WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Friday

03/21/08

DM TAMAQUA MAN CITED FOR HARASSMENT

A TAMAQUA MAN WAS CITED AFTER AN INCIDENT IN THE BOROUGH.OFFICERS WERE DISPATCHED TO 11 LEHIGH STREET FOR A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE.UPON ARRIVAL OFFICERS SPOKE TO JAMES ACEVEDO AND TANYA HUNSICKER.HUNSICKER ALLEDGED THAT AN ARGUMENT BETWEEN HER AND ACEVEDO ESCALATED AND THAT ACEVEDO PULLED HER HAIR AND KICKED HER IN THE LEG.ACEVEDO CLAIMED HE PUSHED THE WOMAN IN SELF DEFENSE.ACEVEDO WAS CITED FOR HARASSMENT AND DISORDERLY CONDUCT.

03/21/08

DM STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING MISCHIEF AND BURGLARY INCIDENTS

STATE POLICE AT SCH.HAVEN ARE INVESTIGATING CRIMINAL MISCHIEF AND BURGLARY INCIDENTS THAT OCCURRED BETWEEN MARCH 2 AND SUNDAY MARCH 16^TH IN BARRY TOWNSHIP.ACCORDING TO STATE POLICE SOMEONE ENTERD THE SUMMER HOME OF KRISTEN AND TODD SANTOS AT 27 LAKE DRIVE BY REMOVING AN EXHAUST FAN BY FORCE.ONCE INSIDE THE HOME THE PERSON RUMMAGED THROUGH THE HOUSE BUT NOTHING APPEARED TO BE STOLEN.THEN SOMEONE WENT TO THE HOME OF JOSEPH SMITH AT 27 KING FISHER DRIVE AND PUSHED ON A METAL ARCHWAY IN THE FRONT OF THE HOME AND ALSO SMASHED A FLOOD LAMP THAT WAS MOUNTED ON A SHED AT THAT LOCATION.ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL POLICE AT 593-2000

03/21/08

DM FIRE IN POTTSVILLE SLOWS DOWN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC

A SMALL FIRE IN THE BASEMENT OF A VACANT BUILDING AT 206 NORTH CENTER STREET SNARLED TRAFFIC IN DOWNTOWN POTTSVILLE FOR ABOUT 2 HOURS THURSDAY AFTERNOON.THE FIRE BEGAN IN THE BASEMENT OF A VACANT STOREFRONT NEXT TO THE ET TROPHY SHOP.WHILE THE CAUSE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION FIRE OFFICALS SAID IT MAY HAVE BEEN LINKED TO AN OIL BURNER.THE 93 YEAR OLD BUILDING WAS FORMERLY OWNED BY JOHN MANSELL WHO OPERATED MANSELLS WALLPAPER AND PAINT STORE AT THE SITE FOR 42 YEARS BEFORE CLOSING SHOP IN 2000.POTTSVILLE ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF JAMES MISSTISHEN SAID FIREFIGHTERS HAD THE FIRE UNDER CONTROL IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES.TRAFFIC WAS BLOCKED ON CENTERSTREET BETWEEN WEST MARKET AND WEST ARCH STREETS WHILE FIREFIGHTERS WORKED TO CONTROL THE FIRE.

03/21/08

DM FOUR ARRESTED ON MULTIPLE DRUG CHARGES IN SHENADOAH

SHENADOAH POLICE ARRESTED FOUR PEOPLE WEDNESDAY ON MULTIPLE DRUG CHARGES.POLICE SAY THEY EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT AT 322 OAK STREET AND ARRESTED 26 YEAR OLD BARBARA ANNE DUGAN OF THE SAME ADDRESS,22 YEAR OLD JUAN MONTAVLO OF READING AND A MAN IDENTIFIED AS JOHN DOE WHO USES AN ALIAS OF JUAN CARLOS MERCADO AGE 33 ALSO OF READING.ALL THREE WERE ARRAIGNED BEFORE DISTRICT MAGISTRATE HAZEL SWISHER ON CHARGES OF POSSESION WITH INTENT TO DELIVER A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE,POSSESION OF A CONTOLLED SUBSTANCE,POSSESION OF A SMALL AMOUNT OF MARIJUANA,POSSESION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA,CRIMINAL CONSPRIACY AND CORRUPTION OF MINORS.A 17 YEAR OLD BOY WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH POSSESION WITH INTENT TO DELIVER AND OTHER CHARGES AND WAS TURNED OVER TO SCH.COUNTY JUVENILE AUTHORITIES.ACCORDING TO POLICE THE SEARCH WARRANT WAS EXECUTED AT DUGANS APARTMENT AS THE RESULT OF AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION.

O3/21/08

DM BODIES OF A MAN AND WOMAN HAVE BEEN FOUND IN A CITY BASEMENT

THE BODIES OF AN UNIDENTIFIED MAN AND WOMAN WERE FOUND IN THE BASEMENT OF A POTTSVILLE APARTMENT HOUSE AT 700 NORTH 13^TH STREET THURSDAY AFTERNOON.A MAN WHO POLICE WOULD NOT CHARACTERIZE AS A SUSPECT WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.ACCORDING TO POLICE NO ONE HAS BEEN CHARGED .NEIGHBORS IDENTIFIED THE MAN TAKEN AWAY IN HANDCUFFS AS NORM NICKLE A FIRST FLOOR TENANT.ACCORDING TO THE REPUBLICAN AND HERALD POLICE WOULD NOT CONFIRM NICKLE WAS THE PERSON IN CUSTODY LATE THURSDAY BUT SAID THE REASON THE MAN WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY WAS BECAUSE HE LIVED ON THE PREMISES WHERE THE BODIES WERE FOUND.POLICE COULD NOT REVEAL THE IDENTITY OF THE DECEASED BECAUSE NOTHING HAS BEEB ESTABLISHED YET AS FAR AS IDENTIFICATION.THE FAMILIES HAVE YET TO IDENTIFY THE BODIES.A PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE FORENSIC SERVICES UNIT FROM READING ASSISTED POTTSVILLE POLICE AT THE SCENE.THE APARTMENT HOUSE IS OWNED BY DAVID AND NOREEN SEMANSKI OF POTTSVILLE.THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.