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South Williamsport man jailed on drug and firearm felony charges

Trayden Michael Beaghley, 19, of 337 Clark St., South Williamsport, has been locked up on felony firearm and drug charges after he was caught with two handguns without a permit, according to a detective with the county’s Narcotics Enforcement Unit. The teen had allegedly planned to sell one of the guns as well as a quarter pound of marijuana to an informant in the 1200 block of West Southern Avenue in the borough on Feb. 5, according to investigators, who intercepted Beaghley and took him into custody before the alleged sale was complete. Following his arraignment before District Judge ...

Four arrested in separate domestic disturbances

Sahmire Rafeek Teasley, 30, of 21 W. Fourth St., apartment 7, remains locked up on four charges after assaulting a woman in an East Third Street motel room in Loyalsock Township during the early morning hours of March 7, state police alleged. The trouble started when the woman attempted to kick Teasley out of the room after discovering he was allegedly “selling crack cocaine,” it was stated in an affidavit. So she could not call police or leave the room, Teasley took the woman’s cellphone and car keys, police were told. At one point, Teasley threatened her life and put her in a ...

Homeless man jailed following Williamsport stabbing

Shortly after allegedly stabbing another man in the forehead with a knife in the 400 block of Hepburn Strert in Williamsport, about 3:15 p.m. Tuesday, Kenneth Scott Outlaw, 36, who is homeless, was nabbed a few blocks west of the attack, city police said. It was alleged that Outlaw stabbed ...

Montgomery man allegedly threatened to slash woman’s throat

During an argument with a woman in his home on Feb. 12, Donald Ellis Coles, 51, of 56 High St. in Montgomery, threatened to slash her throat, state police alleged in an affidavit filed at the office of District Judge Kirsten Gardner. Following his arraignment on charges of terroristic ...