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Sixteen charged with DUI in Lycoming County

Those charged were: Randy Lee Hill, 45, formerly of Unityville, but now homeless, state police following a single-vehicle crash on Foust Hill Road in Penn Township on March 11; also charged with four summary offenses. Michelle Lee Fulp, 46, of 408 River Ave.; Montoursville police on ...

Several charges lodged against Williamsport man following ongoing domestic disturbance

With a 10–year-old child in the room, Malik Carroll Poleto grabbed the woman, “choked her, strangled her and physically threw her around, slamming her into a door frame as well as slamming her head off a cabinet,” it was alleged in an affidavit filed by county Detective Kevin Dent. While brandishing a handgun, Poleto, 45, “proceeded to break items around the couple’s home” at 1151 Market St, Dent was told. This alleged assault occurred on Dec 6, the court document stated. During the next six weeks, Poleto is alleged to have “sent hundreds of text messages to the woman ...

Charge of official oppression filed against area attorney

Local attorney Timothy Reitz, 51, of 1195 Mill Road, Allenwood, was arrested Friday morning on a misdemeanor charge of official oppression for “exchanging nude photos and having a sexual relationship” with a female client after being appointed by a court in early March 2024 to serve as her attorney, it was alleged in court papers filed by county Detective Loretta Badger. “At the time, the victim was homeless, without custody of her children, financially unstable and emotionally vulnerable following a domestic-violence incident,” the investigator stated in an affidavit. In one ...

Discovery of drugs and firearm lead to new charges against South Williamsport man

Convicted drug dealer John Charles Reed, 38, of 323 E. First Ave., South Williamsport, was back behind bars on Friday after he was arraigned before Whiteman on a felony charge of convicted felon not to possess a firearm and other offenses, according to borough police. The charge stems from an incident on Jan. 23 when a probation officer seized a handgun that was discovered in Reed’s bedroom, it was stated in a criminal complaint. Also found on the premises were two bags of suspected cocaine. In addition to the felony offense, Reed has been charged with illegal possession of a ...

Bucks County man escapes injury after striking three parked vehicles

While watching television inside her second-floor apartment in the 600 block of West West Fourth Street about 8:30 Saturday night, the city woman heard the horrendous crash in front her building. "It sounded like dynamite. The collision even shook the building," the woman, who did not give ...

Charges dropped in two cases while guilty pleas accepted in others

With insufficient evidence to pursue the case, state police have dropped all charges against Linton Hooper, 58, of 513 Wyoming St., and Athony Leroy James Jr., 52, of 1320 Pleasant Hills Road, in connection with a 2015 sports car owned by James that was set on fire on 4 Mile Road near Trout ...