Accidental death
LOCK HAVEN A 57-year-old Lock Haven man sustained fatal injuries after falling down the embankment on the levee trail in Castanea Township, state police at Lamar said.
Robert W. Benfield Sr. succumbed to head injuries at the scene on April 8 at 4:54 p.m., police said.
The death was ruled accidental.
Harassment
LOCK HAVEN Melody McCoy Witherite, 42, of Mill Hall, was sent a summons after being charge with harassment by Woodward Township Police.
Witherite allegedly sent another person 47 unwanted text messages, many of which contained lewd an obscene language, over a five-day period from April 7 to 9, police said.
The summons was filed at District Judge Keith Kibler’s office.