City man jailed
in incident
A city man was jailed Wed-nesday following his arrest by Pottsville police stemming from a burglary report at 12:25 a.m. at 39 Peacock St.
Arriving at the scene, police said officers talked to a woman who said her ex-boyfriend, Daniel Larkin, 36, tried to kick in her back door while showing a knife and hollering that if he got inside he was going to "kill" her. Larkin fled before police arrived, and based on information received from the woman and observations at the scene, a criminal complaint was prepared charging the man with felony attempted burglary, felony attempted aggravated assault, attempted criminal trespass, terroristic threats, simple assault, criminal mischief and disorderly conduct.
Larkin was taken into custody in his home at 522 Laurel Terrace about 9:30 a.m. and arraigned by Magisterial District Judge James K. Reiley, Pottsville, police said. He was committed to Schuylkill County Prison unable to post $20,000 straight cash bail set by Reiley on the criminal charges.
Police said Larkin was also charged with indirect criminal contempt for violating a Protection From Abuse order that was issued Tuesday in Schuylkill County court. For that violation, Reiley set bail at $10,000 straight cash, police said.
2 injured in crash
in Cass Township
MINERSVILLE - Two people suffered minor injuries when a car and truck collided at Sunbury Road and Forest Lane in Cass Township at 2:15 p.m. Tuesday, police said.
State police at Frackville said Elisa R. Williams, 28, of Pottsville, was driving a 2004 Hyundai Elantra when she pulled from the intersection to turn left onto Route 901 and drove into the path of a 2000 Freightliner truck driven east on Route 901 by Jordan J. Kaufman, 23, of Tremont.
Kaufman was unable to avoid a collision and collided with the Williams car, causing it to spin clockwise before coming to a stop, police said.
Police said Williams and a 1-year-old child in her car suffered minor injuries, and a small boy was also in the vehicle at the time. Both children were in child safety seats, police said.
Kaufman and his passenger, Robert Klouser, 41, also of Tremont, were not injured, police said.
Citation filed
in city accident
Pottsville police investigated a crash that occurred at Third and West Market streets at 1:40 p.m. Wednesday.
Police said David Heffner, 20, of Pottsville, was driving a 2005 Chevrolet Cavalier East on Market Street when he tried to make a left turn onto Third Street and drove into the path of a 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt that was westbound on Market Street and driven by Kelly Brenneman, 35, of Florida.
No one was injured, but both vehicles were towed from the scene and police said Heffner will be cited for a left-turn violation.