[By Matt Freeze]<\/p>\n
SAYRE BOROUGH \u2014 Charges have been filed against a 34-year-old Waverly man after police said he threw a woman and destroyed a lamp and TV, resulting in blood throughout a guest room Jan. 30 at the Best Western hotel.<\/p>\n
Court documents said Dennis Joseph Blanchette was charged by Sayre Borough Police Officer Carter Pries with two counts of criminal mischief, one count of possession of a small amount of marijuana, and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia.<\/p>\n
Pries said he was called to the Best Western at around 10 p.m. for a report of a disturbance.<\/p>\n
Upon arrival, Pries said he made contact with a woman who said she was in a room with her friend and her friend\u2019s boyfriend when she had her hair pulled and was thrown to the ground.<\/p>\n
Pries said he and Sayre officers Thomas Zebrowski, Colie Stone and Zach Hatch went to the room, where they made contact with Blanchette.<\/p>\n
There were also officers from the Athens Borough Police Department present, Pries said.<\/p>\n
While in the hotel room, police said they observed a destroyed lamp with blood all over it, blood on the walls and bed, and a smashed television, also with blood on it.<\/p>\n
Blanchette\u2019s girlfriend reportedly denied having been hit by Blanchette, and that her friend \u201ccame on to her boyfriend, Blanchette, which resulted in Blanchette throwing her off of him,\u201d Pries said.<\/p>\n
Police said that upon speaking with Blanchette, who was reportedly heavily intoxicated, he said that he had punched the TV and the lamp.<\/p>\n
Police said they observed lacerations on his hands consistent with the smashed TV and blood throughout the room.<\/p>\n
Marijuana and associated paraphernalia were in plain view throughout the room, which police said Blanchette had taken ownership of.<\/p>\n
Police said Best Western staff wanted the three individuals removed from the property, and the three were taken home by family members.<\/p>\n
Total damages amounted to $1,015, police said.<\/p>\n
Blanchette is slated to appear on March 10 before Magisterial District Judge Larry Hurley.<\/p>\n
(Matt Freeze is a senior writer for The Morning Times.)<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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