Thursday, May 13, 2010

Today's News-May 13, 2010

DRUG SWEEP
AGENTS FROM THE SCHUYLKILL COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, ALONG WITH LOCAL POLICE, ARRESTED 13 STREET LEVEL DRUG DEALERS YESTERDAY ACROSS THE COUNTY. OF THE 18 WARRANTS ISSUED FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE ACT, TWO PEOPLE FROM SCHUYLKILL HAVEN, MINERSVILLE, SIX FROM SHENANDOAH, AND ONE EACH FROM POTTSVILLE, MAHANOY CITY AND ASHLAND ARE CHARGED WITH DELIVERY OF METH, MARIJUANA, COCAINE, HEROIN AND PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. THE ARRESTS WERE THE RESULT OF ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS. ALL OF THE ACCUSED WERE ARRAIGNED, AND THOSE WHO COULD NOT MAKE BAIL WERE TAKEN TO THE SCHUYLKILL COUNTY PRISON. DA JIM GOODMAN SAYS THE ONGOING EFFORT TO TAKE DEALERS OFF THE STREET WILL CONTINUE. TWO OTHER INDIVIDUALS WERE PICKED UP ON OUTSTANDING BENCH WARRANTS IN THE COUNTY COURT.

NADINE MASON, SCHUYLKILL HAVEN, DELIVERY OF METH
WILLIAM WALTERS, SCHUYLKILL HAVEN, DELIVERY OF MARIJUANA
TIFFANY SCHORR, MINERSVILLE, DELIVERY OF VICODIN/XANAX-3 COUNTS
FRANK VANNICOLA, MINERSVILLE, DELIVERY OF HEROIN
LISA DIMITRI, POTTSVILLE, DELIVERY OF MARIJUANA
ERIC BEREZWICK, MAHANOY CITY, DELIVERY OF METH
ALICIA KLINE, ASHLAND, DELIVERY OF COCAINE
JENNIFER CHATCAVAGE, SHENANDOAH, DELIVERY OF COCAINE-2 COUNTS
CHRISTINE PRIBISH, SHENANDOAH, DELIVERY OF COCAINE
TIFFANY KOVALUSKY, SHENANDOAH, DELIVERY OF COCAINE-2 COUNTS
TIFFANY KONSCLER, SHENANDOAH, DELIVERY OF COCAINE-2 COUNTS
MICHAEL KAYES, SHENANDOAH, DELIVERY OF OXYCONTIN
RAYMOND SADUSKY, SHENANDOAH, DELIVERY OF PERCOCET

ARRESTED ON BENCH WARRANTS: JASON KILLIAN AND JOSEPH TUCCI JR.

FIRE DESTROYS HOME IN LAKE WYNONAH
A LAKE WYNONAH HOME WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. FIRE CREWS WERE CALLED TO 685 WYNONAH DRIVE AFTER 4PM YESTERDAY. THE HOMEOWNERS WERE NOT HOME AT THE TIME OF THE BLAZE, ACCORDING TO THE REPUBLICAN HERALD. CREWS FROM SUMMIT STATION, FRIEDENSBURG, SCHUYLKILL HAVEN AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES BATTLED THE FIRE FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS BEFORE BRINGING IT UNDER CONTROL.

TWO CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL MISCHIEF
TWO PEOPLE ARE CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL MISCHIEF IN WILLIAMSTOWN. 18 YEAR OLD STEVEN WEISS AND A 15 YEAR OLD MALE, BOTH OF WILLIAMSTOWN, ALLEGEDLY STOLE A CAN OF SPRAY PAINT AND PAINTED PROPERTY AT NINE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, INCLUDING THE WILLIAMSTOWN BOROUGH HALL. CHARGES WERE FILED BY LYKENS STATE POLICE.

SCHUYLKILL COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
THE SCHUYLKILL COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MET YESTERDAY. SHERRY MARCHEFSKY REPORTS:

COMMISSIONERS 5.12

POTTSVILLE TENTATIVE BUDGET
THE POTTSVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT RELEASED ITS TENTATIVE BUDGET LAST NIGHT, WITH NO PROPOSED INCREASE IN TAXES. IF RATIFIED, PROPERTY TAX MILLAGE WILL REMAIN AT 34 MILLS. THE SPENDING PLAN IS SET AT $40.8 MILLION DOLLARS. FINAL RATIFICATION OF THE 2010-11 BUDGET WILL TAKE PLACE ON JUNE 16TH.

ACLU SAYS PA. POLICE CITE HUNDREDS FOR CURSING
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - FREE-SPEECH LAWSUITS ACCUSE PENNSYLVANIA POLICE OF WRONGLY CHARGING HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WITH DISORDERLY CONDUCT FOR SWEARING. AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION LAWYERS SAY THEY REVIEWED 770
SUCH CITATIONS ISSUED BY PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE IN A RECENT ONE-YEAR SPAN AND FOUND MOST INVOLVED PROFANITIES AND OTHER LEGAL, NONOBSCENE SPEECH. THE PLAINTIFFS ARE A PIZZA DELIVERY DRIVER BRIEFLY JAILED FOR
CURSING AT A LOCAL OFFICER OVER A PARKING TICKET IN MAHANOY CITY AND A LUZERNE COUNTY WOMAN CITED BY STATE POLICE FOR HURLING A DEROGATORY NAME AT A SWERVING MOTORCYCLIST. THE STATUTE CARRIES A POSSIBLE 90-DAY JAIL TERM AND $300 FINE. THE WOMAN SAYS SHE PAID $1,500 TO FIGHT THE TICKET. A STATE POLICE SPOKESWOMAN SAYS THE AGENCY HAS NO IMMEDIATE COMMENT.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S SON, DELAWARE ATTORNEY GENERAL BEAU BIDEN, HAS MADE PROGRESS AS HE RECOVERS FROM A MILD STROKE AT A PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL. BIDEN'S DELAWARE OFFICE SAYS HE HOPES TO RETURN TO WORK IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THE VICE PRESIDENT AND JILL BIDEN WERE IN PHILADELPHIA YESTERDAY.

GETTYSBURG, PA. (AP) - A GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK SPOKESWOMAN SAYS A PERMIT IS LIKELY TO BE GRANTED FOR A WHITE SUPREMACIST GROUP TO HOLD A RALLY AT THE BATTLEFIELD NEXT MONTH. THE PARK SAYS THE ARYAN NATIONS GROUP IS LIKELY TO RECEIVE THE PERMIT BECAUSE THE PARK IS "OBLIGATED TO MAKE IT PUBLICLY AVAILABLE FOR EXERCISING FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS."

WILKES-BARRE, PA. (AP) - A NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA JUDGE HAS RULED THAT A MAN CAN'T BE LEGALLY PUT TO DEATH FOR THE MURDERS OF 13 PEOPLE ALMOST THREE DECADES AGO BECAUSE HIS PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS RENDER HIM INCOMPETENT. GEORGE BANKS HAS BEEN ON DEATH ROW SINCE HE WAS CONVICTED OF THE 1982 MURDERS, WHICH INCLUDED 11 OF HIS RELATIVES AND FIVE OF HIS OWN CHILDREN.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - TODAY IS THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DAY PHILADELPHIA POLICE DROPPED A BOMB ON A CITY ROWHOUSE THAT HOUSED MEMBERS OF THE MILITANT GROUP, MOVE. ELEVEN MOVE MEMBERS DIED IN THE RESULTING FIRE. ONE OF THE TWO MOVE MEMBERS WHO ESCAPED WANTS TO FILE PRIVATE CRIMINAL COMPLAINTS CHARGING FORMER CITY OFFICIALS WITH MURDER.

TRIPOLI, LIBYA (AP) - DOCTORS SAY THE SOLE SURVIVOR OF YESTERDAY'S JETLINER CRASH IN LIBYA IS IN SATISFACTORY CONDITION FOLLOWING SURGERY ON HIS LEGS. BUT THERE'S SOME CONFUSION ABOUT WHO HE IS. A LIBYAN NEWS AGENCY IDENTIFIES HIM AS A 10-YEAR-OLD DUTCH BOY, BUT A DUTCH NEWSPAPER SAYS HE'S A 9-YEAR-OLD WHO'S NAME IS SPELLED DIFFERENTLY.

BRUSSELS (AP) - GOOD NEWS FOR TRAVELERS PLANNING TO FLY TO EUROPE. AVIATION AUTHORITIES SAY FLIGHTS ARE BACK TO NORMAL AFTER THE LATEST DISRUPTION CAUSED BY AN ICELANDIC VOLCANO. MEANWHILE, THE EUROPEAN AIR SAFETY AGENCY IS PROPOSING NEW PROCEDURES THAT WOULD DRASTICALLY SHRINK THE NO-FLY ZONE AROUND VOLCANIC ASH PARTICLES.

NEW YORK (AP) - A FIRM THAT KEEPS AN EYE ON RETAIL SPENDING SAYS THERE'S STILL A LOT OF TENTATIVENESS OUT THERE. MASTERCARD ADVISORS' SPENDINGPULSE SAYS RETAIL SPENDING LAST MONTH FELL TWO PERCENT COMPARED TO MARCH. BUT THE COMPANY NOTES THAT PART OF THE REASON IS THAT EASTER -- AND EASTER SPENDING -- CAME EARLY THIS YEAR.

FATIMA, PORTUGAL (AP) - DESPITE HEAVY RAIN, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE FLOCKING TO FATIMA (FAT'-IH-MUH), PORTUGAL, WHERE POPE BENEDICT WILL LEAD A MASS. IT WILL MARK THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE DAY WHEN THREE SHEPHERD CHILDREN REPORTED SEEING VISIONS OF THE VIRGIN. THE MASS IS THE CENTERPIECE OF THE POPE'S FOUR-DAY VISIT TO PORTUGAL.

YOKOHAMA, JAPAN (AP) - NISSAN WILL APPARENTLY HAVE NO TROUBLE SELLING ITS NEW ELECTRIC CAR, CALLED THE LEAF. NISSAN SAYS IT ALREADY HAS MORE ORDERS THAN CURRENT PRODUCTION CAN SATISFY. THE FIRST MODELS WON'T BE DELIVERED UNTIL DECEMBER. NISSAN SAYS IT'S GOING TO DO WHAT IT CAN TO BOOST PRODUCTION TO MEET THE DEMAND.

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