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Three teens seriously injured in crash near Hughesville Sunday

HUGHESVILLE — Three 17-year-old males, all from York County, are recovering from injuries they suffered in Sunday afternoon’s violent single-vehicle crash on Route 118, according to state police. No names were released because they are juveniles, police said. One teen is from York, ...

Muncy man faces sex charges involving minors

Eric Stephen Eck, 51, of 108 N. Washington St., Muncy, has been locked up on more than two dozen charges, accusing him of molesting and engaging in sexual acts with two teenage girls, both minors at the time, county Detective Loretta Badger alleged in court papers filed at the office of ...

Montoursville business alleged ‘house of prostitution’

A Montoursville business on Broad Street that promotes itself as a spa where one can get massages was actually "a house of prostitution," borough police alleged in court documents. The allegation against the Jia Yuan Spa at 440 Broad St. resulted in the arrest on Sunday of Liuping Li, 49, of ...

Loyalsock Township woman jailed after allegedly assaulting troopers

After first locking herself in a bedroom, Samantha Jo Vroman came out and dashed to a bathroom, where she again briefly locked the door before coming out with a metal curtain rod in her hand, according to state police who were called to her Loyalsock Township home at 2950 Heshbon Road about ...

Muncy area man waives hearing on charges for high-speed pursuit

Motorist Warren Wayman Swank III, 28. of 709 Musser Lane, Muncy, remains locked up on charges stemming from a high-speed pursuit with borough police on March 19 in which he traveled at speeds greater than 85 mph, according to court records filed at Gardner’s office. The pursuit began ...

Muncy man found guilty of 39 sex crime charges

Timothy Darren Stroud Sr., of Muncy, was found guilty on 39 separate sex assault charges following a two-day trial in the courtroom of Lycoming County President Judge Eric Linhardt Wednesday evening. An investigation stemming from a phone tip police received in December 2022 resulted in Stroud, 57, being charged with more than 1,000 sex offenses against five minor victims, whose ages ranged from 4 to 17 years old when the abuse occurred during a period ranging from 1992 to 2018. All five victims testified on the first day of the trial, with two of them traveling from out of state to ...