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Jason E. Miller, 41, of 739 Poplar St., was charged with DUI and a summary violation after he crashed his pickup truck into a guardrail on a bridge in the 1400 block of Route 973 East in Hepburn Township about 10:30 p.m. on July 23, according to Old Lycoming Township police. At the scene, Miller admitted to having consumed "a couple drinks," and when the officer pressed him further about how many drinks that was, he said "he did not know. He didn't count,'' according to an affidavit. Miller, who did "poorly" on a series of field sobriety tests and had a blood-alcohol concentration level of .16, has waived his preliminary hearing and is free on $2,500 bail.
In another case, Rick Edward Miller, 36, of 721 Grove Road, Cogan Station, was suspected of being impaired when his Chevrolet Suburban struck a utility pole in the 1900 block of Pleasant Valley Road in Hepburn Township during early morning hours of June 17, according to Old Lycoming Township police, who learned of the crash only after PPL worker was already on the scene believed Miller was "intoxicated."
One on the scene, the officer "smelled a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from Miller, who struggled to stand still," court records stated. Miller claimed he lost control of his vehicle after striking a bear and that he climbed out of Chevrolet uninjured, police said. The driver admitted to having "one or two" drinks, according to an affidavit. Miller said the crash actually happened one to two hours ago, and that he walked "up and down the road for 'two miles, knocking on doors' (trying) to get help," the affidavit stated. He refused to provide a blood sample at UPMC Williamsport, and while there he told the staff he had "never been so disrespected in his life," and that after the crash he was "cuffed and stuffed into a cruiser and brought here." Charged with DUI and two summary violations, Miller has waived his preliminary hearing and is free on $2,500 bail.
In another case, when Amy Jo Crowley stepped out of her 2018 Subaru Crosstrek after a Tiadaghton Valley Regional police officer stopped her about 9:15 p.m. on Aug. 5 for driving the wrong way on Smith Street which is one-way, "she was very unsteady on her feet and at one point almost fell into me," the officer wrote in an affidavit.
"Crowley swore that she had not been drinking," but she performed poorly on field sobriety tests and had a blood-alcohol concentration level of .24, police said. Charged with DUI and a summary violation, Crowley, 46, of 113 Antes Fort Front St., Jersey Shore, has been sent a summons to appear before a district judge.
In another case, when David Clair Miller, 58, of 3542 Dewey Ave. Extension, Cogan Station, crashed his pickup truck through a fence before striking two parked vehicles at Lycoming Creek and Beautys Run roads about 3:50 a.m. on June 16, he had two controlled drugs, including cocaine, in his system, Old Lycoming Township police alleged in an affidavit. Miller already has two DUI convictions and was out on bail for a third DUI offense at the time of the crash, police said in the court document,
When officers arrived on the scene, Miller, "who was sweating profusely," stated he "was speeding" and was unable to keep his truck on the road as he turned off of Lycoming Creek Road, court records stated. Charged with DUI of alcohol or controlled substances, careless driving and two others summaries, Miller has been sent a summons to appear before a district judge.
In another case, Kevin Shuman, 53, of 1213 Memorial Ave., also had two controlled substances in his system on May 3 when a state trooper stopped his 2006 Nissan Sentra near Lycoming Mall and Bella Vista drives in Fairfield Township after he tossed a cigarette out his window, according to an affidavit. "He showed signs of impairment while performing a series of field sobriety tests," police said, adding that a blood test revealed two prescribed narcotics in his body. Charged with DUI of controlled substances and four summary violations, Shuman, who already has one DUI conviction, has waived his preliminary hearing and is free on $5,000 bail.
In another case, when Hannah Wu, 39, of Exton, was stopped for speeding on Route 15 in South Williamsport about 7:50 p.m., a state trooper "smelled a fruity alcoholic beverage coming from her breath," according to an affidavit. Wu, who showed signs of impairment during field sobriety tests, admitted to consuming alcohol, police said. She had a blood-alcohol concentration level of .19, police said. Charged with DUI and one summary violation, she too is free on $5,000 bail after waiving her preliminary hearing.
In another case, driving a 2004 Ford Explorer, Katey McDowell had just pulled into the back of her city home about 1 a.m. on June 3 when a state trooper, who had followed her for less than a block, ran a check on the car's registration on the computer in his cruiser. It turned out that the registration had not only expired, but was suspended as well, according to an affidavit. The trooper noticed that McDowell's eyes were glassy and bloodshot, and there was an odor of alcoholic beverage coming from the vehicle as well. Police said McDowell, who admitted to having consumed "one shot of liquor before leaving work," showed "numerous clues of alcohol impairment" while undergoing a series of field sobriety tests, police said. Charged with DUI and two summary violations, McDowell, of 814 Park Ave., who had a blood-alcohol concentration level of .16, is free on $5,000 bail after waiving her preliminary hearing.