Love My Froggy | radioNOVO News for Williamsport: May 7, 2026

RNN WILLIAMSPORT 05/07/26          A LYCOMING COUNTY WOMAN IS FACING FELONY COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND RESISTING ARREST............ AFTER A VIOLENT LATE-NIGHT CONFRONTATION WITH FIRST RESPONDERS. STATE POLICE WERE CALLED TO A HOME ON HESHBON ROAD LAST THURSDAY NIGHT, WHERE 30-YEAR-OLD SAMANTHA JO VROMAN ALLEGEDLY LUNGED AT TROOPERS WITH A METAL CURTAIN ROD.          EVEN AFTER BEING TASED, INVESTIGATORS SAY VROMAN BIT ONE TROOPER, KICKED ANOTHER, AND STRUCK AN E-M-T IN THE FACE. TROOPERS ALSO REPORTEDLY FOUND COCAINE AND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA IN HER POSSESSION. VROMAN IS CURRENTLY HELD ON 35-THOUSAND DOLLARS BAIL.           THE WILLIAMSPORT BUREAU OF POLICE IS AMPING UP PATROLS TO TACKLE A RECENT SPIKE IN JUVENILE CRIME. RESPONDING TO COMMUNITY CONCERNS, THE DEPARTMENT IS LAUNCHING A ZERO-TOLERANCE POLICY FOR CURFEW VIOLATIONS AND INCREASING FOOT AND BIKE PATROLS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.          POLICE SAY WHILE SOME SOCIAL MEDIA REPORTS ARE EXAGGERATED, THEY HAVE SEEN AN UPTICK IN VEHICLE THEFTS AND FIREARM OFFENSES. OFFICIALS WARN THAT PARENTS AND GUARDIANS WILL NOW BE HELD LEGALLY ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR CHILDREN’S ACTIONS. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO REPORT SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOR AS THE CITY PREPARES FOR UPCOMING SUMMER EVENTS.