News from Berwick
Tue, 03/17/2015 - 00:00
BERWICK — In a jealous fit of anger, a man chased down his live-in girlfriend as she tried to flee their home, tackled her and choked her until she lost consciousness in their backyard, police...
Mon, 03/16/2015 - 00:00
BERWICK — Vandals and thieves stealing a small amount of copper piping caused more than $41,000 in damage and endangered their own health when they unleashed asbestos, Berwick school officials...
Mon, 03/16/2015 - 00:00
BERWICK — Borough Police responded to these calls from March 1-7:
March 1
•4:12 a.m. — 700 block North Market Street, attempted suicide
•11:04 a.m. —...
Mon, 03/16/2015 - 00:00
BERWICK — A week after refusing to testify against a man accused of drug dealing from his house, Bryan Smith faces new drug charges of his own.
Police recently picked up Smith, 36, of...
Sat, 03/14/2015 - 00:00
BERWICK — In 1959, Dr. Ali Alley opened his first medical office next to his father’s candy store. Now after working 55 years, delivering about 3,500 babies and treating countless patients, he’...
Sat, 03/14/2015 - 00:00
BERWICK — After a borough man struck a tavern with his pickup, he shouted for his lawyer then cried when he was arrested for DUI, court papers say.
Randy W. Sitler, 33, of 121 Columbia...
Fri, 03/13/2015 - 00:00
BERWICK — Two brothers accused of selling heroin from their home saw new charges added to their list of alleged crimes Thursday.
Prosecutors accuse Tristan Fenton, 24, and David Fenton...
Thu, 03/12/2015 - 00:00
BERWICK — An autopsy on the girl killed in a crash near here Tuesday has confirmed a deputy coroner’s on-scene finding that the child died from multiple blunt force trauma to the head.
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Wed, 03/11/2015 - 00:00
BERWICK — Police say they arrested a woman and seized 457 packets of heroin and $958 in cash Tuesday.
Amanda Colon, 34, was arrested on the way to her home at 124 E....
Wed, 03/11/2015 - 00:00
BERWICK — A young girl who had suffered health problems since birth and needed heart surgery died Tuesday when she was thrown from her grandmother’s vehicle as it slid out of control a mile...