Police blotter 8/13/10

Published: August 13, 2010

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Simple assault

WAYNE TOWNSHIP - RoseMarie Hoffman, 66, of Halifax, has been charged by state police at Lykens with simple assault, endangering the welfare of children, disorderly conduct and harassment relating to a disturbance Tuesday night in a driveway at 886 Ridge Road in this Dauphin County township.

Police reported Hoffman is accused of spraying Raid wasp and hornet killer and pepper spray at a 52-year-old Halifax man who wasn't identified by police. As Hoffman was spraying the bee killer and pepper spray, a six-month-old girl from Elizabethville was left in a stroller in the middle of the road.

Police said the incident occurred between 8:10 and 8:30 p.m.

3-vehicle crash

TREVORTON - Andrea Zimmerman, 29, of 1021 W. Market St., Trevorton, and her two-year-old passenger escaped injury Thursday morning in a three-vehicle accident along Route 225.

State police at Stonington reported Zimmerman was driving a 1991 Ford Escort station wagon south at 5:30 a.m. when her car exited the right side of the road for an unknown reason and struck two legally parked trucks.

Zimmerman's car sustained moderate damage.

Barking dogs

COAL TOWNSHIP - James Gribbon, 29, of 1133 Webster St., Coal Township, was cited by Patrolman Christopher Lapotsky for violating a township barking dog ordinance.

Police said Gribbon's dogs were barking on his back porch Wednesday.

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