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Police Fire and Court

Lycoming County district judges kept busy with variety of cases

Clinton County man allegedly pointed handgun at couple Travis Durandetto, 36, of 159 Municipal Drive, Avis, faces charges of terroristic threats and simple assault for going to a couple’s Second Avenue home and pointing a handgun at the two during the early-morning hours on Dec. 21, city ...

Garage destroyed in Sullivan County blaze

MUNCY VALLEY - A fire destroyed a two-car garage at 96 Benders Road late Wednesday afternoon, resulting in an estimated $60,000 loss, according to fire officials. The two-story building was engulfed in flames when volunteer firefighters arrived on the scene about 4:40 p.m., according to Muncy ...

Police discover smoldering fire in Nippenose Township garage

ANTES FORT — Two Lycoming Regional police officers worked together early Sunday morning to locate the source of lingering smoke on Route 44 that turned out to be coming from a smoldering fire inside a garage, according to Lycoming Regional Police Chief Christopher Kriner. Patrolman Jared ...

Early-morning Hughesville shooting ruled accidental

HUGHESVILLE — A 19-year-old Montoursville man was recovering from a gunshot wound that state police have ruled as “an accidental shooting” and was self-inflicted, according to Trooper Lauren Lesher, the public information officer at the Montoursville barracks. While attempting to ...

Car goes up in flames while being towed down I-180

While towing a junked car to a scrapyard about 1:20 p.m. Monday, the driver suddenly noticed that the car was on fire as he was traveling east on I-180 in Faifield Township, according to Montoursville Fire Capt. Jeff Kukuchka. The tow truck operator pulled over, quickly unloaded the burning ...