Woman faces charges after hosting underage drinking party at her home

Lori R. Fuller, 53, of 303 Oak St., Jersey Shore, faces multiple misdemeanor offenses for serving alcohol to a dozen people under 21 at a New Year’s Eve party she hosted at her home, Lycoming Regional police alleged in an affidavit filed at the office of District Judge Denise Dieter.

Officers were dispatched about 12:15 a.m. on Jan. 1 to investigate “a loud altercation” outside her home. When they arrived in the area, one officer encountered two people; one of whom was “yelling and screaming hysterically” while a second officer came upon two other individuals nearby, it was stated in the court document. Three of the four “were intoxicated,” all of them had exited Fuller’s home, police said.

Fuller soon came out of the back of the house and admitted that the foursome were at a “New Year’s gathering at her house and that she was planning to take them home because they had caused a raucous. One of them had been in a physical altercation inside the house” with another partygoer, the officers were told. Fuller allowed the officers into the house, where they found six youths inside an upstairs room. An empty can of an alcoholic beverage was spotted on the floor. All were told to come downstairs and join other youths who were being questioned. “”The party’s over,” the officer told the group, which consisted of at least 12 people who were underage, three of whom were under 18, according to the court document. In addition to drinking alcoholic beverages, some of the partygoers also admitted to smoking marijuana, police said.

Charged with 12 counts of serving alcohol to those underage and three counts of corrupting the morals of a minor, Fuller has been sent a summons to appear before Dieter.

Muncy area man charged with terroristic threats

Upset after seeing another man embrace his girlfriend at a restaurant in Woodward Township on Aug. 10, James Michael Campbell, who was “highly intoxicated,” started a brief argument with the man before Campbell and his girlfriend left the establishment, got in their vehicle and headed home, state police stated in an affidavit. While traveling together on Route 220 in the township, Campbell, 47, of 10055 Route 864, Muncy, “placed his hand over the pocket in which he keeps his firearm” and told the woman he would “shoot her if he caught her with another man,” it was alleged in the court document. At no point did Campbell “display the firearm,” police were told. Troopers responded to the Route 220 scene and questioned the two. A trooper located a firearm in Campbell’s pants pocket, police said, adding that Campbell denied threatening the woman with the gun. Charged with terroristic threats and harassment, Campbell was arraigned hours later before District Judge William Solomon and jailed in the Lycoming County Prison in lieu of $25,000 bail. He recently waived his preliminary hearing and is now free on bail.

Charges continue to mount against county prison inmate

While executing an arrest warrant on Raymond Edward Poust Jr. at his Wolf Township home at 56 Orchard Avenue on the morning of Jan. 28, state troopers seized a .22 caliber rifle that had an obliterated serial number, according to an affidavit. The owner of the home had permitted troopers to search the premises. Poust, wanted on a state police felony theft charge for allegedly stealing a pickup truck in the township on Nov. 9, was found hiding in a back bedroom, it was stated in the court document. Poust, 22, was taken into custody and remains jailed in lieu of $15,000 bail. He has since waived his preliminary hearing not only on this charge, but also a state police felony charge of illegal possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number which was filed on the day of his arrest. Bail in this case was $35,000 bail.

In yet another criminal case, the state Game Commission has charged Poust with 26 counts of illegally taking or possessing wildlife (deer) that were discovered at various locations throughout the county, according to court records filed at the office of District Judge Kirsten Gardner. The illegal deer possessions are alleged to have taken place during a five-month period beginning in late October, 2023, it was stated in an affidavit. Three of the 26 counts are misdemeanors while the remaining 23 are summary offenses. The game commission has also charged him with one misdemeanor count of selling or bartering an antlerless deer for $60. Bail in this case was set at $15,000.

Assault-related charges land Hughesville woman in jail

Tonya-Sue Chambers, 43, of 49 N. Main St., apartment 2, Hughesville, was jailed on charges of strangulation, simple assault, endangering the welfare of a child and harassment after putting her hands around a family member’s neck, “causing him not to breathe,” during a disturbance in her apartment on Dec. 27, it was alleged in a state police affidavit. The victim, a minor, managed to flee to a neighbor’s to get help, police said. Chambers, who also was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, was arraigned before District Judge Gary Whiteman and committed to the Lycoming County Prison in lieu of $10,000. She has since been held for court on all the charges.

Misdemeanor charge filed against city man who needlessly called 911 numerous times

Andrew James Holleran, 32, of 2322 W. Fourth St., faces a misdemeanor charge of abusing 911 after he called the county’s dispatch center 13 times in a 20-minute period when there was no real emergency, city police alleged in a court document. Even after being told to stop calling, Holleran called 911 from his home “five more times, yelling at the dispatchers,” police alleged in an affidavit. Following a recent preliminary hearing before District Judge Aaron Biichle, he was released on $5,000 bail.

Loyalsock Township man accused of sending threatening text message

In a text message to a woman on Nov. 24, 2024, Terrance Douglas Powell told her “I can make you and the kids disappear in a heartbeat, (expletive),” it was alleged in a city police affidavit. “You keep playing, and you will see how far I’ll go real quick,” Powell, 59, of 1440 Washington Blvd., said in the text. “I’ll make sure you don’t ever see any of them kids again. Watch and see,” he is alleged to have said, police said. The victim received the threatening message while she was in the city’s Newberry neighborhood, police said. Charged with one misdemeanor count of terroristic threats, Powell has waived his preliminary hearing before District Judge Christian Frey and is free on $10,000 bail.

Habitual shoplifter again faces charges

Sean Laronn Todd, 52, of 2137 W. Third St., has been arrested yet again on a felony charge of shoplifting after it was alleged he stole a $3 20-ounce soda from Sheetz at 105 Maynard St. on Jan. 23, according to city police. Following his arraignment Friday before Solomon, Todd was released on $10,000 bail. When he was charged in early December 2023 for allegedly stealing a 43-inch screen television set from Walmart in Montoursville, borough police stated in an affidavit that Todd had as many as 20 shoplifting convictions.