CHARGES AGAINST 47-YEAR-OLD DARYL GOODROW OF JOHNSONBURG, WHO ALLEGEDLY WALKED AWAY FROM A WORK RELEASE PROGRAM, HAS ADVANCED TO THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.  ON SEPTEMBER 21^ST STATE POLICE WERE NOTIFED GOODROW LEFT FROM WORK RELEASE AT A BUSINESS IN DUBOIS AT JUST BEFORE 3PM AND THAT HE ENTERED A VEHICLE AND DID NOT RETURN TO THE BUSINESS OR THE JEFFERSON COUNTY JAIL.  TROOPERS LOCATED THE VEHICLE IN RIDGWAY SOMTIME LATER WITH GOODROW’S 66-YEAR-OLD MOTHER DONNA SORG DRIVING.  SORG’S CHARGES FOR AIDING HER SON WERE ALSO WAIVED FOR COURT.  GOODROW REMAINS BEHIND BARS WITH BAIL SET AT $50,000.

ELK COUNTY SHERIFF, TODD CALTAGARONE, IS WARNING THE PUBLIC ABOUT A RE-SURFACING SCAM THAT IS AFFECTING THE AREA.  IT INVOLVES IMPOSTERS POSING AS MEMBERS OF THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE TRYING TO MANIPULATE THE CALLER INTO BELIEVING THEY’VE COMMITTED A CRIME, OR OTHER FORM OF ILLEGAL ACTIVITY.  THE CALLER WILL TRY TO GET THE VICTIM TO GIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION, PAY MONEY, OR DO SOMETHING ELSE TO RECTIFY THE SITUATION.  SHERIFF CALTAGARONE SAYS THESE CALLS ARE FAKE AND THAT THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT WILL NEVER CONTACT YOU IN THIS MANNER. 

56-YEAR-OLD TODD SWITZER OF STRATTANVILLE IS FACING ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN CHARGES AFTER STATE POLICE SAY THAT HE FAILED TO INTERVENE WHILE A 6-YEAR-OLD CHILD REPEATEDLY STRUCK A TWO-YEAR-OLD CHILD WITH A DOG LEASH.  ALLEGEDLY, THE INDICENT HAPPENED BACK IN DECEMBER AFTER CLARION COUNTY CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES MADE POLICE AWARE OF THE SITUATION AFTER A WELLNESS CHECK.  THE TWO-YEAR-OLD CHILD WAS BADLY BRUISED AND TROOPERS BELIEVE THAT SWITZER FAILED TO SUPERVISE THE CHILDREN.  HE IS DUE IN COURT ON OCTOBER 27^TH.

A FORMER PHARMACY ASSISTANT IS CHARGED WITH STEALING NEARLY 90 THOUSAND PRESCRIPTION OPIOID PILLS FROM THE SHEFFIELD PHARMACY, DATING BACK TO 2022.  ACCORDING TO THE PENNSYLVANIA OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL, 34-YEAR-OLD ALYSSA MCDOWELL, OF SHEFFIELD ALLEGEDLY OBTAINED THE PILLS FRAUDULENTLY BY ORDERING MORE PILLS THAN REPORTED, REPORTING LOWER QUANTITIES, AND KEEPING THE EXTRAS.  SHE FACES MULTIPLE COUNTS IN THE CASE.

A DUBOIS MAN IS DUE IN COURT WEDNESDAY  FOR A PRELIMINARY HEARING ON STRANGULATION AND ASSAULT CHARGES.  DUBOIS CITY POLICE SAY 27-YEAR-OLD ELIJAH KEMMERER ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTED AND CHOKED A FEMALE VICTIM AT A HOME ON PIFER STREET LAST FRIDAY NIGHT.  POLICE OBSERVED VISIBLE INJURIES TO THE VICTIM.  KEMMERER IS BEHIND BARS IN THE CLEARFIELD COUNTY JAIL. 

CITY OF BRADFORD POLICE HAVE CHARGED 26-YEAR-OLD DEVIN ORTZ AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY ATTACKED A WOMAN HOLDING A BABY AT AN ELM STREET RESIDENCE.  OFFICERS SAY THAT ORTZ THREW THE VICTIM ON TO THE BED WHILE HOLDING THEIR ONE-YEAR-OLD CHILD AND ALLEGEDLY CONTINUED TO ASSAULT HER WHILE THE CHILD WAS BEING HELD.  HE WAIVED HIS PRELIMINARY HEARING AND HIS CASE HAS MOVED TO THE MCKEAN COUNTY COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NEXT PHASE.  ORTZ REMAINS IN THE MCKEAN COUNTY JAIL ON $10,000 CASH BAIL.

A ST. MARYS MAN IS FACING SEVERAL CHARGES AFTER ALLEGEDLY LEADING POLICE ON A HIGH-SPEED CHASE OVER THE WEEKEND.  ST. MARYS CITY POLICE SAY IT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 2 SATURDAY MORNING IN THE AREA OF WEHLER ROAD AND WEST ESCHBACH ROAD WHEN THEY TRIED TO STOP 19-YEAR-OLD JUSTIN HERBSTRITT AFTER OBSERVING SEVERAL TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS.  HERBSTRITT THEN ALLEGEDLY DROVE OFF AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND DISABLED HIS VEHICLE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.  HE IS BELIEVED TO ALLEGEDLY HAVE BEEN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. 

ANOTHER WEEK OF GAS PRICE FLUCTUATION IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.  TRIPLE A’S LATEST FUEL REPORT SHOWS A 12-CENT HIKE IN THE AVERAGE PRICE OF REGULAR UNLEADED TO REST AT 4.69 A GALLON.  THE LOWEST PRICE IN OUR AREA COMES IN BROOKVILLE WHERE IT’S 4.50 A GALLON.

STATE POLICE ARE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR AN INDIVIDUAL THAT ALLEGEDLY TOOK CASH THAT WAS LEFT BEHINDS AT A SELF-CHECKOUT MACHINE AT THE CLARION WALMART EARLIER THIS YEAR.  THE THEFT TOOK PLACE ON APRIL 24^TH AND $40.00 WAS LEFT BY A PREVIOUS CUSTOMER.  THE SUSPECT IS AN ELDERLY MALE, APPROXIMATELY 6 FEET TALL, BALD WITH GLASSES.  SURVEILANCE PICTURES ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE.  ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE STATE POLICE IN CLARION AT 814-226-1710.

50-YEAR-OLD JOSEPH CLARK OF REYNOLDSVILLE IS FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY PUNCHED A HOLE THROUGH HIS NEIGHBOR’S DOOR, THREATENED TO SHOOT THE NEIGHBOR AND THEN BURN DOWN THE BUILDING.  THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AT AN APARTMENT ON BROWN STREET IN THE BOROUGH ON SEPTEMBER 29^TH.  OFFICERS SAID THAT THERE HAD BEEN ONGOING ISSUES WITH CLARK AND THE FEMALE VICTIM AND POLICE HAD REPEATEDLY WARNED HIM TO LEAVE HER ALONE.  CLARK WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR A MEDICAL EVALUATION AND IS DUE IN COURT ON NOVEMBER 24^TH.

STATE POLICE REPORT THAT 44-YEAR-OLD JASON PLATT AND HIS PASSENGER 36-YEAR-OLD HEATHER WONDERLING PLATT BOTH OF MARIENVILLE SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES FOLLOWING A CRASH IN JENKS TOWNSHIP, FOREST COUNTY.  THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON BEAVER MEADOWS ROAD, NEAR SMITTY LANE ON WEDNESDAY AT AROUND 10:30AM.  TROOPERS SAID THEIR VEHICLE LEFT THR ROADWAY, STRUCK AN EMBANKMENT AND THREE TREES.  BOTH INDIVIDUALS REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT.  JASON PRATT WAS CITED FOR DRIVING AT AN UNSAFE SPEED.

A MAHAFFEY MAN IS FACING ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE CHARGES AFTER ALLEGEDLY FIRING A RIFLE AT TWO AREA BUSINESSES AND A CHURCH MONDAY AFTERNOON.  ACCORDING TO COURT RECORDS, 21-YEAR-OLD KODY DAVIS REPORTEDLY DID SO NEAR THE TH PORT-A-JOHN BUSINESS, KUNTZ MOTORS, AND A NEARBY CHURCH PARKING LOT.  DAVIS ALLEGEDLY ADMITTED TO POLICE HE WAS THE SHOOTER.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. 

20-YEAR-OLD GRANT ZIMMERMAN OF BROOKVILLE WAS CITED FOR A CRASH THAT HAPPENED IN LIMESTONE TOWNSHIP EARLY ON SEPTEMBER 18TH.  THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT JUST AFTER 5AM ON SHANNONDALE ROAD, SOUTH OF CRATES ROAD.  TROOPERS SAY THAT ZIMMERMAN WAS TRAVELING SOUTH WHEN HE CROSSED INTO THE NORTHBOUND LANE AND OVER-ENGAGED THE BRAKES.  THAT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO TRAVEL BACK OVER THE NORTHBOUND LANE AND STRIKE A DIRT EMBANKMENT.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AND GRANT WAS CITED FOR DRIVING AT AN UNSAFE SPEED.

A PENFIELD MAN IS FACING CHARGES THAT HE BROKE INTO A MOBILE HOME BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR.  ACCORDING TO STATE POLICE OUT OF DUBOIS, 51-YEAR-OLD LARRY ODELL JUNIOR ALLEGEDLY ADMITTED TO ENTERING A HOME IN THE PENFIELD TRAILER PARK AND TAKING SOME LUMBER AND A BOOK SHELF INSIDE.  ODELL IS SCHEDULED FOR A PRELIMINARY HEARING OCTOBER 21^ST IN THE CASE.

A WILLIAMSPORT MAN IS DEAD AS THE RESULT OF A TUESDAY AFTERNOON ACCIDENT IN CAMERON COUNTY.  STATE POLICE TELL US IT HAPPENED ON ROUTE 120 JUST SOUTH OF STILLHOUSE ROAD IN LUMBER TOWNSHIP WHEN 34-YEAR-OLD ZACHARY HARLAN LEFT THE ROADWAY AND STRUCK A DITCH AND AN EMBANKMENT, CAUSING HIM TO BE EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE.  HARLAN SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. 

NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED IN A WORK-ZONE CRASH INVOLVING TWO SEMI-TRUCKS AND A PICKUP LAST THURSDAY NIGHT ON INTERSTATE 80 IN DUBOIS.  THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AT JUST BEFORE 11PM IN A WORKZONE AT MILE MARKER 99.6 IN CLEARFIELD COUNTY.  THE VEHICLES WERE TRAVELING WEST WHEN ONE OF THE SEMI’S HIT THE PICKUP TRUCK FROM BEHIND THAT STARTED A CHAIN REACTION.  ALL THREE DRIVERS WERE WEARING THEIR SEATBELTS AND DID NOT REPORT ANY INJURIES.  I-80 WAS CLOSED UNTIL THE SCENE WAS CLEARED.

STATE POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR HELP IN IDENTIFYING THE SUSPECTS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE THEFT OF OVER 4 THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM A PINE CREEK TOWNSHIP BUILDING. ACCORDING TO REPORTS, IT ALLEGEDLY HAPPENED BACK ON THE AFTERNOON OF SEPTEMBER 26^TH OF THIS YEAR WHEN MULTIPLE SUSPECTS ENTERED A SULGAR ROAD FARM BUILDING AND TOOK A MOWER, UTILITY TRAILER, TOOLS, AND OTHER ITEMS.

32-YEAR-OLD ELYNN SUMSER OF BROOKVILLE IS FACING ASSAULT CHARGES AFTER STATE POLICE ALLEGE THAT SHE GRABBED A CHILD BY THE HEAD AND NECK.  CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REPORTED THAT SHE PLACED HER HANDS AROUND THE JUVENILE’S HEAD AND NECK AREA AT A LOCATION IN ROSE TOWNSHIP ON OCTOBER 8TH.  THE CHILD TOLD TROOPERS THAT THE ASSAULT HAPPENED AFTER SUMSER BECAME ANGRY WHILE GETTING READY FOR SCHOOL.  STATE POLICE OBSERVED A VISIBLE SCRATCH ON THE CHILD AS WELL AS BRUISING ON HER FINGER.  BAIL WAS SET AT $10,000 AND SUMSER IS AWAITING HER PRELIMINARY HEARING.

STATE POLICE IN DUBOIS REPORT THAT 49-YEAR-OLD CRAIG NESTOR AND 48-YEAR-OLD ANTOINETTE KELEGE, BOTH OF REYNOLDSVILLE, WERE INJURED AFTER A SINGLE-VEHICLE CRASH ON SATURDAY.  TROOPERS SAY THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AT JUST AFTER NOON ON WAYNE ROAD, EAST OF LAST CHANCE LANE.  FOR SOME REASON, NESTOR TRAVELED OFF THE ROADWAY AND STRUCK A DITCH.  HE AND HIS PASSENGER, KELEGE, WERE TRANSPORTED TO PENN HIGHLANDS DUBOIS FOR TREATMENT.  NESTOR WAS CITED FOR FAILING TO DRIVE ON ROADWAYS LANED FOR TRAFFIC.

A FOREST COUNTY MAN IS FACING CHARGES HE ASSAULTED SEVERAL VICTIMS WITH A MOTOR VEHICLE LAST THURSDAY.  MARIENVILLE STATE POLICE SAY IT HAPPENED ON ROUTE 36 IN WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, CLARION COUNTY, BUT DIDN’T RELEASE ANY SPECIFIC DETAILS OF THE INCIDENT.  43-YEAR-OLD MARK DELOE, OF TIONESTA, WAS ARRESTED AFTER 7 VICTIMS WERE INTERVIEWED.