CRIME & SAFETY
Details emerge regarding April 16 shooting in Milton
Milton, Pa. — Two men struggling over a gun led to a shooting last week on Broadway Street in Milton, according to police. Victhian Jovier Pitre-Rodriguez, 21, of Sunbury, was arrested on Friday on an attempted homicide charge immediately after he was discharged from Geisinger Medical Center in Danville. Police believe Pitre-Rodriguez and another man at the scene, Nathaniel Rivera, got into an altercation in the hallway of an apartment...
Car crashes into school bus, investigation underway
WATSONTOWN, NORTHUMBERLAND CO. (WOLF) — A crash involving a school bus in Northumberland County is under investigation. According to the Watsontown Police Department, Tuesday afternoon, officers were dispatched to a two-vehicle crash involving a school bus at the intersection of 6th St. and Main St. in Watsontown. Police say...
School bus ends in embankment after losing control
White Deer Township, Pa. — A Milton School District school bus crashed early Friday morning, after the driver lost control. According to PSP Milton, the crash occurred just before 7 a.m. The bus exited the right side of River Road in White Deer Township and was traveling north when the passenger wheel encountered eroded ground next to the fogline and asphalt. The bus, of Fishing Creek Transportation, abruptly swerved, hitting a guiderail, sideswiping a utility pole, and finally coming to rest down an embankment, a news release reported. There were no children yet on board and the driver was unharmed, police said. An adult passesnger seated behind the driver was transported to Evangelical Community Hospital for a possbile shoulder injury.
Man accused of assaulting former Jersey Shore coach takes deal
Williamsport, Pa. — A Milton man accused of assaulting a high school basketball coach took a plea deal Thursday morning. Brian Hunter, 42, of West Milton pled guilty to disorderly conduct in front of Judge Denise Dieter at the Lycoming County Courthouse. At one point, Hunter told Dieter, “I am not guilty.” Dieter then asked Hunter if he wanted to withdraw his guilty plea and explained to him that they...
Man gets long federal prison term in central Pa. meth, heroin and fentanyl case
WILLIAMSPORT — A Northumberland County man has been sentenced to 6½ years in federal prison for possessing with intent to deliver methamphetamine, heroin and fentanyl. Glen Taormina, 37, will be on supervision for four years when he gets out of prison according to the sentence imposed Wednesday by U.S. Middle District Judge Matthew W. Brann.
PSP investigates dirt bike theft in Northumberland County
TURBOT TOWNSHIP, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) announced Wednesday that state police are investigating a reported dirt bike theft. According to PSP, sometime between October 1, 2023, at 9:00 a.m. and April 23, 2024, at 6:00 a.m., troopers were contacted regarding a stolen dirt bike in Turbot Township. State police say the […]
Philadelphia murder suspect caught in Williamsport
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — A man wanted for murder in Philadelphia was captured in Lycoming County. Calvin Solomon, 34, was wanted on homicide, abuse of a corpse, and other charges in relation to a homicide in Philadelphia back in June of 2022. U.S. Marshals say he was taken into custody...
Fine resolves charges from melee at a Pa. boys high school basketball game
WILLIAMSPORT — A $150 fine has resolved the charges against a spectator accused of assaulting a coach during a boys basketball game in Lycoming County earlier this year. Bryan Hunter, 43, of West Milton, pleaded guilty to a summary disorderly conduct charge Thursday and District Judge Denise L. Dieter fined him $150.
Jersey Shore standoff ends in arrest
JERSEY SHORE, LYCOMING CO. (WOLF) — A standoff in Lycoming County ended in a man's arrest after police say he broke into his mother's home. On Wednesday around 11:45 a.m., the Lycoming Regional Police Department was dispatched to a residence on the 300 block of Glover St. in Jersey Shore for a reported disturbance between a mother and son.
Man delivers cocaine to informant in Williamsport
Williamsport, Pa. — A man agreed to sell cocaine to an informant over the phone as detectives listened in February of this year. Rodney Alan Wilson, 42, of Williamsport met the informant near the 700 block of Memorial Avenue, detectives with the Lycoming County Narcotics Enforcement Unit said. Wilson allegedly exchanged cocaine for $225 in prerecorded cash. Wilson is being charged with possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and criminal use of a communication facility. He is being held on $65,000 monetary bail. Dating back to 2015, this is Wilson’s sixth arrest for drugs, according to court records. Docket sheet
Williams pleads guilty to simple assault, false imprisonment
Williamsport, Pa. — A man pled guilty to simple assault and false imprisonment Monday morning in Lycoming County. Anthony Garnett Williams, 26, of Williamsport signed an open plea on Monday morning. The deal means Williams acknowledges that an assault took place, but that he has not made a deal with the prosecution for sentencing. Williams was originally charged with strangulation, unlawful restraint, false imprisonment, and simple assault. Williams signed an...
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