Crime and Courts
Published on December 16, 2025 - Page 1
BERWICK -- Charges in an alleged child rape case brought against a former Berwick man were withdrawn Monday in district court just before a scheduled...
Published on December 16, 2025 - Page 1
BERWICK -- A Berwick man tried to flee a police stop on a motorized mini-bike here late Thursday while carrying a variety of illicit drugs packaged...
Published on December 15, 2025 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A man already locked up for threatening an ex-girlfriend at her workplace last summer was ordered held for trial this week on charges...
Published on December 14, 2025 - Page 3
BLOOMSBURG -- Police pulled a man over for speeding, but found he had an illegal THC pen in his car, court papers state.
Police pulled Daniel...
Published on December 14, 2025 - Page 10
BLOOMSBURG — A Commonwealth University student has been fined $100 after being cited with spitting on a dorm door in Elwell Hall, district court...
Published on December 13, 2025 - Page 1
ORANGEVILLE -- Police arrested two men for breaking into a warehouse multiple times and stealing items from inside, court papers state.
Around 12:04...
Published on December 13, 2025 - Page 3
LIGHTSTREET -- Two Lightstreet residents face charges for smoking marijuana in their car, court papers state.
On Nov. 5 around 8:03 p.m., Scott...
Published on December 13, 2025 - Page 3
BLOOMSBURG -- Two people who allegedly stole more than $270 in merchandise from the Weis market in Bloomsburg have been identified and charged, court...
Published on December 12, 2025 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A teen murder suspect continues to be treated well by prison staff while remaining isolated from other inmates in Columbia County...
Published on December 10, 2025 - Page 1
Press Enterprise staff report
DANVILLE — Authorities say a borough man pushed a police officer out of an ambulance this fall, giving him a concussion...
Published on December 10, 2025 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- Police believe a handgun used to shoot a teen on East Street last month was stolen from the bedroom of its owner by his 15-year-old son...
Published on December 10, 2025 - Page 8
LIGHTSTREET -- A Kulpmont man handed a Scott Township officer a lit marijuana joint during a traffic stop last month, according to court papers....
Published on December 9, 2025 - Page 1
MILLVILLE -- Police say a man sped through northern Columbia County on Sunday in a stolen car, driving through farm fields, ransacking a parked car...
Published on December 8, 2025 - Page 1
BERWICK -- Two people from Berwick cashed stolen checks at a Berwick bank last year, court papers say.
Matthew Laubach, 25, 1128 Second Ave., and...
Published on December 8, 2025 - Page 3
BLOOMSBURG -- Seven people were admitted into Columbia County's ARD probation program on Thursday as first offenders with a chance to clear their...
Published on December 7, 2025 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A Scott Township man is accused of stealing packages that had been delivered to three residences here in October, town police said....
Published on December 7, 2025 - Page 3
BLOOMSBURG -- A Bloomsburg man who admitted breaking into the Millville Insurance Co. office last fall was paroled at sentencing this week with...
Published on December 6, 2025 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A career criminal whose record includes nearly two dozen burglaries along with robbery convictions was sentenced to 10 years in prison...
Published on December 6, 2025 - Page 1
CATAWISSA -- One alleged drug dealer was jailed and another is being sought after a loud argument between boyfriend and girlfriend led police to a...
Published on December 5, 2025 - Page 1
ESPY -- A man delivering food under another person's DoorDash account allegedly raped a woman after he invited her out to drinks after making a...
Published on December 4, 2025 - Page 1
LIME RIDGE -- Police ordered an Orangeville man to pay back a woman who lent him money several times, court papers state.
On July 27, around 4:45 p.m...
Published on December 3, 2025 - Page 1
WILKES-BARRE -- The attorneys for a Shickshinny man facing multiple animal cruelty charges are trying to get the charges against him dismissed before...
Published on December 2, 2025 - Page 3
CATAWISSA -- Police charged a man for drug possession after he showed them a metal thermos full of marijuana that was in his car, courts papers state...
Published on December 1, 2025 - Page 1
BUCKHORN -- A Muncy man who police say broke into a Buckhorn business in May was arrested a month later, when State Police caught him burglarizing...
Published on November 30, 2025 - Page 1
DANVILLE -- A Danville man filed an insurance claim for water damage to electronics that did not exist, the state Attorney General's office alleges....
Published on November 28, 2025 - Page 1
BERWICK -- A Berwick woman lied when she told police she was at work and did not know where her boyfriend was, court papers state.
Three others were...
Published on November 28, 2025 - Page 1
BLOOMBURG -- Authorities say a McAlisterville woman violated a protection from abuse order by repeatedly texting another woman in an attempt to...
Published on November 27, 2025 - Page 1
WILKES-BARRE -- A federal judge sentenced former Conyngham Township supervisor and secretary Linda Tarlecki Wednesday to 12 months plus a day in...
Published on November 27, 2025 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A Bloomsburg man is accused of choking another man while holding him down on a bed during an argument at their apartment here, arrest...
Published on November 27, 2025 - Page 3
ESPY -- Scott Township Police smelled weed inside a Buick Regal they stopped after watching its driver stop beyond the white stop paint at the...