Police Blotter
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WILKES-BARRE – City police reported the following:
• Donald Warren, 35, of Broad Street, Beaver Meadows was arrested for violating a Protection from Abuse Order obtained by Lucy Smith-Kay, 166 W River St., police said. Smith-Kay said Warren came to her residence around 11:30 p.m. Saturday and argued with her in violation of the order.
• Carole Olerta of 216 High St. reported an attempted burglary around 6:15 p.m. Sunday. She opened a rear door after her dogs barked and saw a black male approximately 20 weighing 150 pounds and wearing a black hooded sweatshirt. Olerta screamed and the man fled.
• Hali Endress reported Sunday afternoon a passenger side window on her vehicle was hit by a rock thrown on Horton Street.
• Tamika McCormick, 32, of Mark Drive, Hanover Township was cited with public drunkenness around 8:20 p.m. Saturday in the area of Blackman and Brown streets.
•Kristen Kepp reported at 8:24 a.m. Sunday windows on two of her vehicles were damaged in the area of Hickory and Lehigh streets.
• James Thomas, no age or address provided, was charged with driving under the influence after police saw him driving the wrong way on South Franklin Street around 1:25 a.m. Sunday.
• Joshua Gronski, no age or address provided, was cited with public drunkenness after he was running into traffic on East Northampton Street around 1:40 a.m. Sunday.
• Javier Castillo of 91 Parrish St. was cited with violating the city’s noise ordinance Sunday night.
• Basheir Edwards, 18, of Madison Street, was on Friday was cited with retail theft after police said he stole Slim Jims from Shiel’s Market on Hanover Street.
HAZLETON – Police are investigating two burglaries on North Laurel Street that occurred over the weekend.
On Sunday a residence in the 500 block was entered between 3:45 a.m. and 8 a.m. and an unknown amount of items were stolen, police said
Sometime between 10 p.m. Saturday and 9:30 a.m. Sunday a residence in the 800 block was entered and an unknown amount of items also was stolen.
Anyone with information about the burglaries is asked to contact Hazleton police at 570 459-4940.
HAZLETON – Two men were arrested after a fight around 6:15 a.m. Sunday in the area of North Laurel and Spring streets, police said.
Rafael Rodriguez, 27, of West Seventh Street was cited with disorderly conduct, public drunkenness and criminal mischief, police said.
John Cregg, 33, of Tobyhanna, was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct, possession of a small amount of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and several traffic violations, police said.
