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PLAINS TWP. – A woman was charged by township police for allegedly assaulting two officers at the Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs casino on Saturday.

Kathy Paradis, 35, of Plains Township, was charged with simple assault. She was released without bail.

Police said Paradis struggled with police and assaulted two officers after she was detained by casino security from leaving the parking lot because she was intoxicated at 10:30 p.m., according to a police news release.

• Mailee Stone, of West Union Street, recently reported someone threw a rock that smashed the rear window on her vehicle.

• Police said they arrested Michael A. Foschini Jr., 19, of West Main Street, on charges he assaulted his father and mother on Thursday.

Foschini was charged with six counts of disorderly conduct, two counts each of simple assault, harassment and criminal mischief and a single count of resisting arrest. He was jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of $1,500 bail.

Police said Foschini was upset that his brother removed a radio from his vehicle. He denied commands to stop yelling profanities and jumped on a Ford Mustang owned by his mother, Carol Raush.

Police allege in the criminal complaint Foschini jumped off the vehicle and charged at his parents, grabbing Raush and his stepfather, David Raush Jr..

• Police said they arrested Duane Krommes, 29, of East Broad Street, on charges he assaulted his wife on Sunday.

Krommes was charged with simple assault, stalking and harassment. He was jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of $7,500 bail.

Police said Krommes was arguing with his wife, Clarice Krommes, when he allegedly pushed her into a wall and threw a telephone at her.

Krommes claimed he tripped over his shoes and fell into his wife, the criminal complaint says.

• Gwen Brown, of Garfield Street, recently reported a flat screen televison, a video game system, video games and accessories, and a music player were stolen during a burglary at her residence.

• Police said William Thomas, 50, of Coal Street, Nanticoke, was charged with public drunkenness after he was found intoxicated in the 500 block of South Market Street.

• Catherine Holminski, of West Main Street, recently reported Carol Shotwell, 37, of East Grand Street, Nanticoke, jumped into her swimming pool without permission, police said.

• Michael Stankiewicz, of State Street, recently reported a wheel was stolen from his vehicle.

• Police said a 15-year-old boy and a 15-year old girl were recently cited for violating the city’s curfew ordinance when they were observed on East Union Street at night.

• Arthur Owens, of East Union Street, recently reported someone stole his lawnmower.

• Police said two 14-year-old girls and a 15-year-old girl were recently cited for violating the city’s curfew ordinance when they were found at night at Arch and Walnut streets.

• William Larson, of West Grand Street, recently reported someone slashed the rear tires on his vehicle.

• Jason Chamberlain, of East Ridge Street, recently reported someone smashed a window at his residence.

• Police said two Hazleton men and a 15-year old male were arrested on charges they robbed two people at Huber and Moyallen streets on Saturday.

Jonathan Roque Moronta, 19, and Andy Antonio Diaz, 24, were charged with two counts of robbery and a single count of receiving stolen property. They were arraigned by District Judge William Amesbury in Wilkes-Barre and jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of $50,000 bail.

Two people told police they were walking in the area of Huber Street Park at about 4:30 p.m. when they were approached by three men in a vehicle who demanded money.

One of the three suspects gave the impression he had a weapon during the robbery, the criminal complaint says.

After police arrested Moronta, Diaz and the juvenile, according to the criminal compliant, officers learned they robbed the victims of marijuana.

• Police said Cheri Mulligan, of Jackson Road, Shavertown, was intoxicated after she drove a vehicle on railroad tracks in the 700 block of North Main Street early Saturday morning. Police allege Mulligan had a blood alcohol level of .133 percent after a breath test.

An adult driver in Pennsylvania is considered legally intoxicated with a blood alcohol level of .08 percent.

• Police said Josephine Pritchard, of North Pennsylvania Avenue, was arrested on charges he provided a false name to officers during an investigation of a disturbance at 535 N. Pennsylvania Ave. at 2:24 a.m. Monday.

• Police said Michael Scott Burns, 25, of Kingston, was charged with possession of a controlled substance after officers allegedly found illegal drugs on him at Coal and Custer streets at 8:19 p.m. Monday.

• Police said Maurice Pate, 20, of Larksville, was cited for disorderly conduct after he allegedly threw firecrackers near a large crowd at Kirby Park on Saturday.

• Four exterior lights at St. Nicholas Church, South Washington Street, were discovered damaged on Monday.

• Police said Desmond Mercer, 21, of Bellsville, N.J., was cited for harassment after Amy Simon, 23, of George Avenue, Wilkes-Barre, claimed he slapped her in the face at the Holiday Inn, Kidder Street, on Monday.

• Police said a woman, who wasn’t identified, reported on Friday that someone stole her wallet from her purse on Public Square.

• Police said James Ray Jones, 35, of South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, was cited with public drunkenness and retail theft after he allegedly concealed a pack of ribs in his pants at Schiel’s Family Market, Hanover Street, on Saturday.

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