SHAMOKIN - The following hearings took place Tuesday before Magisterial District Judge John Gembic III. Defendants ordered to appear for plea court March 25 at Northumberland County Courthouse, Sunbury, can plead guilty or no contest, or seek a trial by pleading not guilty.
n Shane R. Picarella, 23, of 151 N. Grant St., Shamokin, pleaded guilty to possession of drug paraphernalia and was ordered to pay a $300 fine plus costs and placed on supervised probation for six months. Additional charges of public drunkenness and possession of Spice were withdrawn.
Picarella was charged by former Shamokin Cpl. John Brown in connection with an Aug. 18 incident at 30 E. Independence St.
Picarella also pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and was given credit for time served in Northumberland County Prison. An additional count of disorderly conduct was withdrawn.
Picarella was charged by Shamokin Cpl. Bryan Primerano in connection with a July 25 disturbance outside 25 E. Church St.
n Brad E. Kashner, 43, of 1319 W. Pine St., Coal Township, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and was ordered to pay a $300 fine plus costs and make $15 restitution. Additional charges of simple assault, institutional vandalism and harassment were withdrawn.
Kashner was charged by Coal Township Patrolman Edward Purcell with causing a disturbance Dec. 28 at his residence and Coal Township Police Station.
An additional criminal complaint filed by Coal Township Patrolman Chad Yoder that charged Kashner with possession of a small amount of marijuana was withdrawn. The charge was filed in connection with a Nov. 13 incident at his residence.
Kashner's live-in girlfriend, Amy L. Fabian, 48, pleaded guilty to possession of drug paraphernalia involving the same Dec. 28 incident in which Kashner was charged by Purcell. She was ordered to pay a $300 fine plus costs. Additional charges of simple assault and harassment were withdrawn.
n Kimberly Rickert, 25, and her live-in boyfriend, Aaron Bressi, 32, of 1727 Pulaski Ave., Coal Township, both pleaded guilty to harassment and were each ordered to pay a $100 fine plus costs. An additional charge of simple assault filed against both defendants was withdrawn.
Rickert and Bressi were charged by Coal Township Patrolman Christopher Lapotsky in connection with a Dec. 26 domestic disturbance.
n David Demarco, 51, of 429 W. Second St., Mount Carmel, pleaded guilty to harassment and was given credit for time served in Northumberland County Prison. An additional charge of simple assault was withdrawn.
Demarco was charged by Shamokin Cpl. Darwin Tobias III in connection with a Jan. 12 disturbance at 500 Bear Valley Ave.
n Raymond Villari III, 27, of 343 S. Fifth St., Shamokin, waived to court charges of theft, receiving stolen property, burglary, criminal trespass and criminal mischief relating to the theft of electric motors for vehicles from a vacant property at Fourth and Mulberry streets June 7.
The charges were filed by Shamokin Patrolman Jarrod Scandle.
Villari's 25-year-old brother, Robert L. Villari Jr., of Shamokin; Alice Reichwein, 19, of Coal Township, and Harry L. Wheary III, 23, of Shamokin, also were charged in the theft.
n Joshua S. Kovaschetz, 32, of 2273 Mile Hill Road, P.O. Box 301, Sunbury, waived to court a bad check charge involving a Sept. 4 incident.
Kovaschetz was charged by Coal Township Patrolman Joshua Wynn with issuing a bad check in the amount of $8,988 to Holdren Notary Service, 167 Circle Drive, Coal Township.
n Jason Quinn Lucas, 32, of Williamsport, waived to court two counts of driving under the influence of alcohol, failure to drive in a single lane, careless driving and failure to wear a seat belt relating to a Dec. 2 incident along Route 61 in Coal Township near the Shamokin city line.
The charges were filed by Trooper Thomas Leib of state police at Stonington.
n Kenny Bunch, 30, of 21 W. Church St., Shamokin, David Payne, 26, of 916 E. Chestnut St., Shamokin; Robert Powell, 29, of 715 N. Vine St., Apt. 2, Shamokin, and Leon Vincent, 24, of 322 E. Sunbury St., Shamokin, who were all charged in a Dec. 14 drug bust conducted by the Northumberland-Montour Drug Task Force, waived to court multiple charges.
Bunch waived to court two counts each of delivery of a controlled substance, possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and criminal use of a communication facility.
Payne waived to court charges of delivery of a controlled substance, possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance and criminal conspiracy to deliver a controlled substance.
Powell waived to court charges of delivery of a controlled substance, possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance, criminal conspiracy to deliver a controlled substance and criminal use of a communication facility.
Vincent waived to court charges of possession with intent to deliver heroin, delivery of heroin and criminal conspiracy to deliver heroin.
n Robert Smoogen, 55, of 1027 E. Race St., Coal Township, waived to court two counts of driving under the influence of alcohol and one count of careless driving involving an Oct. 13 incident at Race and Lombard streets.
The charges were filed by Cpl. Darwin Tobias III.