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Jersey Shore man charged with robbery

Kris Worden, 44, of 508 Railroad St., Jersey Shore, has been arrested on charges of robbing a care-dependent man by throwing a blanket over his head and forcibly taking his wallet from him in the victim’s Woodward Township home Nov. 30, state police alleged in an affidavit. Police said Worden took an estimated $1,000 from the wallet before he was contacted and told to return the wallet by the victim’s care provider, police alleged. Following a recent preliminary hearing before Dieter, Worden was held for court on felony charges of robbery, burglary, trespassing and one misdemeanor ...

Charges filed after two children in Williamsport were left home alone

Christine Brigida, 31, of 1304 Scott St., Williamsport, has been charged with two counts of endangering the welfare of a child for leaving her two children, ages 1 and 8, unattended at home for about an hour while she went on an errand about 12:15 a.m. Sunday, city police alleged in an affidavit. Following her arraignment before Biichle, Brigida was committed to the Lycoming County Prison in lieu of $15,000 bail.

Driver charged with hit-run following two-vehicle crash on Lycoming Creek Road

Jonathan Scott Weigel, 38, of 2200 Lycoming Creek Road, has been charged with accidents involving damage to attended vehicle (hit-run) after he allegedly fled the scene of a crash in which his Subaru Impreza struck another vehicle in the 1900 block of Lycoming Creek Road on Dec. 15, according to Lycoming Regional police. He has since waived his preliminary hearing before Solomon and is free on $5,000 bail.

Trout Run area man faces forgery charge

Noah Thomas Daniels, 30, of 2043 Pleasant Stream Road, Trout Run, has been arrested on a felony charge of forgery after he passed a counterfeit $100 at the 7-Eleven, 1601 Dewey Ave., in Old Lycoming Township on Jan. 22, Lycoming Regional police said. After handing the bill to an employee, Daniels fled the store, police said. He has since been held for court on the charge following a preliminary hearing before Solomon and is free on $15,000 bail.

Williamsport woman charged with identity theft

Kaitlyn Marie Thorne, 28, of 927 Arch St., apartment 3, faces several charges for illegally using another woman’s credit card to make $90 worth of purchases at the 7-Eleven, 4 E. Mountain Ave., South Williamsport, on Aug. 29, borough police alleged in a criminal complaint. Charged with identity theft, access device fraud, theft and receiving stolen property, Thorne has waived her preliminary hearing before District Judge Gary Whiteman and is free on $5,000 bail.

Williamsport woman charged with theft after being fired from job

When Chase Lynn Saiers was terminated from Bella Vita Caregiving Services in Loyalsock Township, she was told her last paycheck would be Dec. 19, state police said in an affidavit. However, the 29-year-old woman “was never taken off the payroll and therefore was able to gain access to what would have been her next paycheck,” a state trooper said in the court document. Between Dec. 15 and Dec, 31, Sairers, of 706 Second Ave., Williamsport, made “a total of 10 transactions totaling $678 involving the paycheck” for which she was not entitled, police alleged. Attempts by her former ...