LOCK HAVEN — Following her April 28 arrest by the State College FBI office and State Police Vice/Narcotics unit, a 41-year-old woman is now facing additional charges. According to a release from District Attorney Dave Strouse’s office via Crimewatch, Vesta Marie Jones, of state Route 44, ...
WILLIAMSPORT — A Centre County man who posted three threats against President-elect Donald Trump just days before his 2025 inauguration has been placed on a one-year probation and fined $500. Jacob Buckley, 23, of Port Matilda, had pleaded guilty in September in U.S. Middle District Court to a charge of threats against the president-elect. This is what he admitted posting on TikTok within hours on Jan. 16, 2025: “I hate MAGA republicans bro on god I’ll kill all of them.” “I’m going to kill Trump.” “Bro we going into a literal oligarchy in 4 days and im going to kill ...
WILLIAMSPORT — A Centre County woman will soon be locked up in federal prison like her husband for falsifying records in a bankruptcy case. U.S. Middle District Judge Matthew W. Brann on Wednesday gave Christina Johnson, 70, until June 12 to self-surrender and begin serving a 15-month sentence. Her husband, John J. Johnson, II, 73, is serving an 18-month sentence imposed in March on the same charge. They will be in separate prisons. Each also received a year of supervision after release, during which they must perform 30 hours of community service. They are the parents of ...
HOWARD — A Howard man was arrested after being accused of having sexual contact with a minor. According to reports from WTAJ, Joshua Scott McCloskey, 24, is facing multiple charges, including involuntary sexual intercourse with a person less than 16 years of age, statutory sexual assault and indecent assault for incidents that took place between September 2024 and November 2025. A criminal complaint filed by state police at Rockview stated troopers were called to a Howard Township home on Jan. 2, where the victim said there had been three incidents of various sexual contact by ...
JERSEY SHORE — A number of charges involving Jersey Shore area residents were brought before Lycoming County District Judge Denise Dieter. They include the following: Jersey Shore man charged with child endangerment Lycoming Regional police have charged 36-year-old Rian Merrill, of 1434 Locust St., Jersey Shore, with simple assault, endangering the welfare of children and harassment after he allegedly smacked his 8-year-old son on April 13, 2026, according to court documents. The alleged victim stated that, following baseball practice, Merrill instructed him to complete some house ...
LOCK HAVEN — The information in sentencings is obtained from public record. It is the policy of The Express that this information will not be withheld from publication. — Wesley Cleon Snyder, charged with possession of cocaine-second offense, fined $250, placed on probation for one year and house arrest. — John Maurice Weaver, charged with disorderly conduct and criminal trespass, sentenced to 34 days to six months in the Clinton County Correctional Facility. — Darryl Wayne McDermitt, Jr., charged with evading arrest/detention on foot, sentenced to 46 days to 23 months in ...
