State troopers forced to use tasers three times during assault

After exposing himself to a neighbor along Beaver Lake Road in Penn Township during the early morning hours of July 3, Nathan Allen Minier fought with three state troopers, “tackling one

Into a brick wall” and then striking a second one with a small wooden chair, it was alleged in an affidavit. At the time, Minier was completely naked as he was when he exposed himself to his neighbor, the court document stated. The troopers had to deploy their tasers a total of three to get him under control, police said. During the bail-hearing portion of his arraignment before District Judge Christian Frey, the 46-year-old Minier refused to answer any of the judge’s questions that are routine for all such proceedings. Minier, who has addresses at 3745 Beaver Lake Road, Hughesville, as well as at 1383 Fairview Road, Unityville, was charged with aggravated assault, resisting arrest, indecent exposure, disorderly conduct and loitering. He was committed to the Lycoming County Prison in lieu of $60,000 bail.

Domestic results in brother suffering a broken arm

Jonathan Brian Smith, 35, formerly of 1507 High St., has been charged with simple assault and harassment for striking his brother with a chair during a disturbance at the home they shared on June 27, city police alleged in an affidavit. The brother was treated at UPMC Williamsport for a broken arm. Smith, who has since moved to another local address, was arraigned before Frey and released on $25,000 bail.

Jersey Shore area woman accused of having inappropriate contract with minor

Amber Lee Koch, 30, of 121 Long Lane, Jersey Shore, has been arrested and jailed on five misdemeanor counts of indecent assault for allegedly having inappropriate contact in Nippenose Township with a female acquaintance who was a minor at the time on various occasions between June and September of last year, according to state police. Koch also faces five counts of harassment plus one count each of unlawful contact with a minor, indecent exposure and corrupting the morals of a minor. Arraigned before District Judge Denise Dieter, Kock was denied bail and incarcerated in the county prison.

Driver who eluded police multiple times finally in custody

Motorist Vanessa Vega, 37, formerly of Lawrenceville, George, but now living in Queens, N.Y., has been jailed on a felony charge of fleeing and recklessly endangering for a pursuit that began on Route 15 in Armstrong Township about on May 24 and ended at an undisclosed location in New York State, according to state police at the Montoursville barracks. The pursuit in Lycoming County began about 10 a.m. when a state trooper spotted Vega driving north on Route 15 in a blue 2010 Toyota Rav4, it was stated in an affidavit. The trooper learned that Vega had earlier eluded troopers in the Milton and Bloomsburg areas so he began pursuing her and activating his cruiser’s emergency lights and siren. The pursuit continued through South Williamsport and into the city before the trooper terminated his involvement.

Yet the same trooper soon spotted Vega traveling on Route 180, where a second trooper joined the pursuit and chased her into New York State, where state troopers picked up the pursuit and eventually took her into custody, police said. “She drove recklessly to the point of endangering the lives of other drivers and pedestrians multiple times,” a trooper wrote in a criminal complaint. Already incarcerated in Columbia County Prison on other criminal charges, Vega was arraigned Monday via video before District Judge William Solomon and recommitted in lieu of an additional $100,000 bail.

Clinton County man waives hearing in burglary case

Gage Anthony Farr, 31, of 313 Grove St., Avis, has been arrested on burglary-related charges for illegally entering two apartments at 1823 Lycoming Creek Road on June 20, Lycoming Regional police alleged in an affidavit. He is accused of taking two shirts from one of the apartments, police said. Following his recent arraignment before Solomon on charges of burglary, theft, receiving stolen property and criminal trespassing, Farr was released on $75,000 bail. He has since waived his preliminary hearing.