19-02-2025
Police log: Woman charged in fight over pepperoni stick
A 40-year-old Coaldale woman was charged with assault after she fought with a 49-year-old Tamaqua man over a pepperoni stick, state police at Frackville said.
Police were dispatched Feb. 9 to an address on West Early Avenue for a report of a domestic disturbance. They determined the defendant, Alicia Blocker, had gotten into a verbal argument over a pepperoni stick, and swung a knife in the man's direction.
Blocker was taken into custody on charges of simple assault and reckless endangerment, according to police.
Machinery stolen from Reading Anthracite Co.
State police are investigating a theft of machinery owned by Reading Anthracite Co. that occurred in Mahanoy Twp. between Jan. 18 and 20.
Police said the following equipment was stolen from the property on Brandonville Road:
A Komatsu PC200 Light excavator, $555.93, and Komatsu PC200 key $10; a Caterpillar D10R crawler dozer, $999.99; and a Komatsu 375 Light, $999.99.
Additionally, numerous lights were stolen from the three pieces of machinery, police said.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact state police at Frackville at 570-874-5300 with incident number #PA2025-73365.
Man arrested in assault
A 35-year-old Girardville man was charged with assaulting an 86-year-old man in the borough, state police at Frackville said.
Police said that, during a verbal altercation outside on West Main Street, Jeremy Leatherman assaulted the victim. The man left the scene prior to police arriving.
Police said they are investigating the incident.
Truck driver hurt in crash
A Mahanoy City man was injured in a one-vehicle crash on Route 54 in Rush Twp., according to state police at Frackville.
Police said Eric V. Petritsch, 76, was traveling west on Hauto Highway (Route 54) in a Mack truck when he left the roadway on the north shoulder, went down an embankment and overturned. The truck sustained disabling damage, and Petritsch was transported to a hospital for suspected minor injuries, police said.
Police said they contacted PPL for damaged utility pole wires.
