SHAMOKIN - The following hearings took place Tuesday before Magisterial District Judge John Gembic III. Defendants ordered to appear for hearings on Monday, Dec. 31, in Northumberland County Court, Sunbury, can plead guilty or no contest, or seek a trial by pleading not guilty.
n Anthony Durio, 19, of 101 Fifth St., Ranshaw, waived a first-degree misdemeanor charge of retail theft in his hearing Tuesday.
He was charged by Coal Township Police Patrolman Terry Ketchem following a theft and chase on July 30 at the Wal-Mart SuperCenter, Coal Township.