SHAMOKIN - The following hearings took place Tuesday before Magisterial District Judge John Gembic III. Defendants ordered to appear for plea court on Monday, Dec. 30, in Northumberland County Court, Sunbury, can plead guilty or no contest, or seek a trial by pleading not guilty.
n Robert A. Potter, 43, of 1262 Hillside Drive, Sunbury, waived charges of fleeing or eluding police, driving with a suspended license, overtaking a vehicle on the right, and various traffic offenses in his preliminary hearing.
Potter was charged by Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Daniel Wilk of the Stonington barracks following a chase with police on Route 61 near the barracks on July 11.
n Charges of retail theft and criminal conspiracy were waived to court by John P. Hassinger, 35, of 9A E. Commerce St., Shamokin, and Beth Ann Orner, 23, of 1130 W. Water St., Coal Township.
Hassinger and Orner were charged by Coal Township Police Patrolman Edward Purcell after a Sept. 17 theft incident at Walmart, Route 61, Coal Township.
n Samuel Mull, 20, of 385 Spruce Hollow Road, Northumberland, waived a charge of unsworn falsification to authorities in his hearing.
Mull was charged by Shamokin City Police Patrolman Shane Mowery after an incident on Sept. 27 when Mull allegedly made a sworn statement to police that his vehicle was stolen. Police said Mull later revealed he drove the vehicle onto a dirt road near the Bunker Hill ballfield and struck a stump, causing damage.
n Ronald R. Dimm III, 28, of 22 S. Fifth St., Shamokin, waived the charges in three separate cases during his hearing Tuesday.
In two cases filed by Coal Township Police Det. Jeffrey Brennan, Dimm waived charges of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and criminal use of a communication facility after Dimm allegedly sold heroin to individuals on Feb. 2 and Feb. 16.
In the third case, filed Tuesday by Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Daniel Wilk, of the Stonington barracks, Dimm waived charges of burglary, criminal trespass and criminal attempt of theft. According to a criminal complaint, Dimm allegedly broke into a garage along Dogwood Road at 3:34 p.m. Sept. 24 to steal scrap metal.
n Laura Jane Getz, 23, of 1060 Main Road, Lehighton, waived charges of possession of a small amount of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
She was charged by Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Wendy Keefer for allegedly possessing a smoking pipe and a small amount of marijuana during a random vehicle search at SCI-Coal Township June 15.
n Darryl Elliot, 27, of 487 S. Grant St., Apt. B, Wilkes-Barre, waived charges of possession with intent to deliver heroin, delivery of heroin and criminal conspiracy in his hearing.
Elliott was one of the 16 individuals charged by the attorney general's office and the Northumberland-Montour Drug Task Force in a Sept. 19 drug raid.
n Michael Lassiter, 31, an inmate at SCI-Mahanoy, waived charges of aggravated assault, simple assault and harassment in his hearing.
He was charged by Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Mark Adams of the Stonington barracks following a July 10 incident when he allegedly punched Corrections Sgt. Derek Nejedly in the head and face, causing injury, in a dining hall at SCI-Coal Township where Lassiter was incarcerated at the time.