News from Berwick

BERWICK — Landlords have filed complaints in March against the following tenants at District Judge Richard Knecht ’s office:

• Carlotta Carroll, 1133...

BERWICK — A man accused of attacking police was allowed to take a plea deal due to mental health issues.

Thomas Duane Cruickshank, 58, Berwick, allegedly forced his...

BERWICK — Landlords are seeking rent payments from tenants in the following complaints filed with District Judge Richard Knecht. These cases are sometimes settled soon after...

BERWICK — With rain falling Thursday afternoon, Marie Montecalvo watched in dismay as a torrent of water rushed through her backyard.

“When I looked outside, I thought I’d have a heart...

BERWICK — The 2017 Curry Quarterback Camp will be May 27 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Crispin Field in Berwick.

Instructors this year will include Jimmy Terwilliger, a...

BERWICK — Borough Police responded to the following calls from March 26-April 1.

March 26

• 1:12 p.m. — 1100 block Freas Avenue, criminal mischief to auto...

BERWICK — A repairman suffered broken bones when he fell off a collapsing porch roof, so he’s suing a contractor and the homeowner, a lawsuit says.

Mark Davenport was wearing a safety...

BERWICK — A heroin dealer accused of leading police on a high-speed chase to avoid sentencing has agreed to face some of the charges from his latest escapades in county court.

But other...

BERWICK — A Berwick woman allegedly went into a dresser drawer at a friend’s house and helped herself to a man’s Glock handgun, taking it home in a purse.

When Trina Diane Truax, 46, of...

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...

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...

BERWICK — A suicidal man jumped into the Susquehanna River in Larksville late Saturday, prompting a downriver search by Berwick’s rescue team.

The man, whom police have not identified,...

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,...

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.,...

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...

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:...

BERWICK — A prophecy series is planned at the Berwick Golf Club this weekend.

Topics are:

• Friday — “Can God Be Trusted”

• Saturday — “Seeing the Signs”

•...

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,...

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...

BERWICK — School directors here decided to defer a study that could have led to the district’s pulling out of the Columbia-Montour Vo-Tech.

Architects said the study would cost about $...