Tamaqua police released information on the following cases:

• Police cited Christopher J. Serina Jr., 42, of Andreas, for criminal trespass and possession of drug paraphernalia. Police said he was inside a Mauch Chunk Street apartment building without permission at 10:52 a.m. April 8.

Police said a caller reported that Serina was attempting to remove scrap metal from the property. Officers located Serina a short time later, and took him into custody. He denied breaking into the building and said he was there to secure a door.

Police said he was found with a rubber container and cotton, which are commonly associated with narcotics use.

Charges were filed in Tamaqua district court. A preliminary hearing will be held May 24.

• Police charged a Mary D man with criminal mischief for damaging property at Remaly Manufacturing, Cedar Street, around 10:45 a.m. April 4.

According to police, Starr was working at the business when he smashed a piece of computer equipment with a ball-peen hammer. As a result, the company cannot use the machine and will need to have it repaired.

A preliminary hearing is scheduled for May 24 in Tamaqua district court.

• An Easton man was jailed on assault and other charges after police said he choked a woman on April 9.

Police said they received a call from a borough woman regarding a missing vehicle. She said that her boyfriend, Ahmad Eggleston, 22, was at her home the evening before and said he was going to the store. When he returned, the woman asked him if he had used her car because he is not permitted to drive it.

Police said Eggleston then choked and punched her in the face. The woman said she went to bed and awoke to find her vehicle missing.

She informed Eggleston that she intended to press charges and he parked the vehicle a block away. Police were not immediately able to find Eggleston, who had called the woman and threatened suicide.

Officers spotted Eggleston and took him into custody after a foot chase. Police said that while in the cruiser, he continuously banged his head against its window. He was placed in a holding cell and evaluated by emergency personnel.

He was arraigned before Magisterial District Judge Stephen Bayer, Tamaqua, on charges of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, simple assault, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and harassment. Bayer set percentage bail at $15,000 and he was committed to the Schuylkill County Prison.

• A Summit Hill man was charged with disorderly conduct after he allegedly threatened to arrest staff members at state Rep. Jerry Knowles’ Tamaqua office.

According to police, Justin Priolo, 44, telephoned Knowles’ office at 2:39 p.m. April 7 and was angry. Priolo then called the representative’s Harrisburg office and told him he was going to the local office to arrest workers for violating his First Amendment rights.

Officers went to the office and spoke to workers who said Priolo called them five times, and was irate and cursing. He then called the Harrisburg office and said he was on his way to Tamaqua.

Priolo arrived at the office, and police said he began to reach for something under his shirt. Officer Karl Harig drew his service weapon as a precaution, but Priolo produced a laptop computer. Police initially placed him in handcuffs, and he admitted to calling both offices. He apologized and said a previous brain injury affects his comprehension.

• Police charged Lori Boyer, 47, of Tamaqua, with disorderly conduct and criminal mischief after she allegedly fought with her neighbor on March 30.

At 12:24 p.m., police received a report of a disturbance on Arlington Street and spoke to a woman who showed them a video of her and Boyer engaged in a fight. The fight resulted in a broken window.

The victim said she did not initiate the altercation, but claimed that Boyer has said negative things about her and her children. Boyer claimed that the victim has posted negative things about her on social media and that the other woman was the aggressor.

A preliminary hearing for Boyer will be held May 24 in Tamaqua district court.