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After being hit with misdemeanor charges of shoplifting and receiving stolen property for allegedly stealing $380-worth of merchandise from the Weis Market at 1816 Lycoming Creek Road, between April 18 and May 23, Cynesha T. Jackson, 33, of 421 Stevens St., faces two felony counts of retail theft, after allegedly pilfering a total of $101.03-worth of goods from Wegmans, 201 William St., on Sept. 19 and 27, Lycoming Regional Police said in an affidavit.
Jackson was arraigned on the charges by District Judge Gary Whiteman, and released on $15,000 bail.
In another case, city police have charged 27-year-old Brenna Marie Schneider, of 2222 Mosser Ave., with a misdemeanor count of retail theft for allegedly removing $300.62-worth of items from Wegmans, 201 William St., on June 9, without paying for them, according to an affidavit.
Schneider was arraigned by District Judge Aaron Biichle and released on $5,000 bail.
In another case, Daniel Thomas Houck, 39, of 716 Grace St., Second Floor, has been charged with two counts of retail theft, after he allegedly stole $317.85-worth of food and other merchandise from the Weis Markets located at 305 River Ave., between Nov. 26, 2025 and Jan. 7, 2026, state police said in an affidavit.
Houck was arraigned by District Judge William Solomon, and jailed at the Lycoming County Prison in lieu of $10,000 bail.
In another case, Lycoming Regional Police have charged Venus Marie Lord, 50, of 689 Starr Road, Montoursville, with theft by deception and receiving stolen property for allegedly stealing silver bars and coins, totaling $20,969, from an employer in July, according to an affidavit.
Lord was allegedly captured on video removing 37 pre-counted coins from the residence where she served as a cleaning lady, and when told to return the coins, brought back 45 coins, however three silver bars previously noted as missing remain unaccounted for.
Lord allegedly related to police that she had taken the coins in order to be caught so she would be fired, court documents said.
Lord was arraigned by District Judge William Solomon, and released on $25,000 bail.
In another case, 39-year-old David A. Cory, of 225 N. Main St., Apt. 1, Jersey Shore, faces a variety of charges for allegedly stealing several aluminum irrigation pipes from a property in the 6200 block of Route 220 North in Woodward Township on July 21, a state police affidavit said.
The alleged victims indicated that the perpetrators had cut a chain to a gate adjoining their property and a nearby contractor, and stated their belief that the thefts had to be the work of more than one individual due to the weight, cutting and loading of the pipes.
A witness traveling in the area advised police that he had seen a red Dodge pick-up truck with a heavy load of aluminum pipes sticking out of it the morning of the alleged theft, court documents said.
Video surveillance provided by the contractor in the early morning hours of July 21 captured a white sedan arriving with two males who were allegedly walking into the field owned by the alleged victim, then departing, with a red truck, loaded with aluminum pipe pulling onto Route 220 from the neighbor's property.
Having been made aware of the alleged thefts, a local recycling center provided copies of two checks issued to Corey totaling $3,263.40, along with photographs of a truck carrying the allegedly stolen material, another individual accompanying Cory, the two men inside the scale room and a copy of Corey's drivers license.
Police were then shown the aluminum pipes allegedly sold by Cory, and confirmed them to be the same pipes they observed in the field belonging to the alleged victims, court filings said.
When queried by police, the license plate affixed to the truck, it was discovered that it had been reported stolen from the Linden area on July 11.
On July 31, Lycoming Regional police were dispatched to an address on McKee Road in Hepburn Township for a report of a possible theft in progress. Although the suspects had fled prior to police arrival, a neighbor had taken photographs of the men, allowing police to identify one of them as Cory, according to an affidavit.
The two men were stopped a short time later in a white sedan matching that of the one previously seen on surveillance footage provided by the contractor, with Cory allegedly seated in the passenger seat.
Cory was arraigned on a felony count of theft of secondary metal and misdemeanor counts of receiving stolen property and criminal mischief by District Judge Denise Dieter, and released on $25,000 bail.