Police charge
man for DUI
TAMAQUA - A Bangor man was charged with DUI by state police at Frackville about 10 p.m. Nov. 16 after officers received a report of a careless driver on Route 309.
Police said Monday that Michael H. Ortoski, 54, will have to answer to the charge before Magisterial District Judge Stephen J. Bayer, Tamaqua.
Police said they saw a vehicle driven by Ortoski shortly after hearing a radio broadcast by the Schuylkill County Communications Center about an erratic driver approaching Tamaqua traveling north on Route 309.
The vehicle was stopped and Ortoski found to be intoxicated, police said.
Assisting were police from Tamaqua and Rush Township.