Author Archives: Freddi Hammer

POLICE SEEK INFORMATION ABOUT DRIVE-BY SHOOTING Police in Williamsport are asking for the public's help after a shooting involving juveniles Sunday night. Investigators say two individuals in a small ...

LIFE SENTENCE HANDED TO WILLIAMSPORT MAN FOR 2023 HOMICIDE A Lycoming County man will spend the rest of his life in prison for a deadly 2023 shooting. A jury convicted 35-year-old Benjamin Villanueva ...

WILLIAMSPORT MAN CHARGED WITH ARSON A Williamsport man is facing serious charges after police say he set a fire inside an apartment building. Fifty-five-year-old Michael Eugene Cover was arrested late...

SOUTH CAROLINA FUGITIVE ARRESTED IN WILLIAMSPORT A man wanted for a deadly stabbing in South Carolina has been arrested in Williamsport. Johnathan Romig was taken into custody by U.S. Marshals Wednesd...

WOMAN CHARGED FOR NEGLECT AFTER OVERDOSING NEAR HER CHILD A woman in Sunbury is facing charges after an alleged overdose with a child in the home. Police say 42-year-old Erin Schenherr was found unres...

MAN CAUGHT TRYING TO DESTORY EVIDENCE IN CSAM CASE A 42-year-old Sunbury man is facing multiple felony charges after state police say he tried to destroy evidence while they served a search warrant. I...

FATAL CRASH SATURDAY IN KELLY TOWNSHIP One person is dead following a crash in Union County Saturday afternoon. State police say it happened around 4 p.m. at Route 15 and Loan Road in Kelly Township, ...

SERIAL BURGLAR IN CUSTODY Police say a suspected serial burglar is now behind bars after a months-long investigation in Lycoming County. Lycoming Regional Police Department has charged Gerald W. Fleeg...

FEDERAL DRUG AND GUN CHARGES FOR TROUT RUN MAN A Lycoming County man is facing federal charges for alleged drug trafficking. Police say Robert E. Confer Jr., of Trout Run, was indicted on charges incl...

NO CHARGES TO BE FILED IN WILLIAMSPORT SHOOTING Williamsport police say no charges will be filed in a fatal shooting involving a father and son. Officers responded March 28 to Central Avenue, where 40...