From Staff Reports Editor’s note: The information in this article may be disturbing to some readers. LEWISTOWN — A 32-year-old man faces animal cruelty charges after police said he beheaded his cat. Timothy A. Laws, of Lewistown, was arraigned before Magisterial District Judge Jack Miller Monday on charges of aggravated assault to animals—torture, a felony […]
From Staff Reports LEWISTOWN — Santa Claus and local police led a convoy of vehicles from Burnham to the Lewistown Rec Center during the third annual Delamarter Toys for Tots drive on Wednesday. This year marks the third annual campaign, which was started by Jason Renno, general manager of Blaise Alexander, where the convoy began, […]
From Staff Reports LEWISTOWN — A 48-year-old man was sentenced to 40 months in prison for drug offenses and owning a firearm when he was prohibited to do so. Troy Allen Shirley, of Lewistown, was sentenced Tuesday by United States District Court Judge Jennifer P. Wilson after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute […]
LEWISTOWN — Help the Borough of Lewistown Police Department and Lewistown Kiwanis stock the Lumina Center and Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard by donating items to the Fill a Cruiser For Hunger Food Drive on Friday. “We’ve been doing this for a long time,” said Lewistown Police Department Chief David Clemens. “It’s been the last six or […]
LEWISTOWN — An unidentified female driver certainly left a path of destruction before being apprehended by Lewistown Police Department officers early Saturday morning. At 1:29 a.m. Saturday, officers were dispatched to a call and discovered six parked vehicles with various amounts of damage along several blocks, a splintered utility pole towering across Chestnut Street and […]
LEWISTOWN — A Lewistown man was arrested following a dispute Thursday night in Granville Township. Granville Township Police responded to a report of a disturbance involving a handgun at 11 Meloni Ave., Apt. 2, at 7:29 p.m. According to police and the criminal complaint, Michael Presha, Jr. was visiting the residence, his mother’s home. Presha […]
Harrisburg man charged for threatening wife LEWISTOWN — On Saturday at about 11 a.m., Lewistown Police Department arrested Darren Crawford, 36, of Harrisburg, for a domestic assault and terroristic threats after they said he entered his wife’s residence on West Fourth Street, and assaulted her when she attempted to get him to leave. The report […]
Man faces drug, gun charges LEWISTOWN — Officers from the Lewistown Police Department conducted a traffic stop at about midnight Tuesday, Nov. 9, at West Fourth Street and Franklin Avenue. The driver of a black Chevrolet pick up truck did not have a license plate displayed. Police conducted an investigation and found that the driver, […]
BELLEVILLE — Charges have been filed against 46-year-old Samuel Rufus Yoder of Belleville stemming from an incident at 20 Kish Creek Lane in Belleville Thursday morning. According to the affidavit of probable cause filed by Mifflin County Regional Police, Yoder, who has a history of mental health issues, reportedly entered the Amish School with a […]