May 6, 2021
In a plea agreement before District Judge Jerry C. Lepley in Jersey Shore, Tiadaghton Valley Regional police dropped a charge of illegal sale of a firearm against Aidan Sweeley, 21, of Avis, after he agreed to plead guilty to a charge of making unsworn falsification to authorities.
The charges stemmed from Sweeley putting down false information on a form when he attempted to purchase a firearm at National Sporting Goods on Allegheny Street in the borough last June 24, police alleged. Sweeley made arrangements to pay a $495 fine plus court costs.
In another plea agreement, this one before District Judge William Solomon, Maleak Benjamin, 24, of 1638 Andrews Place, pled guilty to Old Lycoming Township police charges of possession of marijuana and driving without a license, and made arrangements to pay a $250 fine plus court cost.
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On the afternoon of March 5, Hughesville Patrolman Ryan Travelpiece approached Timothy Savage in Savage’s car and told him he needed talk to him. The officer asked him to step out of the vehicle.
“He protested, advising that he needed his lawyer and that it was all an entrapment,” the officer said in an affidavit.
The officer had been informed by Old Lycoming Township police to be on the lookout for Savage, 30, because there was a warrant for his arrest for violating a protection from abuse order, according to the affidavit. The officer recognized Savage and saw him sitting in the vehicle outside his home at 127 S. Main St. in the borough.