Crime and Courts

Published on July 26, 2024 - Page 1
HARRISBURG -- The state's highest court has declined to hear the appeal of three Catawissa area residents who were charged with defiant trespass for...
Published on July 26, 2024 - Page 1
Press Enterprise staff report MAINVILLE -- A snake rescue quickly morphed into a pickup crash Wednesday when the rescued serpent escaped from a...
Published on July 26, 2024 - Page 3
SCOTT TWP. -- A Berwick man was found to be driving drunk when police pulled him over for having an expired driver's license, arrest papers say....
Published on July 26, 2024 - Page 3
Press Enterprise staff report SCOTT TWP. -- A Benton man is facing a criminal charge because he allegedly did not respond to a message that he was...
Published on July 26, 2024 - Page 4
Press Enterprise staff report BLOOMSBURG -- A Berwick man who started a fight in a town bar broke a vehicle window before fleeing in his car, police...
Published on July 25, 2024 - Page 1
Press Enterprise staff report BLOOMSBURG -- Police say a man was beaten into unconsciousness in an alley here early Sunday in an argument dealing...
Published on July 25, 2024 - Page 1
Press Enterprise staff report BLOOMSBURG -- Police say a man groped a woman in a pool after he grabbed her by the rib cage with enough force to break...
Published on July 25, 2024 - Page 1
SCOTT TWP. -- A young girl's mother is accused of allowing the child to ride in a pickup driven by a man she knew to be intoxicated as they were...
Published on July 25, 2024 - Page 3
Press Enterprise staff report CATAWISSA -- A woman was arrested after police here found marijuana and drug paraphernalia in her purse during a...
Published on July 24, 2024 - Page 1
and ISABELLA BRIDY Press Enterprise Writers CONYNGHAM TWP. -- A woman began firing gunshots inside her Locustdale home here Monday night, telling...
Published on July 24, 2024 - Page 1
BERWICK -- A man who pleaded guilty to molesting a girl in 2008 now faces charges after an online predator hunter recorded him sending explicit...
Published on July 24, 2024 - Page 1
Press Enterprise staff report BLOOMSBURG -- A man who crashed his bicycle while drunk fought with police and, while strapped to a gurney, kicked an...
Published on July 23, 2024 - Page 1
NESCOPECK -- The man who shot a black bear as it wandered through the borough was ordered to pay $1,134.75 in fines and costs as part of a plea...
Published on July 23, 2024 - Page 1
LIBERTY TWP. -- An Uber driver whose passenger was killed in a New Year's Day accident on Interstate 80 near here faces homicide by vehicle while...
Published on July 23, 2024 - Page 3
Sunday, July 7 * 9:41 a.m., 10 block West Third Street, vehicle damage * 9:28 a.m., 100 block East Fifth Street, disabled vehicle * 10:35 a.m.,...
Published on July 23, 2024 - Page 14
LOCUST TWP. -- A Catawissa man was charged with DUI after officers say they witnessed him urinating on the side of the road around midnight June 26...
Published on July 22, 2024 - Page 1
Press Enterprise staff report BRIAR CREEK -- A Berwick woman stole more than $50,000 from her grandmother while caring for her, court papers say....
Published on July 21, 2024 - Page 1
Press Enterprise staff report BLOOMSBURG -- A contractor who accepted $4,200 payment for a home improvement job in February 2022 but failed to do the...
Published on July 21, 2024 - Page 3
Press Enterprise staff report CATAWISSA -- A Wilburton man has been charged after allegedly speeding through the streets intoxicated and hitting a...
Published on July 21, 2024 - Page 3
Press Enterprise staff report SCOTT TWP. -- A Berwick woman faces drug charges after officers say they found her unresponsive behind the wheel of her...
Published on July 21, 2024 - Page 5
WATERTON -- Someone broke a small hole in the top of a window at 1736 Mountain Road near here, State Police said. The damage to the $700 window took...
Published on July 20, 2024 - Page 1
Press Enterprise staff report BLOOMSBURG -- A Bloomsburg man is accused of punching his girlfriend in the face during an argument over money,...
Published on July 20, 2024 - Page 1
Press Enterprise staff report BERWICK -- A man was punched in the face after pulling a pistol on another man during a July 4 argument here, arrest...
Published on July 20, 2024 - Page 3
Sunday, June 30 * 12:14 a.m., 200 block Blackberry Avenue, burglary * 12:50 a.m., 10 block East Main Street, fight * 1:21 p.m., on station, lost/...
Published on July 20, 2024 - Page 3
STILLWATER -- An 81-year-old man learned his SUV was stolen when it turned up abandoned near here, State Police said. Larry Nye told officers he...
Published on July 20, 2024 - Page 3
BERWICK -- Police say a man jumped between two women arguing and punched one of them in the face. Officers say in court papers they responded to 607...
Published on July 20, 2024 - Page 5
Press Enterprise staff report BLOOMSBURG -- A Montour County man arrested on suspicion he was driving drunk told an officer he was coming from "...
Published on July 20, 2024 - Page 5
BENTON TWP. -- Two people from Bloomsburg were charged with stealing items out of the hardware store at Country Fresh Market after driving there in a...
Published on July 19, 2024 - Page 1
MONTOUR TWP. -- A Brooklyn man has agreed to plead guilty to assault for brandishing a knife in a violent confrontation with the owner of Indian Head...
Published on July 19, 2024 - Page 3
BLOOMSBURG -- Charges against a Bloomsburg woman accused of choking and beating her husband were dropped Wednesday when he declined to testify...