Crime and Courts
Published on February 12, 2025 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A Wilkes-Barre man has been charged after trying to buy a handgun from the fairgrounds despite being barred from owning a firearm,...
Published on February 11, 2025 - Page 1
BRIAR CREEK -- A Berwick man used his phone to track his ex-girlfriend to her new beau's home, where he fought the man and hit him over the head with...
Published on February 11, 2025 - Page 1
SCOTT TWP. -- A woman is accused of resisting arrest and kicking a police officer in the leg when stopped for stealing Bic lighters at Sheetz here,...
Published on February 11, 2025 - Page 3
DANVILLE -- A Shamokin man accused of stabbing another man in the arm here last year has been released on bail pending trial in Montour County court...
Published on February 11, 2025 - Page 9
BLOOMSBURG -- Six people arrested for the first time on charges of driving drunk were admitted into Columbia County's ARD program last week.
All will...
Published on February 11, 2025 - Page 9
ROSS TWP. -- A Sweet Valley man was arrested for driving while intoxicated after he was found unresponsive in his vehicle here, according to State...
Published on February 10, 2025 - Page 1
FISHING CREEK TWP. -- A man has been charged after injuring two motorcyclists with his SUV and fleeing the scene, police say.
On Oct. 6 around 11:45...
Published on February 10, 2025 - Page 1
BERWICK -- A 71-year-old woman was drunk when she threatened police with a knife after demanding they leave her home last month, police say.
Police...
Published on February 10, 2025 - Page 3
BERWICK -- Police responding to a disturbance in a home found a man pacing the floors and throwing things while wearing nothing but his underwear....
Published on February 9, 2025 - Page 1
DANVILLE -- A Milton man doing state prison time on his fifth drunk driving conviction including one in Montour County told a judge how alcohol has...
Published on February 9, 2025 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A property owner cited repeatedly in the past on code violations for failing to fix a porch and other exterior problems is facing...
Published on February 9, 2025 - Page 1
SCOTT TWP. -- A man wanted as a fugitive in Virginia was taken into custody here after he allegedly beat and choked a woman over the weekend, arrest...
Published on February 9, 2025 - Page 3
BLOOMSBURG -- The following marriage licenses were granted in Columbia County:
* David Johnathan William Correa, Mount Carmel, son of Jayson Correa...
Published on February 9, 2025 - Page 3
BLOOMSBURG -- The following divorces were granted in Columbia County:
* Russell Yost, 6925 Old Berwick Road, Bloomsburg, from Carrie Yost, same;...
Published on February 8, 2025 - Page 1
DERRY TWP. -- A Danville man has been charged for hitting a horse-drawn buggy with his car, injuring the horse, destroying the buggy and throwing two...
Published on February 8, 2025 - Page 1
MAHONING TWP. -- A patient at Danville State Hospital punched a nurse in the head as she was escorting another patient down a hallway at the hospital...
Published on February 8, 2025 - Page 5
BLOOMSBURG -- A Bloomsburg man has been charged after stealing from the Market Street Dollar General, police say.
On Oct. 22, Jimmy Thanh Nguyen,...
Published on February 8, 2025 - Page 5
BERWICK -- A Bloomsburg man has been charged with DUI after police say they spotted him driving with two wanted people Nov. 12. Justin Fenstermacher...
Published on February 8, 2025 - Page 10
BLOOMSBURG -- A Berwick man is accused of walking out of Dollar General on Market Street here with a shopping cart loaded with unpaid items, arrest...
Published on February 7, 2025 - Page 1
SCOTT TWP. -- Police allege a Berwick man failed to maintain a lane while intoxicated then made his wife switch seats with him when he was pulled...
Published on February 7, 2025 - Page 1
MONTOUR TWP. -- A man hit his mother in the arm and threatened his neighbors' lives Feb. 3, police say.
When police arrived at 522 Montour Blvd., Lot...
Published on February 7, 2025 - Page 3
SCOTT TWP. -- A Benton woman was arrested on drug charges during a traffic stop along Columbia Boulevard here Monday night, while a passenger in her...
Published on February 6, 2025 - Page 1
Press Enterprise Writer
BRIAR CREEK TWP. -- A Berwick man has been charged after selling a shotgun in a parking lot despite being barred from owning...
Published on February 5, 2025 - Page 1
HARRISBURG -- The state Senate voted Tuesday to confirm the appointment of Bloomsburg attorney Anthony J. McDonald as judge of the Court of Common...
Published on February 5, 2025 - Page 3
Two plead guilty
to driving violations
DANVILLE -- Two men charged with driving impaired by drugs or alcohol in separate arrests pleaded guilty...
Published on February 4, 2025 - Page 1
HARRISBURG -- The state Senate's Judiciary Committee approved Tony McDonald's nomination to be appointed as judge for the Columbia-Montour county...
Published on February 4, 2025 - Page 1
DANVILLE -- A patient with a history of violent outbursts at Danville State Hospital has been arrested again in a series of alleged assaults on...
Published on February 3, 2025 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A Berwick man charged in a jailhouse attack on a guard who ordered him into "the hole" or segregated housing at Columbia County Prison...
Published on February 3, 2025 - Page 3
BLOOMSBURG -- An inmate was carrying suspected illegal drugs on him when committed to Columbia County Prison on a probation violation, arrest papers...
Published on February 2, 2025 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- FBI data presented to police and advocacy groups show the Bloomsburg area is a "hot spot" for human trafficking, officials say.
While...
