Tamaqua police log
Tamaqua police reported on the following incidents:
• Police charged Micah Vasquez, 41, of Tamaqua, with simple assault after he allegedly punched a woman in the head around 1:48 a.m. Nov. 1.
Police said they were called to the unit block of North Greenwood Street by the woman. When they arrived, they heard screaming inside the home. The woman told police that Vasquez had punched her, and officers observed a large bump over her eye.
Vasquez said he punched the woman when she woke him, police said. The woman was taken to a hospital for medical attention.
• Todd Perla, 61, of Tamaqua, was charged again with trespassing at a condemned home on the 100 block of Lafayette Street.
According to police, a caller on Nov. 2 reported seeing Perla breaking into the home. Police arrived and noticed that a back door was slightly ajar. Officers yelled for Perla, who answered.
Police noted that Perla was recently charged with trespassing and warned not to return. He had lived at the home before it was condemned by code enforcement.
• Matthew Bachman, 41, of Tamaqua, was cited for harassment, disorderly conduct and criminal mischief following an incident at 7 p.m. Nov. 1 in the 330 block of Lincoln Street.
Police said the victim, a 39-year-old Tuscarora man, came to the police station at 7 p.m. Nov. 1 to report the incident.
He told police that he went to pick up his friend’s daughters, who were at the suspect’s residence, and observed an argument between Bachman and his girlfriend as he was driving up.
The man said that Bachman ran up to the driver’s side window of the car and punched him before grabbing his glasses and breaking them. The glasses were valued at $350.
• Police responded to a stolen vehicle report at 6:55 a.m. Nov. 4 in the 110 block of South Elizabeth Street.
They said someone arrived in the area, accessed a parked 2015 Hyundai Sonata and drove away. Police were told the vehicle, registered to EZ Rent A Car, Pottsville, was last seen parked in front of the residence at 10:30 p.m. Nov. 3.
They said a representative of the rental business told them the car was tracked to 220 block of West High Street, Nesquehoning.
Tamaqua police said Nesquehoning police also had a report of a stolen Hyundai. The vehicle had been tracked to the Allentown and Easton areas between 2:25 and 3:50 a.m. but was located on West High Street, Tamaqua. Police then took possession of the vehicle with the assistance of a local towing service.