Alleged impaired driver faces felony charge

It was just before 11 p.m. on May 10 when 63-year-old Mary Lamey, driving a Jeep Compass, was heading north on Route 44 in Nippenose Township when a Jeep Grand Cherokee, driven by William T. Hanner, 41, of 123 Old Fort Road, Jersey Shore, and heading south, crossed the center line and plowed head-on into Lamey’s vehicle.

Lycoming Regional police allege Hanner, who refused to submit a blood test, was impaired at the time of the crash, which has left Lamey, of Antes Forte, with injuries that linger to this day, according to investigators.

Lamey was rushed to a hospital, where she underwent emergency surgery for internal bleeding, Patrolman Jarod Mahosky wrote in an affidavit.

“Lamey suffered injuries to her knees, legs, sternum and pelvis. She was placed in a medically-induced coma and put on a ventilator,” the officer said in the court document.

At the crash scene, Hanner’s mouth was “quite bloody” from cuts he suffered in the crash, the officer said. “I detected a faint odor of alcohol on his breath, Mahosky said. Hanner said he had been out with his girlfriend earlier at a club, where he had “a few drinks,” the affidavit stated. After he was treated and cleared by emergency medical technicians, Hanner agreed to take a preliminary breath test that gave him a BAC reading of .13, the officer said.

“He performed a series of field sobriety tests poorly, exhibiting multiple clues of impairment,” the officer wrote in the court document.

Hanner said he did not want to answer any more questions so he was taken home. He has been charged with felony aggravated assault by vehicle while driving under the influence, DUI plus 10 summary offenses, including reckless driving and careless driving.

He has since waived his preliminary hearing before District Judge Denise Dieter and remains free on $150,000 bail.

In the meantime, three months after the crash, Lamey is recovering from her injuries at a rehabilitation center, police confirmed this week.

Former employee charged with stealing money from Fry Brothers Turkey Ranch

In order to pay her bills and cope with what she called “a severe gambling addiction,” Reanna Medina has admitted that between June 25 and mid-July, she stole money from Fry Brothers Turkey Ranch on Route 184 in Cogan House Township while employed there, state police alleged in a court document filed at the office of District Judge William Solomon.

It is alleged that Medina, 34, who police said has an extensive criminal record, stole an estimated $4,229 from the restaurant’s safe, it was alleged. Medina, of 6459 Lycoming Creek Road, Cogan Station, is also accused of stealing $245 worth of merchandise from the business, police said. Charged with felony theft and misdemeanor shoplifting, Medina, who is no longer employed at the restaurant, has been arraigned before Solomon and is free on $15,000 bail.

Criminal charges lodged against local contractor

Felony charges have been lodged against Liam McGarvey, owner of McGarvey Construction and Remodeling, after he received $11,000 last year from David Gilbert to build a new garage at Gilbert’s home on Side Hill Road in Lycoming Township, but failed to complete the project, Lycoming Regional police alleged in an affidavit filed last month at Solomon’s office.

The court document also states that when McGarvey, 27, of 53 Keyser Circle, was digging the footers for the garage, he struck a drainage pipe, which Gilbert claimed resulted in water damage to the basement of his home, police said.

Following his arraignment before Solomon on charges of home improvement fraud and deceptive business practices, McGarvey was released on $15,000 bail.

Teen accused of inappropriate contact with minor

Bryce Alan Faivre, 19, formerly of Pine Crest Drive but now homeless, was arrested Tuesday on state police felony charges of unlawful contact with a minor and corrupting the morals of a minor as well as a misdemeanor charge of indecent assault for having inappropriate contact with a child in Woodward Township between April 1 and May 31, state police alleged. Following his arraignment before District Judge Kirsten Gardner, he was jailed in lieu of $50,000 bail.

Domestic disturbance results in criminal charges

Michael Wagner, 46, of 1023 W. Fourth St., has been charged with felony strangulation and simple assault after he “choked the (expletive) out” of his girlfriend and threw her into a wall in her home Larue Drive in Woodward Township on Aug. 9, state police alleged in an affidavit. Following his arraignment, Wagner was released on $25,000 bail.