SHAMOKIN - The following hearings took place Tuesday before Magisterial District Judge John Gembic III. Defendants ordered to appear for plea court Aug. 26 in Northumberland County Court, Sunbury, can plead guilty or no contest, or seek a trial by pleading not guilty.
n Sara L. Strohecker, 28, of Klingerstown, waived to court a charge of retail theft relating to a March 27 theft at Walmart Supercenter on Route 61.
Strohecker was charged by Coal Township Patrolman Matthew Hashuga with stealing $742.87 worth of merchandise from the store.
n James H. Mitchell, 76, of 204 S. Pearl St., Shamokin, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and was ordered to pay a $200 fine plus costs and placed on supervised probation for 12 months. An additional charge of public drunkenness was withdrawn.
Mitchell was charged by Shamokin Cpl. Darwin Tobias III with threatening people while possessing a 12-inch knife outside his home June 20.
n Cody Hlavaty, 19, of 4461 State Route 125, Coal Township, waived to court charges of possessing a prohibited offensive weapon and possessing drug paraphernalia involving a May 30 incident on Water Street near Market Street.
Hlavaty was charged by Shamokin Patrolman Raymond Siko II with possessing a taser and syringe.
n Renee Scicchitano, 27, of 952 Chestnut St., Kulpmont, waived to court a retail theft charge filed by Coal Township Patrolman Matthew Hashuga in connection with a May 18 incident at Walmart Supercenter along Route 61.
Scicchitano was accused of stealing $90.87 in merchandise from the store.
n Kenneth Elliot Jr., 23, of 1222 W. Willow 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 12 months. An additional charge of possession of a small amount of marijuana was withdrawn.
Elliot was charged by Shamokin Cpl. Darwin Tobias III in connection with a May 10 incident in the 800 block of North Shamokin Street.
A charge of possession of drug paraphernalia filed by Tobias against Jocelyn Sherman, 21, of 1109 W. Arch St., Apt. B, Coal Township, in connection with the same incident was withdrawn after Elliot admitted to police that all the drug paraphernalia in the case belonged to him.