Crime and Courts
Published on March 12, 2025 - Page 1
BUCKHORN -- Hemlock Township supervisors agreed Tuesday to a $400,000 settlement to end a lawsuit brought by a man with epilepsy who said he was...
Published on March 12, 2025 - Page 1
BERWICK -- A 52-year-old man charged with firing three rifle rounds in an occupied apartment building said he was protecting himself from an intruder...
Published on March 12, 2025 - Page 3
BLOOMSBURG -- Seven people offered guilty pleas to DUI charges in Columbia County court this week with all but two of them being sentenced...
Published on March 12, 2025 - Page 3
BLOOMSBURG -- A Millville man has pleaded guilty to writing two large checks on the account of an elderly woman whom he was assisting as a home...
Published on March 12, 2025 - Page 3
HUNTINGTON TWP. -- State Police say a medical problem caused a Stillwater man to lose control of his truck Monday morning and travel down an...
Published on March 12, 2025 - Page 5
BLOOMSBURG -- A New York man has been cited for selling tobacco products to a gas station without charging tax, police say.
On March, 5, Devang...
Published on March 11, 2025 - Page 5
BLOOMSBURG -- Two roommates are charged after police say they stole a cart from a laundromat here.
Around 1 p.m. on Feb. 19, Gage Aaron Patterson,...
Published on March 11, 2025 - Page 5
BERWICK -- The rider of a motorized bicycle was high on methamphetamine when he crashed into a car last May, according to charges filed recently.
The...
Published on March 10, 2025 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A Berwick man admitted Friday he was driving drunk when he caused a head-on crash along Millville Road that killed a motorist from...
Published on March 10, 2025 - Page 3
VALLEY TWP. -- A female senior citizen wearing a red hooded sweatshirt stole a package from a porch along Charlene Drive here last week, State Police...
Published on March 9, 2025 - Page 1
CATAWISSA -- A woman has been charged after telling police the visible injuries covering her body were from her abusive boyfriend, then saying she...
Published on March 9, 2025 - Page 1
DANVILLE -- A Reading-area man undergoing care for mental illness who assaulted a hospital nurse and spit on a jail guard when arrested told a judge...
Published on March 9, 2025 - Page 3
HUNTINGTON MILLS -- A Stillwater man escaped serious injury when his Jeep slid off an icy road and overturned, State Police say. James K. Bonham II...
Published on March 9, 2025 - Page 8
COOPER TWP. -- Two people from Schuylkill County escaped injury Thursday when the SUV they were in struck guide rails along Montour Boulevard at...
Published on March 8, 2025 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- An Almedia man pleaded guilty Friday to violently murdering his elderly mother while suffering a severe mental illness at the time....
Published on March 8, 2025 - Page 1
DANVILLE -- A Danville man convicted of illegally carrying a loaded handgun without a permit was sentenced to state prison Friday.
Jason Rafter, 45,...
Published on March 8, 2025 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A town man was charged with being drunk and disorderly when police say he returned to Hess Tavern after getting kicked out of the bar...
Published on March 8, 2025 - Page 3
BLOOMSBURG -- A judge on Tuesday granted forfeitures of nearly $10,300 and a car seized by police from 16 drug defendants in Columbia County....
Published on March 7, 2025 - Page 1
DANVILLE -- A borough woman stole a man's iPhone and sold it at a kiosk for $50, police say.
On Feb. 5, Gary Giger called the Danville Police...
Published on March 7, 2025 - Page 3
WHITE DEER TWP. -- A Danville woman escaped serious injury after spinning out and crashing over an embankment on Interstate 80 last month, State...
Published on March 6, 2025 - Page 1
DANVILLE -- A Danville woman was sentenced to state prison on Wednesday for sexually abusing two teen girls in Washingtonville but not before blaming...
Published on March 6, 2025 - Page 1
CATAWISSA -- Two Bloomsburg residents were caught speeding through the borough with burned marijuana joints in the car, police say.
Around 4:30 p.m...
Published on March 6, 2025 - Page 3
BLOOMSBURG -- Two underage men who attempted to buy alcoholic drinks with fake IDs at Weis Markets here each face $400 in fines if found guilty in...
Published on March 6, 2025 - Page 4
BLOOMSBURG -- Three people were cited for underage drinking near the campus of Commonwealth University, district court papers state. Zoe Threeton,...
Published on March 4, 2025 - Page 1
ORANGE TWP. -- A teenager has been arrested after crashing his car while under the influence of alcohol, State Police say.
On Feb. 12 just before...
Published on March 4, 2025 - Page 3
Benton borough officials remind citizens of an open seat on council in January 2026 due to a recent resignation.
Those interested should consider...
Published on March 4, 2025 - Page 3
BLOOMSBURG -- Angelica Marie Houck, 26, of Carbondale was cited for retail theft at the Dollar General Store on East Main Street here, town police...
Published on March 4, 2025 - Page 4
LIGHTSTREET -- Diana Sue Whitehair, 48, of 1761 Main St., Bloomsburg, was cited at her residence for allegedly being drunk and disorderly in public...
Published on March 3, 2025 - Page 1
NUMIDIA -- A man was charged after his two dogs were found covered in feces in his trailer and in need of veterinary attention, Humane Society...
Published on March 3, 2025 - Page 1
BRIAR CREEK TWP. -- Two men have been charged after stealing a space heater from a break room and using it to barter for drugs, police say.
Around...