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June 30, 2008 Potter County Pa Area News
Homemade Cannon Explodes
Pennsylvania state police here have charged 47 year old George Herzing with reckless endangerment, simple assault and criminal mischief for an incident allegedly taking place last Thursday evening near his home on Ripple Drive in Costello. Troopers say during a neighborhood get together, Herzing ignited his homemade cannon and the unit malfunctioned and dispersed shrapnel as far as 100 feet away. A 13 year old girl was hit in the stomach and a 14 year old girl was hit in the left leg. Both were taken to Charles Cole Hospital for treatment of their bleeding injuries. Authorities said further investigation turned up hole in the vinyl siding of the Sarah Lucas residence and in the hole of the Shelley Graham residence nearby and a window in Herzing’s vehicle was also smashed.
Road Rage In Mansfield
State police at Mansfield have cited a Knoxville Pa. resident for harassment for following a road rage incident victimizing a Harrison Valley man last week. POlice said the incident occurred when Jerry Drake allegedly ran Michael Trimble off the road when their vehicles met on the Boatman Road just south of Knoxville last Wednesday evening. Trimble turned around and confronted Drake about the incident when Drake stopped his vehicle. Then, Drake reportedly hit Trimble in the face while he sat in his vehicle.
Police Need Your Help In Solving Local Burglaries
Troopers across the region have been kept busy investigating a number of recent burglaries and thefts. Sometime over the past couple of weeks, thieves took some Buffalo Bills collector’s items including a signed football and jersey from a house on Main Street in the village of Roulette owned by Bradley Jones of Palm Beach, Florida. Sometime between 4:00 p.m. last Thursday and 9:30 a.m. Friday, thieves forced their way into a garage along Route 6 West in Roulette Township owned by Thomas Kisiel of Coudersport and stole several tools and items valued at more than $1500 including a Makita tool set and cordless drill; a Dewalt cordless drill, Savage mark II .22 cal bolt action rifled with synthetic camo stock, black scope and blue barrel and an orange and white mode MS460 Stihl Chain saw with 20” blade.
Break In Oswayo Township - Potter County
Thieves kicked in a door to gain entry to a garage on the Eleven Mile Road in Oswayo Township last Wednesday or Thursday and made off with a Husqvarna 346 chain saw with 18” blade; a Dewalt cordless tool set, Troy Bilt 7500 generator; a gray metal craftsman tool box with various tools and a white colored Cabela’s meat grinder. The garage and items, valued at almost $4500 belonged to Philip Urban of Shinglehouse. Thieves also entered a house near Urban’s garage and removed a light colored antique desk belonging to Thomas Kemp, also of Shinglehouse. The desk is valued at $300 and opens like an old school desk at a 45 degree angle and has compartments for pencils, letters, etc.
June 26, 2008 Potter County Pa Area News
John and Timothy Rigas' Sentence Reduced
06/26/08 U.S. District Court Judge Leonard Sand yesterday slightly reduced the prison sentences for Adelphia founder John Rigas and his son Timothy. In a written opinion, Judge Sand, who presided over the 2004 trial and imposed the original sentences, said that a ”minimal adjustment is appropriate” because an appeals court had reversed their conviction on one count of bank fraud last year because of insufficient evidence. The judge reduced John Rigas’s sentence from 15 years to 12 and Timothy’s from 20 to 17. The Judge also reduced the $2,300 special assessments the Rigases were ordered to pay by $100 each but ordered all other terms and conditions of their original sentences to remain unchanged. They are currently serving time in a low-security federal corrections facility in Butner, North Carolina.
One Vehicle Crash Wednesday on Rte 6
06/25/2008 A Friendship, New York couple escaped injury in one-vehicle crash Wednesday morning on Route 6 about a mile west of Galeton. State police said Kelly Snyder was traveling east when her GMC Envoy went off the road, hit a guardrail and traveled 30 feet down over an embankment before it struck a tree. Snyder and her passenger, Chad Clark were both wearing seatbelts.Teen Escapes Injury
Westfield police say a youth believed to be 16 years old and from Arizona entered the closed Westan tannery illegally late Wednesday morning and fell into a vat of highly toxic tanning liquor. He apparently escaped immediate injury, police said. The youth was visiting the area with a cousin from Ohio. The boys were staying with grandparents in the Westfield area.He apparently got some of the substance in his mouth, but said he didn’t swallow any. The boys entered the tannery, which has been closed for several years, illegally at about 11 a.m. and began walking through the sprawling complex, At some point, the Arizona boy fell into a vat of tanning liquor and could not get out. He was immersed only briefly before his cousin pulled him out. An area resident who saw the boys leaving the tannery called police. Westfield patrolman Mark Burdick went to the tannery, but the boys had fled on bicycles .After a quick search, he located the boys and escorted them to the Westfield fire department, where the boy was stripped and decontaminated with cold water. He was then taken to Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hospital in Wellsboro, where he was again decontaminated and released
Natural Gas Drilling
You no doubt have seen examples of natural gas drilling going on in the Twin Tiers lately. There will be an Oil and Gas Industry Job Fair Saturday at the McKean County Career Link on Davis Street in Bradford from 8:00 to 11:00 a.m. A number of area oil and gas companies will be on hand to accept applications. Many of them have been running recruitment ads through area media. The Potter County Commissioners recently sent a letter to Representative Martin Causer support for House Bill 1373 which would close a loophole created when the Pa. Supreme court ruled in December 2002 that subsurface resources are not taxable thus depriving municipalities of a substantial amount of income. Causer . told WFRM last week that the oil and gas boom underway is not only good for the country but especially for the region.
June 25, 2008 Potter County Pa Area News
Smethport Man Hurt During Motorcycle Stunt
Moderate injuries were reported for a Smethport man who was thrown off his motorcycle Tuesday afternoon while performing a wheelie on the irons Hollow Road a half mile south of Route 6 in Keating Township, McKean County. Kane-based state police said Ben Scott was not wearing a helmet and was taken to Bradford Regional Medical Center for treatment of his injuries. He is facing various traffic citations.
Fireworks and Cigarettes Don't Mix
Troopers at Kane are charging 21 year old William Logue, Jr. of Crosby with disorderly conduct and sale of tobacco to minors for an incident allegedly taking place last night at a residence on route 46 in Norwich Township. Authorities allege Logue gave a cigarette which contained a concealed firework to a juvenile which exploded when the youth lighted up. The victim was not hurt but Logue is now facing charges in district court.
Shinglehouse Man Charged With Harassment
Curtis Wackwitz, 26, of Shinglehouse is being charged with harassment for an incident allegedly taking place yesterday afternoon at a residence on Canfield Hollow Road. State police claim Wackwitz threatened 23 year old Brandy Lyn Robson during an argument.
Elderly Couple Scammed
The investigation into a scam threatening an elderly Emporium couple Tuesday night continues. State police in that town say that a three Hispanic men in a newer gray or silver Cadillac pulled into the driveway of the Austin Kowell residence on Valley View Road at about 8:00 p.m. One got out of the back seat and went to the front door; knocked on it and told the residents that he worked for the state and need to cut trees behind their house and asked the to show him the property line. While the residents and the visitor were out back, the two others got out of the car and went into house, rummaging through the interior. The suspects kept in contact with each other through wireless communication devises and when the residents felt something was amiss and headed back toward their house, the suspect that was with them started hurriedly speaking a foreign language into his wireless device. He then told the residents he had to leave and hurriedly left the house. All three jumped back into car and took off. Anyone with information about the crime or the suspects is asked to call the Emporium barracks at 486-3321.
State Police Need Your Help
Potter County based Pa State police are probing a couple of cold cases. Sometime since Labor Day weekend 2007, thieves entered the basement of a house on McGinnis Road in Genesee Township owned by Barbara Lee Cook-Benton of Arlington, Washington and removed 25 feet of three strand copper wire. And sometime since late November 2007, thieves took a radiator from a 1969 Chevrolet Boom Truck owned by Ted Heckman of Lancaster, PA while it was parked next to his camp located at the Corner of Tracey Brook and Greenhill Roads in Hebron Township.