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State police at Lehighton

State police at Lehighton report on the following incidents:

• Police said on Feb. 28 at 5:21 p.m. troopers responded to a residence along Blackberry Lane in Penn Forest Township, for a report of an active domestic incident. On scene a 52-year-old woman told troopers of injuries she suffered after being physically pushed by Terry Billman, 56.

Troopers said Billman was charged with simple assault. Charges were filed.

• Troopers also reported at 2:19 p.m. March 30 troopers conducted a traffic stop of a 2002 Volkswagen Passat along Interchange Road at Hideaway Hill Road in Polk Township, Monroe County. The driver, a 45-year-old woman from Palmerton, who troopers declined to identify, was found to be impaired and admitted to illegal drug use. She was taken into custody but refused any testing. Driving under the influence charges will be filed.

• State police at Lehighton reported a driver is facing a driving under the influence charge following an incident at 5:15 p.m. March 29.

Troopers stopped a 2015 Dodge Durango along South First Street at Alum Street, in Lehighton for a vehicle code violation. The driver, a 36-year-old man from Lehighton, who troopers declined to identify, was found to be under the influence of a controlled substance. He refused all additional drug influence evaluation and testing. Troopers said he will be charged.

• A crash was reported on March 18 at 1:48 p.m. along Route 895, at Lauchnor Road, in East Penn Township, Carbon County.

Police said Earle L. Meckes, 54, of Jim Thorpe, was driving a 1996 Kenworth truck westbound during a period of heavy rainfall and wet road conditions, when a vehicle proceeded onto the road without proper clearance from Lauchnor Road. Meckes swerved to avoid a collision and lost control of his truck. The truck went onto the berm and hit a utility pole, coming to rest in a field.

Meckes was not injured but his truck had to be towed.