News Update


Bradford County Man Arrested for Shooting Man in the Leg

Bradford County man shot another man in the leg early Sunday morning while they were drinking at a home in Wysox Twp. Troopers charged 46 year old Carlos Rosario with aggravated assault, simple assault and recklessly endangering another person. He was also accused of violating a restraining order in New Jersey because the order barred firearm possession. The man he short survived and was discharged a few hours after arriving at the hospital before dawn Sunday.  Rosario was held Monday at the Bradford County Jail in lieu of $785,000 bail, according to court records. He is due back in court for a preliminary hearing tentatively scheduled June 16.


29 Year Old Sentenced on Drug Charges

29 year old EBONI C. BRYANT, Tunkhannock, PA, was sentenced to the Bradford County Correctional Facility to a maximum of 23 months with fines and costs, for Possession with Intent to Deliver Marijuana, a Felony. Bryant were stopped in Towanda Borough by Towanda Borough Police Officer Anthony Carpenter back in January of this year, and admitted that she were transporting illegal substances through Bradford County from Wyoming County to New York.


38 Year Old Sentenced for Terroristic Threats

38 year old BRIAN DAVID BENSCOTOR, Laceyville, PA, was sentenced to the Bradford County Correctional Facility to a maximum of 21 months, followed by 24 months of probation, for Terroristic Threats with a Deadly Weapon Possessed. Benscoter was charged by Trooper Wade Hursh of the Pennsylvania State Police after Benscoter pointed a .38 caliber revolver at another traveler on Cornell Road in Tuscarora Township back in October of 2025.