2 injured in
2-vehicle crash
LENHARTSVILLE — A Hamburg man and woman were injured Monday in a two-vehicle crash on Penn Street, state police in Hamburg said.
James P. Tierney Jr., 78, of New Ringgold, was driving a 2004 Peterbilt truck at 11:16 a.m. and was crossing Penn Street from the north side of the road to enter the driveway of Peters Brothers Trucking, a quarter-mile west of Route 143.
A 2015 Honda CVR driven by Werner A. Piede, 89, of Hamburg, was traveling west on Penn Street, police said. Tierney failed to observe Piede’s vehicle and started to cross the roadway when, according to police, Piede observed the truck crossing and accidentally hit the accelerator. Piede swerved his vehicle left and struck the rear of Tierney’s trailer in the eastbound lane of Penn Street. Piede’s vehicle then went off the south side of the road, through a gravel parking lot and struck an embankment. Tierney continued into the driveway of Peters Brothers Trucking.
Piede and his passenger, Rosalie A. Piede, 83, also of Hamburg, were transported to Lehigh Valley Hospital by Hamburg Ambulance, police said.
A nursing supervisor at Lehigh Valley said Werner Piede was still in the emergency room at 6 p.m. Monday, while the hospital had no record of Rosalie Piede.
Tierney was not injured.
Neither driver was charged, according to police.
Woman dies in
motorcycle crash
CARSONVILLE — A New Bloomfield woman died after crashing her motorcycle on Clarks Valley Road in Rush Township, state police in Lykens said.
Shannon E. Lehman, 26, was traveling west on Route 325 (Clarks Valley Road) at 9 p.m. Aug. 9 when she lost control of her 2009 Yamaha R-6 and traveled off the roadway on the westbound side.
Lehman’s motorcycle continued to travel off the roadway until striking a downed tree lying on the westbound embankment, police said. The motorcycle was traveling at a high rate of speed and struck the tree with a sufficient amount of force, causing Lehman to be flung from the bike, police said.
According to police, Lehman and the motorcycle traveled through the air, with the vehicle landing on the westbound embankment and the driver landing on the westbound shoulder.
Lehman died at the scene, police said. She was wearing a helmet.
The Dauphin County Coroner’s Office, Tower-Porter EMS, Medic 6, Sheridan, Orwin, and Middle Paxton fire departments and Teter Towing assisted at the scene.
Police released the accident report Monday.
Police arrest city
man on warrant
Pottsville police reported that about 9:15 a.m. Monday officers arrested Charles Stanley Brilla III, 23, at his 821 Water St. residence pursuant to an existing felony warrant for his participation in the delivery of methamphetamine in the city.
Police said that when Brilla was taken into custody, officers found him to be in possession of drug paraphernalia including a scale and multiple resealable baggies commonly used to package illegal drugs and consistent with those used in the prior drug delivery charge.
Police said that an additional misdemeanor charge of possession of drug paraphernalia will be filed against Brilla with Magisterial District Judge James K. Reiley, Pottsville.
At the time of his arrest, police said, Brilla also had an outstanding arrest warrant issued by the Schuylkill County courts for failure to appear.
He was committed to Schuylkill County Prison on that charge and later arraigned by Reiley on the felony delivery charge.
On that charge, Reiley set bail at $15,000 with a preliminary hearing pending at a later date in his Pottsville courtroom.
Police also said that during the warrant service, officers made contact with Keith Wykle, 27, of Pottsville, who was found to be in possession of drug paraphernalia.
A charge of misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia will be filed against Wykle with Reiley, police said.
Pottsville man
jailed for assault
A Pottsville man was jailed after being charged by Pottsville police for a domestic assault that was reported about noon Tuesday.
Police said a 26-year-old Branchdale woman reported that her former boyfriend, Jamal Singletary, 23, assaulted her the previous evening.
The woman said she was sleeping in her car in the area of Third and Race streets when she was approached by Singletary, who she was verbally arguing with earlier in the evening.
Police said the woman reported that she agreed to drive Singletary to a home on the east side of Pottsville and, as they were driving and continuing to argue, the man tried to remove the keys from the car but only grabbed the remote attachment and threw it out of the window.
When the woman stopped the car in the area of Third and Laurel streets, she said, Singletary repeatedly struck her on the head and face, causing bruising and swelling to her face as well as a laceration to her ear, police said.
The woman received treatment at a local medical facility for her injuries. Police said a complaint was prepared against Singletary charging him with domestic violence-simple assault.
Singletary was taken into custody about 2 p.m. Tuesday in the 200 block of North Centre Street and found to be in possession of methamphetamine, marijuana and drug paraphernalia.
He was arraigned on the assault charge by Magisterial District Judge David A. Plachko, Port Carbon, and committed to Schuylkill County Prison unable to post 10 percent of $25,000 bail.
Police said that future charges will be filed against Singletary related to the drug and paraphernalia possessions.