A woman was left homeless Thursday night when fire destroyed her residence at 730 Starr Road, less than a mile off of Warrensville Road, in Loyalsock Township. "She was helped out by neighbors. She brought one of her dogs out with her, but at least two others are believed to have ...
DUSHORE — Responding to a violent crash Tuesday afternoon, members of the Dushore Volunteer Fire Company were heartbroken when they arrived and realized that a a former fire chief, Frank Yonkin, and his wife were both killed in the accident. The crash occurred just inside Bradford ...
Lee Matthew Winters, 30, and his fiancee, Janelle Bertin, 53, were taken into custody Tuesday afternoon at their Jersey Shore home at 117 N. Broad St. Jersey Shore, on four felony charges, accusing them of causing an estimated $18,000 worth of damage to two HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) units outside the Tiadaghton Inn at 1120 Allegheny St. in the borough, Lycoming Regional police said. The damage was done during the early morning hours Friday when the two conspired to remove from the units copper and scrap metal that they loaded into a shopping cart that they ...
Joseph Winfield, 42, of 2500 Federal Ave., apartment 276, has been jailed on high bail for brutally assaulting a 4-year-old child on two occasions in his apartment, city police alleged in an affidavit filed at the office of District Judge Christian Frey. As the child screamed and cried, Winfield first struck him and then proceeded to punch him seven times last Christmas Eve, police alleged. The other assault took place on July 29 when Winfield came out of a bedroom and struck the child “in the side of the head hard enough that the child and the highchair he was sitting in tipped over ...
Roland Alexander Zerbe, 30, of 820 Fifth Ave., has been locked up on charges of allegedly pointing a handgun at another man during a disturbance in the 800 block of Fourth Avenue about 12:20 a.m. Friday, city police said. Following his arraignment before District Judge William Solomon on charges of recklessly endangering another person, possession of an instrument of crime, simple assault and person prohibited from possessing a firearm, Zerbe was committed to the Lycoming County Prison in lieu of $100,000 bail.
Kaden Zackery Deshong, 18, of 120 E. Fourth St., Williamsport, has been charged with intimidation of a witness, terroristic threats and illegal use of a cellphone after sending threatening and intimidating text messages to a confidential informant in Williamsport on Feb. 6, it was alleged in an affidavit filed by the county’s Narcotics Enforcement Unit. Following his arraignment before District Judge Aaron Biichle, Deshong, who has since waived his preliminary hearing, was initially jailed, but is now free on $15,000 bail.
