Police investigate
failed break-in
SHEPPTON - State police at Frackville said a burglar attempted to break in to the Sheppton American Legion in East Union Township early Thursday but failed.
The incident occurred at 12:40 a.m Thursday at the headquarters, just off Route 924. Anyone with information can call state police at 570-874-5300.
2 drivers injured
in 2-car crash
HOMETOWN - A Slatington man is facing charges by Rush Township police after a crash about 7:15 a.m. Wednesday off Claremont Avenue at Route 309 and Tide Road.
Police said Andrew T. Afflerbach, 19, was driving north on Claremont Avenue when he failed to stop for a red light at the intersection and struck a vehicle driven by Lois M. Mlyneck, 54, of Barnesville, who was turning off Tide Road onto Route 309.
Both drivers suffered minor injuries and both vehicles were towed from the scene, police said, adding that charges against Afflerbach are pending.
Wal-Mart thefts
result in 3 cited
HOMETOWN - Three people were charged by Rush Township police stemming from incidents at Wal-Mart earlier this month.
Police said Robert Doyle, 29, of Mahanoy City, was charged with retail theft and receiving stolen property for stealing a telephone valued at $100 on March 18 while Cecelia Sell, 32, also of Mahanoy City, was charged with retail theft and receiving stolen property after stealing items from the store valued at $749.85 on March 19.
On Wednesday, police said they charged Christopher A. Kerr, 24, of Coaldale, with retail theft, possessing instruments of crime and receiving stolen property after he stole items valued at $663.11.
Kerr is also facing additional charges of retail theft and receiving stolen property for stealing merchandise valued at $59.99 from the shoe department less than 30 minutes after the prior theft.
All three will now have to answer to the charges before Magisterial District Judge Stephen J. Bayer, Tamaqua.
False officer
sought by police
DEER LAKE - State police at Schuylkill Haven are investigating an incident where a man impersonated a police officer about 10 p.m. Saturday in the southbound lanes of Route 61, just north of Penn Street in West Brunswick Township.
Police said a white man in his late 30s or early 40s used a vehicle with red and white lights to stop a vehicle driven by a woman, approached her and inferred he was a police officer and asked for her driver's license and other credentials.
The man told the woman he pulled her over because she was flicking cigarette ashes out of the window and that he was giving her a warning for littering, police said.
The man then got back into his vehicle, made a U-turn and left the area traveling north on Route 61, police said, adding that he did not attempt to lure the woman to another location or take her into custody.
The man is described as being between 6 feet 3 inches and 6 feet 4 inches tall, having a medium to muscular building, a bald or clean-shaven head and no facial hair. He was wearing a black T-shirt and blue jeans.
Anyone with information is asked to call state police at 570-739-1330.
Bus strikes cars
parked due to ice
TAMAQUA - A New Tripoli man escaped injury when the 2008 school bus he was driving was involved in a crash about 7:40 a.m. Wednesday on Catawissa Road, just south of Mountain Road in Walker Township.
State police at Frackville said Earl Ohl, 55, was driving the bus owned by Kistler Transportation of New Ringgold downhill on Catawissa Road in icy conditions when his vehicle slid into a 2001 Kia Forte owned by Sharon Coleman, Tuscarora. The bus pushed her car into the side of a 2006 Dodge Charger owned by John Daukshus, Tamaqua.
Police said there were no children on the bus and that the vehicles of Coleman and Daukshus were unoccupied, both disabled on the west side of the road due to the ice.
Man reports
2 weapon thefts
CUMBOLA - State police at Frackville are investigating the theft of two weapons from a home at 170 Market St. that occurred some time during the last two years.
Police said John B. Reed reported someone stole an Action Arms Ltd. 9 mm semi-automatic pistol and an H&R 22 caliber semi-automatic pistol.
Anyone with information on these weapons or about the theft is asked to call police at 570-874-5300.
Police charge 2
for DUI incidents
FRACKVILLE - West Mahanoy Township police charged one man with DUI while another is facing DUI charges after separate incidents in their coverage area.
Police said they stopped a vehicle driven by John Neary, 47, of Frackville, on March 12 at Route 61 and Third Street in Frackville and found the man to be under the influence. A blood test determined Neary was under the influence and charges were filed with Magisterial District Judge Christina E. Hale, Frackville.
On Tuesday, police said they received a report of a reckless driver on Route 924 at Heights Hill and pulled over the vehicle driven by Joseph S. Casserly, 52, of Shenandoah Heights. Police said Casserly appeared to be under the influence and was taken to Schuylkill Medical Center-South Jackson Street.
DUI charges are pending the results of a blood test, police said.
Man to be cited
for 1-car crash
FRACKVILLE - West Mahanoy Township police will cite a Barnesville man for a crash that occurred about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday on the Morea Road.
Police said Warren Seddon, 64, of 140 Locust Lake Road, was driving east when he went off the road and into a ditch and hit two PennDOT signs and a pole before coming to a stop.
Seddon was treated at the scene by Frackville EMS.