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Nine charged with drug offenses

Nine people have been charged with various drug offenses, according to court records that were recently made public. Those charged were: Thomas Eugene Pittman, 43, of 1146 W. Fourth St.; the county’s Narcotics Enforcement Unit (NEU); delivery of $100 worth of cocaine to an informant, ...

Two women accused of giving false testimony during trial

During Bradley Rinker’s trial in October on charges of indecent assault involving a minor and related offenses, his 34-year-old wife, Miranda Nicole Rinker, and a second woman, Felicia Nicole Auman, 33, both gave false testimony as defense witnesses, it was alleged in court documents ...

Williamsport man charged with shoplifting at Old Lycoming supermarket

Christopher Keith Tawney, 29, of 2323 Newberry St., has been charged with misdemeanor shoplifting after he fled the Weis Market at 1916 Lycoming Creek with $156 worth of merchandise on Dec. 2, Lycoming Regional police alleged in an affidavit. He has since waived his preliminary hearing before District Judge William Solomon and is free on $5,000 bail.

One hurt in early morning vehicle crash

The woman driving this Cadillac was taken by ambulance to UPMC Williamsport to get treated for minor injuries she suffered when her car crashed into 1162 W. Fourth St. Williamsport, about 6:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to city police. Both the car and the front of the building, which used to ...

Charges filed in separate domestic disturbances

Summer Rain Deitrich, 22, of 41 Ross Road, Montgomery, has been arrested on state police charges of simple assault and harassment for repeatedly striking a man in the face in the couple’s Clinton Township home while she chased him during a domestic disturbance about 4 a.m. on Jan. 30, ...