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Published: Friday, November 28, 2008 3:38 AM EST
Heater taken

State police at Towanda said someone removed a yellow “salamander”-type heater from the front porch of Roland Wood, 74, of Canton, sometime between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. Nov. 14 on state Route 3027 in Canton Township.

An investigation is ongoing and anyone with additional information is asked to contact police at (570) 265-2186.

Money taken


State police at Towanda said someone took $69 in cash from an office at the Bradford County Manor sometime between 4 p.m. Nov. 14 and 8 a.m. Nov. 17 on Route 6 in West Burlington Township.

An investigation is continuing.

Theft reported

State police at Towanda said someone removed the post, stop sign and both street signs from the intersections of Seeley and Glory Barn roads and Baptist Church and Dreste roads in Canton Township sometime between Nov. 1 and 11.

Camera taken

State police at Towanda said someone removed a game camera from the property of Craig Route, 37, of Canton, sometime between 2 p.m. Nov. 15 and 3 p.m. Nov. 16 on Lower Mountain Road in Canton Township.

An investigation is ongoing and anyone with additional information is asked to contact police at (570) 265-2186.

Crash reported

No one was injured in a one-vehicle crash at 6:14 p.m. Nov. 23 on Brownback Road in Burlington Township, said state police at Towanda.

Police said Laura Ingrasssia, 18, of Athens was driving east and lost control of her 2000 Dodge Neon for an unknown reason. It left the road, went backward and went over an embankment on the southern edge of the road. It rolled over and came to rest on its roof facing north.

No one injured

State police at Towanda said no one was injured in a one-vehicle crash at 7:30 a.m. Nov. 23 in LeRoy Township.

Police said a 17-year-old female was driving west on Route 414, was negotiating a left-hand curve in the snow-covered road, and lost control of her 2003 Nissan Altima. It fishtailed to the south side of the road, spun and hit a guardrail off the eastbound lane of the road with its front-end passenger side. It bounced and hit the guardrail with its passenger-side rear end, and came to rest.

Ulster man cited for harassment

Philip J. Cole, 36, of Ulster has been cited for harassment, police said.

The citation was issued because Cole threatened 32-year-old Timothy Bartholomew of Monroeton with bodily harm, police said.

The incident occurred at 10:01 p.m. on Nov. 16, police said.

Theft reported

Several items were removed in a reported burglary/theft at the residence of Shirley Grantier, 52, and Robert Grantier, 56, of Troy, sometime between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. Nov. 17 on Iron Mine Road in Columbia Township, state police at Towanda said.

Police said an investigation is ongoing and anyone with additional information is asked to contact police at (570) 265-2186.

No one injured in crash

State police at Towanda said Shane Kristopher Hetzel, 31, of Canton wasn’t injured in a one-vehicle accident at 9:48 p.m. Nov. 19 on Route 14 in Canton Township.

Police said he was driving a 2001 Honda Civic south and it went off the left side of the road, striking a tree head-on. He was taken into custody for DUI, police said. Charges are pending. His vehicle was disabled.

Tailgate taken

State police at Towanda said someone took a dark blue tailgate from the truck of George Burkholder, 69, of Dushore, while it was parked sometime between noon on Nov. 15 and noon on Nov. 18 on state Route 87 at the L.D. Wood Design parking lot in Dushore, Sullivan County.

The truck is a dark blue 1999 Ford F-250. Anyone with information is asked to contact police at (570) 946-4610.

Waverly man charged with drug possession

Peter L. Venegas, 27, of Waverly, N.Y., has been charged with possession or distribution of a small amount of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, according to Athens Borough Police.

The charges stem from an incident at 4:24 a.m. on Nov. 11 on state Route 220 in Greens Landing, police said. Athens Township police made contact with Venegas and, aware of a warrant for Venegas’ arrest, contacted Athens Borough Police, who took Venegas into custody, police said. A subsequent search of Venegas’ person resulted in the discovery of a small amount of marijuana and a glass multicolored pipe containing marijuana residue in his backpack, police said.

Venegas is scheduled to appear in court on Dec. 2 in District Magisterial Judge Michael Shaw’s office.

Beer taken from cabin

According to Towanda State Police, sometime between Oct. 25 and Nov. 11 someone forcibly entered a cabin belonging to Peter Schramm of Philadelphia and removed a half a case of Rolling Rock beer. The person then left through a side door, police said.

The person left fingerprints behind at the scene, which were collected and sent to the state police lab in Wyoming for analysis, police said. Charges may be filed in conjunction with a fingerprint match, police said.

Vehicle crash in Sullivan County

According to Laporte State Police, Laura Belle White, 28, of Dushore crashed her 2000 Plymouth Breeze after hitting a patch of ice on state Route 87 in Colley Township, Sullivan County, at 5:30 a.m. on Nov. 19. The vehicle fishtailed several times before hitting a utility pole and coming to final rest among trees off an embankment, police said.

The vehicle sustained heavy damage to the passenger-side panel area, police said.

Gillett man cited for harassment

According to Towanda State Police, Robert Lepkoske, 37, of Gillett has been cited with harassment stemming from an incident at 7:40 p.m. on Oct. 18. Lepkoske is accused of shoving and slapping Suzette Ferris, 36, of Gillett, following a verbal argument between the two, police said.



 
 

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BCTaxpayer wrote on Nov 28, 2008 6:05 AM:

" Maybe there is more to the story... but why are my tax dollars paying for a CSI analysis in the theft of half a case of beer from a seasonal cabin?? I'm all for giving our guys everything they need to protect our community, but come on, is there really nothing better to investigate than an out-of-towner's missing beer? "

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