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Bryant Engle, 31, of Towanda, faces charges for allegedly breaking seven windows on the William Street side of the Genetti Hotel, 200 W. Fourth St., about 2:45 a.m. Wednesday, city police said.
Engle, who was “loud and intoxicated,” had been inside the hotel for no particular reason and was asked to leave, police said. It is alleged that he broke the windows after leaving the hotel, police said.
Police nabbed Engle within moments after arriving on the scene and charged him with disorderly conduct, criminal mischief and public drunkenness.
“How much have you had to drink?” District Judge William Solomon asked Engle when officers brought him before the judge.
State troopers take Nakoma Ross off to jail following arraignment. PHILIP A.HOLMES/Sun-Gazette
STEAM VALLEY Through the viewfinder of his firearm scope, Nakoma Justin Ross had a clear view of a state trooper.
Ross, 21, was sitting on a couch in his home at 46 Ross St., having a conversation online with his father during Thursday’s lengthy standoff, according to court records. The father-son’s conversation were part of an apparent ongoing effort to try to resolve the standoff peacefully.
Court records did not say where the father was during the Facebook video chat. The father could see his son sitting on the furniture, but the son soon “disabled the video portion of the chat,” Trooper Jamesan Keeler, wrote in an affidavit.
State troopers take Nakoma Ross off to jail following arraignment. PHILIP A.HOLMES/Sun-Gazette
At his arraignment Thursday night, Nakoma Justin Ross, 21, was denied bail and ordered directly to the Lycoming County Prison. From his Cogan House Township home at 46 Ross St, Ross is alleged to have fired two shots in the direction of four state troopers about 12:45 p.m Thursday. The troopers were investigating a shooting in which Ross had allegedly fired multiple rounds into the home of Anthony Hainey, a neighbor who lives about 300 to 500 yards away, about 11:15 a m. “One bullet penetrated a window on the west side of Hainey’s home while another penetrated the siding, again on the west side of the house” Trooper Jamesan Keeler said in an affidavit.
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Chief Joseph Hope at the Old Lycoming Police Department in Old Lycoming Township on Friday. KAREN VIBERT-KENNEDY/Sun-Gazette
Old Lycoming Township is sending off a police chief who has served the township for the past 25 years.
Joe Hope began his time at the Old Lycoming Township Police Department as an intern before working his way through the ranks to become chief in 2016.
“It’s been a good 25 years, and I think the township is moving in the right direction,” Hope said. “We have enjoyed lots of support from the community, especially with what is going on throughout our nation.”
Clearfield woman allegedly lied on firearm application
Sheila Kent, 48, of 120 Clark St., Clearfield, allegedly lied on an application to purchase a firearm from National Sport Goods back in June of 2020, according to Tiadaghton Valley Regional Police.
Kent allegedly checked “no” in response to the question, “Have you ever been convicted in any court for a felony, or other crime, for which the judge could imprison you for more than one year, even if you received a shorter sentence including probation?” said Brian Firetti, a Tiadaghton Valley Regional Police officer.
According to Firetti, Kent previously pled guilty to DUI twice in 2006, and was placed on probation for two years.