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NANTICOKE – City police reported the following:
• A 16-year-old boy was cited with retail theft for allegedly stealing a cigar from Ruminski’s Market.
• David Rushnock, of East Main Street, reported a satellite radio, money and various papers were stolen from his vehicle.
• Jennifer Sczyrck, of Park Street, reported someone entered her residence and stole three video game systems, video games, a television and a pistol.
• Dean Gavrish, of Coal Street, reported someone slashed two tires on his vehicle.
• Audrey Hummel, of Line Street, reported someone stole her grandson’s 20-inch bicycle.
• A 10-year-old boy reported someone stole his 20-inch bicycle from Weis Markets.
• Thomas Brewer, 23, of East Washington Street, was cited with disorderly conduct and public drunkenness, and a 16-year-old girl was cited with underage drinking and violating curfew after police investigated a man causing a disturbance in the 100 block of East Ridge Street.
• Brenda Bartlett of East Church Street reported someone poured paint on her vehicle.
HANOVER TWP. – Township police reported the following:
• Amelia Kahiu, of Butler Township, Jared Davis, of Wilkes-Barre, and Manus Mulherin, of Stroudsburg, reported Thursday someone entered their vehicles parked at Kraft Foods, Hanover Industrial Estates, and stole items.
• Frank Desiderio, of Laflin, reported Thursday someone damaged an electrical meter box at property he owns on West Division Street. Police said it appeared someone climbed onto the roof to retrieve property when the electrical box was damaged.
HANOVER TWP. – State police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement reported the following:
• Valley Veterans Home Association, 75 Banks Ave., Conyngham, was recently cited with failing to maintain complete records for two years.
• Statistics for June: complaints, 153; visits to licensed establishments, 182; age compliance checks, four; licensed establishments that sold alcohol to minor, one; administrative citations, 28; warnings, 28; minors charged with underage drinking, 12; arrests, three; seized 5 liters of liquor and 1 gallon of beer.
SUGARLOAF TWP. – State police at Hazleton said they arrested Ian Michael Henry, 27, of Nanticoke, on evidence of drunken driving after an investigation on Interstate 80 at 6:36 a.m. Friday.
Henry was found passed out behind the wheel of the vehicle which was idling, state police said.
State police said Henry was taken to Hazleton General Hospital for a blood-alcohol test.
WILKES-BARRE – Police said Daniel Whitest of Philadelphia was struck in the hand and a 2-year-old child was struck in the head by BBs fired at approximately 6:40 p.m. Wednesday at a playground on Coal Street.
• Police said Megan Jones of Hughes Street alleged her boyfriend, Gregg Smith, 31, of Hughes Street, struck her several times at approximately 8:30 p.m. Thursday. Police arrested Smith on charges of simple assault and harassment. Smith was arraigned before District Judge Thomas J. Sharkey, Hazle Township, and taken to the county prison for lack of $5,000 bonded bail.
A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for 10 a.m. July 13 before District Judge David Barilla, Swoyersville.
City police also reported the following:
• Police arrested John Bennett, 60, of Davis Place, on public drunkenness charges Thursday at 70 Davis Place.
• A car stereo was stolen Thursday from a vehicle belonging to Scott Pearson, of Hunlock Creek, while it was parked in the Park and Lock Central on South Main Street.
• Items were taken from a vehicle belonging to James Hummer, of Hanover Township, on Thursday while it was parked near the intersection of East North and North Washington streets.
• A car stereo and cash were stolen Thursday from a vehicle belonging to Wanda Elko, of Larksville, while it was parked near 117 N. Main St.
• A GPS device and a wallet were stolen Thursday from a vehicle belonging to Sandra Swortzfigure, of Wyoming Street, while it was parked near 184 Wyoming St.
• Various medications were stolen Thursday from Rosemary Scheuch at 116 Darling St.
• A woman returned home Tuesday to find her Andover Street home burglarized and $1,300 worth of items stolen.
• A window was smashed Thursday at LAZ Parking, 52 S. Main St.
• Someone damaged the door of Deborah Vasquez’s Academy Street residence Thursday.
• Someone broke a window on a vehicle belonging to Yarismeli Guzman on Thursday while it was parked near the corner of North Penn Avenue and Chestnut Street.
• Nakia Wells said someone damaged her vehicle with fireworks while it was parked near 162 Coal St. Thursday.