3 face drug charges in separate cases

With numerous arrests over the past several years, accused drug dealer Kyiem Bradshaw is no stranger to the county’s Narcotics Enforcement Unit (NEU), which now has filed two additional sets of charges against him, according to court records. One set accuses Bradshaw, 47, of allegedly selling fentanyl to informants from his then city apartment in the 500 block of Lycoming Street on Jan 29 and again on Jan. 31, it was stated in an affidavit.

Immediately following the second sale, investigators raided the apartment with a search warrant.

However, Bradshaw admitted he saw the officers approaching and quickly “flushed a bundle and half fentanyl down the toilet,” the affidavit stated. Still, the officers managed to seize an undisclosed amount of fentanyl that Bradshaw had on him, the court document. In this case, he has been charged with two felony counts of delivery of a controlled substance and one count of illegal use of a cell phone.

In the second case, Bradshaw, now living at 813 Elmira St., faces another pair of felony charges of delivery of a controlled substance and illegal use of a cell phone for his alleged involvement in the Feb. 26 sale of 10 bags of fentanyl to Olivia Ulmer, who in turn handed the bags of drugs over to Steven Sanso, who sold the fentanyl to an informant at West Third and Walnut street in the city, it was alleged in another affidavit. Bradshaw has waived his preliminary hearings in both cases before District Judge Aaron Biichle and is free on $125,000 bail. Both Ulmer and Sanso have already been charged.

In another NEU case, Damien Washington, 45, of 1125 Market St., apartment 2, has been charged with one felony count of delivery of a controlled substance for allegedly selling $250 worth of methamphetamine to an informant at West Third and Center streets in the city on Feb. 9, it was alleged in a court document. At a recent hearing, Biichle ruled there was sufficient evidence to hold him on the one charge. Washington remains jailed in the Lycoming County Prison in lieu of bail.

In another case, the NEU has also arrested Bradd Michel Miller, 41, of 1121 W. Southern Ave., South Williamsport, and charged him with delivery of a controlled substance and illegal use of a cellphone for allegedly selling a bag of cocaine to an informant at West Central Avenue and Howard Street in the borough on Jan. 25, according to an affidavit. He has waived his preliminary hearing before District Judge Gary Whiteman and is free on $15,000 bail.

Muncy area man allegedly exposed himself

Harold L. Walburn, 88, of 855 Turkey Bottom Road, Muncy, has been charged with felony unlawful contact with a minor, indecent exposure and open lewdness after he “verbally contacted two teenage boys,” both minors, and allegedly exposed himself in his SUV while the boys were fishing at Indian Park in Montoursville about 2:50 p.m. on April 28, borough police alleged in a court document. Following his arraignment before Whiteman, Walburn was released on $10,000 bail.

Clinton County man allegedly assaulted ER doctor

James Anthony Warner, 66, of 740 E. Bald Eagle Ave., Lock Haven, has been charged with aggravated assault, simple assault and harassment after he “attempted to punch” a physician in the face while the doctor was treating him in the emergency department at UPMC Williamsport about 1:15 p.m. May 27, hospital police alleged in an affidavit. The doctor was able to “block” the blow with his forearm, police said. Following his arraignment that day before District Judge Christian Frey, Warner was released on $10,000 bail.

Fugitive charged with flight to avoid apprehension

After agreeing to turn himself in on May 14 – but failing to do so – to face a felony drug charge filed by the county’s Narcotics Enforcement Unit, Tyler John McKinney was charged with yet another felony, flight to avoid apprehension, according to city police. McKinney, 32, of 45 Fisher Road, Cogan Station, has since been arrested on the new charge and arraigned before Frey. Following a recent preliminary hearing McKinney was held for court and remains free on $5,000 bail. Court documents did not sat where or when he was taken into custody. There was no information Monday night about the narcotics unit’s drug charges.

Lehigh County woman faces felony charges

Latisha Aimee Dipaola, 50, of Slatington, Lehigh County, faces charges after she deposited a bogus $8,835 check to the Service 1st Federal Credit Union at 814 Westminster Drive in Loyalsock Township and then withdrew $3,435 from her account, funds that were not there, all on Oct. 24, state police alleged. She later returned to the credit union and attempted to withdraw more money, but 1st Federal had frozen the account, police said. Following her arraignment Friday before District Judge Kirsten Gardner on felony charges of theft by deception, forgery as well as a summary offense of carrying a false identification, Dipaola was released on $15,000 bail.

Montoursville woman charged with assault

Justine Pepperman, 35, of 377 Fairfield Church Road, Montoursville, has been charged with simple assault following a domestic disturbance that left “open wounds” on a man’s neck as well as bite marks on the left side of his rib cage, according to state police, who said the alleged assault occurred at the woman’s Fairfield Township home on Sunday night. Arraigned a short time later before Biichle, Pepperman was released on $25,000 bail.