News from Berwick

Sat, 10/13/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — Donations to Beyond Violence this month will be matched by the Allstate Foundation’s Purple Purse Challenge, doubling the value of every dollar.

The local domestic violence...


 | By Susan Schwartz
Fri, 10/12/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — While a roof collapse only damaged one half of the Masonic Building last month, there was evidence that the whole structure had been damaged by long-term leaks of water, an engineer...


 | By Gary Pang
Thu, 10/11/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — Police found four people inside a shed with an “AR-styled rifle,” knives, meth pipes and marijuana grinders, authorities said.

Officers then found numerous bags of heroin,...


 | By Leon Bogdan
Wed, 10/10/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — Borough manager Krunal Thakore abruptly resigned Tuesday, following a weekend arrest here on charges that he allegedly drove drunk, at nearly three times the legal limit.

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 | By Susan Schwartz
Tue, 10/09/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A man accused of threatening online to kill police officers quietly agreed Monday to send his case to county court by giving up his right to a preliminary hearing here.

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Tue, 10/09/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Berwick man who police say put a woman in a headlock and squeezed her arms, pleaded guilty to harassment and disorderly conduct and will be on probation for six months.

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 | By The Press Enterprise Staff
Mon, 10/08/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A woman told police her boyfriend threatened to “blow her head off with his gun” if she went to police after he allegedly smacked and shoved her to the ground outside the Turkey Hill...


 | By The Press Enterprise Staff
Mon, 10/08/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A 38-year-old man was jailed Friday night after allegedly choking a woman.

Police were called to 605 LaSalle St. here at 5:46 p.m. to deal with a domestic disturbance.

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Sun, 10/07/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Berwick man, stopped by police for driving with the wrong vehicle registration, was under the influence of alcohol.

Daryl Campbell, 19, 347 Grant Street,...


 | By Susan Schwartz
Fri, 10/05/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Berwick man upset at how police handled his suicidal brother is now in jail after threatening the officers, court papers say.

Mark Allen Whitebread, 36, of 362 Grant St.,...