Crime and Courts

Published on January 15, 2024 - Page 3
BLOOMSBURG -- A Benton woman pleaded guilty to two charges of driving while drug-impaired, including one when she was found sleeping inside her car...
Published on January 15, 2024 - Page 3
BLOOMSBURG -- A Berwick man pleaded guilty to two drug deliveries involving fentanyl and crystal methamphetamine in Berwick and other locations....
Published on January 14, 2024 - Page 1
MIFFLINVILLE - A Nescopeck man is facing charges after allegedly firing a gun to stop a tow truck driver from taking his car away. According to court...
Published on January 13, 2024 - Page 1
BERWICK -- A dog owned by a home health aide attacked a man, tearing a chunk out of one arm and shredding the other, police say. Ptlm. Brandon Shultz...
Published on January 13, 2024 - Page 1
CATAWISSA -- Officers in Bloomsburg and Montour Township say they seized a large amount of marijuana and psychedelic mushrooms during a recent raid...
Published on January 13, 2024 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A woman accused of squatting in a vacant apartment downtown has been arraigned on a trespass complaint. Jessica Torres, 41, who now...
Published on January 13, 2024 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A Chester County man sought by Bloomsburg Police for months as a suspect in a December 2022 stabbing has pleaded guilty to the assault...
Published on January 13, 2024 - Page 3
MAHONING TWP. -- A Catawissa woman who was delivering pizza to a Magnolia Court apartment here on Nov. 14, stole a package on her way out, police...
Published on January 13, 2024 - Page 3
BLOOMSBURG -- Four men pleaded guilty this week to drug charges in separate arrests, including a Philadelphia man who had 71 packets of heroin found...
Published on January 13, 2024 - Page 3
BLOOMSBURG -- A man charged with making gun threats against a worker at the Kawneer products plant here has pleaded guilty to harassment. Zachary...
Published on January 12, 2024 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A Northumberland County man pleaded guilty by video from state prison to crimes committed in the Bloomsburg area in August 2021. Jarred...
Published on January 11, 2024 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG — A man accused of murdering his elderly mother in their Almedia home now faces an additional charge of abusing her corpse by stabbing the...
Published on January 11, 2024 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- Two men pleaded guilty to endangering children by leaving them alone, including one who left a year-old girl alone in a car while he...
Published on January 11, 2024 - Page 3
BLOOMSBURG -- A man arrested in a two-decade old cold case of a slain Williamsport teen is close to being released from prison after being sentenced...
Published on January 11, 2024 - Page 3
BLOOMSBURG -- A man caught with a number of fake or stolen credit cards, which he used to make fraudulent purchases at several local businesses...
Published on January 10, 2024 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A Lewisburg man who severely beat an ex-girlfriend in Bloomsburg was paroled at sentencing after serving 13 months in prison for the...
Published on January 9, 2024 - Page 1
HAZLE TWP. -- Two women are accused of attempting to steal nearly $1,500 worth of merchandise at Boscov's Department Store and shoplifting more than...
Published on January 9, 2024 - Page 1
WILLIAMSPORT -- An admitted methamphetamine dealer from the Bloomsburg area was sentenced Friday to 20 years in federal prison for distributing up to...
Published on January 9, 2024 - Page 3
UNION TWP. -- A 53-year-old Shickshinny man is in jail after allegedly stealing an ice machine, tools and a push broom from Northwest Area School...
Published on January 9, 2024 - Page 5
PLEASANT GAP -- A longtime journalist and youth coach sent sexual messages to a 14-year-old girl on his soccer team, investigators said....
Published on January 7, 2024 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A scrap metal hauler from Pike County who bilked a local metal recycling business out of $31,000 by failing to deliver materials was...
Published on January 7, 2024 - Page 1
Editor's Note: Press Enterprise reporter Geri Gibbons rode along with a Mahoning Township Police Department patrol on New Year's Eve. By GERI...
Published on January 7, 2024 - Page 5
DANVILLE -- A Danville woman who allegedly punched a Mahoning Township police officer on New Year's Day is facing a felony charge of aggravated...
Published on January 6, 2024 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A suspect facing trial in the cold case killing of a Williamsport teen 23 years ago offered a surprising guilty plea Friday. Brian...
Published on January 6, 2024 - Page 1
SOUTH CENTRE TWP. -- A Berwick woman who hit a tree then flipped her car on Hetlerville Road at 8 p.m. on Dec. 2 had been drinking, police say. When...
Published on January 6, 2024 - Page 1
ORANGEVILLE -- A man tried to break into a woman's residence here by stabbing at a window screen with a knife, arrest papers say. State Police...
Published on January 5, 2024 - Page 1
LIGHTSTREET -- A Bloomsburg man was intoxicated at four times the legal limit when police found him passed out in a vehicle that had been stopped for...
Published on January 5, 2024 - Page 3
Press Enterprise staff report BLOOMSBURG -- Seven people were admitted to Columbia County's ARD program Thursday as first offenders with a chance to...
Published on January 4, 2024 - Page 1
BUCKHORN -- Police say a postal carrier fired for ripping open mail and stealing gift cards is the subject of a federal investigation. Mail addressed...
Published on January 4, 2024 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- Three men were sentenced recently to state prison for separate serious crimes in Columbia County court, including a New York man who...