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Article RatingHere are Wednesday's Sentinel police reports:
Plainfield man charged with intimidating witness
Scott A. Runk, 42, of Plainfield was arrested Nov. 30 after a neighbor reported he “threatened him that he should not attend an upcoming hearing for previous criminal charges,” according to state police at Carlisle.
The incident happened in the first block of West Main Street, West Pennsboro Township, at 10:53 a.m., police said. Runk also called the state police central dispatch center “using obscene language and calling the dispatchers obscene names,” the police report states.
Police and supervisors instructed him to stop, police said, but he continued to call and use obscene and threatening language until police arrived at his home to arrest him. He attempted to kick them, continued to use obscene language on the way to Cumberland County Prison and upon arrival again attempted to kick and threaten police, they said.
Runk was charged with intimidation of a witness or victim, resisting arrest and harassment, police said. Court records show that Runk was denied bail and that he was scheduled to have a summary trial today on charges of criminal trespass.
Carlisle theft report leads to drug charges
A report that someone broke into an apartment and stole $400 led to the filing of drug charges against a resident, according to Carlisle police.
Police were called to an apartment in the 700 block of North West Street and told that the theft happened sometime after 3 p.m. Nov. 24, they said. While investigating the burglary, officers noticed marijuana and drug paraphernalia in plain view.
Charles McClellan, 30, will be sent a summons for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, police said.
Police ask anyone with information about the burglary to call 243-5252.
Newville man charged with indecent exposure
David Moore, 36, of Newville faces charges after he exposed himself to multiple women on numerous occasions between Oct. 22 and Nov. 5, according to state police at Carlisle.
Moore exposed himself while standing in front of a prior residence on Kenneth Avenue in Shippensburg Township while three women ages 19 and 20 were walking or driving past the area, police said.
Moore was charged with indecent exposure, open lewdness and disorderly conduct, police said.
Boiling Springs man charged with simple assault
Lamonte Keenan Mays, 21, of Boiling Springs was arrested Dec. 1 after he threatened a woman and struck her in the head and face with his fist, according to state police at Carlisle.
The incident happened at 3:21 a.m. in the 200 block of Plaza Drive in South Middleton Township, police said, and Mays gave police a false name and date of birth.
Court records show Mays remains in Cumberland County Prison on $25,000 bail on charges of terroristic threats, simple assault and false reports.
DVDs, games stolen in Shippensburg Township
Someone entered a Shippensburg Township apartment through its rear door and took 137 DVDs and 23 PlayStation 2 games between 7 p.m. Nov. 25 and 10 a.m. Nov. 29, according to state police at Carlisle.
The apartment is in the 100 block of Hot Point Avenue, police said. They ask anyone with information on the burglary to call 249-2121.
Satellite dish stolen in North Middleton
Someone cut coaxial cables and took a Dish Network satellite dish from the back yard of a home in the 100 block of Marbeth Avenue between Nov. 28 and 29, according to North Middleton Township police.
A mounting pole 3 to 4 feet high was also stolen, police said.
Police ask anyone with information about the theft to call 243-7910.
Shippensburg man charged with stalking
A Shippensburg man is charged with a variety of criminal offenses after another man’s car was spray painted with the word “rapist.”
Matthew Siegfried, 19, is charged with terroristic threats, stalking, criminal mischief and harassment by communications.
Police say they used cell phone records and credit card sales records from a Wal-Mart store to trace a Tracfone cell phone used in connection with the incidents.
Police say Siegfried twice marked the victim’s car with the word in October, then launched a series of harassing phone calls that culminated Oct. 27 when the caller asked the victim, “How does it feel to know when you’re going to die.”
In arrest papers, police say Siegfried then told the victim, “I have the date and time I will kill you.”
A preliminary hearing is set for Jan. 26.
Two charged with DUI after buildings hit
Two Carlisle men face DUI charges after they hit buildings in the borough, according to Carlisle police.
Athanasios Petsinis, 31, of the first block of Douglas Court, was driving a burgundy 2005 Ford minivan west in the 900 block of Armstrong Road at 10:40 p.m. Nov. 25 when it left the road and hit a utility pole and cable utility box, then continued into a yard and hit an above-ground pool before stopping, police said. The pole snapped off at the sidewalk and traveled about 30 feet, police said.
Police say Petsinis then reversed the minivan and collided with a shed. He was arrested, found to have a blood alcohol level of 0.151 percent and charged with DUI, high rate DUI, careless driving and failure to stay in lane, police said.
Police said Petsinis was shaking visibly when found after the crash. He said that he had just made a left turn and had to swerve to avoid an object in the road that he thought was his basset hound.
Kyle R. Daniel, 24, of the 200 block of E Street, was driving a tan Ford Explorer when it hit the north side of the Carlisle Expo Center at 100 K Street at 2:56 a.m. Nov. 27, police said.
“Police were able to track the vehicle down due to the debris left behind by the fleeing vehicle,” police said in a press release. They found the vehicle in the 400 block of C Street at 3:14 a.m. and, locating Daniel nearby, arrested him on charges of DUI, highest rate DUI and leaving the scene of an accident, police said.
The crash left a hole in the Expo Center that measured about 12 feet across and 8 feet high, police said, “and the desk and computer as well as many other objects were effectively destroyed.”
Middlesex man charged with endangering child
Steve Porter, 41, of Circle Drive, Middlesex Township, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child after a 4-year-old girl was discovered walking unattended in the northbound lane of Country Club Road dressed inappropriately at 7:45 a.m. Nov. 28, according to Middlesex Township police.
Police and Cumberland County Children and Youth spent about two hours trying to figure out who the girl’s parents were and how to contact them, police said. Investigation showed that Porter had taken a 17-year-old boy and gone Christmas shopping, leaving the girl and her 10-year-old brother home alone.
The girl was not physically harmed and was returned to her parents, police said.
Pizza theft reported in Carlisle
A pizza restaurant employee reported that a man who called himself “John” and gave a bad credit card number under someone else’s name left without properly paying for four pizzas on Nov. 27, according to Carlisle police.
The incident happened in the 500 block of South Hanover Street at 10:58 p.m., police said, noting that the pizzas cost $46. The suspect was described as about 5 feet 5 inches tall, with a muscular build, short hair and tattoos on both arms, police said, noting that he was wearing a gray sleeveless athletic shirt and a Smurfette watch.
Police ask anyone with information about the theft to call 243-5252.
Shippensburg man charged with stalking
A Shippensburg man is charged with a variety of criminal offenses after another man’s car was spray painted with the word “rapist.”
Matthew Siegfried, 19, is charged with terroristic threats, stalking, criminal mischief and harassment by communications.
Police say they used cell phone records and credit card sales records from a Wal-Mart store to trace a Tracfone cell phone used in connection with the incidents.
Police say Siegfried twice marked the victim’s car with the word in October, then launched a series of harassing phone calls that culminated Oct. 27 when the caller asked the victim, “How does it feel to know when you’re going to die.”
In arrest papers, police say Siegfried then told the victim, “I have the date and time I will kill you.”
A preliminary hearing is set for Jan. 26.
DVDs, games stolen in Shippensburg
Someone entered a Shippensburg Township apartment through its rear door and took 137 DVDs and 23 PlayStation 2 games between 7 p.m. Nov. 25 and 10 a.m. Nov. 29, according to state police at Carlisle.
The apartment is in the 100 block of Hot Point Avenue, police said. They ask anyone with information on the burglary to call 249-2121.
Boiling Springs man charged with simple assault
Lamonte Keenan Mays, 21, of Boiling Springs was arrested Dec. 1 after he threatened a woman and struck her in the head and face with his fist, according to state police at Carlisle.
The incident happened at 3:21 a.m. in the 200 block of Plaza Drive in South Middleton Township, police said, and Mays gave police a false name and date of birth.
Court records show Mays remains in Cumberland County Prison on $25,000 bail on charges of terroristic threats, simple assault and false reports.
Satellite dish stolen in North Middleton
Someone cut coaxial cables and took a Dish Network satellite dish from the back yard of a home in the 100 block of Marbeth Avenue between Nov. 28 and 29, according to North Middleton Township police.
A mounting pole 3 to 4 feet high was also stolen, police said.
Police ask anyone with information about the theft to call 243-7910.
Newville man charged with indecent exposure
David Moore, 36, of Newville faces charges after he exposed himself to multiple women on numerous occasions between Oct. 22 and Nov. 5, according to state police at Carlisle.
Moore exposed himself while standing in front of a prior residence on Kenneth Avenue in Shippensburg Township while three women ages 19 and 20 were walking or driving past the area, police said.
Moore was charged with indecent exposure, open lewdness and disorderly conduct, police said.
Carlisle theft report leads to drug charges
A report that someone broke into an apartment and stole $400 led to the filing of drug charges against a resident, according to Carlisle police.
Police were called to an apartment in the 700 block of North West Street and told that the theft happened sometime after 3 p.m. Nov. 24, they said. While investigating the burglary, officers noticed marijuana and drug paraphernalia in plain view.
Charles McClellan, 30, will be sent a summons for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, police said.
Police ask anyone with information about the burglary to call 243-5252.
