SHAMOKIN - The following hearings took place Tuesday before Magisterial District Judge John Gembic III. Defendants ordered to appear for plea court June 3 in Northumberland County Court, Sunbury, can plead guilty or no contest, or seek a trial by pleading not guilty.
n David Erdman, 40, and Valarie Dressler, 35, both of 334 S. Shamokin St., Shamokin, waived to court charges of theft and receiving stolen property.
Both defendants were charged by Coal Township Patrolman Edward Purcell with stealing heavy machinery parts from the Big Mountain area owned by Ken Snyder and selling them for scrap at Jeff's Recycling on March 14.
n Anthony Cancellier, 19, of 1707 Mohawk St., Coal Township, 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.
An additional charge of possession of Clonazepam and marijuana was withdrawn.
The charges were filed by Shamokin Cpl. Bryan Primerano.
n Charges of theft, receiving stolen property and access device fraud filed by Shamokin Cpl. Jarrod Scandle against Megan Corbaccio, 23, of 1520 W. Walnut St., Coal Township, were withdrawn when the defendant paid $101.06 restitution to the victim.
Corbaccio was charged with stealing a child support card from Jackie Rupert's apartment at 804 N. Washington St. on Feb. 25. Police said Corbaccio used the card to purchase $101.06 worth of merchandise at Wal-Mart Supercenter in Coal Township.
n Jack Zimmerman, 39, of 537 Main St., Ranshaw, waived to court charges of simple assault, recklessly endangering another person and disorderly conduct filed by Coal Township Patrolman Joshua Wynn.
Zimmerman is accused of preventing people from stopping an assault outside Brady Fire Company on Oct. 20 that resulted in serious injuries to the victim.
The offenses relate to a disturbance in which Richard "Ricky" J. Madden, 27, of 1000 W. Willow St., Coal Township, was charged with repeatedly punching and kicking Dale Wilk Jr., 31, of 2004 Pulaski Ave., Coal Township, and slamming his head off the ground at about 2:30 a.m.
Wilk suffered bruises and scrapes on his head and face in the attack and required emergency room treatment.
Zimmerman is accused of blocking a doorway at the fire company, which prevented people from stopping the assault. Police said Zimmerman, who refused to move from the doorway, stated that Wilk deserved getting assaulted.
n Kenneth S. Ross, 50, of 733 Pine St., Kulpmont, pleaded guilty to careless driving and was ordered to pay a fine and costs totaling $112. Two counts of aggravated assault and charges of simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, theft, receiving stolen property and disorderly conduct were withdrawn when witnesses failed to appear to testify against the defendant.
Ross was charged by Shamokin Cpl. Darwin Tobias III with hitting Destry Cavada, 26, of Mount Carmel, with a white 1993 Ford van after allegedly helping Carlos Perez steal three guitars and an amplifier valued at $600 from Perez's brother, Shane Perez, in the first block of East Church Street on March 27.
Cavada suffered injuries to his right hand, right elbow and backside and was transported by AREA Services to Geisinger-Shamokin Area Community Hospital.