Man to be cited
for 2-car crash
SUMMIT STATION — State police at Schuylkill Haven are investigating a crash that occurred about 6 p.m. Monday on Route 183 and Plum Creek Road in Wayne Township.
Police said Todd E. Kline, 42, of Douglasville, was driving a 2016 Chevrolet Equinox south on Route 183 when he drove into the back of a 2016 Jeep Cherokee being driven by Carol L. Hummel, 63, of Pine Grove, who was slowing down with her right turn signal on.
After impact, police said, the Hummel SUV traveled about 72 feet through the northbound and southbound lanes and exited the east berm before continuing an additional 120 feet along the east berm. It then came to a stop in the parking lot of Santander Bank, facing south.
The Kline vehicle continued southwest for about 32 feet before coming to a stop along the west berm, police said.
Police said Kline, Hummel and two passengers in the Hummel vehicle — Lamar G. Hummel, 85, and Scott D. Hummel, 38, both of Pine Grove — suffered injuries in the crash.
Kline will be cited for careless driving as a result of the crash, police said.
Schuylkill EMS, Auburn EMS and firefighters from Friedensburg and Summit Station assisted at the scene.
Police: Girl had
loaded gun, pot
Pottsville police reported details of an incident that began about 10:10 p.m. April 6 when they were attempting to serve a Schuylkill County bench warrant at the Pottsville Motor Inn, 480 N. Claude A. Lord Blvd.
While trying to serve the warrant, police said, they came in contact with a 17-year-old Pottsville girl who was seen trying to hide a firearm inside a closet in Room 145. Officers recovered the weapon, a black Taurus .38-caliber revolver, and found it had an obliterated serial number and was loaded with five rounds, police said.
The teenager was also found to be in possession of a small amount of marijuana, police said.
Police said that based on the subsequent investigation, a Juvenile Allegation was prepared charging the girl with possession of a firearm with an altered manufacturer’s number, possession of a firearm by a minor and possession of a small amount of marijuana. She was turned over to Schuylkill County juvenile authorities and then taken to the Lancaster County Juvenile Detention Center.
On Friday, police said a hearing was held at the Schuylkill County Courthouse for the teenager after which Judge John E. Domalakes ruled she be detained and remanded to the Lancaster County Juvenile Detention Center pending an adjudication hearing in Schuylkill County Court.
Police added that the investigation is continuing and will include a fingerprint analysis of the firearm to identify other individuals who may have possessed the firearm and a ballistics analysis to determine if it had been used in any previous incidents reported to law enforcement.
Schuylkill prison
inmate charged
An inmate at the Schuylkill County Prison was charged by Pottsville police after an incident March 30.
Police said officers were contacted by prison officials regarding an assault and learned that a 59-year-old corrections officer had been struck by inmate Luis Haddock, 24, while he was escorting Haddock’s cellmate out of his cell.
While the officer was allowing the cellmate out, police said, Haddock exited the cell without permission and was told to get back inside.
Police said Haddock refused to go back inside and when the officer began to escort the man back inside, Haddock struck him above the right eye, causing a laceration.
Additional staff escorted Haddock inside his cell.
Police said the inmate was charged before Magisterial District Judge James K. Reiley, Pottsville, with simple assault and harassment.