LEWISTOWN, PA — A Lewistown man is facing assault charges after allegedly attacking an inmate at the Mifflin County Correctional Facility.
Jarvin Lopez, 39, of Mifflin, was charged with simple assault and harassment following an incident at 11:52 p.m. Feb. 21.
Police said they reviewed video surveillance and spoke to inmates involved in the incident.
According to police, an inmate was lying on a bed when he was slapped multiple times by another inmate and later had water thrown on him by the same inmate.
The victim later was in a verbal altercation with three inmates when Lopez, who was not involved in the first dispute, punched the victim in the face causing a bloody nose, police said.
The altercation reportedly was over the victim inmate wanting to sleep and the others making too much noise.
The victim declined to prosecute the inmate involved in the first altercation.
In other incidents during the week of Feb. 20-26:
Alexander S. Platzer, 28, of Lewistown, was charged with theft by unlawful taking and receiving stolen property after police said he stole a tool box from a trailer on the 100 block of Logan Street on Feb. 20 and sold it to residents on the first block of Logan Street for approximately $200.
Platzer came to the police station Feb. 21 for an unrelated incident and admitted to stealing the tool box, police said.
Larry J. Anderson, 45, of Lewistown, was cited for public drunkenness after police said he was harassing customers at Sheetz at 113 North Juniata Street on Feb. 21, soliciting them for money to purchase alcohol.
Anderson was transported to an associate’s residence where he was released into another’s care.
Bryawna N. Wagner, 20, of Lewistown, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia Feb. 23 after police said they found containers of white powder and spoons containing drug residue in her backpack.
Wagner told officers the powder was cocaine, police said.
She was taken into custody on an outstanding warrant and lodged at the correctional facility.
A theft report involving Wagner is still under investigation.
Scott Andrew Al McNemar, 20, of Lewistown, was charged with aggravated assault, endangering welfare of children, simple assault and recklessly endangering another person after a 13-day-old infant was admitted to intensive care at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville on Feb. 19.
The infant was in imminent danger of death due to a brain bleed with no skull fractures detected along with bruising to the neck and jaw from a suspected shaking baby syndrome assault, police said.
McNemar admitted he accidentally injured the baby and that he knew the baby was injured after handling him, police said.
A doctor reported that based upon the injuries to the baby’s neck and jaw, this was likely not the first time the baby had been assaulted, police said.
McNemar was taken into custody Feb. 27 without incident and bail was denied.
Jevin C. Trayer, 22, of Richfield, Pennsylvania, was charged with violating a protection from abuse order after he forwarded a racing video from Facebook to a resident at 5:11 p.m. Feb. 23 along with the letter “k.”
The order prohibited Trayer from contacting the resident.
Jakai Jenkins-Williams, 22, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was charged with possession of a small amount of marijuana after police said they found marijuana and rolling papers in a bag he admitted belonged to him on the 100 block of West Fourth Street at 4:42 a.m. Feb. 26.
A 55-year-old woman from McVeytown was arrested for DUI after officers stopped her on the first block of Chestnut Street at 10:32 a.m. Feb. 21.
A 21-year-old woman from Lewistown was arrested for DUI after she lost control of her vehicle and struck a utility pole on the 700 block of Valley Street at 2:27 a.m. Feb. 25.
A 35-year-old man from Lewistown was arrested for DUI after officers stopped him on Reservoir Lane at 11 p.m. Feb. 26.
