Woman and boyfriend face sex charges involving minor

Kayla Q. Sniezek, 30, and her boyfriend, Justin Michael Kennedy, 48, both of 45 Back St., lot 3, Montoursville, both face felony and misdemeanor charges for having inappropriate contact with a female minor under the age of 14 in a home in Upper Fairfield Township on Nov. 19, state police alleged in court papers.

During the ordeal, the two “did not have any pants or underwear on” as they exposed themselves to the girl. It is also alleged that Sniezek sent “a nude photo of a young female, unclothed from the waist up” to the girl and solicited the minor to send her “a nude photo of herself,” police said.

Sniezek has been charged with two counts of unlawful contact with a minor, corrupting the morals of a minor, conspiracy, distribution of an inappropriate photo to a minor, endangering the welfare of a child, illegal use of a communication device and indecent exposure. All are felonies except the last one. She remains incarcerated in the Lycoming County Prison in lieu of $50,000 bail and several bench warrants, according to court papers.

Kennedy faces felony charges of unlawful contact with a minor and conspiracy plus misdemeanor charges of indecent exposure and corrupting the morals of a minor. Initially jailed, Kennedy has since been released on $25,000 bail. Both he and Sniezek were held for court on all charges following their preliminary hearing last week before District Judge Gary Whiteman.

Former patient faces charges for allegedly making threats

Ever since he was discharged from UPMC Williamsport in late June of last year, James M. Bianco has been calling the medical facility “yelling and swearing at staff. The problem got so bad that a hospital attorney sent the 55-year-old former patient a ‘cease and desist notice'” in late August, according to an affidavit filed at the office of District Judge Aaron Biichle by the UPMC police.

However, two days after Christmas, Bianco called the hospital again and got “aggressive and irate,” telling one staffer, “Quit your job now because I’m coming after everybody in the unit. I was drugged and held against my will,” the court document stated.

In subsequent conversation on the same day, Bianco, of Mann Hill Road, Tioga, told the staffer “I don’t need any guns. I have my own weapons I can use. I’ll show all of you what it can do,” police alleged in the affidavit.

Charged with terroristic threats and harassment, Bianco was held for court on the charges following a preliminary hearing earlier this month and is free on $5,000 bail.

Nurse charged with allegedly stealing patient’s pill

Just one day before her 55th birthday, Jennifer Alice Qimby, a nurse who worked for less than two weeks as a nurse at Williamsport South Rehabilitation and Nursing Center at 101 Leader Driver, was charged with stealing one oxycodone from one of her patients at the medical facility overnight July 17, state police alleged in a criminal complaint. Quimby, who is actually employed by a nursing agency, has denied the accusation, police said.

Living now at a motel in Danville, Quimby has been arraigned before District Judge Kirsten Gardner on a felony charge of illegally obtaining a controlled substance while employed at a medical facility, possession of a controlled substance and theft. She was released on $35,000 bail.

Accused shoplifter told store clerk ‘everything is free today’

After she was handed a pack of cigarettes the clerk believed she was going to pay for on Monday morning, Tamara Jane Boyles simply walked out of the 7-11 convenience store at 1601 Dewey Ave. in Old Lycoming Township without paying for the cigarettes or two beverages she had in her hands, telling the clerk “Everything was free today,” according to a Lycoming Regional police affidavit.

Boyles, 57, whose last known address was of the 300 block of Arch Street and is now considered homeless, was soon taken into custody across the street from the business, police said.

Boyles, who also goes by Tamara Scampone, was arraigned before District Judge William Solomon on one misdemeanor count of shoplifting and jailed in lieu of $5,000 bail. This was the second time she was charged with shoplifting, police said.

Second person charged in child endangerment case

Gabriel James Hoover, 20, of 611 Locust St., has been charged with felony endangering the welfare of a child for leaving his 11-month-old child home alone on the morning of Jan, 21, city police alleged. A Lycoming Housing maintenance worker found the toddler “laying face-down in a crib” and called police, the affidavit stated. He has since waived his preliminary hearing before Biichle and is free on $15,000 bail.

The mother, Isabella Rivera-Batista, also 20, of the same address, has already been charged with the same felony and she too is free on bail after waiving her preliminary hearing in late January.

Charges lodged against Clinton County woman

Stephanie Hamilton, 43, of Lock Haven, has been charged with possession of an offensive weapon (brass knuckles), possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia following an incident on Route 220 in Woodward Township on Nov. 27, according to state police.

Following her arraignment before District Judge Christian Frey, Hamilton was released on $10,000 bail. She was recently held for court last week on all three charges.

Loyalsock Township woman allegedly stole from neighbor

Alyssia A. Allen, 30, of 1686 Randall Circle, was charged with theft and defiant trespassing after she is alleged to have stolen $1,200 worth of items, including a a 46-screen television set, from neighbor Meghan Danley’s apartment in late October as Danley was in the process of moving out, state police said in an affidavit.

Allen waived her preliminary hearing Monday before Whiteman and is free on $5,000 bail.

City woman jailed following domestic disturbance at her home

While in an intoxicated state at her home, Jocelyn Marie Ritter, 35, of 1008 Hepburn St., punched her father in the right side of the head and shoved him into a doorway about 7:45 p.m. on March 19, city police alleged in an affidavit. When another woman who was in the house attempted “to break up the fight,” Ritter allegedly punched her in the head multiple times, police said.

Arraigned before Gardner on two counts each of simple assault and harassment, Ritter was jailed in lieu of $25,000 bail.