Simple trespass
SHAMOKIN - Teresa Lopez, 19, of 349 S. Market St., Shamokin, was cited by Shamokin City Police Cpl. Darwin Tobias III with simple trespass and harassment following an incident at 12:04 a.m. Monday.
Police said Lopez entered the home of Maureen Forbes, 48, at 1015 E. Webster St., at and grabbed her by the hair and throat and struck her.
Criminal mischief
COAL TOWNSHIP - Police are investigating an incident of vandalism at the Wal-Mart SuperCenter parking lot between 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
Officers said someone smashed the rear window of a black Jeep Wrangler.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 644-0333.
Man knocked out
MONROE TOWNSHIP - Police said charges are pending against a Sunbury man following a fight at the PetSmart store at the Monroe Marketplace at 5:30 p.m. Sunday.
State police at Selinsgrove said Ricky Lee Hassinger Jr., 31, of Sunbury, and Ronald J. Hosgood Jr., 36, of Liverpool, were involved in an argument inside the store, with Hassinger telling Hosgood he was going to wait for him outside.
When Hosgood exited the store, he saw Hassinger waiting in his car, so he went back inside, police said. Police say Hassinger then went back into the store and proceeded to punch Hosgood in the head four times, knocking him unconscious. Hosgood also suffered head lacerations and was transported to Sunbury Community Hospital for treatment, police said.
Police said charges of simple assault, harassment and disorderly conduct are pending against Hassinger, but that the investigation is ongoing.
Harassment
SHAMOKIN - Kathleen A. Bechtel, 57, of 1034 W. Lynn St., Coal Township was cited for harassment by city police after an incident at 110 S. Diamond St. at 6:31 p.m. Saturday.
Police said Bechtel struck Connie Gulba, 56, of 269 W. Willow St., Shamokin, in the head with a glass coffee pot, causing a head and facial laceration.
Rock struck
COAL TOWNSHIP - Two occupants of a sedan escaped injury but their car needed to be towed when it struck a rock in the middle of Route 54 at 4:34 p.m. Sunday.
Police said a 2003 Saturn Ion, driven by Pamela Swatsky, 55, of 422 E. Third St., Mount Carmel, was traveling west when it struck the rock and the undercarriage was damaged. The rock fell from a large rock cliff along the highway.
Swatsky and a passenger, Brad Miller, 51, of 3759 Irish Valley Road, were not injured.
Two-vehicle crash
COAL TOWNSHIP - No one was injured in an accident in the 900 block of West Pine Street at 6:47 p.m. Friday.
Coal Township Police report Jennifer Miscavage, 38, of 617 W. Mulberry St., had pulled into a parking spot in her 2000 Chevrolet and was attempting to get out of the vehicle when the door was struck by a passing vehicle, a 2008 Ford being operated by Bruce Victoriano, of 2134 Stetler Drive.
Both vehicles suffered minor damage.
Police said Miscavage will be cited for opening and closing vehicle doors into traffic.
Gas runoff
SHAMOKIN - Lisa Tinley, 50, of 48 S. Rock St., Shamokin, was cited by city police for retail theft after she allegedly pumped $21.05 worth of gas at Turkey Hill Minit-Market on West Lincoln Street on Feb. 13 and drove off without paying.
Police said Tinley has done the same in the past, and has even told clerks she will pay for the gas on the first of the month.
No injuries in crash
EXCELSIOR - A Coal Township woman escaped injuries following a one-vehicle crash at 10:15 p.m. Friday on Route 901 near Excelsior.
Coal Township Police report a Mazda 626 driven by Jammie Peters, 26, of 314 Webster St., Coal Township, was traveling west when she attempted to pull off the road. She steered the vehicle quickly to the left, which caused it to spin and slide on the wet road. Her vehicle went off the road, struck a sign and flipped onto its roof.
Peters was not injured.
She will be cited for failing to drive her vehicle at a safe speed.