A 68-year-old Lebanon man was charged with indecent exposure after allegedly exposing his genitals on the 500 block of Lehman Street in Lebanon on Jan. 6, city police said.
Michael Shannon was taken into custody and also was charged with open lewdness and disorderly conduct, police said.
Witnesses told officers that Shannon was in the area of a bus stop, acting disorderly and yelling profanities, city police said.
Shannon’s pants were starting to fall down and one of the witnesses told him to pull up his pants, city police said.
Shannon became louder and pulled his pants completely down, exposing his buttocks and genitalia, city police said.
Police: Man assaulted employee
A 44-year-old Annville man assaulted an employee at an establishment on the 300 block of South Hershey Road in West Hanover Township, Dauphin County, on Jan. 6, state police at Harrisburg said.
David Bosworth was taken into custody for assault and related charges, state police at Harrisburg said.
Police: Man slapped son, 7, in face
A 33-year-old Jonestown man is facing an harassment charge after allegedly slapping his 7-year-old son in the face on West Market Street in Jonestown on Jan. 6, state police at Jonestown said.
Jerks steal comforter, lincoln logs from vehicle
Thugs swiped a Down comforter and Lincoln Logs from a vehicle at Oakglade Plaza in South Hanover Township, Dauphin County, between Dec. 28 and Jan. 4, state police at Harrisburg said.
The comforter was worth $169, and the Lincoln Logs cost $40, state police said.
The victim is Jamie Witcoski, of Rector, state police said.
Accident shuts down I-78 for 3 hours
Interstate 78 east was shut down for about three hours after a Volvo truck hit an embankment and rolled over in Greenwich Township on Jan. 6, state police at Hamburg said.
The driver, Carolos Urena-Valverde, wasn’t injured in the accident at mile marker 39.9, state police said.
Police: 2 snorted drug at casino
Two Harrisburg residents were snorting Oxycodone in the Hollywood Casino at Penn National recently, state police said.
Adelaide Johnson, 24, of Harrisburg, faces a charge with possession, and Benjamin Fields will be charged with possession with the intent to deliver, state police said.
Vehicle hits pole, wall
A vehicle driven by Orion Fichter, 21, of Barto, struck a utility pole and a wooden retaining wall on Old Route 100 in Washington Township on Jan. 6, state police at Reading said.
The vehicle wound up on the rear backyard of a residence, state police said.
Vehicle slides, hits tree, ditch
A vehicle driven by Bronwen Thomason, 29, of Lititz, slid on a snow-covered Hopeland Road and struck a tree and a ditch in Elizabeth Township on Dec. 31, state police at Ephrata said.
Nobody was injured.
Pellet punks shot window
BB bozos shot a hole through the front window of a residence on Reifsnyder Road in Elizabeth Township between Jan. 3 and 5, state police at Ephrata said.
The victim is Daniel Zimmerman, 32, of Lititz, state police said.
Knuckleheads steal mail
Punks pilfered mail from a home on Acorn Lane in Elizabeth Township between Dec. 1 and Jan. 5, state police at Ephrata said.
The victim is Richard Sweater, 57, of Lititz, state police said.
Police: 2 charged after fight
Two suspects got into a fight at the Fivepointville Fire Company in Brecknock Township on Jan. 1, state police at Ephrata said.
A 17-year-old East Earl boy and Howard Martin, 23, of Bowmansville, were charged with disorderly conduct.
Woman’s vehicle goes airborne, hits several trees
A 45-year-old woman had to be extricated from her vehicle after a wild accident in which the vehicle went airborne and hit numerous trees, state police at Schuylkill Haven said.
A vehicle driven by Laura Whitley, of Pottsville, lost control on a curve hand hit a guardrail on Route 61 in North Manheim Township on Jan. 5, state police said.
After impact, Whitley’s vehicle went through the parking lot of Penske before hitting a utility pole, state police said.
After the collision, Whitley’s vehicle went into the air — over an embankment — before hitting the trees, state police said.
Whitley was entrapped and had to be freed by members of the Pottsville Fire Department.
She was taken Schuylkill Medical Center South for treatment of injuries.
The right lane of Route 61 was closed for several hours.
Creeps steal kids’ Christmas gift
Thugs stole numerous items from a residence — including a Christmas gift the victim bought for her kids — on Sunrise Court in Swatara Township, Lebanon County, between Jan. 3 and 4, state police at Jonestown said.
The creeps grabbed two televisions, a PlayStation console, several games and a V-smile that was given to the victim’s children, state police said.
