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State police said a standoff in Melcroft ended when the suspect was shot and killed late Tuesday afternoon. After several hours of negotiations, the man, who has not yet been identified, came out of his home, said Trooper Robert Broadwater. Once outside, he raised a gun at police, who fatally shot him, Broadwater said. “They acted appropriately to handle the situation,” Broadwater said of emergency responders. “This is not the outcome we wanted at all. We wanted a peaceful resolu...

In his regular job, state Trooper Robert E. Covington Jr. enforced state gambling laws at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Plains Twp. In his spare time, Covington co-owned and operated the Sinners Swing strip club in Mayfield where he conspired with others to break the same laws and promote prostitution, according to a statewide grand jury presentment unveiled Thursday. Troopers charged Covington, 48, of Olyphant; his business partner in the strip club, David P. Klem, 39, of Archbald, a convicted dru...

Trooper Robert E. Covington Jr. is a 13-year veteran of the Pennsylvania State Police.

From Staff Reports JERSEY SHORE — Brian Miller, 43, of 36 Drake Lane, Jersey Shore, allegedly assaulted three victims after being woken up, according to state police. After being woken up by one of the people cooking downstairs with a juvenile at 3:30 p.m., Miller allegedly began yelling obscenities before retrieving a muzzleloader firearm from his truck, according to Trooper Robert Jacobs. A second alleged victim was able to calm Miller down while a third person took the firearm away. Howeve...

Alleged intruder found wearing family’s clothes in their living room Two Park Avenue residents allegedly woke up to a stranger speaking to their child in the living room of their home the morning of Dec. 27, according to city police. Cody Allan Jones, 30, of the city allegedly broke into a family’s home and was found allegedly wearing sweatpants and a sweatshirt belonging to one of the residents in the home, Zachary Geary, an officer with the Williamsport Bureau of Police, said in an affida...

McIntyre Township man allegedly drove tractor after drinking Allen Jean, 22, of 777 Langdon Road, had a BAC of 0.10% when he was driving a new Kubota Tractor LA340 southbound on Route 14 north of Langdon Road, according to Trooper Andrew Dalkiewicz. “Jean advised that he had some beers with his buddies and decided to take the new tractor for a ride,” Dalkiewicz wrote in an affidavit. Jean is charged with DUI and careless driving, and was sent a summons to appear at the Old Lycoming Townsh...