Local News-Tuesday, Dec. 26th

Two Auburn area men were hurt in a one vehicle crash Christmas Day. 24-year-old Jason Tryon and his father, Terry, were traveling north on State Route 183 near the Schuylkill/Berks county line, when their car went out of control. The car slid up an embankment and rolled over twice, came back down the bank onto the highway. Both men were wearing their seatbelts, but suffered minor injuries. They were flown to Reading Hospital for treatment. Traffic was backed up for about 45 minutes following the midday crash.

A Minersville man is under arrest following a hit and run crash Christmas Eve in Branch Township. A man, later identified as 41-year-old Joseph Kaczmarek, sheared off a telephone pole on Dowdentown Road and fled the scene. Witnesses at the scene said that Kaczmarek was apparently intoxicated. State police found a copy of his driver’s license and went to his home, where they found him asleep. They report that he was severly intoxicated, but he denied he was involved in the crash. Kaczmarek was positively identified by the witnesseses as the driver of the truck. He refused a blood alcohol test, but was arrested and, after arraignment, was taken to Schuylkill County Prison. The crash happened around 7pm Sunday night.

A Pottsville man will continue serving his sentence on drug charges after a state court upheld the conviction.
A panel of judges from the state Superior Court ruled Friday that 38-year old Richard Hause Jr. was not the victim of an unlawful search of his car in June, 2003 that was parked along Route 61 near the borough of Orwigsburg. The Pottsville Republican reports that the ruling means Hause will continue to serve the 4-to-8-year sentence imposed by County Court Judge D. Michael Stine in May, 2005. The non-jury case found Hause guilty of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and related offenses.
State police at Reading had charged Hause with possessing methamphetamine, numerous plastic baggies and two scales. The goods were found in Hause's vehicle on June 24th, 2003. Hause contended that the search was illegal.