SEVENTEEN FELONY CHARGES, FOLLOWING INTENTIONAL FIRE A 34-year-old mother of children ages 6-14, blocked off exits then, as she and her four children were trapped inside their High Street Apartment, she set it on fire, according to reports from Sun Gazette on Thursday morning. The children escaped their mother and the fire. The children were…… more »
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BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS MARCH 18, 2021
SHIKELLAMY BOYS BASKETBALL It’s a disappointing end to an incredible season for the Shikellamy Boys Basketball, after more positive tests of COVID-19. According to a media outlet, Superintendent Dr. Jason Bendle made that announcement yesterday, after an additional four cases were reported within the program. Shikellamy beat Central Mountain last week to win its first…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS MARCH 17, 2021
QUARTER AWARD WILLIAMSPORT BUREAU OF POLICE Each quarter, an award is given to a Police Officer in the Williamsport Bureau of Police who goes above and beyond to protect and serve their community. Here, in the fourth quarter of the calendar year, 2020, the award has been awarded to Agent Brittany Alexander, who has been…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS MARCH 16, 2021
SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A MINOR In a criminal complaint filed by the State Police in Montoursville, James Orner, 32, sexually assaulted a minor in Wolf Township, between Sept. 1, 2019, and Jan. 1, 2021. According to Northcentralpa.com the alleged sexual assaults, numbering near 50, occurred at multiple locations throughout Lycoming County. Orner was charged with…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS MARCH 12, 2021
LOGANTON MAN MAKES BAIL AFTER SEXUAL ASSAULT CHARGE A Loganton man charged with sexual assault has been released on bail. According to the Lock Haven Express, 31 year old Gideon L. Miller, was charged with 42 felonies stemming from an alleged sexual assault of a minor that occurred in his Greene Township home, and had…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS MARCH 11, 2021
PRESIDENT TO VISIT PENNSYLVANIA President Biden will visit Pennsylvania next week beginning a state-by-state effort to tout the benefits of the massive stimulus package passed yesterday and build momentum for his next legislative effort which could be a infrastructure program meant to provide repairs, upgrades, and jobs. President Biden signed the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS MARCH 10, 2021
SUSPECTED SUICIDAL FLORIDA MAN STOPPED BY TROOPERS A man from Florida who family members say was suicidal and possibly homicidal, was taken into custody after Selinsgrove state police were alerted that he was traveling through the state on routes 11/15 headed to New York state. According to media outlets 23 year-old Edwin Dean of Naples,…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS MARCH 9, 2021
FORMER OFFICER RELEASED ON BAIL A former City police officer who recently had charges added to his case over misusing police department computer systems to run searches that were unauthorized, was released on 10 thousand dollars bail. According to the Sun Gazette, Eric Derr faces criminal use of a computer charges as well as unsworn…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS MARCH 8, 2021
MUNCY WOMAN FILES FALSE POLICE REPORT FOR ALLEGED ABDUCTION A Muncy woman is charged with several misdemeanors after she brandished a gun following her confronting a man she thought to be inappropriately speaking with a juvenile in a Pennsdale convenience store parking lot. According to North Central PA dot com, State police in Montoursville said…… more »
BACKYARD BROADCASTING LOCAL NEWS MARCH 4, 2021
FORMER CITY OFFICER GETS NEW CHARGES Charges that had been withdrawn due to lack of evidence have been filed again in the case of former Williamsport police officer Eric Derr by the Pennsylvania Attorney General. According to the Sun Gazette, new evidence related to Derr’s alleged unlawful use of a computer led to the refiling…… more »