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A 50 year old Wells Township resisdent has filed
a theft complaint with State Police. The man told troopers someone entered 2
vehicles parked in his driveway and made off with a sum of cash. The incident
ocurred over this past weekend.
State Police say that a hungry thief made off
with 20 steaks from a freezer at a home on Horse Theif Road in Delmar
township, Tioga County recently. The resident of the home 42 year
old Steven Whittle told troopers that among the other items taken in the
theft are a 100 gallon sprayer and a weedwacker. The loss was valued at seven
hundred seventy five dollars.
A seasonal home located on the Chaffee Creek Gun
Club Road in Waren Township was burglerized sometime this summer. Thw owner a 58
year old New Jersey man told troopers that someone entred his property thru a
1st floor window and made off with several items.
A 30 year old Columbia Crossroads man was
recently arrested by State Police after he failed to comply with his parole
requirements, then fled to avoid apprehension in Mind August. A warrent had been
issued for his arrest in July. Daniel Peters is facing multiple
charges.
2 men are facing charges after throwing gold
balls at a motorist they were passing on State Route 487 in Colley Township,
Sullivan County. State Police say that a family was driving along
when 20 year old Anthony Lee Ritton leaned out of the vehicle he was
riding in and threw a golf ball striking and smashing his windshield. Ritton and
the driver of the vehicle 19 year old Robert Erney were found by State Police
arrested and placed in the Wyoming County Jail to await futher court
action.
39 year old Edward D. McGhee, of
Harriman, TN, was sentenced to probation for a term of 2
years, and a fine of $500.00, for theft by unlawful taking, a misdemeanor of the
first degree. McGhee was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $12,
530.00. The sentence was imposed following an earlier guilty plea. Trooper
Joseph Mitchell of the Pennsylvania State Police arrested McGhee for the offense
in September 2009 after an incident in Canton Borough. While
on probation, McGhee will be subject to supervision and monitoring by the
Bradford County Probation department.
Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania
is seeking more than $10 million in health-insurance premium increases that
would affect more than 48,900 people.The proposed increases would affect rates
among eight Blue Cross plans on Jan. 1, an official for the Wilkes-Barre-based
health insurer. In March, the nonprofit filed documents with the state
showing it ended 2009 with a surplus of $251 million. The total was down 26
percent from the $339 million surplus it reported for 2008.
The Chemung County Buildings and Grounds Department announced today that they
will begin taking the County Fairgrounds Boat/Vehicle Storage applications on
Tuesday, September 7th. Storage space is available for rent from
October 15th 2010 - April 15th 2011. For more information and an
application, call the Buildings and Grounds Department at 607-737-2843. http://www.chemungcounty.com/usr/PDF/BG/storage%20application.pdf
State Police and municipal Police
Departments along with the Bradford County DUI Task Force will be out in mass
over the Labor Day Holiday weekend. If you plan on celebrating and partying
please don't drink and rive. Sobriety checkpoints and roving patrols will be
highly visible this weekend.
State police put 198 trucks
out of service during a one-day statewide inspection last week.
The
Commonwealth Rural Roads and State Highways detail, which police Commissioner
Frank E. Pawlowski called C.R.A.S.H., was conducted Aug. 25. The statewide enforcement
teams inspected 1,263 commercial vehicles. In addition to placing
vehicles out of service, troopers placed 34 drivers out of service and issued
643 traffic citations and 1,502 written warnings. The most common
violations were brakes out of adjustment and inoperative exterior
lights.
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