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Boy hospitalized after shooting in Shamokin
SHAMOKIN, Pa. — UPDATE: Teen hospitalized, suspect on the run after Shamokin shooting. Police say several officers performed first aid in the lobby of the police station along North Franklin Street in Shamokin after a boy was brought in with a gunshot wound to the chest. "Tried to keep...
Teen charged with shooting 15-year-old in Shamokin
SHAMOKIN, NORTHUMBERLAND CO. (WOLF) — Police in Northumberland County are searching for a teenager they say shot a 15-year-old in the chest on Tuesday. According to the Coal Township Police Department, an arrest warrant has been issued for Aiden J. Scott, 15, of Shamokin. On Tuesday around 2:15 p.m.,...
Police activity reported in Northumberland County
NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police are reportedly investigating an incident in Northumberland County Tuesday night. According to our crew on the scene, state police, along with Shamokin and Coal Township Police are investigating a police incident. 28/28 News talked with eyewitnesses who say they saw police taking someone into their police cruiser. We are still […]
Used car salesman allegedly bails on sheriff's sale
Berwick, Pa. — A used car salesman arrested for allegedly scamming customers out of thousands of dollars skipped out on a sheriff’s sale too, police say. Jeremy Paul Talanca, 47, former Berwick police officer and officer-in-charge in Girardville, is facing numerous charges after state police audited his used car business in Berwick, Keystone Auto Exchange, following customer complaints earlier this year. Other customers filed civil suits against Talanca, with the...
Plainfield man wanted in fatal stabbing arrested in Pennsylvania
PLAINFIELD - A 44-year-old city man was arrested in Pennsylvania and charged with the fatal stabbing of a 45-year-old man at the Plainfield Train Station last summer. Aswad J. Spruiel was arrested May 10 by U.S. Marshals in Shamokin, Pennsylvania, according to Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel. Spruiel has...
Girardville Suspends Police Department
GIRARDVILLE BOROUGH, SCHUYLKILL CO. (WOLF) — To save taxpayers money, the Girardville Borough Government toyed with suspending their police department. “We need to either increase taxes in the upcoming year or do we make the hard decision and say enough is enough, we give it our best shot, we can only increase taxes so much to fix a problem,” says Mayor Michael Zangari.
DA tells jurors in Pa. homicide trial: ‘You can’t respond to non-deadly force with deadly force’
SUNBURY—”You can’t respond to non-deadly force with deadly force,” the Northumberland County district attorney told jurors at the start of the trial for a man charged in a 2022 fatal shooting inside a Sunbury convenience store. A short time later Wednesday, jurors saw videos that captured...
Fraud investigation underway at Columbia County car dealership
BERWICK, COLUMBIA CO. (WOLF) — A vehicle fraud investigation is underway at a car dealership in Columbia County. According to Pennsylvania State Police, on May 10, troopers began investigating Bear Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram in Berwick. Troopers say an individual alleged that they never received a vehicle title from...
Controversy surrounds proposed memorial for New Philadelphia murder victims
NEW PHILADELPHIA, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A controversy is unfolding in a Schuylkill County community over a proposed memorial for two murdered teens. 16-year-old Angelito Caraballo and 18-year-old Hunter Mock from New Philadelphia were murdered last year. Their mothers want to honor the teens with a memorial, but they say their effort is being rejected […]
Car dealer in Columbia County facing dozens of charges
BERWICK, Pa. — A car dealer in Columbia County has been charged with theft. George Garrison, 61, of Berwick, was charged last month after a state police investigation. Garrison is a salesman and owner of Penn Motors. According to court paperwork, a customer had reported he bought a $32,000...
Police: Man tases woman's boyfriend
Sunbury, Pa. — A Sunbury man was charged after he allegedly deployed a taser on a woman's boyfriend and threatened him with a switchblade, according to police. Jason Michael Schenherr, 35, came to the woman's Sunbury home on May 6 and cornered the male accuser in a room before hitting him in the face with a fist, according to Officer Riley Bremigen of Sunbury Police Department. Schenherr then deployed a taser on the accuser. Schenherr also pulled a switchblade on the accuser and asked him...
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