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Jersey Shore couple allegedly caused extensive damage to heating ventilation system

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 ...

Williamsport man allegedly assaulted 4-year-old child

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 ...

Charges filed after gun-pointing incident in Williamsport

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.

Williamsport teen accused of intimidating confidential informant

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.

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.