Man accused of beating twin 5-year-old girls

ORANGEVILLE -- Brandon Kile beat his girlfriend's twin daughters until they were both covered in bruises, attacking them in the darkness while they slept, charges say. Police say Kile pummeled the little girls, then 4, and drove his pinky into their ear canals. He blamed some of the attacks on a "mouse that scratches," and other times called himself the "Boogie Monster" before unleashing his anger on the pre-schoolers, they told a child advocate.

Woman admits she bought meth supplies for fiancee 50 times

SHICKSHINNY -- A woman accused of conspiring with her former fiance to make meth says she bought him ingredients to cook the drug at least 50 times. Erin Rai Vitz, 30, told a court Tuesday that she bought James Adams Jr. pseudoephedrine cold medicine two days before he was spotted walking into the woods behind a neighbor's house on Mingle Inn Road, where a meth dump site was found.

Thieves smash Walmart cases, make off with iPhones

BUCKHORN -- Four men walked into Walmart around 5:30 a.m. Monday, smashed out product cases behind the electronics counter and left with new Apple iPhones, police said. Two of the men distracted an employee behind the counter and led her to another area of the store while two others used a pry bar to force open a display case to take iPhone 5, 4S and 4 models, said Hemlock Township Police Sgt. Scott Traugh. The four hopped into a waiting getaway car outside the store. The entire theft took about seven minutes, said Traugh.

Fire guts Shickshinny home

SHICKSHINNY -- A family of four was asleep when fire broke out in their West Butler Street home overnight. All managed to escape safely, including their two dogs. A State Police fire marshal is investigating an early-morning blaze at 19 W. Butler St., home of Joe Feno and his family. The fire left a gaping hole in the roof of a house and gutted the interior, neighbors and officials said.

BU Foundation plans new building at old CVS

BLOOMSBURG - Bloomsburg University's fundraising arm plans to build a five-story office building downtown with the help of a big donor. The Bloomsburg Foundation announced Friday morning that it plans to tear down the building that once housed CVS and Cole's Hardware at 50 E. Main St. by August. It will replace it with the 44,700-square-foot building with four floors of rentable space and an underground parking lot. The foundation would have its offices on the top floor.

What we're working on for April 26

Here's a look at the stories keeping our reporters busy Thursday: * A suspect is arrested in a reported home invasion. Reporter Mike Lester is headed to the arraignment and will have a full report. * An ambulance crew trying to get to a downed ATV rider gets stuck in mud. See what we have so far, and look for Susan Schwartz's full report Friday. * A cop who stepped down from one local force amid charges is back on the beat in another.

Ambulance gets stuck in mud during rescue

BRIAR CREEK TWP. -- An ambulance attempting to get to an ATV rider suffering a seizure got stuck on a muddy trail Thursday afternoon, forcing rescuers to devise new plans to get at the man. A firefighter used his pickup truck to get at the man, who was spotted by a neighbor from Shickshinny Valley Road around 1 p.m. The neighbor could not get to the man because his dog was with him and was being protective. The dog was barking and carrying on, said neighbor Matt Barwick.

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