TWO APARTMENTS WERE DESTROYED BY FIRE LAST NIGHT IN CAMERON COUNTY.  THE BLAZE STARTED IN ONE OF THE UNITS LOCATED ON THE SECOND FLOOR ABOVE THE EMPORIUM BEVERAGE CENTER ON THE 200 BLOCK OF HEMLOCK STREET.  CREWS WERE DISPATCHED AT 7:45PM AND THE FIRE WAS UNDER CONTROL BY 8:30PM.  EMPORIUM FIRE CHIEF PAT UBER SAID THAT THE APARTMENTS WERE A TOTAL LOSS AND THE BEER DISTRIBUTOR SUFFERED SOME WATER DAMAGE.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED AND THE AMERICAN RED CROSS WAS CONTACTED TO HELP THE SIX DISPLACED RESIDENTS.

CITY OF BRADFORD POLICE HAVE CHARGED 27-YEAR-OLD THEODORE BRYAN WITH MULTIPLE CHARGES INCLUDING THEFT, RESISTING ARREST AND PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS AFTER AN INCIDENT AT A WEST CORYDON STREET RESIDENCE LAST WEDNESDAY.  BRYAN ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTED A MAN AND STOLE HIS CELL PHONE BEFORE FLEEING THE SCENE.  HE WAS LOCATED OUTSIDE KIWANIS COURT WHERE HE ALLEGEDLY THREW THE STOLEN CELL PHONE AT THE OFFICERS AND TRIED TO EVADE CAPTURE.  HE IS IN THE MCKEAN COUNTY JAIL ON $20,000 BAIL.

OFFICIALS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY SAY TWO PEOPLE WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AFTER A TWO-VEHICLE CRASH ON ROUTE 322 IN WINSLOW TOWNSHIP.  THE STATE POLICE REPORT SAYS THAT THE ACCIDENT SHUT DOWN A SECTION OF THE ROADWAY ALONG THE 4000 BLOCK FOR SEVERAL HOURS.  THE DRIVERS OF BOTH VEHICLES REPORTEDLY SUFFERED MAJOR INJURIES AND WERE TRANSPORTED TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL.  ROUTE 322 HAS REOPENED AND NO OTHER DETAILS WERE RELEASED.

30-YEAR-OLD ZANE GIBB OR REYNOLDSVILLE WAS ARRESTED LAST WEEK AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY REPEATEDLY RETURNED TO THE ONE STOP ON EAST MAIN STREET, POUNDED ON THE WINDOWS AND HARASSED SHOPPERS AND EMPLOYEES.  WHEN OFFICERS RESPONDED, THE STORE OWNER SAID THAT GIBB HAD BEEN BANNED FROM THE STORE AFTER THE FIRST INCIDENT AND THAT HE CAME BACK AND HARRASSED THEM AGAIN.  HE IS IN THE JEFFERSON COUNTY JAIL AFTER FAILING TO POST $5,000 BAIL.

A REYNOLDSVILLE MAN IS JAILED ON CHARGES HE FLED FROM POLICE EARLIER THIS WEEK.  BROOKVILLE BOROUGH POLICE SAY IT HAPPENED MONDAY WHEN 30-YEAR-OLD TRISTEN SHUGAR DROVE OFF FROM THE BP GAS STATION ON ALLEGHENY BOULEVARD AFTER AN ALLEGED INVOLVEMENT IN A FIGHT.  AFTER A PURSUIT, SHUGAR WAS CAPTURED AT A CEMETERY AFTER STRIKING SEVERAL HEADSTONES.  POLICE SAY SHUGAR SHOWED SIGNS OF IMPAREMENT AND REFUSED A BLOOD DRAW.  HE’S IN THE JEFFERSON COUNTY JAIL TODAY.

RESIDENTS IN MCKEAN COUNTY WHO SUSTAINED FLOODING DAMAGE EARLIER THIS WEEK ARE BEING ASKED TO CONTACT THE MCKEAN COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES.  THE REPORTS OF DAMAGE CAN POSSIBLY HELP LOCAL GOVERNMENT SEEK SOME ASSISTANCE FROM STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS.  DAMAGES CAN INCLUDE THAT TO THE MAIN LIVING AREAS OF YOUR HOME, STRUCTUAL DAMAGES TO YOUR PROPERTY’S BUILDINGS, DAMAGE TO PROPERTY ITSELF, AND DAMAGE TO YOUR HOME’S CONTENTS INCLUDING APPLIANCES AND PERSONAL ITEMS.  TO REPORT DAMAGE, CALL THEIR OFFICE AT 814-887-7700. 

POLICE HAVE CHARGED 58-YEAR-OLD JAMES BLAKE THE 3^RD OF REYNOLDSVILLE AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY ARRANGED A METHAMPHETAMINE SALE WHILE ON HOUSE ARREST.  AN OFFICER ARRANGED A CONTROLLED DRUG BUY WITH A CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT IN OCTOBER OF 2025.  THE INFORMANT SAID BLAKE TOLD HIM TO BUY DOG AND CAT FOOD AND PRETEND TO WORK FOR POSTMATES.  THE INFORMANT DELIVERED THE PET FOOD AND CASH TO BLAKE AND HE RETURNED WITH METH WRAPPED IN A DOLLAR BILL AND $40 CHANGE.  UNABLE TO POST $50,000 BAIL, BLAKE REMAINS IN THE JEFFERSON COUNTY JAIL.  HIS PRELIMINARY HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 6^TH.