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Montoursville man charged with intimidating witness

Troy V. Matty, 41, of 2894 Route 864, Montoursville, faces new charges after he assaulted his girlfriend at his home the morning of June 7 when she came to his Upper Fairfield Township home to take some of her personal belongings, state police said in an affidavit filed with District Judge Gary Whiteman’s office. The woman asked Matty to put the items on his porch, but when she arrived, they weren’t there, so she knocked on the front door, police said. Matty opened the door and let her in, police said, adding that the woman saw her items on the kitchen table.

“I guess you’re withdrawing the charges” Matty asked her out, the court document said. When she told him no, he started yelling at her and punched her in the face, police said. “Why are you doing this to me? You have to drop the charges.” he told the woman when “He grabbed her by the hair and pulled her to the ground. As she fell, Matty grabbed her by the neck with one hand and by the shirt with the other” Police were notified. After landing on the floor, the woman got up and ran from the house, police said.

Matty is facing charges of intimidating a witness, simple assault and harassment. He was ordered held Monday for a court hearing on those charges and remains locked up in the Lycoming County Jail without bail.

At the time of the alleged attack last month, Matty was free on $10,000 bail on state police charges of strangulation, simple assault and harassment that stemmed from a May 7 domestic disturbance at Matty’s home involving the same woman. On May 20, Matty dropped all charges in the original case.

City woman charged with causing road accident

While driving a 2013 Dodge Caravan, Justina Laird, 35, 1497 High St., collided with another vehicle at Four Mile Drive and Northway Road in Loyalsock Township about 4:30 p.m. May 29, but fled the scene without leaving the area, state police said in a statement. Lance Debrody, whose car she hit, spotted the damaged Caravan parked in front of Laird’s home about three hours later and called police. Officers interviewed the woman at her home. She admitted that “she left the scene because she did not have valid car insurance” police said. Charged with vehicular accidents (hit and run) plus four misdemeanors. Laird was issued a summons to appear before District Judge William Solomon.

Northumberland man charged with theft

Brent Michael Sechrist, 29, of Turbotville, was charged with theft and theft by deception for stealing $1,603 from Mr. Tire Auto Service Center, 1950 E. Third St., during the first four months of this year while he was employed at the Loyalsock Township business, state police said in a statement. Police said he was fired from his position. Sechrist admitted to investigators that he had canceled the transactions, “but he blamed it on not having enough training to know how to properly conduct the transaction. He said he didn’t take any of the money for himself,” the statement said. He has since waived a preliminary hearing before Whiteman and is free on $5,000 bail.

A man from the city has been charged with theft

On the night of May 6, while employed at a Buffalo Wild Wings on East Third Street in Loyalsock Township, Maurice Nathan Gilmore picked up a coworker’s wallet off the kitchen floor and walked out with it, instead of giving it to a coworker or a supervisor, state police said. Once he had the wallet, Gilmore, 54, of 1108 Market St., Apartment 1, went to a nearby store and bought a $2 lottery ticket with a credit card that was in the woman’s wallet, police said. He then went to a second store and tried to buy $60 in lottery tickets with a credit card, but the sale was declined, police said. The wallet and credit card belonged to Scarlett Paucke, police said. Charged with theft, receiving stolen goods and access device fraud, Gilmore was issued a summons to appear before Solomon. In an affidavit, the officer said Gimore admitted to taking the wallet from the woman as soon as he picked it up from the floor because “I wanted to use it.” Gilmore told police he had gotten rid of the wallet and its contents. He was given a summons to appear before Solomon.

Patient arrested on assault charges

It was about 11:30 p.m. on June 18 when 38-year-old Kevin Maurice Wright arrived at the emergency room at UPMC Williamsport Hospital to receive treatment. “profuse sweating” and a rapid heart rate, according to court documents. With him were his girlfriend and the baby, whom Wright was holding in front of him when “I walked around the department” The statement said. All three were taken to a treatment room, and there were serious concerns about the child’s safety because Wright refused to hand him over to the girl so medical staff could begin treating Wright, according to hospital police who responded. Wright kept repeating increasingly louder “My son, my son” stated in a court document.

Wright of Altoona, “he finally gave the baby to his girlfriend” but as soon as he did, he immediately wanted to get the baby back, so he pushed through the officers and medical personnel who tried to stop him, “jumped out” toward a woman and a child, the affidavit said. The mother ran into the hallway with the infant as Wright chased after them. Officers caught up with Wright and an intense struggle ensued, in which Wright allegedly struck one of the officers twice in the back of the head, police said. With medication, handcuffs and leg chains, officers and medical personnel were able to gain control of Wright and subdue him.

Suddenly the legs of the attacked officer “it seemed to collapse” and medical personnel helped him into a chair and began treatment. The officer, who was discharged from the hospital that night, said things “for a moment it became dark and he saw stars” when he was hit, the statement said.

Wright was arraigned before District Judge Aaron Biichle on felony charges of aggravated assault and child endangerment by hospital police, as well as simple assault and disorderly conduct, both misdemeanors. Wright remains jailed in lieu of bond.

Two people face charges in separate drug cases

Convicted drug dealer Stacy Henry, 49, of Lock Haven, is back in prison after selling “three eight balls of cocaine” undercover officer in exchange for a firearm on Maynard Street in the city on June 25, according to court documents filed by the county’s Drug Enforcement Unit (NEU). Henry, whose street name is “Big,” He was immediately arrested and arraigned before District Judge Christian Frey on felony charges of prohibited possession of a firearm, possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and unlawful use of a cell phone. He remains incarcerated in the county jail on $75,000 bail.

In another NEU case, Ronald Morton was charged with possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, delivery of a controlled substance and unlawful use of a cellphone after selling methamphetamine first to an informant at West Third and Walnut Streets in the city on June 7 and then again four days later to an undercover detective in the 400 block of Louisa Street in the city, the affidavit said. He waived a preliminary hearing and remains jailed in lieu of bond.

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