65-YEAR-OLD RANDON MILLER OF KNOX WAS SENTENCED TO 18 MONTHS OF PROBATION EARLIER THIS WEEK AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO CRUELTY TO ANIMALS AND STARVING A HORSE.  THE CHARGES WERE MADE AGAINST MILLER LAST JUNE AFTER AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CONDITION OF THE HORSES ON HIS PROPERTY IN CLARION COUNTY.  OFFICERS FOUND TWO EMACIATED HORSES WITH NO GRASS OR HAY PRESENT.  A VETERINARIAN ALSO FOUND THAT ONE OF THEM HAD PARASITES AND LACKED NECESSARY HOOF CARE.  AS PART OF THE SENTENCING, MILLER ALSO HAD TO GIVE UP OWNERSHIP OF THE ANIMALS.

BROCKWAY BOROUGH COUNCIL HAS BANNED SEVERAL FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION FROM MAIN STREET SIDEWALKS – INCLUDING BICYCLES, ROLLER BLADES, AND E-BIKES.  OFFICIALS CONFIRMED THAT THE SIGNAGE WAS PUT IN PLACE A FEW WEEKS AGO.  COUNCIL TOOK THE ACTION FOR SAFETY REASONS.  SOME RESIDENTS FEEL LIKE A MORE TARGETED APPROACH MAY HAVE BEEN MORE APPROPRIATE AND BANNING ALL FORMS OF BICYCLES WAS A LITTLE MUCH.  MORE INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING ON MAY 7^TH.

A WARREN COUNTY MAN IS FACING AGGRAVATED ASSAULT CHARGES STEMMING FROM AN INCIDENT BACK ON APRIL 15^TH IN SUGAR GROVE TOWNSHIP.  STATE POLICE SAY 52-YEAR-OLD WILLIARD FEHLMAN, OF SUGAR GROVE, ALLEGEDLY PULLED A KNIFE AND CAUSED A SMALL CUT ON A FEMALE VICTIM’S NECK.  THE VICTIM ALSO PULLED OUT A KNIFE IN HER DEFENSE. 

THE CITY OF ST. MARYS IS STILL LOOKING FOR APPLICANTS FOR SUMMER JOBS WITH THE CITY.  EMPLOYMENT IS AVAILABLE WITH THE CITY STREET DEPARTMENT AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS.  THE JOBS ARE FOR COLLEGE-AGE STUDENTS AND THEY DON’T NEED TO BE STACKPOLE-HALL PHEAA ELIGIBLE.  THOSE INTERESTED CAN PICK UP AN APPLICATION AT CITY HALL DURING BUSINESS HOURS OR VISIT THE CITY’S WEBSITE. 

FIRE CREWS IN WARREN COUNTY RESPONDED TO A HOUSE FIRE ALONG ROUTE 6 IN STARBRICK LAST NIGHT AT AROUND 7PM.  THE 8 OCCUPANTS THAT LIVED IN THE RESIDENCE WERE ABLE TO GET TO SAFETY AND FIREFIGHTERS RESCUED MULTIPLE ANIMALS INCLUDING 5 CATS AND A DOG.  CREWS ENTERED THROUGH THE BASEMENT AND WERE ABLE TO EQTINGUISH THE FIRE QUICKLY.  THE HOMEOWNER WAS SENT TO WARREN GENERAL HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.  NO OTHER INJURIES WERE REPORTED AND THE AMERICAN RED CROSS PROVIDED AID TO THE PEOPLE THAT WERE DISPLACED.  THE CAUSE OF THE BLAZE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.

63-YEAR-OLD DAN PREBBLE OF PENNFIELD WAS SENTENCED IN COURT YESTERDAY FOR STRANGLING A WOMAN AND STARTING A FIRE LAST AUGUST.  THE VICTIM TOLD POLICE ON THE SCENE THAT PREBBLE ASSAULTED HER, SMASHED THE WINDSHIELD OUT OF HER CAR AND LIT A TOTE OF HER BELONGINGS ON FIRE.  HE WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DELIVER A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.  PREBBLE WILL SERVE A MINIMUM OF 20 MONTHS AND A MAXIMUM OF 5 YEARS IN PRISON.

A RIDGWAY COUPLE IS CHARGED WITH CHILD ENDANGERMENT FOLLOWING AN ALLEGED INCIDENT EARLIER THIS YEAR.  ACCORDING TO COURT PAPERS, 19-YEAR-OLD DRAKE CHAPMAN IS ACCUSED OF CAUSING MULTIPLE INJURIES TO THE 1-YEAR-OLD CHILD DURING A PERIOD OF 4 DAYS, SPANNING FROM FEBRUARY 16^TH THROUGH THE 20^TH.  23-YEAR-OLD SKYLAR FOUST IS CHARGED WITH NOT REPORTING THE INJURIES UNTIL CHILD AND YOUTH SERVICES BECAME INVOLVED.  BOTH ARE BEHIND BARS IN THE ELK COUNTY JAIL TODAY.

22-YEAR-OLD MARSHALL GRUBER OF YOUNGSVILLE IS FACING CHARGES AFTER AN ALLEGED KIDNAPPING INCIDENT IN BROKENSTRAW TOWNSHIP ON APRIL 12^TH.  THE VICTIM TOLD POLICE THAT GRUBER HAD BEEN ABUSIVE TOWARD HER FOR SEVERAL DAYS, HE HAD TAKEN HER PHONE AND WOULDN’T ALLOW HER TO LEAVE THE HOME.  SHE WENT ON TO SAY THAT SHE WAS EVENTUALLY ABLE TO GET TO HER PHONE LONG ENOUGH TO SEND A TEXT MESSAGE TO GRUBER’S PROBATION OFFICER TO REMOVE HIM FROM THE RESIDENCE.  HE WAS ARRESTED AND TAKEN TO THE WARREN COUNTY JAIL ON $100,000 CASH BAIL.

STATE POLICE REPORT THAT 19-YEAR-OLD MADLELINE GOODWIN AND 42-YEAR-OLD CLINTON GOODWIN, BOTH OF SIGEL, ESCAPED INJURY AFTER CRASHING INTO A LOG PILE IN ELDRED TOWNSHIP ON FRIDAY EVENING.  THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AT JUST AFTER 5:30PM ON ROUTE 36, NORTH OF GORDON DRIVE.  GOODWIN WAS TRAVELING TOO FAST WHEN SHE TRIED TO PULL ONTO A PRIVATE ROAD WHEN SHE HIT THE LOG PILE AND A LOG SPLITTER HEAD ON.  THERE WAS DISABLING DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF HER SUV.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AND GOODWIN WAS CITED FOR A TRAFFIC VIOLATION.

A BRADFORD MAN IS FACING CHARGES THAT HE ALLEGEDLY ABUSED A 1-YEAR-OLD CHILD BACK IN MARCH OF 2025.  ACCORDING TO STATE POLICE, 24-YEAR-OLD KRISTOPHER TAYLOR WAS ARRESTED AFTER AN EXTENSTIVE INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT THE CHILD SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES WHILE IN HIS CARE.  TAYLOR IS BEHIND BARS IN THE POTTER COUNTY JAIL TODAY. 

A KANE MAN NOW AWAITS SENTENCING AFTER HIS CONVICTION ON DRUG DELIVERY RESULTING IN DEATH CHARGES FRIDAY.  MCKEAN COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY, STEPHANIE VETTENBERG-SHAFFER, REPORTS THAT MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM REPORTEDLY PROVIDED THE DRUGS THAT RESULTED IN AN OVERDOSE DEATH IN AUGUST OF 2022 AT A KANE APARTMENT.  HE’S DUE TO BE SENTENCED IN EARLY JUNE.  

GAS PRICES ARE DOWN THIS WEEK IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.  TRIPLE A’S LATEST FUEL REPORT SHOWS A 4-CENT DROP IN THE AVERAGE PRICE TO REST AT 4.14 A GALLON.  THE LOWEST PRICE IN OUR AREA COMES IN BROOKVILLE AT 3.85. 

STATE POLICE REPORT THAT 32-YEAR-OLD HEIDI RODGERS OF REYNOLDSVILLE IS FACING ASSAULT CHARGES AFTER SHE ARRIVED AT THE POLICE BARRACKS CLAIMING VOICES TOLD HER TO GO THERE ON APRIL 9TH.  SHE ALSO ATTACKED OFFICERS DURING A SOBRIETY TEST.  TROOPERS SAY THAT ROGERS DISPLAYED MULTIPLE INDICATIONS OF DRUG IMPAIRMENT INCLUDING BLOODSHOT EYES, DIALATED PUPILS, RAPID SPEECH AND BODY TREMORS.  WHEN THEY ATTEMPTED TO CONDUCT A SOBRIETY TEST, SHE BECAME IRATE AND ATTEMPTED TO LEAVE.  SHE WAS FORCED TO THE GROUND AND WHILE BEING RESTRAINED, SHE KICKED ONE OF THE OFFICERS IN THE GROIN AREA.  RODGERS REFUSED TO SUBMIT TO A LEGAL BLOOD DRAW AND WAS TAKEN TO THE JEFFERSON COUNTY JAIL.

40-YEAR-OLD WILLIAM NOBLES OF TITUSVILLE WAS HOSPITALIZED AFTER HIS DUMP TRUCK STRUCK A BRIDGE IN WARREN COUNTY LAST WEEK.  STATE POLICE SAY THAT THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AT JUST AFTER 6AM IN LIMESTONE TOWNSHIP.  WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS CROSSING THE BRIDGE, IT EXPERIENCED A MECHANICAL ERROR THAT CAUSED THE DUMP BED TO RAISE UNEXPECTEDLY AND HIT THE OVERHEAD PORTION OF THE BRIDGE.  NOBLES DID SUFFER INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.

CLEARFIELD COUNTY POLICE SAY 43-YEAR-OLD JESSICA CATALANO IS BEHIND BARS AFTER SHE ASSAULTED TWO POLIE OFFICERS LAST SUNDAY.  OFFICERS REPORT THAT SHE THREW TOILET WATER AT THEM AND FOUGHT THEM BEFORE THEY TOOK HER TO THE GROUND AND MADE THE ARREST.  ONE OF THE OFFICERS INJURED HIS KNEES DURING THE ASSAULT.  THE OTHER HAD FECES SMEARED ON HIS RADIO AND VEST.  CATALANO IS FACING ASSAULT, CRIMINAL MISCHIEF AND RESISTING ARREST CHARGES AND REMAINS IN THE CLEARFIELD COUNTY JAIL.  

THE CITY OF ST. MARYS IS SET FOR THE ANNUAL CLEAN UP DAYS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AT KAULMONT PARK.  RESIDENTS ARE ASKED TO USE THE PARK’S LOWER ENTRANCE AND TO FOLLOW THE SIGNS POSTED.  ACCESS TO THE ROLL-OFFS WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM 8-4 ON FRIDAY AND 7-3 ON SATURDAY.   FOR MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT IS AND ISN’T ACCEPTED, YOU’RE INVITED TO LOG ON TO THE CITY’S WEBSITE HERE.

THE ST. MARYS AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS A SUPERINTENDENT IN WAITING.  AT MONDAY’S SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT CURRENT ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT, CHRISTINE KUHAR, WILL REPLACE DR. HARLEY RAMSEY EFFECTIVE JULY 1^ST OF THIS YEAR.  KUHAR WAS ONE OF 10 APPLICANTS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD BY A CONSULTANT.  KUHAR WAS SIGNED TO A 5-YEAR CONTRACT, EXTENDING THROUGH THE 2030-2031 SCHOOL YEAR. 

28-YEAR-OLD DANIEL CRAVEN OF BROOKVILLE IS FACING CHARGES AFTER AN ARGUMENT OVER A CHILD TURNED PHYSICAL LAST WEDNESDAY.  BROOKVILLE BOROUGH POLICE SAY THAT THEY RESPONDED TO AN INCIDENT ON SOUTH PICKERING STREET AT AROUND 2PM AND THE VICTIM REPORTED THAT SHE AND CRAVEN HAD AN ARGUMENT ABOUT PICKING UP PLASTIC BAGS.  SHE WAS CONCERNED THAT A 0NE-YEAR-OLD CHILD COULD PLACE THEM OVER HIS HEAD.  THE VICTIM SAID THAT CRAVEN THREW HIS WALLET AT HER RIGHT ARM THAT CAUSED INJURY.  HE ADMITTED THAT TO POLICE AND WAS ARRESTED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE JEFFERSON COUNTY JAIL.  BAIL WAS SET AT $50,000.

STATE POLICE ARRESTED 32-YEAR-OLD GLEN LEFFEW THE THIRD, OF MARIENVILLE, AFTER RESPONDING TO REPORTS OF AN INTRUDER EARLY LAST SATURDAY MORNING.  TROOPERS RESPONDED TO A RESIDENCE ON CHERRY STREET AT 2:35AM.  THE VICTIMS TOLD THEM THAT A MALE KICKED IN THEIR DOOR AND THEN TRIED TO ENTER THEIR HOME THROUGH A WINDOW.  THERE WAS A SECOND REPORT OF A BREAK-IN AT A HOME ON MARY LANE AT 3;30PM AND OFFICERS OBSERVED LEFFEW EXITING THE RESIDENCE.  HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD AT THE WARREN COUNTY JAIL.

A RIDGWAY MAN IS FACING SEVERAL CHARGES TODAY STEMMING FROM AN INCIDENT THAT ALLEGEDLY HAPPENED IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR.  ACCORDING TO COURT PAPERS, 31-YEAR-OLD KYLE JACOBS IS CHARGED WITH CORRUPTION OF MINORS, FURNISHING ALCOHOL TO MINORS, DISSIMENATION OF SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIAL TO MINORS, AND OTHER CHARGES STEMMING FROM THE DECEMBER 13^TH, 2025 EVENT IN RIDGWAY.  HIS PRELIMINARY HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR THE END OF THE MONTH.

DAVID VANETTA JUNIOR OF WILCOX HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO 84 TO 240 MONTHS IN JAIL AFTER BEING FOUND GUILTY OF PLOTTING TO HAVE HIS EX-WIFE KILLED IN 2024.  BEFORE SENTENCING, HIS ATTORNEY FILED A PETITION TO WITHDRAW AS COUNCIL, BUT IT WAS DENIED BY THE JUDGE BECAUSE IT WAS SUBMITTED LESS THAN 5 HOURS BEFORE SENTENCING.  VANETTA SPOKE ON HIS OWN BEHALF AND TOLD THE JUDGE THAT HE WAS THE VICTIM OF AN ABUSIVE EX-WIFE.  HE ALSO SAID THAT HE DIDN’T CONSPIRE TO HAVE HIS WIFE KILLED.  AS PART OF THE SENTENCING, THE JUDGE RULED THAT VANTETTA NOT HAVE ANY DIRECT OR INDIRECT CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM.

THERE WAS A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT AT THE 600 BLOCK OF EAST MAIN STREET, NEAR HAMLIN BANK, IN BRADFORD AROUND 2:45 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.  THE VEHICLE STRUCK A UTILITY POLE AS TRAFFIC WAS BEING DIRECTED BY A PROJECT BY THE SANITATION DEPARTMENT.  EMERGENCY SERVICES CLEARED THE AREA IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES AND THE DRIVER WAS TREATED FOR MINOR INJURIES AT THE SCENE.  THE ACCIDENT DID KNOCK OUT POWER IN THE AREA FOR A SHORT TIME.

GAS PRICES ARE UP, BUT ONLY BY A PENNY THIS WEEK IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.  TRIPLE A REPORTS THE PRICE AT 4.18 A GALLON ON AVERAGE.  THE LOWEST PRICE IN OUR AREA COMES IN BROOKVILLE, WHERE IT’S UNDER 4 DOLLARS A GALLON AT 3.91.

32-YEAR-OLD TYLER GOURLEY OF REYNOLDSVILLE IS FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES AFTER BLOCKING HIS MOTHER FROM RECEIVING HELP DURING A DOMESTIC DISPUTE.  STATE POLICE SAY THE INCIDENT HAPPENED LAST TUESDAY AT A RESIDENCE ON CAMERON COUNTY CAMP ROAD AT AROUND 9:35PM.  THE VICTIM TOLD TROOPERS THAT HER SON WAS INTOXICATED WHEN SHE CAME HOME FROM WORK AND HE WOULDN’T GET OUT OF HER FACE.  WHEN SHE CALLED 911 FOR HELP, HE TOOK THE PHONE AND WOULDN’T ANSWER THE CALLBACK ATTEPTS FROM THE DISPATCHERS.  HE WAS ARRESTED AND TAKEN TO THE JEFFERSON COUNTY JAIL.  HIS BAIL WAS SET AT $20,000.

HUMAN REMAINS THAT WERE FOUND DURING A SEARCH IN THE AREA OF THE DUBOIS RESERVIOR ARE BELIEVED TO BE THOSE OF 72-YEAR-OL GARRY KELLER.  HE WENT FISHING IN JULY OF 2025 AND WAS REPORTED MISSING AFTER HE VEHICLE WAS LOCATED ALONG ANDERSON CREEK ROAD IN UNION TOWNSHIP.  ATTEMPTS TO FIND HIM, AT THAT TIME, WERE UNSUCCESSFUL.  EVIDENCE WAS FOUND ON MARCH 31^ST THAT POINTS TO THE REMAINS BEING KELLER’S.  INVESTIGATORS SAY THAT NO FOUL PLAY IS SUSPECTED, BUT THE CASE WILL REMAIN OPEN PENDING THE RESULTS OF THE MEDICAL EXAMINER’S OFFICE.

STATE POLICE WERE DISPATCHED TO A HOME ON HILL STREET IN REYNOLDSVILLE AT JUST AFTER 3AM ON MARCH 18^TH FOR A DOMESTIC DISPUTE.  TROOPERS ENTERED THE RESIDENCE AND FOUND 36-YEAR-OLD LAURA LONG BLEEDING FROM HER MOUTH WHILE 44-YEAR-OLD BRIAN JONES WAS STANDING OVER HER.  JONES SAID THAT HE WAS SLEEPING ON A COUCH WHEN LONG HIT HIM IN THE FACE WITH A HARD OBJECT.  LONG SAID THAT JONES STRUCK HER IN THE FACE AND SHOVED HER THROUGH THE HOUSE.  SHE ALSO SAID THAT HE KICKED HER IN THE STOMACH.  BOTH HAVE PRELIMINARY HEARINGS ON APRIL 28^TH.

A ST. MARYS MAN IS JAILED TODAY AFTER AN INCIDENT BACK ON APRIL 1^ST IN THE CITY.  ACCORDING TO POLICE, 38-YEAR-OLD IAN WILLIAMS ALLEGEDLY BROKE INTO A NORTH STREET APARTMENT AND ASSAULTED A PERSON INSIDE.  POLICE SAY WILLIAMS WAS LOOKING FOR DRUGS AND MADE OFF WITH A CELL PHONE AND TABLET FROM THE SCENE.  HE REMAINS IN THE ELK COUNTY JAIL.   

A RIDGWAY MAN IS DEAD AS THE RESULT OF A 2-VEHICLE ACCIDENT EARLIER THIS WEEK IN ARMSTRONG COUNTY.  ACCORDING TO THE DUBOIS COURIER-EXPRESS AND ARMSTRONG COUNTY CORONER, BRIAN MYERS, 33-YEAR-OLD NATHAN BROWN WAS TRAVELING ALONG ROUTE 28 AND 66 AT THE INTERSECTION OF HOOVER ROAD IN BOGGS TOWNSHIP WHEN HE CROSSED THE CENTER LINE AND STRUCK A TRACTOR-TRAILER.  BROWN SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.  THE ROADWAY WAS CLOSED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.  THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE INCIDENT IS ONGOING.

72-YEAR-OLD KEITH ANDERSON OF BROCKWAY IS FACING CHARGES AFTER HE NEVER ARRIVED AT A COURT-ORDERED LOCATION IN SNYDER TOWNSHIP FOLLOWING HIS RELEASE FROM STATE PRISON.  ANDERSON WAS ORDERED TO REPORT TO A RESIDENCE ON ROUTE 28 KNOWN AS “JUST FOR JESUS”.  HE DID NOT DO THAT AND ALSO FAILED TO REGISTER WITH A PHOTOGRAPH AND STATUS FOR MEGAN’S LAW.  ANDERSON WAS FOUND IN A HOSPITAL IN ALTOONA AND WAS ARRESTED ON APRIL 3RD.  HE’S CURRENTLY IN THE JEFFERSON COUNTY JAIL AFTER FAILING TO POST $100,000 BAIL.

NEVYN KEARNEY, 24, OF RIDGWAY, WHO IS ACCUSED OF PHYSICALLY ABUSING A 7-MONTH-OLD CHILD WAIVED HIS RIGHTS TO A PRELIMINARY HEARING ON TUESDAY.  IN MAY OF 2025, THE CITY OF ST. MARYS POLICE DEPARTMENT LEARNED THAT THE CHILD WAS AT UPMC CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IN PITTSBURGH SUFFERING FROM SEIZURES AND BEUISING ALL OVER HIS BODY.  THEIR INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE CHILD WAS HOME ALONE WITH KEARNEY AT A RESIDENCE ON WINDFALL ROAD IN ST. MARYS WHEN THE ABUSE ALLEGEDLY OCURRED.  HE REMAINS IN THE ELK COUNTY JAIL WITH BAIL SET AT $50,000 AND IS DUE IN COURT ON MAY 4^TH.

A WARREN COUNTY MAN, WHO IS ALREADY FACING RAPE CHARGES, IS NOW CHARGED WITH CORRUPTION OF MINORS.  ACCORDING TO THE WARREN TIMES OBSERVER, THE CHARGES WERE ADDED AGAINST 34-YEAR-OLD WILLIAM WILCOX THE THIRD, STEMMING FROM INCIDENTS THAT ALLEGEDLY HAPPENED LAST HALLOWEEN IN PLEASANT TOWNSHIP.  THE VICTIM IN THE CASE IS LESS THAN 16 YEARS OLD.  WILCOX REMAINS JAILED AND AWAITS A PRELIMINARY HEARING. 

CITY OF ST. MARYS POLICE HAVE CHARGED 38-YEAR-OLD MATTHEW WILLIAMS FOR BREAKING INTO AN APARTMENT AND ASSAULTING A TENANT.  ALLEGEDLY, THE INCIDENT HAPPENED ON APRIL 1^ST ON NORTH ST. MARYS STREET.  THE VICTIM STATED THAT HE WAS IN HIS APARTMENT LAYING ON THE COUCH WHEN WILLIAMS WALKED IN UNINVITED.  WILLIAMS SAID HE WAS LOOKING FOR DRUGS AND WHEN HE WAS ASKED TO LEAVE, HE PUNCHED AND KICKED THE VICTIM IN THE HEAD.  THE VICTIM ALSO CLAIMED THAT WILLIAMS STOLE HIS CELLPHONE AND TABLET.  WILLIAMS WAS ARRESTED AND REMANDED TO THE ELK COUNTY JAIL WITH BAIL SET AT $10,000.

45-YEAR-OLD CATHERINE ZAFUTO OF BROOKVILLE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH ALONG ROUTE 28 IN JEFFERSON COUNTY AT JUST BEFORE 11AM ON MARCH 30^TH.  SHE WAS TRAVELING NORTH WHEN SHE FAILED TO NEGOTIATE A SLIGHT LEFT-HAND CURVE.  HER VEHICLE LEFT THE ROADWAY AND STRUCK A BRICK SIGN.  ZAFUTO SUFFERED A MINOR INJURY BUT REFUSED TRANSPORT TO THE HOSPITAL.  SHE WAS CITED FOR FAILURE TO MAINTAIN A LANE OF TRAVEL.

AS YOU’VE NO DOUBT NOTICED, THE PRICE OF GAS HAS SKYROCKETED ONCE AGAIN IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.  TRIPLE A REPORTS THE AVERAGE PRICE OF REGULAR UNLEADED IS 4.17 A GALLON, UP 22 CENTS FROM LAST WEEK.  SOME PLACES IN THE AREA ARE NOW NEAR 4.50 A GALLON.  AS EXPECTED, EXPERTS SAY THE REASON IS STEMMING FROM THE CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST.  THE LOWEST PRICE COMES IN BROOKVILLE, WHERE IT AVERAGES 4.04.

34-YEAR-OLD DYLAN GRAY OF WARREN IS BEHIND BARS AFTER FLEEING FROM POLICE ON A MOTORCYCLE.  ALLEGEDLY, THE INCIDENT HAPPPENED ON SATURDAY IN YOUNGSVILLE AT JUST AFTER 4:30PM.  WHEN AN OFFICER TRIED TO MAKE A TRAFFIC STOP, GRAY LOOKED BACK TOWARD THE PATROL VEHICLE AND RODE AWAY AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED.  PROBATION OFFICIALS TOLD POLICE THAT GRAY WAS WEARING AN ANKLE BRACELET AND THEY FOLLOWED HIM TO A RESIDENCE ON GRIFF HILL ROAD IN CLARENDON WHERE THEY FOUND THE MOTORCYCLE WITH THE LICENSE PLATE REMOVED.  HE REMAINS IN THE WARREN COUNTY JAIL WITH BAIL SET AT $25,000.

IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, 37-YEAR-OLD JOSEPH KOLAR OF REYNOLDSVILLE WAS CHARGED BY STATE POLICE IN DUBIOS FOR DRUGS AFTER THEY SEIZED MORE THAN AN OUNCE OF METHAMPHETAMINE DURING A TRAFFIC STOP ON MARCH 28^TH.  KOLAR WAS PULLED OVER FOR AN EXPIRED REGISTRATION AND A FAKE INSPECTION STICKER ON THE CHEVY SILVERADO HE WAS OPERATING.  TROOPERS FOUND DRUG PARAPHERNAILA ON HIM AND METHAMPHETIMINE IN THE VEHICLE.  KOLAR IS IN THE JEFFERSON COUNTY JAIL ON $50,000 BAIL.

IF YOU RECENTLY PURCHASED A POWERBALL TICKET IN WARREN COUNTY, YOU’LL WANNA HEAR THIS.  A TICKET THAT WAS SOLD AT THE TRADING POST IN TIDIOUTE HIT FOR 200 THOUSAND DOLLARS ON SATURDAY, APRIL 4^TH.  THE TICKET MATCHED 4 OF THE 5 WHITE BALLS, PLUS THE RED POWERBALL 1.  WITH THE 1 DOLLAR POWER PLAY OPTION, THE PRIZE INCREASED TO 200 GRAND.  THE POWER PLAY MULTIPLIER WAS 4.  THE WINNER HAS ONE YEAR TO CLAIM THE WINNINGS. 

THE INVESTIGATION INTO AN EARLY EASTER SUNDAY MORNING, FOREST COUNTY THEFT CONTINUES TODAY.  ACCORDING TO MARIENVILLE STATE POLICE, SOMEBODY TOOK ABOUT 25 THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CASH FROM A MAIN STREET, WEST HICKORY HOME IN HARMONY TOWNSHIP.  NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS GIVEN. 

33-YEAR-OLD CHRISTINA SNYDER OF REYNOLDSVILLE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH CHILD ENDANGERMENT AFTER TWO CHILDREN WERE FOUND OUTSIDE WITHOUT PROPER CLOTHING IN COLD WEATHER WHILE SHE WAS UNCONSCIOUS INSIDE.  STATE POLICE REPORT THAT THEY FOUND THE CHILDREN AGES 2 AND 4 OUTSIDE PLAYING IN A MUD PUDDLE NEAR PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE IN WINSLOW TOWNSHIP ON FEBRUARY 28^TH.  THEY WERE NOT WEARING COATS OR SHOES, AND THE YOUNGER CHILD WAS NOT WEARING PANTS.  TROOPERS SAY THEY ENTERED THE HOME AND FOUND SNYDER UNCONSCIOUS ON THE COUCH.  WHEN SHE AWOKE, SHE TOLD THEM THAT SHE WOULD TEST POSITIVE FOR MULTIPLE DRUGS.  THE CHILDREN WERE TAKEN INTO PROTECTIVE CUSTODY.  SNYDER IS DUE IN COURT ON APRIL 28^TH.

46-YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER SEBRING OF DUBOIS PLED GUILTY TO TRAFFICKING METHAMPHETAMINE AND WAS SENTENCED TO A MINIMUM OF 12 MONTHS TO A MAXIMUM OF SEVEN YEARS IN STATE PRISON.  AN INVESTIGATION IN DECEMBER 2022 REVEALED THAT HE WAS IN POSSESSION OF A BACKPACK THAT CONTAINED THE DRUGS AND PARAPHERNALIA IN HIS CAR.  SEBRING WAS ALSO DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED LICENCE.

THE FEDERAL HOMICIDE CASE AGAINST A BRADFORD MAN, ACCUSED OF RAPING AND KILLING HIS SON LAST AUGUST, IS ON HOLD.  THE DEATH PENALTY CASE AGAINST TYLER PRESCOTT WILL PROCEED WHEN A NEW JUDGE IS FOUND.  MCKEAN COUNTY PRESIDENT JUDGE, JOHN PAVLOCK, AS WELL AS JUDGE MICHELE ALFIERI-CAUSER, BOTH RECUSED THEMSELVES FROM THE CASE IN MARCH.  NO WORD ON WHEN A NEW JUDGE MIGHT BE SELECTED. 

A JUDGE HAS DISMISSED SOME CLAIMS IN FORMER DUBOIS POLICE CHIEF BLAINE CLARK’S LAWSUIT AGAINST THE CITY AND SEVERAL FORMER OFFICIALS.  OBJECTIONS WERE FILED STRIKING ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS LAW AND PENNSYLVANIA’S WHISTLEBLOWER LAW.  THE COURT ALLOWED OTHER CLAIMS TO MOVE FORWARD INCLUDING ALLEGATIONS OF BREACH OF CONTRACT, INTERFERENCE WITH A CONTRACT AND CIVIL CONSPIRACY.  CLARK WAS FIRED IN APRIL OF 2024 FOLLOWING A 3-2 VOTE BY CITY COUNCIL.  HIS DISMISSAL CAME AFTER ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF DUSTIN ROY RAISED QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS CONDUCT IN OFFICE.

STATE POLICE OUT OF CLEARFIELD ARE LOOKING INTO A THEFT CASE TODAY.  THEY TELL US SOMEBODY MADE OFF WITH ABOUT 13 HUNDRED DOLLARS WORTH OF TOOLS FROM THE PENNDOT GARAGE ON QUEHANNA HIGHWAY.  ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL POLICE. 

KUDOS ARE DUE TO EVERYONE INVOLVED WITH THE ANNUAL ST. MARYS AREA MIDDLE SCHOOL MINI-THON.  THE EVENT, HELD EARLIER THIS WEEK ON TUESDAY, RAISED OVER 36 THOUSAND DOLLARS, BLASTING THROUGH THEIR GOAL OF 30 THOUSAND.  THE PROCEEDS WILL BE DONATED TO FOUR DIAMONDS TO SUPPORT THE FIGHT AGAINST PEDIATRIC CANCER. 

AUTHORITIES IN CLEARFIELD COUNTY ARE SEARCHING FOR 39-YEAR-OLD LOGAN HOLLABAUGH.  HE IS FACING MULTIPLE CHARGES RELATED TO CHILD ENDANGERMENT AND DOMESTIC ABUSE.  HOLLABAUGH IS A WHITE MALE, APPROXIMATELY 5 FEET 7 INCHES TALL WITH BROWN HAIR AND BLUE EYES.  ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE CLEARFIELD COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE.

STATE POLICE HAVE CHARGED 24-YEAR-OLD BRYENT JOHNSON OF KANE FOR DECEPTIVE BUISINESS PRACTICES IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.  THE VICTIM REPORTED TO POLICE IN DECEMBER THAT HE HAD LOST $4,000 FROM A PERSON WHO HE BELIEVED TO BE THE OWNER OF PV PAVING AND CONTRACTING COMPANY.  JOHNSON WAS NOT THE OWNER BUT ALLEGEDLY REPRESENTED HIMSELF THAT WAY.  HIS PRELIMINARY HEARING IS SET FOR JUNE 10^TH.