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New York State man faces felony charge
Motorist Chad Sykes quickly realized his mistake as he entered the eastbound lanes and began traveling west on Interstate 180 at the Maynard Street interchange in the city about 2:30 a.m. Sunday, court records stated.
As Sykes, a convicted felon, began to turn around, he spotted a state trooper near the ramp and took a handgun he had in his suitcase and hid it in a paper bag "to make it look like trash" police said. He then pulled over to the south berm.
The trooper soon pulled up along side Sykes' 2006 Chevy Trailblazer, got out and began to question the Montour Falls, New York, driver.
Sykes, 41, volunteered that he was on parole and that he did not have a license, police said. When asked if there were any guns in the SUV, he admitted to the trooper that there was one in a paper bag behind the passenger seat, police said.
The driver was ordered out of the vehicle and the trooper found the weapon right where Sykes said it was.
Following his arraignment before District Judge William Solomon on a felony charge of convicted felon not to possess a firearm, Sykes was committed to the Lycoming County Prison in lieu of $25,000 bail.
2 men charged in separate assault cases
Darway Harris was invited Saturday night by Ashtynne Harden to come to her home at 2501 W. Fourth St. so he could visit the children the two have together, city police were told. However, the situation soon turned sour after he arrived at the house and learned that another man was there, police said.
Harris made several comments that prompted his former girlfriend to ask him to leave, police said, adding that the two "were going through a break up," according to an affidavit.
"Harris grabbed a hammer and said he wasn't leaving because his children were there," an officer said in the court document. He also told Harden that he was "going to 'mess your life up' and threatened to break all the windows in her house and destroy her vehicle," the officer alleged. Police were called to the woman's home about 6:30 p.m.
Once in custody, Harris, 27, of 2411 W. Fourth St., was arraigned before Solomon on charges of terroristic threats, simple assault and trespassing, and jailed in lieu of $20,000 bail.
In another case, Carl Sly, 49, of 661 Rose St., apartment 2 , was charged with terroristic threats, simple assault and harassment following a disturbance at his home in which he allegedly threatened "to stab everyone" inside the apartment with a hunting-style knife about 3:20 a.m. April 7, city police said.
At least three other people were in the apartment, including Sly's girlfriend, Jamie Hiller, who he allegedly struck in the face with a leather belt.
Sly, who was held for court on all charges Tuesday following his preliminary hearing before District Christian Frey, remains jailed in lieu of $15,000 bail.
City woman charged with hit-run
Motorist Latiyona Jettel, 21, of 2500 Federal Ave., has been charged with accidents involving damage to attended vehicle (hit-run) after she allegedly left the scene of a three-vehicle crash in which one of the other drivers was hurt, city police said.
The crash occurred in the 1000 block of Park Avenue about 5:20 p.m. on Oct. 28. While police and firefighters were still on the scene, Jettle returned there in her damaged 2010 Dodge Journey, according to an affidavit.
The investigating officer told Jettel to remain at the scene while he continued to gather more information, but she soon took off again, telling police later that she "left because she needed to get gas," the affidavit stated. She recently waived her preliminary hearing before Frey and is free on $2,500 bail.
Two charged with DUI
Motorist Steven Rockwell, 35, of 333 Lundy Drive, admitted to a city police office to consuming two beers before getting behind the wheel on the afternoon of Dec. 12, according to court records filed at Frey's office.
Driving a 2010 Chevrolet Suburban, Rockwell, traveling the wrong way on a one-way section of Scott Street, collided with a pickup truck at the intersection with Rose Street about 5:48 p.m., police said.
"There was an odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from his breath," the investigating officer wrote in an affidavit. Rockwell's speech was slurred and thick, and his eyes were bloodshot and glassy, police said.
Charged with DUI and careless driving, Rockwell, who refused to submit a blood sample, recently waived his preliminary hearing before Frey and is free on $3,500 bail.
In another case, Cody Bannister, 40, of Water Valley, Texas, was charged for the fourth time with DUI after South Williamsport police stopped his pickup truck on Interstate 180 near Market Street early one morning in late September 2019. He was stopped because his vehicle was weaving in and out of the travel lane, and one of his brake lights did not appear to be working, according to an affidavit.
The officer said he "detected a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from Bannister's breath" on Sept. 29. The driver refused to provide a blood sample, police said. Following his recent arraignment, Bannister was initially jailed, but has since been released on $25,000 bail.