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Woman charged with assaulting child
Arriving on the scene of child-abuse case on March 9, city Patrolman Brandon Wheeler immediately saw the injuries on the little girl's face.
"She had a bloody nose and there also was swollen spot on the right side of her head," the officer said in an affidavit.
Katina Blackwell, 37, of 627 Fourth Ave., has been charged with numerous offenses for punching the girl multiple times in the face and hitting her with hairbrush, Blackwell alleged.
A county Children and Youth caseworker responded and also interviewed the victim, whose injuries were photographed. "Older bruises were discovered all the way up her arms," the officer said.
The girl told investigators that Blackwell allegedly struck her with an extension cord. The assault occurred in the 600 block of Fourth Avenue. The child also reported that Blackwell threatened her with a knife, Wheeler reported in his affidavit.
"Of course I beat her. She's a horrible (expletive) child," Blackwell told police.
Following her arraignment before District Judge Christian Frey on charges of simple assault, endangering the welfare of a child and terroristic threats, Blackwell was released on $45,0000 bail.
City couple arrested following disturbance
When city police attempted to arrest Allison Rice on Thursday afternoon on charges of assaulting her brother on Second Street, Rice's husband, Edward, became irate and made several attempts to interfere, according to the affidavit.
Multiple officers were needed at the scene in order take both Allison Rice, 35, and her husband, who also ended up getting charged because of his actions, into custody, police said.
Officers were initially dispatched to the couple's home at 858 Second St. about 4 p.m. to speak with James Irvin, who reported that his sister, Allison, had allegedly struck him on the right arm with a steal rod.
When officers told the woman she was under arrest, she began "thrashing her body and flailing her fists and kicking," court record stated. She even bit an officer on the arm, police said.
As police were trying to get control of Allison, Edward Rice approached them "with a clenched fist." Even after officers used pepper spray, the husband continued to interfere, police alleged. In order to get his wife under control, police twice had to deploy a taser on her.
Allison Rice – charged with aggravated assault, simple assault and resisting arrest – was released on $50,000 bail while her husband – charged with obstructing the administration of law, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct – was released on $30,000 bail following their arraignment before District Judge William Solomon.
Clinton County woman charged with two counts of hit-run
First her 2011 Toyota Sienna struck a parked car on west Edwin Street and then it hit a FedEX truck while both vehicles were traveling on Interstate 180, according to city police.
After failing to stop at both accident scenes on the morning of Feb. 24, Lindsey Stewart, 28, of Lock Haven, was pulled over by a city police officer who spotted her van on Route 220 near the Reach Road interchange. The officer was aware that the vehicle had been involved in two hit-run crashes.
A witness who saw the first accident in the 500 block of West Edwin Street called police after taking a photo of the offending vehicle and it's driver, court records state. The second accident occurred minutes later.
Stewart has been charged with accident involving damage to an unattended vehicle (hit-run), damage to an attended vehicle (hit-run), and possession of drug paraphernalia. She waived her preliminary hearing last week before Frey and is free on $5,000 bail.
Woman faces shoplifting, drug charges
A woman who already has been convicted five times of shoplifting has been jailed for allegedly stealing merchandise from Sheetz, 330 Westminster Drive, twice in an hour, according to state police.
Chelsi Hess, 31, of Mount Union, Huntingdon County, stole $77 worth of merchandise from the Loyalsock Township business about 11:50 p.m. on Feb. 27, police alleged in court papers. When she returned an hour later, police soon arrived and confronted her with $29 worth of merchandise that she had stuffed in her shirt and bra, police said.
In her fanny pack was 12.5 grams of marijuana and 14 Trazadone pills for which she had no prescription, police said. Following her arraignment before District Judge Gary Whiteman on two felony counts of shoplifting and possession of controlled substances, Hess remains jailed in the Lycoming County in lieu of $10,000 bail.
Police accuse woman of furnishing alcohol to minors
An Upper Fairfield Township woman faces multiple counts of furnishing alcohol to minors after she allegedly provided and poured drinks of a liqueur for six people under the age of 21 at home on Pepper Street in Muncy Creek Township in mid-December.
Dispatched to 408 Pepper St. about 12:15 a.m. on Dec. 12 to investigate a report of "multiple minors consuming alcohol inside the home," troopers broke up a drinking party in which Debra Snyder, 42, of 461 Green Hollow Road, allegedly provided the underagers with alcohol, police said.
Snyder has been sent a summons to appear for a preliminary hearing at the office of District Judge Jon E. Kemp.
Driver faces charges following road-rage incident
Criminal charges have been lodged against motorist Dakota Masley, 21, of 1114 Broad St., Montoursville, after he allegedly waved a handgun in his car at another driver during a road-rage incident on Lycoming Mall Drive in Fairfield Township about 3:15 p.m. on Jan. 9, state police said.
The other motorist and a passenger in the vehicle, not identified in court papers, reported that they had pulled over to allow an emergency vehicle to pass them.
The driver then pulled out back on to the road when Masley drove around them, swerved in front of them and slammed on his brakes, nearly causing an accident, police said.
When the driver honked his horn, Masley suddenly pulled out a handgun and waved it around, police said. Masley recently waived his preliminary hearing and is free on $5,000 bail.
Two men charged in separate shoplifting cases
Carlton Heasley Jr., 39, of 283 Green Valley Road, Hughesville, has been charged with misdemeanor shoplifting after he was caught allegedly trying to steal $155 worth of merchandise from Walmart, 1015 N. Loyalsock Ave., on Oct. 29, borough police said. He is free on $5,000 bail.
In another shoplifting case, Kevin Geter, 28, of 1678 Taylor Place, has been charged with misdemeanor shoplifting after he allegedly with $3 worth of items from the Weis Market, 1916 Lycoming Creek Road, on Jan. 20, Old Lycoming Township police said. This is his second shoplifting offense, police said. He has been sent a summons to appear before District Judge William Solomon.
Felony charge lodged against former store manager
Chris Ross, a former manager at Autozone at 711 W. Third St., has been arrested on a felony charge of theft for allegedly stealing $2,165 from the business last year, city police said.
Ross, 40, of 140 Carpenter St., Muncy, is accused of taking the money from early April to mid-June, police said, adding he became store manager in late 2019. Following his arraignment last week before District Judge Christian Frey, he was released on $2,500 bail.
Drug charges filed against two in separate cases
William Marshall, 28, of 218 Cemetery St., apartment B, Jersey Shore, has been charged with possession with intent to deliver three grams of methamphetamines, possession of eight grams of methamphetamines and possession of drug paraphernalia for allegedly selling the controlled substance to a woman in the borough on Feb. 4, Tiadaghton Valley Region police alleged in court papers.
When he was taken into custody, Marshall allegedly had eight grams of the drug on him. He was jailed automatically on a probation violation.
"I have an addiction problem," Marshall told District Judge Jerry C. Lepley at his recent arraignment. Following the proceedings, he was re-committed to the jail, but has since been released on $25,000 bail.
In another drug case brought before Lepley, Dustin Askey, 35, of Lock Haven, has been charged with possession with intent to 4.27 grams of bath salts, possession of 1.5 pills of Buprenorphine without a prescription and possession of drug paraphernalia on Susquehanna Drive in Piatt Township on Aug. 19. He is free on $35,000 bail.