A Delaware County driver faces drug and weapons charges

Driving a 2008 Cadillac Escalade, Alyssa Leslie, 30, of Darby, Delaware County, was pulled over by state police in the 800 block of Sheridan Street in the city around 12:15 a.m. on Oct. 12 for tint illegal windows.

After seeing a marijuana vape pen inside the vehicle, officers asked her for permission to search the car, which she consented to, according to an affidavit. Police found 21 grams of marijuana leaves and a loaded gun in the car. She had a permit for the gun, but it expired in March 2023, police said.

Leslie was taken into custody and arraigned before District Judge Denise Dieter on one count of possession of a firearm without a license, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia plus five summary offenses. Originally sentenced to jail, she has since waived her preliminary hearing and is free on $10,000 bond.

Old Lycoming Township man charged with drug offenses

Jacob Thomas Greenly, 36, of 34 Catherine Drive, Apartment 34, was charged by the county Narcotics Enforcement Unit with attempted delivery of a controlled substance and unlawful use of a cellphone following an incident in who admitted she was on her way to sell methamphetamine to another person when she was pulled over by a county detective at High and Rose streets in the city around 11:45 a.m. on Sept. 18, a statement on own responsibility. Greenly had a container of the controlled substance with him, court documents state.

After a recent hearing before District Judge Aaron Biichle, he was released on $50,000 bail.

Three women face charges in two separate incidents

An-Nisa Nichole Jones, 25, of Lewisburg, and Nahjay Jackson, 22, of 815 W. Fourth St., were charged with criminal trespass, simple assault and harassment for assaulting an acquaintance for sex female, Iyonna Edkins, after the two were charged with force. entered Edkins’ home at 617 Third Ave. around 12:30 a.m. on Oct. 16, city police said in an affidavit. Edkins suffered a swollen lip during the attack, police said. Jones and Jackson were arraigned hours later before District Judge Gary Whiteman and initially jailed, but have since been released on $15,000 bail each. The two waived their preliminary hearings.

In another criminal matter, Edkins, 24, was listed as a defendant in a case in which state police charged her with theft of services and criminal trespass. The charges stem from him staying in a guest room Sept. 27 at the Econo Lodge, 2019 E. Third St., after management barred him from the Loyalsock Township business, police said. The room had not been paid for, an affidavit said. There was no explanation of how Edkins obtained the room key. She was arraigned earlier this week before Whiteman and released on $10,000 bond.

Domestic disturbance leads to charges against Montoursville man

Alan Stephen Walker, 40, of 1301 Spruce St., Montoursville, faces charges of terroristic threats, false imprisonment and harassment after he “threatened” his girlfriend, telling him she would “Screw it (expletives)” during a domestic disturbance at the couple’s home around 8:40 p.m. on Sept. 29, a police affidavit claimed. He also pushed the woman onto a couch and wouldn’t let her get up, the victim told police.

When officers arrived at the scene, it was clear to them that Walker was intoxicated as he was swaying on his feet, the court document states. He also had a strong odor of alcohol coming from him, police said. The woman said she suffered bruises on her left thigh and left arm, police added.

Walker waived his preliminary hearing before Whiteman and is free on $15,000 bond.

The impaired driver faces additional weapons charges

Criminal charges have been filed against impaired driver Isak Fowler after a loaded short-barreled shotgun “a muzzle suppression device” attached to it was discovered inside his pickup truck that state police pulled over at Lincoln Drive and Tinsman Avenue around 12:10 a.m. on March 5.

Fowler, 25, of 62 Katzmaier Road, Montoursville, was pulled over for failure to use a turn signal and an inoperative center brake light, police said. Minutes after the stop, a fire broke out in the truck’s front wheel well, and both Fowler and a passenger were ordered out of the vehicle for their own safety. One of the soldiers quickly extinguished the fire.

Fowler’s speech was slow and slurred, and troopers saw an open can of beer in the center console, an affidavit states. Police believed both Fowler and his passenger “were under the influence of alcohol” it was specified in the court act.

Officers took possession of a shotgun that was on the center console with the barrel pointed at the windshield, police said. Fowler had a BAC of 0.14, police said. Fowler was charged with possession of a prohibited offensive weapon, DUI and five summary violations. He has since waived his preliminary hearing before Whiteman and is free on $10,000 bail.

Second person charged in firearms offence

Cassandra Jene Hughes, 36, of 816 Park Ave., was charged with felony conviction for not possessing a firearm, possession of a firearm with an altered or obliterated serial number and endangering the welfare of a child after detectives with the county’s Narcotics Enforcement Unit seized a handgun while executing a search warrant at the home she shares with John Kyle Smith at 816 Park Ave. in the city on Oct. 9, according to an affidavit.

Like Smith, Hughes has multiple felony convictions in Florida, the court document states. Hughes was arraigned before District Judge Kirsten Gardner and is free on $30,000 bail. Smith, 29, was earlier charged with the same offenses and has since been held for trial on identical charges. He, too, is free on $30,000 bond.