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Clinton County Court of Common Pleas schedule for Dec. 30-Jan. 3

(Editor’s Note: The Clinton County Court of Common Pleas schedule listed below is not in its entirety. The Express does not list cases involving PFAs, minors and other sensitive civil cases.) LOCK HAVEN — The following schedule for Dec. 30-Jan. 3 is provided by the Clinton County Court of Common Pleas and is subject to change depending on the needs of the court system. Domestic relations hearings are also restricted and are not listed. Abbreviations — CR denotes criminal procedures; CV civil procedures. Names listed first are the names of the defendants and names near the end ...

Proceedings from district judges

LOCK HAVEN — The following court proceedings were held before district judges: — Adam John Graham, of Lock Haven, charged with child endangerment, simple assault and harassment-subject other to physical contact, waived for court. — William Alfred Willits III, of Lock Haven, charged with two counts of rape of a mentally disabled person, two counts of aggravated indecent assault-victim suffers mental disability and two counts of sexual assault, held for court. — Daniel Clayton Dietz, of Shamokin, charged with three counts of burglary-no person present, four counts of theft by ...

Sentencings from Clinton County

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. — Mickel W. Keeler, charged with violating probation, resentenced to 22 to 90 days in the Clinton County Correctional Facility.

Police news – December 26

DUI alleged LAMAR — A 52-year-old Philadelphia man driving a 2004 Lexus GX470 was arrested for driving under the influence on Nov. 30, shortly after 2 p.m., after he was discovered slumped over in the driver’s seat with an electronic duster in his hand, according to state police at Lamar. The man was transported from where he was stopped on Block Auction Road in Lamar Township to Lock Haven for a legal blood draw and then transported to the Clinton County Correctional Facility pending arraignment, police said. Harassment MILL HALL — Tracie Pieniazek, 51, of Lock Haven, was ...

Wife of man accused of sexual assault arrested for witness intimidation

LOCK HAVEN — A Lock Haven woman has been charged with witness intimidation after allegedly threatening the life of her husband’s reported sexual assault victim, according to the Woodward Township Police Department. Fay Anne Willits, 40, of East Hillside Drive, Lock Haven, was served with a felony arrest warrant for intimidation of a victim or witness on Dec. 10, 2024, at her residence on East Hillside Drive after she allegedly said that she was going to kill the victim and another witness involved in a criminal case involving her husband, William A. Willits III, according to court ...

State police say they have suspect in fatal shooting of dog in Pa. county

WESTPORT — State police say they have identified a suspect in the fatal shooting of a dog reported missing in rural northwestern Clinton County. Troopers at Lamar said a 33-year-old Westport man reported last Monday his 11-year-old yellow Labrador retriever never returned after they left it about 5:30 a.m. that day. The owner, when looking for the dog, went onto a neighboring property where police said blood, dog hair and other biological matter of the animal was found. Search warrants were executed Tuesday in Clinton and Dauphin counties and they said the dog was found dead ...