FORMER WARREN COUNTY CHIEF DETECTIVE THOMAS KIBBEY WAS RELEASED FROM JAIL THIS WEEK.  THE 41-YEAR-OLD PLEAD GUILTY IN JUNE TO MISDEMEANOR CHARGES OF HAVING AN INAPPROPRIATE RELATIONSHIP WITH A CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT FOR THE WARREN COUNTY DRUG TASK FORCE.  THE INFORMANT WAS ALSO A FORMER WARREN COUNTY JAIL INMATE AND THE RELATIONSHIP TOOK PLACE WHEN KIBBEY WAS IN A POSITION OF AUTHORITY.  HE RESIGNED AS CHIEF DETECTIVE IN MARCH OF 2025.  KIBBEY WILL BE ON PROBATION FOR THE NEXT 24 MONTHS.

32-YEAR-OLD GARRET HOMELL OF PORT ALLEGANY WAS SENTENCED IN MCKEAN COUNTY COURT YESTERDAY FOR ABUSING A TODDLER.  HE WAS SENTENCED TO STATE PRISON FOR 2-5 YEARS ON CHARGES OF AGGRIVATED ASSAULT, ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD AND SIMPLE ASSAULT FOR BEATING A 3-YEAR-OLD CHILD IN JANUARY OF 2025.  THE JUDGE RECOMMENDED THAT HE NOT BE PERMITTED TO HAVE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM AND REQUIRED HIM TO SUBMIT A DNA SAMPLE.

A JOHNSONBURG MAN IS BEHIND BARS TODAY ON CHARGES HE TRIED TO SEXUALLY ASSAULT A MINOR EARLIER THIS YEAR.  ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, IT ALLEGEDLY HAPPENED ON MARCH 15^TH WHEN 21-YEAR-OLD JOHN HILYER JUNIOR HAD INAPPROPRIATE CONTACT WITH THE MINOR WHEN HE WAS INTERRUPTED BY HIS GIRLFRIEND.  HILYER ALLEGEDLY THEN CONFESSED TO POLICE HIS INTENT TO ASSAULT THE GIRL.  HE’S DUE IN COURT NEXT WEEK FOR A PRELIMINARY HEARING.

A HOME IN THE BOROUGH OF BROOKVILLE WAS LOST TO A FIRE ON WEDNESDAY.  CREWS BATTLED THE BLAZE FOR OVER AN HOUR AFTER ARRIVING AT THE SCENE ON MAPLE STREET AT AROUND 12:30PM.  A BROOKVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN REPORTED THAT A WOMAN WAS ON THE BACK ROOF OF THE HOME AND WAS HELPED DOWN BY NEIGHBORS BEFORE THEY ARRIVED.  HE SAID THERE WERE THREE PEOPLE WHO LIVED AT THE RESIDENCE, BUT ONLY ONE WAS HOME DURING THE FIRE.  NO ONE WAS INJURED.  THE FIRE MARSHAL SAID THAT THE FIRE WAS MOST LIKELY ACCIDENTAL AND THAT THE HOME WAS A TOTAL LOSS.

A CLEARFIELD COUNTY MAN IS DEAD AFTER A MOTOTCYCLE ACCIDENT JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY MORNING ON MORRISDALE ALLPORT HIGHWAY IN MORRIS TOWNSHIP.  STATE POLICE SAY THE BIKE LEFT THE ROADWAY AND STRUCK A TREE ON A CURVE.  THE 35-YEAR-OLD UNIDENTIFIED DRIVER WAS THROWN FROM THE MOTOTCYCLE CAUSING FATAL INJURIES.  HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. 

A ST. MARYS WOMAN IS FACING BURGLARY CHARGES AFTER AN INCIDENT MONDAY AFTERNOON ON NORTH ST. MARYS STREET.  CITY POLICE SAY 43-YEAR-OLD LINDA SAMICK ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO BREAK INTO A RESIDENCE WITH A CROWBAR WITH THE INTENT TO ASSAULT THE OCCUPANTS.  SHE FLED THE SCENE AND WAS SOON LOCATED AND ARRESTED. 

STATE POLICE IN COUDERSPORT REPORT THAT 33-YEAR-OLD JOSHUA RUDINSKI OF GALETON HAS BEEN CHARGED AFTER A DOMESTIC DISPUTE INVOLVING WEAPONS.  THE INCIDENT HAPPENED ON JUNE 22^ND AT A RESIDENCE ON CRIPPEN RUN ROAD IN POTTER COUNTY WHEN HE ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTED MULTIPLE VICTIMS BEFORE FLEEING THE SCENE, WITH A LARGE KNIFE.  RUDINSKI IS ON THE RUN AND IS BELIEVED TO BE ARMED.  ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE STATE POLICE AT 814-274-8690. 

65-YEAR-OLD STEVEN SIMMONS OF BROOKVILLE ESACPED INJURY AFTER LOSING CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE IN OLIVER TOWNSHIP.  THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AT AROUND 4:30PM ON JUNE 18^TH ON EAST BRANCH ROAD, SOUTH OF JOSEPHINE LANE.  SIMMONS’S 2006 JEEP LIBERTY SUFFERED A SUDDEN MECHANICAL FAILURE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, CAUSING A WHEEL TO COMPLETELY DETATCH.  HIS VEHICLE PULLED RIGHT, LEFT THE ROADWAY AND TRAVELED DOWN A STEEP EMBANKMENT BEFORE HITTING A TREE.  SIMMONS WASN’T INJURED.  HIS VEHICLE DID SUFFER DISABLING DAMAGE.

CITY OF BRADFORD POLICE HAVE CHARGED 43-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL MAKINEN WITH CRIMINAL MISCHIEF AND PUBLIC INTOXICATION AFTER HE WAS ARRESTED EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.  HE ALLEGEDLY PUNCHED OUT THE MIRRORS OF SEVERAL CARS ALONG MECHANIC STREET IN THE CITY.  MAKININ WAS ARRESTED, LATER RELEASED AND IS AWAITING HIS PRELIMINARY HEARING DATE.

STATE POLICE OUT OF LEWIS RUN HAVE RELEASED INFORMATION REGARDING A FATAL MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENED BACK ON THE EVENING OF JUNE 12^TH.  ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, 24-YEAR-OLD MAYTEL YORK, OF ELDRED, WAS KILLED WHEN HER BIKE COLLIDED WITH A DEER ON ROUTE 446 IN ELDRED TOWNSHIP, MCKEAN COUNTY.  YORK WAS THROWN FROM THE BIKE, CAUSING HER FATAL INJURIES.  SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. 

GAS PRICES ARE FALLING RAPIDLY IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.  ACCORDING TO TRIPLE A, THE PRICE IS LOWER THIS WEEK BY 7 CENTS IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.  BUT, IN THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS, MANY IN OUR AREA HAVE SEEN A HUGE DROP IN PRICE TO DIP BELOW 4 DOLLARS A GALLON FOR THE FIRST TIME IN WEEKS.  THE PRICE OF OIL CONTINUES TO BE FAVORABLE AS WELL. 

MULTIPLE CLEARFIELD COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENTS RESPONDED TO A FULLY INVOLVED TRAILER FIRE ON INTERSTATE 80 ON SATURDAY NIGHT.  CREWS WERE RETURNING FROM THE CURWENSVILLE DAYS PARADE WHEN THEY WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE NEAR MILE MARKER 137 WESTBOUND JUST AFTER 9PM.  OFFICIALS SAY THE TRAILER WAS FULL OF FROZEN MEATS AND IT TOOK THEM OVER 4 HOURS TO CONTAIN THE FIRE AND HELP WITH TRAFFIC CONTROL.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. 

26-YEAR-OLD BRANDON PEARCE, AN INMATE IN THE JEFFERSON COUNTY JAIL, IS FACING CHARGES AFTER HE ASSALTED A CORRECTIONS OFFICER DURING A CONFRONTATION OVER MEDIACATION.  THE CHARGES STEM FROM AN INCIDENT ON APRIL 10^TH WHEN STATE POLICE RECEIVED WORD THAT PEARCE HAD ASSAULTED THE OFFICER AT AROUND 9:30PM.  A FACULTY NURSE NOTICED THAT HE WAS TRYING TO HIDE PILLS UNDER HIS TONGUE.  THE CORRECTIONS OFFICER STEPPED IN AND PEARCE SPIT ON HIM TWICE.  HE IS DUE IN COURT FOR HIS PRELIMINARY HEARING ON AUGUST 20^TH.

STATE POLICE IN DUBOIS HAVE CHARGED 27-YEAR-OLD FREDERICK PORRIN OF FALLS CREEK AFTER TROOPERS SAY HE ASSAULTED A WOMAN OVER A CUSTODY DISPUTE.  HE IS FACING SIMPLE ASSAULT, HARASSMENT AND DISCORDERLY CONDUCT CHARGES FOR ALLEGEDLY REPEADEDLY PUSHING THE VICTIM ON JUNE 4^TH AT A RESIDENCE ON RIDGE AVENUE IN FALLS CREEK BOROUGH.  AN ARGUMENT BEGAN BECAUSE OF THE VICTIM WAS IN A NEW RELATIONSHIP AND PORRIN DIDN’T WANT THE NEW BOYFRIEND AROUND THEIR CHILD.  OFFICERS OBSERVED BRUISES ACROSS THE WOMAN’S NOSE AND A SCRATCH MARK.  PORRIN IS DUE IN COURT FOR HIS PRELIMINARY HEARING ON AUGUST 25^TH.

47-YEAR-OLD HERBERT COVEY THE FOURTH IS FACING CHILD ENDANGERMENT AND DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE CHARGES AFTER A TRAFFIC STOP ON ROUTE 28 IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.  THE INCIDENT HAPPENED ON APRIL 4^TH AT JUST BEFORE 5:30 PM WHEN TROOPERS STOPPED HIM FOR WEAVING AND CROSSING LINES ON THE ROADWAY IN THE BOROUGH OF SUMMERVILLE.  OFFICERS REPORTED SMELLING MARIJUANA AND FOUND MULTIPLE DRUGS AND PARAPHERNALIA IN THE VEHICLE.  ALONG WITH AN ADULT PASSENGER, THERE WAS A JUVINILE THAT WAS IN THE BACK SEAT.  COVEY’S PRELIMINARY HEARING IS SET FOR JULY 20^TH.

AFTER AN EXTENSIVE INVESTIGATION, AN ATTEMPTED KIDNAPPING CASE IN WARREN COUNTY IS CLOSED.  STATE POLICE SAY THAT THE ALLEGED INCIDENT DID NOT OCCUR BACK ON JUNE 11^TH IN TIDIOUTE.  THAT EVENING, IT WAS REPORTED THAT A MAN ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO LURE A JUVENILE INTO HIS VEHICLE AT THE INTERSECTION OF MAIN AND ELM STREETS IN THE BOROUGH.  POLICE SAY SEVERAL AVENUES OF EVIDENCE, OR LACK OF EVIDENCE, LED TO THE CONCLUSION.  

BROOKVILLE POLICE REPORT THAT TWO PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOLLOWING A 3-VEHICLE CRASH ON ROUTE 36 IN OLIVER TOWNSHIP ON JUNE 2^ND.  THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AT JUST ATER 8AM EAST OF PANSY ROAD NEAR THE MACDONALD AND OWEN LUMBER YARD.  47-YEAR-OLD MELISSA RILEY FAILED TO SEE A SEMI DRIVEN BY 57-YEAR-OLD ROLYN BARKSDALE OF MISSOURI.  SHE CRASHED INTO IT AND AN ONCOMING VEHICLE DRIVEN BY 71-YEAR-OLD JEFFREY PARROT.  72-YEAR-OLD BONNIE PARROT WAS A PASSENGER.  THE PARROTS SUSTAIN MINOR INJURIES AND WERE TRANSPORTED FOR TREATMENT.  RILEY WAS CITED FOR FOLLOWING TOO CLOSELY.

THE JEFFERSON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES ANNOUNCED IN A NEWS RELEASE THAT THE EF1 TORNADO IN MCALMONT TOWNSHIP EXTENDED OVER A 5-MILE RANGE LAST SUNDAY.  WITH ESTIMATED WINDS OF 110 MILES PER HOUR THE SWATH STARTED 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF OLIVEBURG AND ENDED 2 MILES EAST OF ANITA.  THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF INJURIES AND NO ESTIMATES ON DAMAGES.

MCKEAN COUNTY IS SET TO RECEIVE A BIG CHUNK OF MONEY FROM THE NATURAL GAS IMPACT REVENUE THIS YEAR.  ON MONDAY, THE PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION ANNOUNCED THAT THE COUNTY WOULD BE RECEIVING OVER 1.1 MILLION DOLLARS AS PART OF A STATEWIDE DISTRIBUTION OF 244 MILLION.  THE MONEY WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT AND SEVERAL MUNICIPALITIES. 

A GOULDSBORO, PENNSYLVANIA MAN IS FACING DUI CHARGES AFTER HE CALLED POLICE – ON HIMSELF.  STATE POLICE SAY IT HAPPENED BACK ON APRIL 29^TH OF THIS YEAR WHEN THE UNIDENTIFIED 50-YEAR-OLD DID SO FROM HIS TRACTOR-TRAILER AS HE WAS DRIVING IN CLOVER TOWNSHIP, JEFFERSON COUNTY.  POLICE SAY HE WAS TRAVELING AROUND 5 MILES-PER-HOUR AND CAUSING TRAFFIC PROBLEMS.  HE REPORTEDLY ADMITTED TO TROOPERS HE WAS HIGH ON DRUGS WHEN THEY TOOK HIM INTO CUSTODY. 

THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE FIRE MARSHAL’S OFFICE IS REPORTING THAT A BLAZE AT AN EMPTY APARTMENT BUILDING ON SOUTH MICHAEL STREET IN ST. MARYS WAS RULED AS ARSON.  THE FIRE HAPPENED ON SUNDAY AT JUST AFTER 9PM AND DAMAGE IS ESTIMATED AT $50,000. 

BROOKVILLE BOROUGH POLICE HAVE CITED A 33-YEAR-OLD MAN FROM ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA FOR SCATTERING RUBBISH AFTER AN INCIDENT AT A TRUCK STOP ON ALLEGHENY BOULEVARD.  OFFICERS SAY THAT THE INCIDENT HAPPENED ON JUNE 6^TH AT AROUND 6AM AND THAT THE MAN REMOVED THE REAR BUMPER FROM HIS VEHICLE AND INTENTIONALLY LEFT DEBRIS IN THE PARKING LOT.  THE VEHICLE’S LICENCE PLATE WAS LEFT ON THE BUMPER LEADING POLICE TO THE OWNER.

THE KEYSTONE ELK COUNTRY ALLIANCE HAS A NEW PRESIDENT AND CEO.  IN A NEWS RELEASE ON TUESDAY, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ANNOUNCED THAT BEN PORKOLAB WILL SUCCEED JEFF GAUGER IN THE POSITION.  PORKOLAB HAS MORE THAN 2 DECADES OF EXPERIENCE RELATED TO THE ROLE AND SPENT THE LAST 8 YEARS AS KECA’S CONSERVATION EDUCATION COORDINATOR. 

FOR THE SECOND TIME, A CONVICTED BRADFORD MURDERER HAS BEEN DENIED AN APPEAL.  THE PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT DENIED THE APPEAL OF FREDERICK CAMEJO JUNIOR, WHO WAS CONVICTED IN 2024 OF THE SHOOTING DEATH OF EDWARD FOMBY JUNIOR IN 2022.  IT WAS JUST 6 MONTHS AGO THAT CAMEJO’S APPEAL TO THE SUPERIOR COURT WAS DENIED.  CAMEJO IS SERVING AT LEAST 22 AND A HALF YEARS IN PRISON IN THE CASE.