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Berks County man charged with forgery and attempted theft
When Berks County resident Ezra Figueroa attempted to purchase merchandise with a $50 counterfeit bill at the Dollar General, 2034 Lycoming Creek Road, about 4:15 p.m.on Sept. 18, the clerk asked the 21-year-old man to wait until a Lycoming Regional police officer to arrive at the store. "Can't we act like this didn't happen," he asked the clerk as he walked out of the store and drove away, it was alleged in an affidavit. However, Figueroa, of Boyertown, was apprehended a short distance away and arrested on charges of felony forgery, and attempted theft by deception, Following his arraignment hours later before District Judge Christian Frey, he was released on $15,000 bail.
Two charged with assault in separate cases
When Lycoming Regional police arrived at his home at 322 Washington Ave. in Jersey Shore to handle a reported disturbance about 11:30 p.m. on Aug. 18, Max Donald Fox, who was outside screaming at two women, "turned towards the officers, took an aggressive, fighting stance with his fist" and refused orders to put his hands behind his back, it was alleged in affidavit. Officers had to use a taser to restrain him and get him under control, police said. It was alleged that he grabbed a woman by her throat and threw her out of the house, court records stated. Arraigned hours later before District Judge Denise Dieter on charges of resisting arrest, simple assault, disorderly conduct and harassment, Fox, 36, was initially jailed, but he has since been released and has waived his preliminary hearing.
In another assault case, John Dillon Hosford, 29, of 2100 Race St., has been charged with simple assault, disorderly conduct and harassment for "striking or attempting to strike a woman in the face three times" at Race and Arnold streets about 8:45 p.m. on Aug. 7, city police alleged in court papers. He has since waived his preliminary hearing before Frey and is free on $5,000 bail.
City man charged with firearm violation
Austin Mitchell Westbrook, 25, of 1309 Elmira St., has been charged with carrying a firearm without a license and disorderly conduct after "sending multiple images and text messages" to his then Loyalsock Township co-workers that indicated he was going to harm himself on May 19, state police alleged in court papers. One of the images he sent to the fellow-employees was that of a handgun, which police later recovered from under a porch behind his house. Westbrook waived his preliminary hearing before District Judge Gary Whiteman and is free on $5,000 bail.
City man faces charges following car theft
Zachary Noah Maggs, 30, of 364 Lyons Ave., faces charges for stealing his ex-girlfriend's 2009 Toyota Yaris from the 300 block of Lyons Avenue about 3 a.m. on July 9 and returning a short time later, abandoning it only after crashing into the back of a parked 2009 Jeep Cherokee, city police alleged in an affidavit. Maggs has waived his preliminary hearing before District Judge Aaron Biichle on charges of unauthorized use of an automobile, accidents involving damage to unattended vehicle (hit-run), intentionally damaging personal property that resulted in $1,352 damage, a misdemeanor, and driving without a license. He is free on $5,000 bail.
Two charged with felony shoplifting
Denise Zimmerman, 47, and Sarah C. Zimmerman, 27, both of 512 Stevens St., face two felony counts of shoplifting for allegedly stealing a total of $1,006 worth of merchandise together from the Weis store, 1916 Lycoming Creek Road, "on multiple occasions between July 26 and Sept. 6," Lycoming Regional police alleged in court papers. In the same documents, police allege Sarah stole an additional $49 worth of merchandise from the store in mid-September. Following their arraignments before Dieter, the two women were released on $15,000 bail each.
Two New York residents charged with burglary
Adrianna Caddell, 21, and Benjamin White, 19, both of Elmira, New York, have been locked up on charges of breaking into the city home of Caddell's former boyfriend at 106 Aberdeen Road, on July 31, city police alleged in court papers. An estimated $140 in cash and several checks belonging to the victim, Justin Jackson, were taken in the burglary, and White cashed two of Jackson's checks for a total of $365, police alleged. Arraigned earlier this month before Whiteman on charges of burglary, felony trespassing, theft, receiving stolen property and forgery, Caddell and White were committed to the county prison in lieu of $25,000 bail. The two have since waived their preliminary hearing.
Four face drug charges in separate cases
While making a surprise visit at Tyler Albert Moore's apartment at 805 Allegheny St. in Jersey Shore on the morning of Sept. 8, probation officers discovered a "cardboard box concealing about one pound of marijuana packaged in various gallon ziplock bags," according to an affidavit. Lycoming Regional police were notified and a search warrant to go through the entire apartment was obtained and executed. Moore, 33, who is on county parole, was implicated and charged in May 2022 with drug delivery resulting in the March 31, 2020 death of 36-year-old Jennifer Berkebile. She died of a drug overdose in a room in the city, investigators said.
During the apartment search done earlier this month, police seized numerous additional drugs and paraphernalia, including more marijuana in multiple forms, one gram of methamphetamine and two buprenorphine strips, according to court records. Investigators seized in excess of two pounds of marijuana and and ended what they called Moore's "extensive marijuana-dealing operation."
"I can't afford bail," Moore told District Judge Denise Dieter when he was arraigned on charges of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, two counts of possession of a controlled substance and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia. He remains jailed in lieu of $85,000 bail.
In another drug case, admitted crack cocaine addict Ronald Wayne Crowe, 54, of 673 Grier St., has been arrested on charges of selling cocaine to an undercover officer on four occasions in the city between July 11 and Aug. 28, it was alleged in court papers filed by the county's Narcotics Enforcement Unit (NEU). Three of the sales occurred at Crowe's home while another occurred in the 700 block of Arch Street, according to an affidavit. Following his arraignment before Frey on four felony counts each of delivery of a controlled substance and illegal use of a cellphone, Crowe was released on $25,000 bail.
In another NEU case, Marissa Dauberman, 29, of 337 Walnut St., apartment 2B, has been charged with two felony counts of delivery of a controlled substance for selling methamphetamines to Dominique Thomas, who lives in another apartment in the same building, on July 26 and again two days later, investigators alleged in court papers. The sales occurred in the apartment building, police said. Following her arraignment before District Judge Chrisitian Frey, Dauberman was released on $15,000 bail. Thomas, 29, remains behind bars on other NEU charges.
In another case, Deidra K. Reed, 40, of 807 W. Third St., has been charged by city police with possession of a controlled substance (a vial of methamphetamine) and possession of a controlled substance in the 800 block of West Third Street on June 1, it was alleged in an affidavit. She has been sent a summons to appear before Frey.