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Failure to pay for storage unit
LOCK HAVEN -- Woodward Township Police investigated an incident of theft by deception that occurred on four dates between May and August 2026, police said.
Jessica Erb, 32, of Williamsport, was given a total of $360 over those months from a 65-year-old Woodward Township resident to pay for a relative's storage unit at a U-Haul facility, according to police.
Erb failed to make four payments and kept the money, police said.
Erb was charged with theft by deception and theft by failure to make required disposition of funds received on Sept. 17, and will be sent a summons to appear in Clinton County Central Court, police said.
Commercial vehicle accident
LAMAR -- A two commercial vehicle crash occurred on I-80 West at mile marker 173.4 in Lamar Township on Sept. 8, at approximately 5:05 p.m., according to state police at Lamar.
The crash occurred as Philip J. Gioconda, 59, of Tunkhannock, Pa., stopped in the left lane due to a traffic backlog and Ricky M. Walker, 43, of Snow Shoe, was traveling in the same lane at approximately 30 mph, police said.
Walker failed to maintain a reasonable distance and rear ended Gioconda, causing disabling damage to Walker's 2006 Kenworth T10, police said.
Walker was transported from the scene by Goodwill Hose Ambulance Co. for suspected minor injuries, police said.
Police were assisted on scene by Lamar Township Volunteer Fire Co., Goodwill Hose Ambulance Co. and XPS Logistics.
Tool theft
MILL HALL -- State police responded to a residential address in Mill Hall for a report of theft of tools between Aug. 1 and Sept. 10, according to police.
Upon speaking with the victim, he related the tools were possibly stolen from his garage between those dates as they are nowhere to be found, police said.
Anyone with information about the whereabouts of the stolen items is asked to contact PSP-Lamar.
Two vehicle accident
with fatality
SALONA -- On Sept. 14, at approximately 1:42 a.m., state police at Lamar were dispatched to a two vehicle, head-on collision on US 220, approximately a quarter mile south of Exit 107 to Salona in Lamar Township, police said.
Prior to the crash, a 2012 Ford Taurus, driven by Alfonzo P. Johnson, 28, of Williamsport, was traveling northbound on US 220 as a 2001 Freightliner FLD132, driven by Joshua A. Stuart, 32, of Cameron, N.Y., was traveling southbound, police said,
The crash occurred when Johnson, for unknown reasons, entered the southbound lane of travel. Stuart then attempted to avoid the vehicle by entering the other lane before both vehicles attempted to merge back to the correct lanes, according to police.
As both attempted to move back into their lane, they collided head-on in the southbound lane, police said.
Johnson sustained fatal injuries as a result of the crash and was reported deceased at UPMC Lock Haven Hospital and his passenger, Chrystal G. Steward, 28, of Williamsport, sustained serious injuries and was taken to the landing zone and transported via Life Flight to Danville Hospital, police said.
Both vehicles sustained disabling damage and were towed from the scene by Bressler's Towing.
Police were assisted on scene by Castanea Fire Company, Lamar Fire Company, Goodwill Hose Ambulance, Life Flight and PennDOT.