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New charges lodged against Lycoming County prison inmate

More charges have been lodged against Lycoming County Prison inmate Joshua David Vroman, 32, of 7948 Route 14, Trout Run, according to court records filed by state police at Whiteman’s office. He has now been charged with felony criminal mischief as well as simple assault and harassment ...

Loyalsock Township motel disturbances results in charged filed against man

Called to investigate a disturbance at a motel at 2019 E. Third St. about 9:40 p.m. on Sept. 6, state troopers wanted to question Michael Willi Wright Jr., but he was locked in a room by himself and refused to open the door, according to an affidavit. After seeing Wright “consume several ...

Charges filed against Williamsport woman who allegedly ran from police

After a city police officer detained her and ordered her to remain on the curb in the 600 block of Washington Boulevard on Oct. 7, fugitive Tierra Nicole Lyons, who had given the officer a false identification, fled on foot, running through multiple yards and jumping over several fences, it ...

11 recently charged with DUI in Lycoming County

11 motorists have been charged with DUI, according to court records. Those charged were: Joshua Paul Maguire, 24, of Timonium, Md.; Lycoming Regional Police at Level Corners Road and Route 220 North in Piatt Township on Sept. 1, 2025; also charged with two summary offenses. Karen Anna ...

Domestic disturbance lands Shrewsbury Township man in jail

A domestic disturbance between Philip Lee Ruiz and a woman inside the couple’s Shrewsbury Township home at 12131 Route 220 about 11 p.m. on Oct. 19 turned violent when Ruiz punched her “in the head and head and face multiple times,” state police alleged in an affidavit. “I could just ...

Sullivan County volunteer firefighter killed in weekend crash

DUSHORE - When volunteer firefighters arrived Saturday afternoon at the scene of a single-vehicle fatal crash on Route 87, they quickly realized that the deceased driver was a man who had joined their fire company just two months ago, according to Fire Chief John Yonkin. Michael Hanley, ...