A Unityville man who, in December 2023, pleaded guilty to animal cruelty and other charges, satisfactorily completed his court mandated Accelerated Rehabilitation Disposition for the Jan. 2020 murder of one bovine cow and the wounding of a second, granting him expungement of his record, ...
City firefighters rushed to the four-story Berkshire Apartment Building at 801 W. Fourth St. when a smoldering flower pot used to burn incense activated a smoke detector about 1:40 a.m. Thursday, according to fire officials. The flower pot was in a first-floor apartment and created a heavy smoke condition. Exhaust fans were used to clear smoke from the building. The incident was quickly brought under control, but a tenant in an upstairs apartment suffered minor smoke inhalation and was treated either at the scene or at UPMC Williamsport, officials said. There was no fire damage to ...
Four family members, including a great-grandmother, along with a juvenile relative who was visiting, all safely fled an Old Lycoming Township home on Sholder Ave. when a fire erupted in a crawl-space attic about 2:20 p.m. Saturday, according to township Deputy Fire Chief Joseph Hope and Lycoming Regional Patrolman Michael Engel. The fire was at James Johnston’s home at 1801 Sholder Ave. broke out about 2:20 p.m. and was declared under by 2:40 p.m. When Engel arrived on the scene, there was heavy smoke pouring from under the eaves. Johnston, 65, and his mother, Marian Johnston, ...
Charges continue to mount against city man A new set of theft-related charges have been filed by city police against David Murrell Smith, 63, of 334 Walnut St., apartment 1, who is accused of stealing another person’s cellphone at business, according to an affidavit filed at the office of ...
HUGHESVILLE - Volunteer firefighters were battling a two-alarm house fire at 152 N. Main St. that broke out about 8 p.m. Thursday. There were reports of smoke showing from the property as well flames from a bathroom. A second-alarm was ordered about 8:15 p.m., but the fire was declared ...
COLLOMSVILLE — Responding to grave concerns over deplorable living conditions for dozens of animals inside a Limestone Township property, the county’s dog warden and officers with the local SPCA paid a surprised visit and executed a search warrant on Nov. 6 at the home of Andrew and Linda Schuler at 168 Wells Road which resulted in the seizure of 46 cats and 29 dogs, all allegedly neglected, according to court records. The dogs were described as Pekingese, Shih Tzu, and Pomeranian mixed-breed, investigators said. “It was the first time any law enforcement officers had been able ...
