Crime & Courts

November 17, 2009

Police Blotter

WILKES-BARRE TWP. – Central Culinary Enterprises Inc., doing business as Colarusso’s Pizza, 300 Wilkes-Barre Township Blvd., was recently cited with operating a licensed business without a valid health permit that expired on Dec. 8, state police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement said.

KINGSTON TWP. – Township police said they are investigating thefts from 14 vehicles in the Trucksville and Shavertown areas recently.

Money and electronics were stolen from the vehicles that were unlocked, police said.

Police remind residents to remove valuable items and lock their vehicles.

NANTICOKE – Police reported the following:

• A 15-year-old male from Plymouth was recently cited with retail theft for allegedly failing to pay for three beverages at Weis Markets.

• Julia Gladkikh, of Hanover Street, recently reported someone damaged her vehicle while it was parked near her residence, police said.

• John Zegarski Jr., of West Broad Street, recently reported someone stole a global positioning system from his vehicle that was parked near his residence.

• Louis Reese, of Coal Street, recently reported checks were stolen from his vehicle that was parked near his residence.

• Police said copper pipe was recently stolen from houses on West Ridge, West Union and East Noble streets.

• Tami Pearce, of South Hanover Street, recently reported an iron gate was stolen from her residence.

• Christine Xander, 45, of East Ridge Street, was charged on Nov. 10 with simple assault for allegedly stabbing her husband, Dennis Xander, with a screwdriver during a dispute at their residence. A preliminary hearing is tentatively scheduled today before District Judge Donald Whittaker in Nanticoke.

• Police said John Joseph Wojciechowski, 40, of West Washington Street, was charged with assaulting a man at a bar on Nov. 8.

Wojciechowski was charged with simple assault, disorderly conduct, harassment, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of marijuana. A preliminary hearing is tentatively scheduled on Dec. 15 before District Judge Donald Whittaker in Nanticoke.

Police said in the criminal complaint that Wojciechowski assaulted Huascar Castillo in Lacy’s Bar on Nov. 8 because Castillo was talking to Wojciechowski’s wife. Castillo suffered a broken nose, a broken tooth and a sprained ankle, police said.

Police said they found a small amount of marijuana and a pipe in Wojciechowski’s pockets, according to the criminal complaint.

• Police said Joseph F. Baynock III, 26, of East Washington Street, was charged on Nov. 9 with assaulting his girlfriend.

Baynock was charged with simple assault and harassment. A preliminary hearing is tentatively scheduled today before District Judge Donald Whittaker in Nanticoke.

According to the criminal complaint:

Amanda Yurksha told police Baynock struck her head with a coffee mug during an argument in their residence. Yurksha drove herself to Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Township, where she initially told hospital employees that she was injured in a fall.

Police said in the criminal complaint that Yurksha suffered injuries to her face.

Baynock told police, according to the criminal complaint, that Yurksha swung the coffee mug at him and he accidentally struck her in the head with it.

AVOCA – Police said a .25-caliber handgun, two chainsaws, a battery pack, two paint spray guns, a camouflage crossbow and money were stolen in a burglary at a business at William and Spruce streets on Saturday.

Anyone with information about the burglary is asked to contact Avoca police at 457-4011.

HUNLOCK TWP. – State police at Shickshinny said money and a compound bow were stolen from a 2006 Ford F250 that was parked on Main Road on Friday.

WILKES-BARRE – City police reported the following:

• Police said a window on a heavy-equipment vehicle, owned by Stafursky Paving, of Archbald, was smashed while it was parked at Vulcan and Brook streets on Monday.

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