News from Berwick
Mon, 04/03/2017 - 00:00
BERWICK — Jackie Vital says she was trying to help a couple with a sick child when she saw them in the medicine aisle of the grocery store recently.
Instead, she became their victim...
Mon, 04/03/2017 - 00:00
BERWICK — An electrical short in a heating system at the Schain building sent residents of the 100-unit apartment building into the streets Sunday afternoon.
Businesses on the first...
Sat, 04/01/2017 - 00:00
BERWICK — A Berwick man arrested Monday as a fugitive from South Carolina was released Friday after police and prosecutors determined they had detained the wrong guy.
John Paul Smith,...
Fri, 03/31/2017 - 00:00
BERWICK — Thieves broke into the Berwick Senior Center, stealing more than $700 in cash and damaging four doors, a volunteer said.
The break-in, which took place between Wednesday night...
Fri, 03/31/2017 - 00:00
BERWICK — Police say a 58-year-old man attacked them March 24 when they told him to stop calling a witness to an accident.
But the man, Thomas D. Cruickshank, 58, of 1538 Orange St.,...
Thu, 03/30/2017 - 00:00
BERWICK — Borough Police responded to the following calls from March 19-25.
March 19
• 12:08 a.m. — 100 block East Second Street, suspicious auto
• 12:...
Wed, 03/29/2017 - 00:00
BERWICK — A prophecy series is planned at the Berwick Golf Club this weekend.
Topics are:
• Friday — “Can God Be Trusted”
• Saturday — “Seeing the Signs”
•...
Tue, 03/28/2017 - 00:00
BERWICK — A Berwick man was jailed after U.S. Marshals arrested him on a warrant for allegedly having sexual contact with a child under 16 in South Carolina.
But John Paul Smith, 69, of...
Tue, 03/28/2017 - 00:00
BERWICK — The driver who slammed into the back of a car driven by a pregnant woman on Christmas Eve had a blood-alcohol level of.30 percent, court papers say.
Matthew Jay Witchey, 23,...
Mon, 03/27/2017 - 00:00
BERWICK — Someone shot live rounds into a home here while people were inside Saturday night, police say.
The gunshots were fired at the exterior of 1241 W. Front St. around 9:40 p.m.,...