In one of the five remaining recent prostitution cases that were brought again last week before District Judge William Solomon, state police dropped a felony charge of patronizing victims of human trafficking as well as a misdemeanor charge of patronizing a prostitute against Ryan Michael ...
A former Williamsport Public Works Department employee has filed a federal lawsuit claiming he was fired because of his age and that he endured a hostile work environment when he tried for different and promotional positions in the department. Brian Cochran, 61, took the civil action against the city in the suit filed in U.S. Middle District Court. The lawsuit claims his superiors began to exhibit discriminatory behavior based solely on his age in 2023. Numerous examples of alleged age discrimination and hostility are in the suit. On March 27, the city terminated Cochran for ...
A Pennsylvania archer recently harvested a massive bull elk poised to set a new state record. While the elk is currently undergoing a mandatory 60-day drying period, initial information suggests it could unseat the current state record, beating a 381.1-inch Centre County bull taken by Christopher Sebulsky in 2021. The hunt for a bull of a lifetime almost didn’t happen. The hunter — Michael Skvarle of Centre County — says he almost went deer hunting in Maryland instead, but just as he was preparing to book that hunt, he learned he had drawn one of only 15 bull archery tags for the ...
State Prison Muhammad Davis, Clinton County Prison; 24 months to seven years for possession with intent to deliver and criminal use of a communication facility. John Grentz, 1318 Market St., city; 24 to 48 months for DUI. Domineek Q. Carter, Lycoming County Prison; 48 to 96 months for criminal use of a communication facility, possession with intent to deliver, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and delivery of a controlled substance. Chad Justin Hooven, Lycoming County Prison; 49 months to 22 years for resisting arrest and three counts of ...
Ten motorists have been charged with DUI, according to court records recently made public. Those charged were: Kurtis Edward Pittinger, 61, of 798 W. Edwin St., apartment 101; state police on Isabella Court in the city on July 20; also charged with possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia and two summary offenses; this is his second DUI-drug arrest in recent months - he was charged May 21 by state police following an incident on Main Street in Hughesville; he remains incarcerated on other drug charges. Kyle Wagner, 21, of 2092 Pinchtown Road, Montgomery; state ...
