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Police seek help after counterfeit bills used at Dollar General in Lewistown
LEWISTOWN -- Lewistown Police Department officers dispatched to the Dollar General, 118 N. Juniata St., Lewistown, after receiving a report that a male suspect used five counterfeit $100 bills to purchase gift cards at 7:40 p.m. on Dec. 10, according to a release issued on Friday. Police said there were reports of the same subject also passing counterfeit bills at other Dollar General Stores on the same date. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact police at (717) 248-6716.
Tractor-trailer fire closes Route 322
East in Lewistown Narrows
LEWISTOWN -- A tractor-trailer fire between the Mifflin and Juniata counties' line and fishing access closed the eastbound lanes of Route 322 in the Lewistown Narrows on Saturday. The Mifflintown Hose Co. No. 1 was one of the first responders dispatched to the fire, along with the Junction Fire Co.
Two Lewistown residents
charged with possession
LEWISTOWN -- Lewistown Police Department officers were dispatched to 45 Spanogle Ave., Lewistown, for a noise complaint at 12:44 a.m. on Dec. 7, according to a release issued on Friday. Police said officers heard loud music coming from the residence and made contact with Ryan Marks, 18, of Lewistown. Officers saw marijuana smoking devices inside the residence and Marks had two summary traffic warrants, the report said. Marks tried to escape inside the residence when notified about the warrants but was taken into custody without incident, police said. Marks was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, said police, who also had contact with Alivia Jabs, 20, of Lewistown, who was charged with possession of a marijuana vape pen.
Lewistown man charged
with strangulation, assault
LEWISTOWN -- Brandon Setford, 31, of Lewistown, was charged with felony strangulation, simple assault and harassment after he threw a female on the ground and choked her impairing her ability to breath at 6:11 p.m. on Dec 7, according to a release issued by the Lewistown Police Department on Friday. Officers reviewed the assault on surveillance camera, police said. Setford was taken into custody without incident and transported to the Mifflin County Correctional Facility in Lewistown, pending arraignment on his charges.
Lewistown man charged with
indecent exposure, open lewdness
LEWISTOWN -- Dale Gibb, 59, of Lewistown was charged with indecent exposure and open lewdness after being identified from a photo received by the Lewistown Police Department at 10:09 a.m. on Dec. 8, according to a release issued on Friday. Gibb was standing to the rear of E. Third St., Lewistown, and sexually gratifying himself, the report said.
McClure man admits to being
intoxicated, damaging vehicles
LEWISTOWN -- Lewistown Police Department officers were dispatched to the 200 block of Valley Street, Lewistown, for a report of a male jumping on and kicking vehicles on Dec. 8, according to a release issued on Friday. Police said the subject was located and identified as Austin Bowsman, 20, of McClure. Police said Bowsman was released pursuant to rules of criminal procedure relating to misdemeanor arrests. At 9:36 p.m., officers responded to the 200 block of South Spruce Street for a report of a smashed windshield. Officers began canvassing the area and a resident on the 200 block of Valley Street said someone just smashed their windshield. A description of the male was provided and officers located Bowsman on South Spruce Street at Pannebaker Avenue, police said. Bowsman was intoxicated and admitted to jumping on several vehicles, police said. Bowsman was arrested and lodged in the Mifflin County Correctional Facility, pending his arraignment, police said. Over the next 24 hours, officers received numerous reports from Valley, South Spruce and Logan streets, Pannebaker Avenue and surrounding areas reporting damage to their vehicles, police said. The preliminary estimate of damage is several thousands of dollars, police said.
Police charge two Lewistown men with disorderly conduct
LEWISTOWN -- Lewistown Police Department officers received information about an assault taking place at the Kish Apartments, located at 196 S. Main St., Lewistown, at 11:05 p.m. on Dec. 9. One tenant, Christopher Dippery, 31, of Lewistown, was confrontational towards another tenant and was being very aggressive, police said. The second tenant, Kenneth Lampert III, 54, of Lewistown, proceeded to assault Dippery in a common area, causing minor injuries, police said. Officers reviewed surveillance video associated with the assault and both subjects were charged with disorderly conduct, the report said.
McClure man taken in for warrants, charged with drug possession
LEWISTOWN -- Lewistown Police Department officers were alerted to a suspended registration by license plate readers mounted on their patrol vehicle at 1:38 p.m. on Dec. 11, according to a release issued on Friday. A traffic stop was conducted on the 200 block of Valley Street, police said a passenger in the vehicle, Justin Grassmyer, 37, of McClure, was found to have four active warrants. Police said Grassmyer was taken into custody on his warrants. During a search incident to arrest, officers located prescription medication that was not prescribed to Grassmyer. Grassmyer was charged with drug possession.
Police arrest Granville Township driver for alleged DUI
LEWISTOWN -- Darren Moore, 478, of Granville Township, was arrested by Lewistown Police Department officers for allegedly driving under the influence at 6:03 p.m. on Dec. 12, according to a report issued on Friday. Officers responded to a crash on the first block of West Fleming Avenue, Lewistown. Moore struck a parked vehicle and told officers that he fell asleep, police said. Moore had a vape pen that he told officers he was unsure whether it contained nicotine or a marijuana concentrate, police said. Officers conducted several tests and Moore exhibited several signs of impairment consistent with drug impairment, police said. During a search incident to arrest, police said officers located marijuana in Moore's possession. Charges for Moore are pending toxicology reports, police said. LPD would like to highlight that the officer who investigated this crash just completed the ARIDE course a few hours prior and had just started an overtime shift. The officer credited the ARIDE course in alerting him to recognizing additional indicators of drug impairment as well as being able to administer field sobriety tests specific to drug impairment.
McClure woman victim of alleged criminal trespass
MCCLURE -- Pennsylvania State Police at Selinsgrove are investigating a criminal trespass incident on Gross Road in Beaver Township at 2:19 p.m. on Nov. 29, according to a Public Information Release Report issued on Thursday. The victim was an unidentified 39-year-old female, from McClure, police said.
Lewistown man jailed after registering late for Megan's Law
LEWISTOWN -- Steven Pascuzzi, 48, of Lewistown, was arraigned by
Magisterial District Judge Tracy L. Powell and lodged in the Mifflin County Correctional Facility for being late to register with Megan's Law.
Two from Derry Township charged with simple assault
LEWISTOWN -- Mifflin County Regional Police Department officers were dispatched to a residence on Old Stagecoach Road in Derry Township at 11:57 a.m. on Dec. 1, where they found Amber R. Fergison, 45, and Kenneth D. Kleinfelter, 46, engaged in a physical altercation at the residence, according to a release issued on Thursday. Police said both subjects were charged with simple assault and transported to the Mifflin County Correctional Facility for arraignment.
Lewistown man charged with simple assault after incident with shotgun
LEWISTOWN -- Daniel J. Felmlee, 74, of Lewistown, was charged with simple assault by physical menace after pointing a shotgun at neighbors at 4:42 p.m. on Dec. 1, according to a release issued by the Mifflin County Regional Police Department on Thursday. Officers were called to the 400 block of Eighth Street, Burnham, for a neighborhood disturbance, the report said. Upon arrival, officers learned that Felmlee had retrieved a shotgun from his residence and pointed it at neighbors, police said. Neighbors showed officers pictures of Felmlee holding the gun, police said. Officers recovered the shotgun and located shotgun ammunition in Felmlee's pockets, police said.
Driver taken into custody on obstruction charges
LEWISTOWN -- At 2:17 p.m. on Dec. 5, Mifflin County Regional Police Department officers stopped a 2020 Ford Ecosport on West Freedom Avenue, Derry Township, for a traffic violation, according to a release issued on Thursday. The driver, later identified as 27-year-old Branden L. Luse, initially refused to identify himself to officers, police said. Luse was removed from the vehicle and taken into custody on charges of obstruction of government, police said. Further investigation revealed that his driver's license was suspended and his vehicle was not registered, police said, and drug paraphernalia was located in the vehicle.
Lewistown woman charged with disorderly conduct, harassment at McDonald's
LEWISTOWN -- Ashley L. Murphy, 35, of Lewistown, was charged with disorderly conduct and harassment by Mifflin County Regional Police Department officers after an alleged disturbance at McDonald's Restaurant on Electric Avenue, Derry Township, at 4:01 p.m. on Dec. 7, according to a release issued on Thursday. The report said Murphy was engaged in a physical altercation with McDonald's employees as she was upset that she was "shorted two cheeseburgers." Officers reviewed the surveillance video and observed Murphy acting in an aggressive manner with employees, escalating to the point where she threw multiple punches at employees, the report said. Employees eventually escorted Murphy from the building, the report said,