Crime and Courts
Published on March 20, 2025 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- Town Police chased down a man Wednesday morning they say has been breaking into vehicles with bricks and rocks to steal purses, cash...
Published on March 20, 2025 - Page 1
BERWICK -- A woman was arrested after upending her apartment, throwing things off her balcony, screaming, rushing officers repeatedly and becoming...
Published on March 20, 2025 - Page 3
By LEON BOGDAN
Press Enterprise writer
BLOOMSBURG — An Espy man accused of posting online threats of violence against corrections officers after the...
Published on March 20, 2025 - Page 3
Press Enterprise Writer
CATAWISSA TWP. -- A New Columbia man has been charged after speeding through town with marijuana and a bong in his car,...
Published on March 18, 2025 - Page 1
LIME RIDGE -- A Hazleton man told police he climbed through a window into a woman's house because she was upset and wouldn't let him in, charges say...
Published on March 18, 2025 - Page 1
DANVILLE -- A borough man returned to an ex-partner's house while she was in the shower and threatened her with what he told police was a toy gun,...
Published on March 18, 2025 - Page 3
BLOOMSBURG -- Elizabeth Lauren Bankes, 32, of 219 Raseley St., Berwick, was charged here with illegally possessing a medication without having a...
Published on March 17, 2025 - Page 1
SCOTT TWP. -- One of two men scheduled for a hearing Wednesday on a recent drug bust in their motel room at Relax Inn protested not having a court...
Published on March 17, 2025 - Page 1
BUCKHORN -- A driver was arrested after he drunkenly struck a car while trying to back into a parking space then left the accident to go shopping,...
Published on March 16, 2025 - Page 1
BERWICK -- A man was arrested after he was caught stealing more than $1,400 in cash while in possession of marijuana, methamphetamine and fentanyl,...
Published on March 16, 2025 - Page 1
BERWICK -- A man was jailed after punching a woman's 15-year-old son after the teen was "pestering" the woman, police say.
Berwick Police were...
Published on March 16, 2025 - Page 3
BLOOMSBURG -- The following marriage licenses were granted in Columbia County:
* Harvey Anthony McAfee Jr., Berwick, son of the late Harvey Anthony...
Published on March 16, 2025 - Page 3
DANVILLE -- The following marriage licenses were issued in Montour County:
* Raymond Scott Williams, 299 Happy Valley Road, Elysburg, son of the late...
Published on March 16, 2025 - Page 3
BLOOMSBURG -- The following divorces were granted in Columbia County:
* Cecile M. Davis, 251 Elmdale Road, Benton; from Neil Davis, 5 Fritz Road,...
Published on March 16, 2025 - Page 3
DANVILLE -- The following divorces have been granted in Montour County:
* Maryellen Rockwell, 140 Railroad St., Danville; from Timothy Rockwell, same...
Published on March 15, 2025 - Page 1
BERWICK -- A citizen tipped police off to a drunken driver involved in a hit-and-run, then followed his vehicle until officers were able to find it...
Published on March 15, 2025 - Page 3
SCOTT TWP. - The Scott Township tax collector says residents who have not yet received their county and township property tax bill need to contact...
Published on March 14, 2025 - Page 1
FOWLERSVILLE -- A Scranton man wildly attempted to disarm a police officer after entering his patrol car and refusing to leave during a confrontation...
Published on March 14, 2025 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A man has been charged after stealing chocolate, balloons and flowers on Valentine's Day then coming back a few days later to steal...
Published on March 14, 2025 - Page 4
BUCKHORN -- A Catawissa man has been charged after taking home a medical marijuana prescription he watched a woman drop as she left the dispensary,...
Published on March 13, 2025 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A drunken father who prosecutors say put a bottle of Southern Comfort whiskey into an infant's mouth trying to force the baby to drink...
Published on March 13, 2025 - Page 3
MADISON TWP. -- A Bloomsburg man was arrested after crashing his car on an icy road while drunk, police say.
On Jan. 16 around 6 p.m., John Harvey...
Published on March 13, 2025 - Page 3
BLOOMSBURG -- A Berwick man facing trial this week instead pleaded guilty to indecent assault on a child during the winter of 2022. Paul Ziegler, 38...
Published on March 12, 2025 - Page 1
BUCKHORN -- Hemlock Township supervisors agreed Tuesday to a $400,000 settlement to end a lawsuit brought by a man with epilepsy who said he was...
Published on March 12, 2025 - Page 1
BERWICK -- A 52-year-old man charged with firing three rifle rounds in an occupied apartment building said he was protecting himself from an intruder...
Published on March 12, 2025 - Page 3
BLOOMSBURG -- Seven people offered guilty pleas to DUI charges in Columbia County court this week with all but two of them being sentenced...
Published on March 12, 2025 - Page 3
BLOOMSBURG -- A Millville man has pleaded guilty to writing two large checks on the account of an elderly woman whom he was assisting as a home...
Published on March 12, 2025 - Page 3
HUNTINGTON TWP. -- State Police say a medical problem caused a Stillwater man to lose control of his truck Monday morning and travel down an...
Published on March 12, 2025 - Page 5
BLOOMSBURG -- A New York man has been cited for selling tobacco products to a gas station without charging tax, police say.
On March, 5, Devang...
Published on March 11, 2025 - Page 5
BLOOMSBURG -- Two roommates are charged after police say they stole a cart from a laundromat here.
Around 1 p.m. on Feb. 19, Gage Aaron Patterson,...