House fire breaks out near Benton

BENTON TWP. -- A family trying to help a stray dog saw the hunting cabin they were staying in burn down Friday morning. Randy Brendle found a loose Rottweiler during a jog on Upper Raven Creek Road on Friday morning. He returned to the cabin at 1096 Upper Raven Creek Road where he and Josey Brendle are staying. They planned to calll the SPCA or a dog officer, but when they couldn't get reception on their cell phones, they tied the dog to their kitchen table and went down to a neighbor's house to make a call.

Retired police chief dies while shoveling snow

BLOOMSBURG -- Retired Bloomsburg Police Chief Larry Smith died in his driveway Monday morning while shoveling snow, officials said. Smith, 80, served as the town chief for 21 years, retiring from the force in May 2001 in his late 60s. His wife found him around 9:40 a.m., and medics were called, but he could not be saved, officials said. Smith, who was on the Bloomsburg force for 35 years, more recently worked part-time for the Columbia County sheriff's office, guarding the entrance to the county courthouse after metal detectors were set up to check visitors to the building.

Police seek theft suspect (W/PHOTOS)

BLOOMSBURG -- Police are looking for a woman who allegedly pocketed about $50 worth of incense oils from a shop on Main Street Nov. 26. The woman was in Subterrium Rising around 4 p.m. that day. Cameras caught her taking several bottles of essential oils and walking out of the shop at 64 E. Main St., without paying, Town Officer Melanie Readler said. The woman walked out to a waiting vehicle, which then drove off, police said.
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Police seek suspect in Berwick robbery

BERWICK -- Police are seeking the public's help in finding Jason Adamo, 36, a suspect in a Christmas Eve robbery at 619 N. Mulberry St. Adamo's last known address was 807 W. Front St., Berwick. He did not show any weapons during the attack, although an accomplice, who has been arrested, claimed to have had some, police said. Police Chief Kenneth Strish, said this was a targeted attack; the general public shouldn't fear a similar intrusion. But if anyone sees Adamo, who has a history of narcotics possession, they should call county dispatchers at 570-784-6300 or 9-1-1, he said.

Shot fired in Berwick robbery

By SUSAN SCHWARTZ Press Enterprise Writer BERWICK -- Police say a pair of robbers entered a house on Christmas Eve and forced three men to strip to their underwear before the homeowner forced them to flee under gunfire. One of the alleged robbers, James Lee "Bam" Hopper, 34, of 604 N. Market St., Berwick, was arrested after he returned to the scene, telling officers someone in the house shot at him after he confronted residents about giving his stepson synthetic marijuana, police said. But the second suspect, Jason Adamo, 36, of 807 W. Front St., Berwick, remains at large.

Accused robber charged in second heist

BLOOMSBURG -- About an hour after police questioned Andrew M. Klingerman about the armed robbery of the Mifflinville Market, Klingerman pulled a second heist at the Uni-Mart in Bloomsburg, police say. Klingerman, 22, refused to speak to police when they stopped by his 610 Fair St. home in Mifflinville Dec. 17, just days after authorities say Klingerman brandished a knife and robbed a 17-year-old cashier of $600.

PHOTOS: 'Mobile meth lab' busted

SALEM TOWNSHIP -- Shickshinny Police pulled over a vehicle along Route 11 Thursday night for a taillight out and discovered what they say was a "mobile meth lab" inside. Our photographer Jimmy May was there as a special State Police team went through the car for evidence late that night. Here's the scene he captured.
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BU running back Quiteh wins top Div. II award

Bloomsburg University running back Franklyn Quiteh won the 2013 Harlon Hill trophy for Player of the Year in Division II. The award is the equivalent of the Heisman at BU's division of play. Quiteh becomes the second Harlon Hill winner for the Huskies, following running back Irv Sigler, who took home the trophy in 1997. Quiteh beat West Texas A&M's Dustin Vaughn and Henderson State's Kevin Rogers, both quarterbacks, and became the second-most productive back in DIvision II history, behind only Chadron State's Danny Woodhead.

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