Crime & Courts

October 29, 2010

Police Blotter

WILKES-BARRE – City police reported the following:

• Police said a female juvenile was stabbed in the shoulder in the Charles Street Park Thursday night. Police said the girl was approached by two people known to her on Academy Street where they stole her iPod. The girl then approached the people at the park where she was stabbed during a dispute, police said.

The girl was treated at an area hospital, police said.

Lanisha Montgomery reported she loaned her vehicle on Hazle Avenue to a person known to her Wednesday night. The vehicle was not returned to Montgomery, police said. The incident is under investigation.

David Young Sr., and David Young Jr., both of Wilkes-Barre, were cited for public drunkenness and disorderly conduct at 604 N. Washington St. at 11:54 p.m. Wednesday, according to police.

James Centini reported to police someone stole a CD player from his vehicle at 321 N. Main St. on Wednesday.

According to police, someone removed several metal items from outside Postupak Painting’s storage facility in the area of 49 New Frederick St. on Wednesday. The incident is under investigation, police said.

James Lutes, of 60 Monroe St., Apartment 111, Wilkes-Barre, reported someone removed his 1995 Chevrolet Corsica’s Pennsylvania license plate, FMT 9577, when the car was parked in the area of 48 S. Washington St.

SHICKSHINNY – State police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement officers assigned to the Wilkes-Barre district office conducted age compliance checks in the Shickshinny and Hunlock Creek area on Thursday.

A total of six compliance checks were done at establishments licensed by the state Liquor Control Board, all of which were found to be compliant, according to a news release.

Shickshinny Joe’s and Nino’s Pizza & Restaurant, both on Route 239 in Shickshinny, B&S Distributor in Mocanaqua, Lily Lake Hotel in Wapwallopen, and two Glen Lyon establishments, Danny’s and Shale Pit Tavern, were found to be in compliance.

DUPONT – A woman was charged after police said she stole prescription medication from her mother.

Marla McNulty, 27, of Coolidge Street, was charged with theft and receiving stolen property on Wednesday. She remained jailed on Friday at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of $7,500 bail.

Police Chief Anthony DeMark said McNulty stole prescription medications from Elizabeth Cronin on Wednesday.

A preliminary hearing is tentatively scheduled for July 31 in Central Court.

KINGSTON – A man charged by police in connection with the assault of several officers claimed he had diplomatic immunity, according to arrest records filed on Friday.

Frances Xavier McMyne, 52, of Wyoming Avenue, Kingston, was charged with aggravated assault, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and harassment. He was jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of $25,000 bail.

According to the criminal complaint:

Kingston police observed a man, later identified as McMyne, holding an electronic device while standing on Wyoming Avenue at about 2:25 a.m. Friday. McMyne ran into the parking lot of the Budget Inn and dropped the item he was carrying, the criminal complaint says.

Police followed McMyne, who ignored commands to stop. McMyne reportedly walked to the second floor of the motel and told police he didn’t have to talk to officers because he had “diplomatic immunity,” the criminal complaint says.

Police requested McMyne to provide his identification and forms to confirm his immunity. When police learned McMyne was wanted by Scranton police on an unrelated charge, the criminal complaint says, he resisted arrest and struggled with several officers.

Two officers sustained minor injuries, police said.

A preliminary hearing is tentatively scheduled for Aug. 4 in Central Court.

HAZLE TWP. – Two men were charged Friday after state police at Hazleton said they stole a catalytic converter from a vehicle at an auto parts business.

Martin Lawrence McGuire III, 47, of West Maple Street, Hazleton, and Jerome Michael Skotek, 53, of Main Street, Junedale, were charged with two counts of theft, and one count each of criminal trespass and possession of instruments of crime. They were jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of $10,000 bail each.

According to the criminal complaints:

Jason Antolick, of Hazle Auto Parts on South Church Street, told police he discovered several catalytic converters were stolen sometime between late Wednesday and Thursday morning. Antolick stayed at the business Thursday night and heard noises and observed a light flickering around 11 p.m.

Antolick approached the area where the noise was and found two men, later identified as McGuire and Skotek, on the property, the criminal complaints say.

Police said McGuire and Skotek used a reciprocating saw to remove a catalytic converter from a vehicle.

Skotek told police, according to the criminal complaints, that they were at the business to steal catalytic converters for money.

Preliminary hearings are tentatively scheduled for July 31 in Central Court.

JENKINS TWP. – Two men were charged Friday after police said they stole manhole frames from a construction site.

Robert A. Miller, 35, of Tomkins Street, Pittston, and Anthony Robert Lukasavage, 35, of Main Street, Jenkins Township, were charged with theft and criminal conspiracy to commit theft. Miller was also charged with driving a vehicle with a suspended license, according to arrest records.

They were jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of $10,000 bail each.

According to the criminal complaints filed by Officer Christopher J. Purcell:

A security officer working in the area of Boden Clothing on Armstrong Road in the Center Pointe Industrial Park told police that two men, later identified as Miller and Lukasavage, removed manhole frames from a construction site. They placed the items in a pickup truck at about 1:30 a.m. Friday, police said.

Police arrested the two after stopping the truck containing drain systems and manhole frames, the criminal complaint says.

Preliminary hearings are tentatively scheduled for Aug. 4 in Central Court.

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