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Police: Williamsport man ‘staged’ suicide scene to cover up attempted killing of wife
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — A Lycoming County man tried to kill his wife in January and then pass it off as a suicide, police in Williamsport said. Dane Kay, 31, is charged in a criminal complaint filed Monday with attempted homicide, aggravated assault, strangulation, possessing instruments of crime, tampering with evidence, recklessly endangering another person and making a false report to law enforcement. Kay was not in custody as of Monday afternoon.
Man accused of kidnapping woman, stealing car, money
WILLIAMSPORT, LYCOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man was arrested after police say he held and threatened a woman with a gun inside her vehicle, stealing her car and money. According to the Williamsport Bureau of Police, an investigation began when a woman reported she was injured after an altercation with a man later identified as […]
Nicholas Allyn Peterson Charged With Rape: Police
Nicholas Allyn Peterson, 22, of Williamsport, was charged with raping and attempting to strangle a girl on Tuesday, Sept. 24, the Williamsport Bureau of Police detailed in the affidavit of probable cause. Four girls, including the victim, met up with Peterson at a Sheetz in Williamsport on Tuesday, July 16,...
Man steals woman's car, abandons her
West Chillisquaque Township, Pa. — A man stole a woman's car and left her after she tried to kick him out of her vehicle, police say. Zachary Delroy Reaser, 31, now faces robbery charges. Trooper Caleb Danner of PSP Milton says around 1:30 p.m. Sept. 13, Reaser came to the woman's home and asked for a ride to his parents' home. The woman started driving Reaser, but he soon became...
Police: Man assaults woman with knife while intoxicated
Williamsport, Pa. — A woman was cut when she tried to take a knife away from an intoxicated man who was allegedly trying to harm himself. Police spoke with the accuser on Sept. 21 just before 8 p.m. when reports of a domestic came into the Lycoming County Call Center, according to a complaint. The woman claimed Vincent Riley Peterson, 65, of Williamsport was responsible for the attack. Peterson punched...
Investigation underway after shots fired in Williamsport
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — An investigation is underway after shots were fired in part of Lycoming County on Saturday. Police say a man walking along the 600 block of 2nd Avenue in Williamsport fired several shots at a black sedan driving along the roadway around noon. Both the man and...
Shooting investagtion underway in Lycoming County
WILLIAMSPORT, LYCOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A shooting investigation is underway in Lycoming County after shots were fired Saturday afternoon. According to the Williamsport Bureau of Police on Saturday around noon officers were dispatched to a report of shots fired in the 600 block of Second Avenue. Upon arrival, police say, they made contact with several […]
Sayre mom sentenced to prison
Sayre, PA. — A Bradford County woman will spend several months in jail after she stole a vehicle and wrecked it. Amy L. Gusler, 41, was caught after she stole a truck from a resident on South Elmer Avenue in Sayre on March 18, drove it to Waverly, NY, and wrecked it. She was sentenced to four to 23 months behind bars for the felony charge. Gusler will also spend...