Crime and Courts
Published on June 1, 2013 - Page 12
NESCOPECK — Matthews Fuel Service Inc., 727 Harter Ave., Nescopeck, has filed civil lawsuits against the following people. The defendants in such...
Published on May 31, 2013 - Page 1
SOUTH CENTRE TWP. — A drunken driver who crashed into another vehicle pretended he was going back to his car to get insurance information, then...
Published on May 31, 2013 - Page 3
MONTOUR TWP. — A township man twice broke into a nearby vacant home, making off with copper pipes, a kitchen faucet, and a lighting fixture, police...
Published on May 31, 2013 - Page 3
BLOOMSBURG — A man wanted on probation violations in Florida walked into the police station here to turn himself in recently, arrest papers say....
Published on May 31, 2013 - Page 4
BLOOMSBURG — Five people face fines of $200 to $300 plus costs after being cited with public drunkenness, court records show. • Jamie Evans, 27, of...
Published on May 31, 2013 - Page 12
BERWICK — These people allowed a child in their care to miss class, according to Berwick Area school officials. • Jacqueline Bourn, 506 W. Front St...
Published on May 30, 2013 - Page 1
BUCKHORN — A woman who was carrying on loudly for two hours in Walmart got unruly with a policeman called to remove her, forcing a confrontation that...
Published on May 30, 2013 - Page 3
BLOOMSBURG — A Bloomsburg man who was drunk when he nearly struck a police officer at a DUI checkpoint was placed on probation under a plea deal...
Published on May 30, 2013 - Page 4
BLOOMSBURG — A man who leaped out a window as police raided a suspected drug house in Berwick is headed to state prison for dealing heroin. “As a...
Published on May 30, 2013 - Page 4
DANVILLE — A Danville woman used her mother’s debit card to rack up more than $1,200 in purchases, including gift cards, electronics and cigarettes,...
Published on May 30, 2013 - Page 7
Police: Nude man defecated in lot BUCKHORN — A naked man defecated at the Travel Centers of America parking lot in broad daylight, a citation states...
Published on May 30, 2013 - Page 14
BLOOMSBURG — A Bloomsburg University student threw a full can of beer at a police vehicle during Block Party on April 20, court papers say. Stephen...
Published on May 30, 2013 - Page 14
JACKSON TWP. — Mark Branden Pursel, 21, was recently charged with stealing a tablet computer that went missing last summer, court records show....
Published on May 30, 2013 - Page 14
BLOOMSBURG — Dorothy Schwefringhaus, 65, Mifflinville, was charged as a repeat shoplifter for allegedly stealing about $21 of merchandise at the...
Published on May 30, 2013 - Page 19
BLOOMSBURG — Eight people recently had hearings in Columbia County Court: • Lawrence Beck, 54, of 348 Coles Creek Mill Road, Benton, was sentenced...
Published on May 29, 2013 - Page 1
MILLVILLE — A man accused of beating his girlfriend’s twin daughters until they were covered in bruises saw his charges dismissed Tuesday. “I do...
Published on May 29, 2013 - Page 1
ORANGEVILLE — Justin Charles and father James Charles set out Monday night in pursuit of friend James Sponenberg, hoping to coax Sponenberg off the...
Published on May 29, 2013 - Page 1
DANVILLE — Witnesses say an ex-cop is lying about going to a convenience store just to buy a drink before he allegedly beat another man bloody in a...
Published on May 29, 2013 - Page 1
NORTH CENTRE TWP. — Darrin Bellum’s blood-alcohol level was nearly three times the driving limit when he smashed his car into a tree, trapping his...
Published on May 29, 2013 - Page 1
MAHONING TWP. — Police say a woman called them because she thought her daughter might be making meth. But that same woman testified Tuesday that she...
Published on May 29, 2013 - Page 3
MOUNT CARMEL — A former police officer who was on the lam after shooting his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend early Tuesday was later shot dead by...
Published on May 29, 2013 - Page 4
BLOOMSBURG — A woman charged with reckless endangerment after firing a handgun into a wall of her trailer during a domestic dispute was allowed to...
Published on May 29, 2013 - Page 5
BLOOMSBURG — One of two men who fled on bicycles after a robbery attempt at a Berwick insurance office has pleaded guilty to conspiracy. Nathan D....
Published on May 29, 2013 - Page 6
‘I deserve a DUI,’ suspect tells police BLOOMSBURG — A Bloomsburg University student was charged with driving drunk after failing sobriety tests and...
Published on May 28, 2013 - Page 1
MIFFLIN TWP. — Marc Augustine’s foot never left the gas pedal as he plowed through a tree, a road sign and three yards with his terrified 9-year-old...
Published on May 28, 2013 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG — A father beat a student bloody outside a Bloomsburg University dorm for breaking his daughter’s cell phone, charges say. Jeffrey Cratty...
Published on May 28, 2013 - Page 1
BEAVER TWP. — John Hackenberg wanted revenge, and Seth Shunoski had a heroin addiction to feed, authorities say. Together the men hatched a plan to...
Published on May 28, 2013 - Page 1
ELYSBURG — For two years, an Elysburg man repeatedly molested a young girl in his home, exposing himself and touching her beneath her clothes,...
Published on May 28, 2013 - Page 3
SOUTH CENTRE TWP. — The following people pleaded guilty to failing to send children in their care to school, according to Central Columbia school...
Published on May 28, 2013 - Page 3
CATAWISSA — A drunken driver cruising around Catawissa at 5 mph told police she had just dropped a friend off at his house but couldn’t remember the...