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Charges filed against Jersey Shore area man following hit-run

John W. White III, 37, of 2737 Rauchtown Road, Jersey Shore, has been charged with two counts of criminal mischief as well as one summary charge of criminal trespassing in which he caused an estimated $1,086 in property damage at the rear of 230 State St. and also caused an additional ...

Montoursville woman alleged damaged ex-boyfriend’s car

When she punched her ex-boyfriend’s car outside her Montoursville home about 5 p.m. on July 28, Rachelle Annae Smith left a “fist-sized dent on the hood,” borough police alleged in a court document. The estimated damage to the vehicle was $1,700, borough police said. Smith, 33, of 417 ...

Williamsport man jailed after alleged solicitation of children

Led to believe he was texting a 13-year-old girl, Daniel Ade requested that the two engage in various sexual acts, it was alleged in a Williamsport city police affidavit. Investigators said that beginning in October, Ade, 57, and “the teen” exchanged a series of text messages which ...

Inmate at Allenwood convicted for attack on corrections officers

An avowed terrorist pleaded guilty to offenses related to a 2020 attack on correctional officers at the U.S. Penitentiary Allenwood. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and the National Security Division of the Department of Justice said that Abdulrahman El ...

Running fugitive nabbed quickly by Williamsport police

Standing at West Fourth and Park streets about 12:30 p.m. on Oct. 4, fugitive Tramane Moore, wanted on two bench warrants, saw a city police officer getting out of a cruiser so he took off running, according to an affidavit. Moore, 36, who has been arrested at least three times for ...

Williamsport man sentenced to 10 years in state prison for 2024 assault

After several continuances, a city man, who removed his clothes during a June 2024 arraignment before District Judge Denise Dieter, has been sentenced to 57 months to ten years in state prison, Lycoming County Judge Eric Linhardt ruled Friday afternoon. In March 2025, Brian Carr, 50, of Williamsport, was found guilty of two felony counts of aggravated indecent assault and a summary count of disorderly conduct for sexually assaulting a female victim in her Jersey Shore home in March 2024. At the outset of the hearing, Carr attempted to enter a plea of insanity, which was swiftly ...