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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 ...

Crashed SUV found abandoned in Williamsport

When Williamsport police and firefighters arrived on the scene of this single-vehicle crash at Beeber Street and Terrace Place about 7:50 a.m. Sunday, the driver had already fled. It was uncertain when the crash occurred, police said. The GMC Yukon went off the road, down a slight ...

16 recently sentenced in Lycoming County

State Prison Brennan S. Gundrum, Lycoming County Prison, 36 to 72 months for delivery of a controlled substance, conspiracy to delivery of a controlled substance, possession with intent to deliver and possession of a controlled substance. Anthony Harkinson, SCI – Rockview, one to three ...

Newberry home hit by multiple bullets

No one was was injured when multiple gunshots were fired at an occupied home near Dove Street and Prospect Avenue, in the city's Newberry neighborhood, about 8:30 p.m. Friday, Williamsport police said. A bullet went though at least one window, and at least three others left small holes in ...