Police Blotter

WILKES-BARRE – City police reported the following:

• Police said a ground wire was cut and about 30 feet of wire was discovered stolen Monday from the PPL substation in the area of 1201 Scott St.

•Police said they apprehended Gerald Wolfe, 31, of East Northampton Street, on Monday on an outstanding warrant charging him with receiving stolen property.

PLAINS TWP. – Township police said they apprehended Horace Lee Stancavage, 35, last known address as North Main Street, Scranton, on Sunday on an arrest warrant charging him with failure to appear for a hearing in Luzerne County Court on April 2.

Stancavage was apprehended on Second Street at about 11:10 a.m. He is facing a charge of using a bank card to withdrawal $700 without permission in December 2008, according to the criminal complaint.

HANOVER TWP. – State police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement reported the following:

• Arena Bar and Grill Inc., 380 Coal St., Wilkes-Barre, was recently cited with furnishing alcohol to a minor.

• James V. DeLucca, doing business as Babes II Bar & Restaurant, 220 E. Walnut St., Hazleton, was recently cited with permitting smoking in a public place and failure to post signage as required by the state Clean Indoor Air Act.

• Silverbrook Mat. Inc., doing business as The Dog House Saloon, 202 S. Broad St., West Hazleton, was recently cited with permitting smoking in a public place and failure to post signage as required by the state Clean Indoor Air Act.

WEST MAHANOY TWP. – A Hazleton woman was flown to Geisinger Medical Center in Danville after she crashed a 2007 Chevrolet Equinox at state Routes 924 and 4033 in Schuylkill County at about 3:40 a.m. Saturday, state police at Hazleton said.

State police allege Angelique Lavariega, 38, failed to stop at the intersection and struck an embankment, causing her vehicle to become airborne and strike numerous trees.

Lavariega suffered multiple injuries, state police said.

The investigation is continuing.