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Prison inmate faces new set of charges
More charges have been lodged against Lycoming County Prison inmate Brian James Murray, according to court records made public Monday. Murray, 48, of 1822 Southard Road, Trout Run, has now been arrested on charges of felony burglary and misdemeanor theft for breaking into a storage closet at the Laundromat, 1200 Vine Ave., and stole several sets of keys and an estimated $30 in change that he took from machines inside the business. Following his arraignment before District Judge Christian Frey, he was re-committed in lieu of an additional $20,000 bail. Murray has been incarcerated on three separate felony warrants, including flight to avoid apprehension and resisting arrest, that stem from his arrest on Sept. 28 when he refused to surrender to law enforcement officers who had surrounded his garage next to his Gamble Township home.He was hiding in the rafters of his garage, police allege. He was taken into custody after being shot twice with non-leathal rounds, police said.
The woman that lives with Murray, 38-year-old Ashley Nicole Giacomi, has been arrested on felony charges of receiving stolen property and disposition of a vehicle with an altered vehicle identification number, according to state police. It is alleged that Giacomi knowingly purchased a stolen ATV that had an altered vehicle number on it. The vehicle was discovered last week in the very garage where Murray had been hiding, police said. Giacomi, arrested earlier this year on DUI-related charges and last year on drug charges, was arraigned before District Judge Aaron Biichle and released on $15,000.
Two men face charges in separate domestic disturbance cases
After grabbing her neck and pinning the woman against the wall during a domestic disturbance outside her home at the Timberland Apartments on Lycoming Street on Sept. 18, Troy Chance Hopkins punched her in the face, city police alleged in an affidavit. When the woman tried to retreat into her apartment, the 32-year-old Hopkins shoved her through the door and illegally entered the apartment, police alleged. He stayed for a period of time before eventually leaving, police said, adding the incident was caught on surveillance video. Arrested on felony charges of strangulation and trespassing as well as two counts of simple assault, Hopkins, of 929 W. Fourth St., apartment 6, was initially jailed, but has since been released on $25,000 bail. He has waived his preliminary hearing before Frey.
In another domestic case, Richard Nathan Emery, 43, of 107 Jacks Lane, Waterville, has waived his preliminary hearing before District Judge Denise Dieter on Lycoming Regional police charges of felony strangulation, simple assault and harassment. The charges were filed after he allegedly put his hand onto a woman's neck, making it difficult for her to breathe in the 300 block of North Main Street in Jersey Shore on Aug. 31, it was stated in an affidavit. He also struck the woman, police alleged. He remains jailed in lieu of $35,000 bail.
City man locked up on charges of allegedly setting fire in garbage can
Tony R. Tompkins, 67, of 834 W. Third St., has been jailed on felony charges of risking a catastrophe and reckless burning after setting a fire inside a plastic garbage can in the 400 block of Campbell Street about 4:20 a.m. on Sept. 26, city police alleged. The flames "grew so large" that they caused damage to a vehicle parked next to the can, police said. Following his arraignment on the charges three days later before Frey, Tompkins was jailed in lieu of $15,000 bail. He will have a preliminary hearing this week before the judge.
Two men charged in separate disorderly conduct cases
After slashing a tire with a pocket knife near Cemetery Street and Park Avenue about 9:10 a.m. Saturday, Kalif Frank Burks started to walk away muttering and swearing to himself, it was alleged in a city police affidavit. When he was taken into custody minutes later, the 40-year-old man was "yelling repeatedly that someone made him angry" by "removing his organs from his body from far away," the court document stated. Burks, of 418 Third Ave., pulled a knife from his pocket and dropped it on the ground, police said. Following his arraignment before District Judge Kirsten Gardner on misdemeanor charges of possession of an instrument of crime and disorderly conduct plus one summary offense of criminal mischief, Burks was jailed in the county prison in lieu of $5,000 bail.
In another case, claiming he needed help and was suicidal, Travon Zamir Wagner forced his way into a home at 726 Clark St. in the city's neighborhood about 2 a.m. Monday even after the homeowner told Wagner that he would call 911 and told Wagner to stay outside, according to city police. Once Wagner was inside the house, the homeowner detained him until officers arrived and took him into custody on charges of felony trespassing and disorderly conduct. Following his arraignment before District Judge Gary Whiteman, Wagner, 26, of 2126 Federal Ave., who refused to answer any of the judge's standard questions during the proceedings, was jailed in lieu of $15,000 bail.