Man faces charges
after incident
MAHANOY CITY - A borough man was arrested by Mahanoy City police and charged after an incident on Friday.
Police said Marc R. Corona, 19, of 118 W. Mahanoy Ave., was charged with corruption of minors, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and underage drinking and will have to answer before Magisterial District Judge Anthony J. Kilker, Shenandoah.
Police said Corona was found in a car parked behind the Dollar General Store along with a 15-year-old female passenger. Inside the vehicle, police said they found synthetic marijuana, part of a "joint" and drug paraphernalia, along with two bottles of beer.
Police also said the incident occurred within 1,000 feet of a school zone.
Police investigate
pickup truck crash
LLEWELLYN - State police at Schuylkill Haven are investigating a crash that occurred at 11:59 p.m. June 7 on Washington Street, just west of Spring Street in Branch Township.
Police said a extended cab pickup truck - possibly a Chevrolet with a silver bottom, chrome front bumper, third brake light and running boards - was being driven south on Spring Street when the driver made a left turn onto Washington Street, backed up to turn around and struck a parked 2010 Nissan Sentra.
After hitting the parked car, police said the driver fled the area north on Spring Street.
Police said the truck should be missing some black plastic trim from the rear bumper and ask that anyone with information to call them at 570-739-1330.
Ringtown man
injured in crash
SHEPPTON - An Ringtown man suffered minor injuries when the 1997 Honda CR-V he was driving crashed about 5 p.m. Sunday on Green Mountain Road in East Union Township.
State police at Frackville said Neil Disabella, 81, was driving north when he went off the road while rounding a slight left curve, entered a small drainage ditch, where the vehicle continued about 200 feet with the driver's-side tires still in the ditch, and struck several small trees and a culvert before coming to a stop.
Police said Disabella, who was treated at the scene by Shenandoah EMS, will receive a citation as a result of the crash.
Man charged after
making threats
MAHANOY CITY - Mahanoy City police arrested a borough man and charged him with threatening another person about 4:30 p.m. Saturday.
Police said James Meyers Sr., 34, of 310 E. Mahanoy Ave., was charged with terroristic threats and harassment.
Police said a call was received about a man threatening another man with a knife. At the scene, police said neighbors identified Meyers as the person responsible, and when an officer was trying to talk to him, Meyers stood up and charged at him.
Meyers was taken into custody and became agitated and began to yell and curse, police said.
The victim, Darren Tonne, who resides in a church rectory at 300 E. Mahanoy Ave., reported Meyers had been drinking. Meyers became enraged when Tonne told him to stop drinking because he was drunk and also refused to allow him to take his dog for a walk for that reason, police said.
Police said that Tonne then went to a kitchen and Meyers followed, picking up a knife from a sink that was subsequently taken away by another person inside.
DUI program
reports results
The North Central PA Regional DUI Enforcement Program reported 25 vehicles were contacted and detained during a Roving DUI Patrol conducted June 6 by three officers from three departments.
One driver was tested for DUI resulting in one DUI arrest. The officer also made five traffic arrests and issued one seat belt citation and 20 warning notices.