CRIME & SAFETY
Search for next of kin after man’s death
MONTOUR COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Officials are searching for any relatives of a man died in Montour County. The Montour County Coroner’s Office says they are currently attempting to locate any known relatives of 70-year-old Arthur Bubb. The coroner’s office stated Bubb’s previous addresses were in Williamsport and Duquesne. The coroner believes there is a daughter […]
Police: Man strangles woman, imprisons her in home
Williamsport, Pa. — A man accused of keeping a woman prisoner in an apartment for hours is headed to trial, a Lycoming County judge decided this week. Aiden Ryan Magargle, 24, of Williamsport held a woman down on April 15 and refused to let her leave, Officer William Badger said. At one point, Magargle strangled the victim, nearly causing her to lose consciousness, Badger wrote. Magargle threatened to kill the...
Dealer sentenced for $15K worth of drugs seized from home
PINE CREEK TOWNSHIP, CLINTON COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A drug dealer has been sentenced after a search warrant revealed $15,000 worth of drugs. Mary Tina Marie Yost was sentenced to a maximum of 13 years in state prison. Officials stated Yost was arrested for various drug offenses but her most serious charges were after a combined drug task force […]
Police: Man steals running vehicle from parking lot
Allenwood, Pa. — A man who was a resident at a treatment facility was charged after he left treatment and stole a vehicle from the parking lot of a nearby store. The female accuser told police on Feb. 18 that she was at the Dollar General in Gregg Township around 8:30 p.m. when her 2016 white Ford Explorer was stolen. She had left the ignition running in the vehicle when she went into the store for a quick shopping trip, according to Trp. Colton Killion...
DA’s office rejects call for its recusal in Pa. workplace homicide case
WILLIAMSPORT — The Lycoming County district attorney’s office has rejected the call that it be recused from prosecuting the CEO of a Lycoming County firm accused of fatally shooting his brother-in-law inside the business. First Assistant District Attorney Martin L. Wade did so in a response to the...
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