Bloody man a mystery near Benton

BENTON TWP. -- Police are trying to find out why a blood-drenched man was standing by the side of a rural road Wednesday afternoon. Brad Miccio, 17, Benton, spotted the man near Steinruck Road here Wednesday afternoon and stopped to help around 3:30 p.m. But Miccio couldn't understand the man, who appeared to have been stabbed in the chest and was speaking Spanish, he said. Miccio flagged down a pair of volunteer firefighters, who called for an ambulance. Police said responders set up a landing zone at the Orangeville ball fields to fly the injured man to the hospital.

Police seek 4 fugitives from Coal Twp. juvenile facility

COAL TWP. - Police say four residents of the Secure Building at Northwestern Academy attacked an employee, stole his keys and then locked him in a room early Wednesday before fleeing. Now police are looking for: * Sean Watson, 19, Eighth Street, Bowie, Md. * David Rosario, 18, Ninth Street, Reading * a 16-year-old male from Washington, D.C. * and a 15-year-old male from the Harrisburg area.

Police walk in on bubbling meth pot

BERWICK -- Four suspects tried to run when police busted a meth operation in Berwick this morning, but their flight failed, officers say. A mother and son were among the total of six defendants taken into custody before 8 a.m. at 530 W. Front St. Police found four pots of meth in the freezer in the apartment, including one that was still bubbling, according to charges. The suspects: * Deb Hoskins, 52; * her son, Kenneth McCollum, 33; * James Eveland, 24; * Levi Whitesell, 30; * Ron Scharpnick, 33; * Kelly Bromley, 29.

Tips lead to meth labs in Salem, Catawissa area

SALEM TWP -- Two people were arrested Tuesday after probation officers got a tip that they were making methamphetamine together, officials said. Scott P. Trivelpiece, 54, of 47 Mill Road, was already on probation for drug possession after police found he was carrying meth May 21, said Don Coleman, chief adult probation officer. Trivelpiece signed his probation rules just last week, which included giving probation officers permission to search his house, Coleman said.

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Truck bursts into flames; 2 dead

RUSH TOWNSHIP -- Two people were killed Monday when their pickup truck flipped over and burst into flames, officials said. The pair were trapped inside the burning truck, which crashed along Rushtown Road just before 11:30 a.m., said Elysburg Fire Chief Dennis Kroh. The truck, which appeared to be an older Dodge, was fully involved in flames when rescuers arrived, the chief said.

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