Tag archive for ‘court’
Susquehanna man faces criminal trespass charge (0)
1/19/11 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER A 24-year-old Susquehanna man had charges of criminal trespass and terroristic threats bound over Monday to Susquehanna County court. Kristopher William Shimer, of 292 Jackson Avenue, appeared before Magisterial District Judge Peter Janicelli and waived his rights to a preliminary hearing. According to a criminal complaint, Shimer broke the glass on [...]
Plea deal reached in campground arson (0)
1/12/11 •
BY STACI WILSON A Wilkes-Barre woman pleaded guilty Friday to intentionally setting fire to her Gibson-area campground home in April 2009. Tamara Santarelli, 42, and her husband, Victor Santarelli III, 44, had also been charged with arson, conspiracy and insurance fraud in connection with the 2007 fire of a bath house, also located at the [...]
Florida man charged with rape (0)
1/12/11 •
BY STACI WILSON A Florida man was charged with sexually assaulting an intoxicated 15-year-old female during a party in Franklin Twp. in July 2010. Leland James Goble, 22, of Tampa, Fla., was charged in Montrose District Court by Tpr. Mark Mulvey with felony counts of rape by forcible compulsion and statutory sexual assault. He also [...]
Decker faces theft charges (0)
1/12/11 •
BY STACI WILSON A man already charged with stealing nearly $100,000 in prescription pills from a Susquehanna pharmacy faces new charges stemming from a rash of thefts from vehicles last fall. Jerrod Decker, 25, of Hallstead and New Milford, was charged Jan. 4 with 26 counts of receiving stolen property and another 26 counts of [...]
Pair plead in vehicle thefts (0)
1/05/11 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER A pair of men entered multiple guilty pleas for their role in a crime spree that riddled Susquehanna County much of last summer. Dustin G. Harvey, 24, of South Montrose and formerly of Tunkhannock, and David E. Goodbred, 22, of Dimock, appeared before Judge Kenneth Seamans Thursday and entered pleas of [...]
Jury selected for trial of couple accused in campground arsons (0)
1/05/11 •
BY STACI WILSON The case against a Wilkes-Barre couple who face arson and fraud charges in connection with two fires at an area campground heads to trial next week in the Susquehanna County Court of Common Pleas. Jury selection was held Monday for the trial of Tamara Santarelli and her husband, Victor Santarelli III. The [...]
Oklahoma man charged with assaulting a child (0)
1/05/11 •
BY STACI WILSON An Oklahoma man faces charges for sexually assaulting am 11-year-old girl in several incidents that occurred over the period of several months in 2010 in Auburn Twp. Gary Lee Watts, 54, Prague, Okla., was charged by Pennsylvania State Trooper John Oliver with felony counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child [...]
Great Bend man pleads to multiple sex crimes (0)
12/22/10 •
BY STACI WILSON A Great Bend man could serve up to 71 years in prison after pleading guilty to multiple sex charges in Susquehanna County Court on Friday. Duane Jay Anderson, 34, entered guilty pleas to six counts leveled against him in three separate cases – two lodged by the state’s Child Predator Unit and [...]
Eastman eligible for parole (0)
12/22/10 •
BY STACI WILSON After spending most of the past year behind bars, the first woman charged by the state’s Child Predator Unit is eligible for parole. Jamie Nicole Eastman, 20, of Great Bend, received an 11 1/2 month sentence, with credit for time served, by President Judge Kenneth Seamans Thursday in the Susquehanna County [...]
Man accused of student’s death bound over for trial (0)
12/22/10 •
BY VIRGINIA CODY A 58-year-old Meshoppen man accused of vehicular homicide in the death of an Elk Lake ninth grader was bound over Monday for trial in the Wyoming County Court of Common Pleas. Kenneth R. Kramer Jr., of RR#4 Allen St., Meshoppen, is accused of the involuntary manslaughter of 14-year-old Michael Zajaczkowski who died [...]