Injured Lewistown man cited for public drunkenness

LEWISTOWN — Kurtis D. Perschau, 49, of Lewistown was cited for public drunkenness after Lewistown Police Department officers found him bleeding profusely with a wound to his head on the first block of Chestnut Street in Lewistown around 8:29 p.m. on March 19, according to release issued on Thursday. Officers responded to the 100 block of West Third Street after a male called 911, stating that he did not feel safe at 7:22 p.m., the report said. Officers determined that the caller was Perschau, who had left the residence on foot prior to their arrival, the report said, and officers eventually located Perschau, who had fallen down a flight of steps and had struck his head. EMS was summoned and transported him for medical care, the report said, and Perschau was highly intoxicated.

Lewistown man arrested for warrant after being discharged

LEWISTOWN — A 38-year-old Lewistown man was arrested for a warrant after being discharged from Geisinger Lewistown Hospital at 11:54 a.m. on March 20, according to a release issued by the Lewistown Police Department on Thursday. Matthew W. Baumgardner was involved in a previously reported domestic dispute and was admitted to the hospital, the report said, and Baumgardner was lodged in the Mifflin County Correctional Facility in Lewistown.

Police investigate scam involving alleged law enforcement

LEWISTOWN — Lewistown Police Department officers received a complaint from a resident who was contacted by someone impersonating a North Carolina Sheriff stating that the resident missed court and owed fines at 3:56 p.m. on March 20, according to a release issued on Thursday. The resident received barcodes which were scanned by local cashiers which allowed the resident to send $3,000 in separate transactions to the subject, the report said. Officers are investigating the barcodes in order to determine how this money was sent as well as attempting to identify involved parties, the report said.

Police investigate hit-and-run involving pedestrian on March 20

LEWISTOWN — A pedestrian declined needed emergency medical services after being struck in the area of Juniata Street at West Market Street in Lewistown at 6:15 p.m. on March 20, according to a release issued by the Lewistown Police Department on Thursday. The pedestrian was struck by a gray four-door sedan, the report said, and the driver kept driving. Officers were unable to locate and surveillance video capturing the incident, the report said.

Lewistown woman charged with neglect for abandoned animals

LEWISTOWN — Megan A. Preno, 47, of Lewistown, is being charged with several counts of neglect of animals after Lewistown Police Department officers found them abandoned inside 162 N. Walnut St., Lewistown, for several days at 6:03 p.m. on March 22, according to a release issued on Thursday. Officers were informed that Preno was evicted on March 20, the report said, and she left three dogs and several cats locked inside the house without food or water. The report said officers contacted the landlord who gave officers access to the residence, which had a strong odor of animal urine and feces upon entry. Cats were crawling up into ceiling tiles when officers walked through, the report said, and three dogs were locked in a room with a large amount of feces and no food or water. The officer investigating this complaint received specialized training, the report said, and the landlord accepted temporary care for the animals until they could be re-homed, the report said.

Six arrests made during pre-planned mass wanted service

LEWISTOWN — Five Lewistown residents and one from Burnham were arrested at 9:30 a.m. on March 23 when a large number of law enforcement entities met at the Lewistown Police Department for a pre-planned mass warrant service, according to a release issued on Thursday. Participating agencies included the Lewistown Police Department, Mifflin County Drug Task Force, Mifflin County Regional Police, Pennsylvania State Police (uniformed troopers and narcotics investigators from Troop G) and the FBI (State College field office). Uniformed and non-uniformed personnel were divided into teams to serve warrants mostly associated with drug deliveries that have occurred in Mifflin County. The following individuals were arrested as a result of this sweep:

Kayla N. Miller, 20, of Lewistown – Warrants for delivery of controlled substances and criminal use of a communication device;

Jennifer A. Howell, 49, of Lewistown – Warrant for delivery of controlled substances and criminal use of a communication device;

Jessica L. Ray, 33, of Lewistown – Warrant for delivery of controlled substances and criminal use of a communication device;

Matahia Clark, 28, of Lewistown – Warrant for delivery of controlled substances and criminal use of a communication device;

Roman Simmons, 41, of Burnham – Warrant for F3 drug DUI charges;

Precious Conigliaro, 27, of Mifflin County Correctional Facility in Lewistown – Warrant for delivery of controlled substances and criminal use of a communication device. This warrant was served at the facility where Conigliaro was already lodged.

Officers have felony drug delivery arrest warrants for Shannon M. Price, 42, of Lewistown, and Shaun A. Decando, 41, of Lewistown. Officers had contact with Decando by phone; however, he has failed to surrender himself to the police.

Lewistown woman charged with possession of controlled substance and paraphernalia

LEWISTOWN — Bryawna N. Wagner, 20, of Lewistown, is being charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia after her probation officers located drug paraphernalia and fentanyl in her possession at 3:35 p.m. on March 24, according to a release issued by the Lewistown Police Department on Thursday. Officers were summoned to the offices of Mifflin County Probation for a drug violation the report said, and probation officers located Wagner at a residence where she was not supposed to be. Wagner failed to check in with probation earlier in the morning as scheduled, the report said, and officers searched her.

Area men arrested for warrants, possession and driving with DUI suspended license

LEWISTOWN — Erik Lawrence, 61, of Sadsburyville, Pa., and Jason W. Brown, 31, of address unknown, have been charged with multiple offenses after the vehicle they were traveling in on the 1200 block of West Fourth Street in Lewistown alerted Lewistown Police Department officers that it was expired and the plate displayed belonged to a different vehicle at 10:10 p.m. on March 25, according to a release issued on Thursday. The officer initiated a traffic stop and the vehicle stopped on the 800 block of West Fourth Street. The driver was identified as Lawrence, who had a DUI suspended license, the report said, and the passenger was not been wearing a seat belt. The passenger provided a false name before identifying himself as Jayden Brown and he told officers he had a warrant. Brown had two active warrants from the Mifflin County Prothonotary office, the report said, and he was taken into custody and officers discovered a digital scale in his possession that had a white drug residue which later tested positive for cocaine. Brown had drug packaging material in his possession as well. Officers towed the vehicle and applied for a search warrant of the vehicle where they later found a bag of methamphetamine, a meth pipe, two narcotic pills and marijuana under the driver’s seat. Officers located a glass meth pipe under the passenger seat, the report said, and Brown was lodged in Mifflin County Correctional Facility in Lewistown on his warrants and he is being charged with possession of drug paraphernalia. Lawrence is being charged with possession of controlled substances, possession of drug paraphernalia and summary offenses including his sixth offense for driving with a DUI suspended license, the report said.