Police kept busy by one individual

Lansford police have had their hands full with James Scott Nahf, 43, whose last known address was 44 Bull Run St., Coaldale. Between March 11-22, they issued nine nontraffic citations to the man, who had allegedly been making a nuisance of himself.

On April 6 at 4:10 p.m., police received a call about a man passed out in the parking lot of the Bank of America in Lansford. Officers Chris Ondrus and Joshua Tom arrived to find Nahf unresponsive. They called an ambulance, but Nahf, who appeared highly intoxicated, came to and refused treatment.

When the officers asked him where they could take him, he became belligerent and aggressive, refusing to cooperate. They arrested him and took him to the police station, where he continued his tirade, threatened the officers and their families, kicked out a window frame in the police cruiser and damaged a rear taillight.

Police charged him with persistent disorderly conduct and public drunkenness.

Nahf was arraigned before on-call District Judge Joseph D. Homanko of Weatherly and jailed under $500 straight cash bail. A preliminary hearing before District Judge Casimir Kosciolek of Lansford is scheduled for April 14.

Further charges are pending against Nahf.

Nahf's outburst was the third incident police had with him that day. Earlier, he had been panhandling money from people and then had tried to get money from people at a social club, Ondrus said.