Motorist jailed after allegedly headbutting officer

Motorist Joshua Isiah Green, taken into custody Saturday night on the suspicion of being impaired, was locked up in the Lycoming County Prison on high bail after he headbutted a Lycoming Regional police officer, it was alleged in an affidavit.

Driving a 2009 Nissan Altima, Green, 24, of Painted Post, New York, was pulled over after he ran a stop sign at Lacomic Street and Dewey Avenue about 9:10 p.m., police said. Right from the get go, Green refused to comply with the officer’s orders, police said. After getting out of the car, Green wanted to get back in the vehicle, but the officer told him he was prohibited from doing so, police added.

He was warned to calm down or he would be handcuffed, it was stated in the court document. Green became more “irate,” and resisted the officer’s efforts to retrain him, it was alleged.

After being placed in the back of the cruiser, he refused to surrender his cellphone, police said. When a second officer attempted to get the phone, Green continued to spit on him, police said. Green then headbutted the officer in the head, giving the officer “a throbbing headache,” it was alleged in the affidavit. Upon being taken to police headquarters and placed in a holding cell, Green attempted to spit on officers and again headbutted the same officer he assaulted the first time, it was alleged. The officer was treated at UPMC Williamsport.

He was taken before District Judge William Solomon and arraigned on felony charges of aggravated assault and assault on a law enforcement officer as well as several misdemeanors, including simple assault, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, disorderly conduct and three summary offenses. He was jailed in lieu of $100,000 bail.

Charges filed in separate domestic disturbances

Summer Rain Deitrich, 22, of 41 Ross Road, Montgomery, has been arrested on state police charges of simple assault and harassment for repeatedly striking a man in the face in the couple’s Clinton Township home while she chased him during a domestic disturbance about 4 a.m. on Jan. 30, state police alleged in a court document. While interviewing the victim, the troopers noticed he was bleeding from his nose and that “blood was splattered throughout the residence,” it was stated in the document. Arrested and arraigned hours later before District Judge William Solomon, Deitrich, who has since been held for court on both charges, was initially jailed, but is now free on $10,000 bail. The victim was treated at a local hospital for hus facial injuries, police said.

In another domestic case, Curtis Lee Shreck, 30, of 101 Boak Ave., lot 23, Hughesville, recently waived his preliminary hearing before District Judge Kirsten Gardner on state police charges of simple assault and harassment that stem from him allegedly punching his girlfriend in the face in his Wolf Township residence on Feb. 3, according to an affidavit. He is also alleged to have slammed her right forefinger in a drawer, police said. He is free on $15,000 bail.

In a third case, when his girlfriend attempted to end their relationship in a telephone conversation on Feb. 11 in Wolf Township, Hunter James Baker, 20, of 1903 Pond Road, Pennsdale, told the woman three times “I’m going to kill you,” it was alleged in a state police affidavit. Charged with terroristic threats, Baker has waived his preliminary hearing before Gardner and is now free after being briefly incarcerated in lieu of $25,000 bail.

In another case, Hunter Joseph Hesse, 19, of 314 Chestnut St., Montoursville, was locked up on state police charges of felony strangulation, simple assault and harassment after he put his mother in a headlock, “impeding her breathing for about 20 seconds” in the family’s borough home about 10:50 a.m. on Feb. 25, it was alleged in an affidavit. Hesse also is accused of striking his mother in the face, police said. Following his arraignment hours later before Gardner, Hesse was jailed in lieu of $25,000 bail.

Ex-employee charged with allegedly stealing from business

While employed at the 7-Eleven store at 1601 Dewey Ave., Alyssa Kay Mitchell, 27, of 1923 W. Fourth St., stole $233 worth of gift cards and merchandise from the business during the month of December, Lycoming Regional police alleged in an affidavit.

Mitchell, who has since been terminated from her position, was charged with misdemeanor shoplifting and theft. She has since waived her preliminary hearing before Solomon and is free on $5,000 bail.

City woman faces charges stemming from an assault

Ajanae Monique Burks, 21, of 638 Second St., has been charged with simple assault, criminal mischief and defiant trespassing after she assaulted another female in a home in the 1400 block of Park Avenue on Dec. 13, city police alleged in an affidavit.

Burks refused to leave the house, and while there, she “began to throw things in the victim’s bedroom, breaking a television set,” police alleged.

Burks has waived her preliminary hearing before District Judge Christian Frey and is free on $2,500 bail.