Michael Corter News Today

Williamsport, Pa. — A man punched and choked a woman, allegedly confining her in a bathtub after she confronted him about infidelity, police said.

Williamsport, Pa. — An out-of-control patient reportedly threatened nurses and attacked a hospital police officer last month.

marijuana Reginald Morton, 35, of 727 West Fourth St., allegedly sold crack cocaine and methamphetamine to a confidential police informant back in summer of 2020. The transactions allegedly occurred at Morton’s shared home with Tara Mcleod and three juveniles, according to a detective with the Lycoming County Narcotics Enforcement Unit. On June 23, 2020, Morton sold 2.15 grams of crack cocaine to a confidential informant at his home on West Fourth Street, according to an NEU detective. Meanw...

ICU patient allegedly broke nurse’s hand While Lamar Allen Strothers, 41, of 47 Washington Blvd., was in the UPMC Williamsport ICU Oct. 3, he allegedly squeezed a nurse’s hand hard enough to break her scaphoid and tear ligaments, according to city police. Strothers, who arresting officer Gino Caschera said had been in the ICU for a few days before allegedly becoming aggressive, is charged with aggravated assault and simple assault. Strothers was arraigned by judge Aaron Biichle Dec. 8 and r...