Two men have been arrested following separate family disturbances

Despite being told by state police and relatives that he was forbidden from coming to the family’s home at 1414 E. Third St., Jesse Ethan Williams arrived at the apartment around 9:30 a.m. Friday and a big argument ensued. part of the day with his mother about them. past, it was stated in an affidavit. He refused to leave the property, police were told. Numerous troopers rushed to the scene around 3:30 p.m. after Williams, a 22-year-old homeless man, threatened to kill family members with a knife, the court document alleges. While his mother was able to safely flee the apartment, an aunt was still inside when police arrived at the scene, the affidavit said. Williams was arrested without incident and arraigned before District Judge Aaron Biichle on three counts each of terroristic threats, simple assault and harassment, plus one count of criminal mischief. He was jailed in lieu of $50,000 bail.

In another case, a domestic disturbance at his Muncy Township home Saturday afternoon landed Timothy Michael Eck, 39, of 867 Lycoming Mall Road, in the county jail on charges of twice tried to strangle his wife, state police alleged. When troopers arrived at the scene around 1:30 p.m., Eck told them “I had an argument with my wife. I took her to the ground” he stated in an affidavit. When his daughter started hitting him, Eck “He drove her to the ground” he also told the police. “It all started because my daughter wanted me to make toast” Eck told them. Police say Eck first tried to strangle his wife in the kitchen and then again outside as she and the couple’s children tried to flee in a van, the affidavit said. When Eck grabbed the woman by the throat outside, “applied pressure for 30 seconds” it was claimed in the court document. Once in custody, Eck was arraigned before Biichle on one felony count of strangulation and two counts each of simple assault and harassment. Originally sentenced to prison, he has since been released on $50,000 bail.

State police charge Columbia County man with assault

Eric Steven Barto, 38, of Benton, was charged with simple assault, disorderly conduct and harassment after striking another man in the face during a disturbance at Hull’s Landing, 27 Route 442, Muncy, on July 19, a supported the state police. The victim suffered “a bruised left eye, a bruised nose and a chipped tooth.” it was specified in the court document. Barto waived his preliminary hearing before District Judge Kirsten Gardner and is free on $5,000 bond.

Three accused in separate drug cases

Jaqua Strickland, 23, of 837 High St., was charged by the county Narcotics Enforcement Unit with delivery of a controlled substance and unlawful use of a cellphone after selling an undisclosed amount of ecstasy to an informant on Third and Park in the city on June 10, it was claimed in an affidavit. After Biichle’s arraignment, he was released on $50,000 bail.

In another NEU case, Jaziah Strickland, 25, of 951 Park Ave., Apartment 3, was charged with possession of a controlled substance (buprenorphine) after being taken into custody by parole agents for another undisclosed criminal matter in the 300 block of Memorial Avenue in the city on April 18, according to court records. At the time of his arrest and subsequent incarceration in the county jail, Strickland had a cell phone with him that investigators seized and entered into evidence. A search warrant was obtained to go through the phone, an affidavit states. Inside the phone’s case were three buprenorphine patches that Strickland was not prescribed, investigators said. Arraigned before Biichle, Strickland was released on $5,000 bond in the case but remains behind bars on state parole.

In another case, Jessie Lee Cecil, 36, of Fire Lake, Michigan, was charged with delivery of a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance and conspiracy following a drug investigation that began when she conspired with another man in the sale. seven grams of methamphetamine to an informant on Maplewood Lane in Mifflin Township on June 22, 2023, a state police affidavit alleged. During the execution of a search warrant on Aug. 3, 2023, at the same property, approximately 1.3 grams of methamphetamine was found in Cecil’s belongings, police said. Recently arraigned before District Judge Denise Dieter, Cecil has since waived his preliminary hearing and is now free on $85,000 bond after initially being jailed.

Firearms charges filed against city felon

Convicted felon John Kyle Smith, 29, of 816 Park Ave., is back behind bars after detectives with the county’s Narcotics Enforcement Unit found a handgun with an obliterated serial number under pillow in his bedroom while executing a search warrant at his home in October. 9, according to an affidavit. Smith, who has multiple felony convictions in Florida, was arraigned in Gardner on felony charges of being a convicted felon not to possess a firearm and possession of a firearm with an altered or obliterated serial number and remains jailed in lieu of $50,000 bail.

New set of charges filed against two men

Jamair Lewis, 18, of 109 Broad St., Montgomery, formerly of the 600 block of Campbell Street, and Damier Sams-Glover, 21, of 331 Center St., Apartment 2, were both arrested May 9 for trespassing of the city, now faces additional charges of shoplifting, receiving stolen property and conspiracy, according to Muncy Township police. The new charges stem from the theft of $322 worth of merchandise from Target, 170 S. Lycoming Mall Drive, hours before their arrests in the city, police said. Shortly after the two were apprehended, police recovered much of the stolen merchandise. A 17-year-old boy was also involved in both cases, but police are not releasing his name because he was charged as a juvenile. At their recent preliminary hearing before Gardner, both Lewis and Sams-Glover were arraigned on local police charges and are free on bond.

The county jail inmate is facing a new set of charges

Already serving time in prison on charges of trespassing on two neighbors’ properties, Lycoming County Jail inmate Kenneth Hockenberry is facing a new set of felonies stemming from a burglary at another neighbor’s home, according to state police. Arrested Oct. 7. Hockenberry, 65, of 2381 Route 405, Lot 83, Muncy, was arraigned last week before Biichle on felony charges of theft, theft, receiving stolen property, trespass criminal plus crimes. , defiant and late trespass. Police say he entered the victim’s home and stole an estimated $1,700 worth of food, clothing and laundry. After his arraignment on the new charges, Hockenberry was remanded in lieu of an additional $25,000 bail.

McKean County father arrested on charges of allegedly assaulting daughter

Isaac Hilyer, 27, of Eldred, McKean County, was charged with felony endangering the welfare of a child, simple assault and harassment for causing facial injuries to his 5-year-old daughter at a relative’s home on Route 220 in Muncy Township. on July 6, township police claimed in an affidavit. Hilyer grabbed the girl “from his face and grabbed him firmly and pushed his head down on a bed with force, causing him pain and bruising.” it was claimed in the court document. The girl was treated at a hospital for her injuries, police said. When investigators questioned him about his daughter’s injuries, Hilyer recalled being with his children that day at the relative’s home and putting his daughter to bed, but not doing so. “Remember any point where she was evil to the extent that he would do something like that.” the affidavit said. Investigators said Hilyer confessed “drinking ‘pretty decent’ beer,” and that it was “quite drunk” that day, police said. Hilyer said he did “He got drunk around his kids many times and knew it was a problem.” the police stated in the court document. After his arraignment before Gardner, Hilyer was released on $50,000 bail.