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Police News – December 31

False imprisonment MILL HALL — On Dec. 5, state police arrested Brandon Bitner, 41, of Mill Hall, following their response to an address along Eagle Valley Road in Bald Eagle Township. Once police arrived on scene, troopers learned the victim, a 40-year-old female of Mill Hall, was being held against her will inside the home. The victim was safely removed from the home and taken to a safe location. Bitner is being charged with false imprisonment and harassment by District Judge Heidi Wright’s office. Aggravated assault of officer LOCK HAVEN — A 60-year-old man of Corith, ...

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 ...