Traffic stop
yields drug charge
MAHANOY CITY - A vehicle stop by Mahanoy City police at B and Market streets about 10 p.m. Oct. 5 led to drug charges being filed against a Spring Glen man.
Police said Kevin A. Herb, 39, of 2638 Main St., Box 56, was charged with possession of a controlled substance and stop and yield sign violations.
After stopping the vehicle for a violation, officers asked Herb to exit the vehicle because he failed to produce a driver's license. During the stop, officers said a large white pill was found inside Herb's wallet and sent to the Pennsylvania State Police Crime Laboratory for identification,
The pill was determined to be Acetaminophen and Dihydrocodeinone, a Schedule III controlled substance, police said.
2 men caught
urinating in public
SHENANDOAH - Two men were charged by Shenandoah police with disorderly conduct after an incident at 4:50 p.m. Sunday in the unit block of East Lloyd Street.
Police said William Smith, 59, of 620 W. Penn St., Shenandoah, and Thomas McCabe, 29, of 21 W. Main St., Ringtown, will have to answer to the charge before Magisterial District Judge Anthony J. Kilker, Shenandoah.
Police said officers on patrol saw the men urinating on the sidewalk and then walking into the One Stop Shop.
To justify their actions, police said both men said the bathroom inside the One Stop Shop was out of order.
2 suffer injuries
in vehicle crash
HAMBURG - State police at Hamburg investigated a one-vehicle crash that occurred on North End Road, just south of River Road in Centre Township, Berks County, about 12:50 p.m. Sunday.
Police said David J. Clark, 27, of Hamburg, was driving a 2012 Jeep Liberty south when he lost control on the wet road, causing the SUV to go off the road and hit an embankment and then a large tree.
Clark and one of his passengers - Caitlin Clark, 24, of Hamburg - suffered minor injuries while another passenger - a Hamburg boy who was secured in a child safety seat - was not hurt.
All three were taken to St. Joseph's Hospital, Reading, by Hamburg EMS, police said, adding that David Clark will be cited for driving at an unsafe speed.