woman. But after a chat over a few beers, Orlando...
Published on August 8, 2013 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG — Kevin Smith Jr. is the kind of prisoner people should be able to see coming, authorities say. Smith was brought to court Wednesday in a...
Published on August 8, 2013 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG — A woman has pleaded guilty to felony theft for draining nearly $158,000 from a longtime friend’s savings before she died in a nursing...
Published on August 8, 2013 - Page 1
MIFFLIN TWP. — The owner of a boarding stable starved five horses, including one that had to be euthanized, State Police say. But the woman accused...
Published on August 8, 2013 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG — A Bucks County teen apologized Wednesday to a Bloomsburg University coed for sending her offensive and harassing text messages. Brayan...
Published on August 8, 2013 - Page 3
Police: Bloody man had drugs MONTOUR TWP. — A bloodied man walking on the railroad tracks near Catawissa had heroin and pot, according to police....
Published on August 8, 2013 - Page 5
Code violation withdrawn LOCUST TWP. — Authorities have withdrawn a citation alleging that Raymond Petro violated township code when he started...
Published on August 8, 2013 - Page 6
SHICKSHINNY — Two men accused of making meth with the one-pot method last year saw most of their charges dropped Wednesday. Carl Cragle, 22,...
Published on August 8, 2013 - Page 6
Florida man in I-80 wreck near Danville VALLEY TWP. — A Florida man flipped his car on Interstate 80 after narrowly missing an accident with a...