Tamaqua police reported on the following arrests.

• Nevin Sterling Holben, 24, of New Ringgold, is facing a charge of possession of drug paraphernalia for an incident at 6:45 p.m. Feb. 28. Police on patrol observed Holben at the intersection of South Railroad and West Broad Street. Officers knew there was a active warrant for him and made contact. While taking him into custody a search of a backpack he was carrying was conducted. Officers found a capped hypodermic needle, a brown cardboard box labeled “plain doubles” with 220 empty white glassine packets bundled up with black rubber bands. Police said the packets are commonly used to package heroin or fentynal.

• Justen C. Neff, 40, last know address in Lehighton, is facing charges following incidents on Feb. 12. Police said they received communications from the county comm center of a man, dressed in a black jacket with camouflage pants, throwing a tire on Route 209 near Hope’s Towing at the western end of the borough. While en route another comm center report indicated a man, matching the description of the tire incident, was at the Family Mini mart, along West Broad Street at Lehigh Street, causing a disturbance, threating people and stealing two items from the store.

While at the store a man reported a man throwing rocks onto the road near Hope’s Towing. Officers went to the scene and found Neff and took him into custody. He was charged with persistent disorderly conduct and retail theft and a summary offense of disorderly conduct. Neff told officers he was homeless.

• Drew Allen Strohl, 59, of Coaldale, has been charged with firearm ownership-providing false information.

Police said they received information from the state police firearms unit that Strohl attempted to purchase a firearm at Ed’s Sports Shop, 308 W. Broad St., but was denied.

Police said Strohl is prohibited from purchasing a firearm due to prior criminal convictions, specifically, four prior DUI convictions.

• Police said Isaiah Tymothy Russell, 20, of Tamaqua, has been charged with harassment. Police said on Feb. 19 a woman came to the police station to report her 16-year-old daughter had been threatened by phone by Russell. Police checked the phone and said they heard Russell saying he was going to have someone assault the girl.

• On Feb. 14 the Tamaqua Fire Department was dispatched for a brush fire on Lehigh Anthracite property. Upon arrival fire personnel found a vehicle occupied by several juveniles. All the juveniles fled except for one 16-year-old female. A further investigation resulted in the driver, a 17-year-old male, as well as a 16-year-old female and two males, ages 15 and 16, were also present. All were charged with trespassing.