STATE POLICE AT PHILIPSBURG
A 17-year-old girl from Weedville will face drug possession charges after police said they found marijuana in her vehicle after she drove back a driveway that was posted as private along Buffalo Drive, Taylor Township, at 9 p.m. July 25.
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Police said they charged a 53-year-old man with simple assault against a 27-year-old woman at 8:30 p.m. July 27 along South Eagle Valley Road, Worth Township.
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Someone struck a parked car along Pine Street in Philipsburg Borough and fled the scene, according to police. Troopers said they believe a blue car struck a legally parked vehicle along the side of East Pine Street near Second Street at 9:52 p.m. Aug. 8. No one was in the parked car vehicle when it was hit.
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Cody J. Ogden, of Munson, will face a citation of harassment after police said he subjected a 25-year-old Munson woman to “unwanted physical contact” at 3631 Casanova Road, Rush Township, at 6:30 a.m. Aug. 9.
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No one was hurt in a three-vehicle crash on Aug. 10 at Halfmoon Valley Road and Granny Lane in Halfmoon Township, police said. Tina M. Brown, of Port Matilda, was stopped on the road at 10:35 a.m. trying to make a left turn when her pickup truck and trailer was struck from behind by a car driven by Avery M. Witt, of Port Matilda, police said. Neither driver nor Brown’s passenger, Scott A. Frank, of Port Matilda, were hurt, but Witt’s car sustained heavy damage.
STATE POLICE AT ROCKVIEW
A Bellefonte man crashed and abandoned his motorcycle along Fillmore Road, Patton Township, at 7 a.m. Aug. 3, police said. Troopers said Christopher R. McMinn, 58, struck a fence about 20 feet off the road after failing to heed a stop sign at the intersection with Fox Hill Road. Police said McMinn then fled the scene. Penn State police found the motorcycle and investigators eventually caught up with McMinn at Mount Nittany Medical Center at 10:30 a.m. A report said he suffered minor injuries.
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Police said they will charge a 57-year-old Howard man with criminal mischief after he damaged a property with an ATV along Lynn Lane, Howard Township, at 6:17 p.m. Aug. 5.
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Troopers said they arrested a 39-year-old Michigan man when they stopped him along Interstate 80 in Boggs Township on Aug. 6 and found him to have outstanding warrants.
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Adrienne Biddle, 50, of Bellefonte, told state police someone used her credit card to buy various things on May 22.
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Police said they administered naloxone to a Spring Mills man they said had consumed prescription painkillers at a residence along Old Route 322 in Potter Township. Troopers said they responded to the location at 6:42 a.m. Aug. 8, and found Bryton Fegley, 20, was unresponsive and turning blue when he was discovered by family members. Officers administered naloxone and Penns Valley EMS assisted at the scene, transporting him to Mount Nittany Medical Center.
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A Scranton man was seriously hurt in a crash along Penns Valley Road in Haines Township at 12:15 p.m. Aug. 9, police said. Thomas C. Horlacher was traveling east when his vehicle traveled off the road and struck a concrete culvert. Police said his car spun 90 degrees then turned onto its roof. Horlacher had to be extracted from his vehicle by emergency responders and flown from the scene to Geisinger Medical Facility. The Millheim fire department, Penns Valley EMS and Kupples Towing assisted at the scene.
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Ernest J. Snyder Jr., of Hermitage, was picked up on an arrest warrant for charges relating to alleged rape at 3:27 p.m. Aug. 10 along The Meadows Drive in Potter Township. He was placed in the Centre County Correctional Facility on $250,000 bail.
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Suhas A. Banavar, of State College, faces charges of strangulation, terroristic threats, harassment and disorderly conduct after police said he was involved in a domestic dispute with a Bellefonte woman at 147 Dixon Road, Benner Township, at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 12. He was placed in the Centre County Correctional Facility on $10,000 straight bail.
-Compiled by Sean Yoder