Man pleads guilty to Catawissa arson
BLOOMSBURG — A rural Catawissa man pleaded guilty Wednesday to setting his father’s house on fire to collect the insurance money.
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BLOOMSBURG — A rural Catawissa man pleaded guilty Wednesday to setting his father’s house on fire to collect the insurance money.
Talen Energy Supply, the owner of the nuclear plant outside Berwick and the coal burning plant near Washingtonville, filed for bankruptcy Tuesday.Officials said the move will give the company time and money to restructure. Eventually, it will be owned by some of its creditors, said Chief Executive Officer Alejandro “Alex” Hernandez.Employees, vendors and neighbors won’t see
BLOOMSBURG — Some Columbia County residents who vote by mail-in ballots received a return envelope for the wrong county with their ballot for the May primary, commissioners said Friday.About 15 Columbia County residents with Bloomsburg and Berwick mailing addresses called the county election office Thursday to report that their ballots included a return envelope for the
CATAWISSA — A Roaring Creek Township man set his father’s house on fire here in February to collect a $260,000 insurance payout, police say. Nathan Roeder, 35, was arrested at his 43 Andrew Lane home Friday morning and charged with felony arson and other charges before District Judge Craig Long. Roeder allegedly confessed to using a hand-held torch to ignite items in a
CATAWISSA—Police say a fire that destroyed a borough home in February was set by the owner’s son in a bid to collect a $260,000 insurance payout.Nathan Roeder, 35, of 43 Andrew Lane was arrested at his home Friday morning an arraigned on felony arson and other charges before District Judge Craig Long.Roeder allegedly confessed last month to using a hand-held torch to ignite