BLOOMSBURG — Joseph Ten Eyck, who police say shot a man during a robbery attempt in town Friday night turned himself in to State Police Wednesday morning.
Ten Eyck, 19, 2890 Lackawanna Avenue, Bloomsburg, was arraigned by District Judge Russell Lawton on charges that include attempted homicide before being jailed for lack of $250,000 cash bail.
BLOOMSBURG — A man out for a walk came upon someone collapsed on a sidewalk with at least two gunshot wounds near Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital Friday night.
Police Chief Scott Price said a little more than an hour after the man was found, police had two crime scenes — the hospital parking lot and another off Irondale Road.
BERWICK – State Police evacuated the Sheetz here Friday for about three hours while they investigated a suspicious package left at the front of the building.
Police evacuated the Sheetz on West Front Street, Route 11, around 12:15 p.m. and deployed a robot at the scene. Soon after, an officer in protective gear approached the package.
A state trooper later told the Press Enterprise that the report of a bomb was deemed non-credible.
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BLOOMSBURG — Witnesses told police a teen fired a gun before fleeing into the fairgrounds during a confrontation on Anthony Avenue Friday night.
Bloomsburg Police Chief Scott Price said officers were kept busy Friday with two possibly related incidents involving an ongoing “beef” between two groups of juveniles.
BLOOMSBURG — A teen fired a gun in the Staples parking lot here Tuesday night before fleeing in a car toward Fifth Street, the police chief said.
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BLOOMSBURG — Someone fired a gun in the Staples parking lot here Tuesday night before fleeing in a car toward Fifth Street, the police chief said.
Scott Price said no one was hit in what may have been a “drug deal gone bad” in the lot located in the Giant Plaza along Route 11 near the Scott Township line.
NANTICOKE — The friend found holding 17-year-old Hunter Sipple after the teen was shot was charged Tuesday with causing his death.
Michael Crawn Jr., 18, of Nanticoke, was playing with a gun when it discharged, sending a bullet through Hunter’s chest, charges say.
HARRISBURG — It took a jury just over six hours to decide the Bloomsburg University and the State System of Higher Education had wrongfully targeted and fired a business school dean after he helped a secretary report allegations of improper conduct by BU‘s president in 2018.
In all, the panel of four women and three men awarded Jeffrey Krug more than $3.9 million in total damages just after noon on Tuesday,
BLOOMSBURG — Plans to redesign the Market Street bike lane may include an extension to downtown after all.
Less than a week after a three-hour meeting with residents hashing out a set of one-way bike lanes on either side of the street that would start at Town Park and end at Seventh Street, council voted to scrap that recommendation.
BERWICK — Police here say they've nabbed a group they believe may have been involved in a rash of car break-ins in the area.
Police have arrested Jared Allen Lewis, 25; Robert Longenberger Jr., 29; and Carissa Marie Beck, 36, all currently homeless, and charged them with receiving stolen property and conspiracy to commit theft. They're looking for Ashley Renee Lopez-Lopez, 33, who also faces charges in connection with the break-ins, a press release states.