43-YEAR-OLD CRYSTAL WATKINS AND 30-YEAR-OLD WESLEY WILLIAMS, BOTH OF CLARION PLED GUILTY TO ANIMAL CRUELTY ON SEPTEMBER 2^ND AND WERE SET FREE ON $1500 BAIL.  THE CHARGES DATE BACK TO JANUARY 23^RD WHEN TROOPERS FOUND A ONE-YEAR-OLD EMACIATED PITBULL CONFINED IN A CAGE THAT WAS FILLED WITH URINE AND FECES IN A MOTEL ROOM IN MONROE TOWNSHIP WHERE THE COUPLE WAS LIVING. THE DOG WAS TURNED OVER TO THE TRI-COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER FOR TREATMENT OF LONG-TERM EXPOSURE TO WASTE AND NAIL GROWTH THAT IMPEDED THE DOG FROM WALKING.  WATKINS AND WILLIAMS ARE SCHEDULED FOR SENTENCING ON OCTOBER 7^TH.

50-YEAR-OLD TERRANCE GEER OF TIONESTA IS FACING FELONY CONTRABAND CHARGES AFTER STAFF FOUND A BAG OF METHAMPHETAMINE WHILE PROCESSING HIM INTO THE CLARION COUNTY JAIL.  WHEN GEER WAS ASKED IF HE HAD ANY DRUGS OR WEAPONS ON HIM, HE REPLIED THAT HE DID NOT.  DURING A SEARCH, THEY FOUND JUST OVER 2 GRAMS OF THE DRUG.  GEER TOLD THEM HE WASN’T AWARE OF HOW IT GOT INTO HIS WALLET AND THAT IT MUST BE HIS GIRLFRIEND’S.  HE REMAINS BEHIND BARS AND IS AWAITING HIS PRELIMINARY HEARING DATE.

THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING INTO AN ACCIDENT ON MARKET STREET IN NORTH WARREN THURSDAY AFTERNOON.  ACCORDING TO REPORTS, IT HAPPENED IN THE NEAR TRACTOR SUPPLY.  MULTIPLE INJURIES WERE REPORTED, INCLUDING THE NEED FOR A HELICOPTER.  CREWS HAD TO CLEAN UP SOME LIQUID THAT SPILLED FROM THE INCIDENT.   NO FURTHER DETAILS ARE KNOWN AS OF NOW. 

45-YEAR-OLD ROBERT WOODS, JUNIOR OF SUMMERVILLE IS FACING BURGLARY CHARGES AFTER STATE POLICE RECOVERED A STOLEN SAFE FROM HIS RESIDENCE.  THE VICTIM REPORTED THE BURGLARY ON MONDAY AFTER RETURNING BACK FROM FLORIDA.  POLICE SAY THE BLACK SENTRY SAFE CONTAINED BANK BAGS, ENVELOPES, PHOTOS, COINS AND BETWEEN $75 AND $100,000 CASH.  WOODS CLAIMED THAT HE TOOK THE MONEY BECAUSE HE OWED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO SOMEONE INVOLVED IN DRUG TRAFFICKING.  HE’S IN THE JEFFERSON COUNTY JAIL ON $50,000 BAIL.

A CLEARFIELD MAN IS BEHIND BARS AFTER ALLEGEDLY BREAKING INTO A CLEARFIELD BUSINESS.  POLICE SAY IT HAPPENED MONDAY AT STARZ ATHLETICS WHEN 22-YEAR-OLD JOSEPH MCQUADE WAS REPORTEDLY SPOTTED ON SURVEILLANCE VIDEO INSIDE.  POLICE SAY THAT MCQUADE TOLD THEM HE BELIEVED THE BUILDING WAS ABANDONED.  HE’S FACING BURGLARY AND CRIMINAL TRESPASS CHARGES.

POLICE HAVE CHARGED 19-YEAR-OLD CAYDEN WAGNER OF DUBOIS WITH FELONY BURGLARY CHARGES AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY ENTERED AN ABANDONED HOME WITH A GROUP OF JUVENILES.  STATE TROOPERS ARRIVED AT A RESIDENCE ON 6^TH STREET AT JUST AFTER 7AM ON AUGUST 23^RD AND FOUND WAGNER AND OTHER JUVENILES EXITING THE BUILDING.  THEY OBSERVED THAT THE REAR DOOR OF THE BUILDING WAS FORCED OPEN WITH THE INTERIOR DOOR TRIM RIPPED OFF THE WALL.  WAGNER IS IN THE JEFFERSON COUNTY JAIL.  HIS PRELIMINARY HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 8^TH.

53-YEAR-OLD RAYMOND CHAMPLIN OF YOUNGSVILLE WAS ARRESTED ON FRIDAY FOR HAVING UNLAWFUL DISCUSSIONS WITH A MINOR.  THE FACEBOOK MESSENGER ACCOUNT THAT CHAMPLIN WAS USING TO COMMUNICATE WAS MANAGED BY AN UNDERCOVER OFFICER POSING AS A 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL.  THE INVESTIGATION BEGAN BACK IN MARCH OF 2025 WHEN HE WAS MADE AWARE THAT THE ACCOUNT BELONGED TO A MINOR.  THE MESSAGES CONTINUED ON AND OFF THROUGH MAY 31^ST OF THIS YEAR.  CHAMPLIN ALLEGEDLY SENT LEWD VIDEOS AND COMMENTS DURING THAT TIME.  HE REMAINS IN THE WARREN COUNTY JAIL ON $100,000 BAIL.

A PUNXSUTAWNEY WOMAN IS FACING ASSAULT CHARGES AFTER ALLEGEDLY KICKING AN OFFICER.  POLICE SAY IT HAPPENED AT THE PUNXSUTAWNEY AREA HOSPITAL ER LAST WEDNESDAY WHEN 59-YEAR-OLD RAYETTE JAMES REPORTEDLY STRUCK OFFICERS AFTER SHE WAS BEING TRANSPORTED AFTER HER ARREST FOR PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS.  SHE’S BEHIND BARS IN THE JEFFERSON COUNTY JAIL ON FELONY ASSAULT CHARGES.

GOOD NEWS FOR FALL FOLIAGE ENTHUSIASTS!  THE SKYWALK AT KINZUA BRIDGE STATE PARK IS OPEN FOR THE SEASON.  THE SKYWALK RE-OPENED LAST WEEK AND WILL REMAIN OPEN, ALONG WITH THE KINZUA CREEK TRAIL, UNTIL HALLOWEEN FOR VISITORS TO GET A VIEW OF THE AREA’S BEST FALL COLORS. 

A SENTENCING DATE FOR A PORT ALLEGANY MAN CONVITED OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER HAS BEEN SET.  29-YEAR-OLD BRIAN KUCHINKA WILL BE SENTENCED ON OCTOBER 5^TH AFTER A JUDGE RULED THAT THE DEATH OF K-LEIGH HILL-NELSON, IN FEBRUARY OF 2025, WAS PREMEDITATED.  KUCHINKA PLEAD GUILTY, BUT ARGUED THAT HE DID NOT MEAN TO KILL HER. 

CITY OF BRADFORD POLICE HAVE CHARGED 42-YEAR-OLD JUSTIN HALLOCK WITH FELONY TRESSPASS AND MAKING TERRORISTIC THREATS.  HALLOCK ALLEGEDLY BROKE INTO AN APARTMENT ON DAVIS STREET EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND MADE THREATS TO KILL THE RESIDENT AND CLAIMED THAT THE APARTMENT WAS HIS.  ALLEGEDLY, HE WAS HEAVILY UNDER THE INFLUENCE AT THE TIME.  LATER ON THAT DAY, NEIGHBORS WITNESSED HALLOCK ON THE FRONT AND BACK PORCHES OF THE SAME ADDRESS TRYING TO GET INSIDE AGAIN.  HE WAS ARRESTED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE MCKEAN COUNTY JAIL. BAIL WAS SET AT $20,000.

50-YEAR-OLD ALLAN MARSHALL, JUNIOR, OF REYNOLDSVILLE IS BEHIND BARS AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY PULLED A GUN AND THREATENED A WOMAN IN A DOMESTIC DISPUTE.  STATE POLICE WERE DISPATCHED TO A CAMPER ON WISHAW ROAD IN WINSLOW TOWNSHIP AT JUST BEFORE 1PM ON AUGUST 30^TH.  AT THAT TIME, THE VICTIM DID NOT REPORT A CRIME.  AT JUST BEFORE 3PM, THE VICTIM’S MOTHER CALLED THE STATE POLICE AND TOLD THEM THAT THE VICTIM WANTED TO SPEAK FURTHER AT A LOCATION IN REYNOLDSVILLE.  SHE TOLD TOOPERS THAT MARSHALL FIRED A 9MM HANDGUN IN HER DIRECTION AND THREATENED TO SHOOT HER IF SHE DIDN’T LEAVE THE PROPERTY.  MARSHALL WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND REMAINS IN THE JEFFERSON COUNTY JAIL.

VISITORS TRAVELING TO THE ALLEGHENY NATIONAL FOREST SHOULD BE AWARE THAT FOREST ROAD 321 IN MCKEAN COUNTY WILL BE CLOSED FROM SEPTEMBER 8^TH THROUGH THE 15^TH TO ALLOW CREWS TO REPLACE A CULVERT.  FOREST ROAD 321 IS A CONNECTING ROAD BETWEEN ROUTES 321 AND 219.  TRAVELERS SHOULD PLAN FOR A DETOUR AND EXPECT NORMAL ACCESS IN ABOUT A WEEK.

A JEFFERSON COUNTY MAN IS FACING CHARGES THAT HE WAS ALLEGEDLY INAPPROPRIATE WITH AN UNDERAGE GIRL.  ACCORDING TO STATE POLICE, 39-YEAR-OLD RANDY PEACE JUNIOR, OF CORSICA, TOUCHED THE VICTIM IN AN INAPPROPRIATE MANNER ON 12 DIFFERENT OCCASSIONS.  PEACE ALSO ALLEGEDLY SENT TEXT MESSAGES OF THE SAME MAKUP.  HE REPORTEDLY CONFESSED TO THE ALLEGED INCIDENTS. 

25-YEAR-OLD RYAN ZAVINSKI OF WARREN, A FORMER BOY SCOUT LEADER, HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO 7 YEARS OF PROBATION AFTER HE PLED GUILTY IN MAY TO A FELONY CORRUPTION OF MINORS CHARGE.  POLICE SAY THE INCIDENTS OCCURRED ON JULY 8^TH AND 9^TH IN 2025 WHILE HE WAS LISTED AS A TEACHER AT BEATY WARREN MIDDLE SCHOOL.  ZAVINSKI ALLEGEDLY PROVIDED ALCOHOL TO MINORS AFTER AN EAGLE SCOUT CEREMONY AT HIS HOME AND THEN SUGGESTED THAT HE AND THE GROUP PLAY A VERSION OF A BOARD GAME THAT RESULTED IN THE PARTICIPANTS BEING NUDE.  THE YOUTHS THAT WERE INVOLVED CONFIRMED THIS HAPPENED DURING A FORENSIC INTERVIEW.  ZAVINSKI WAS ALSO FINED $1,000.

STATE POLICE REPORT THAT 25-YEAR-OLD ALLAN D’ANGELO OF MARIENVILLE IS FACING CHARGES AFTER A DOMESTIC DISPUTE TURNED VIOLENT.  HE ALLEGEDLY CHOKED A WOMAN, SHOVED HER AGAINST A WALL AND THREATENED HER LIFE WITH A FIREARM AT AROUND 5AM ON AUGUST 23^RD AT A RESIDENCE ON WALNUT STREET IN JENKS TOWNSHIP. THE WOMAN WAS TREATED FOR A LEG INJURY AND A CONCUSSION AT THE HOSPITAL.  D’ANGELO REMAINS IN THE WARREN COUNTY JAIL WITH BAIL SET AT $25,000.

A ST. MARYS MAN IS JAILED TODAY ON CHARGES THAT HE ALLEGEDLY STOLE A VEHICLE.  CITY POLICE TELL US IT HAPPENED TUESDAY EVENING ON STACKPOLE STREET WHEN 20-YEAR-OLD KAIDEN BAYER ALLEGEDLY TOOK THE VEHICLE AND THEN MADE UP A STORY TO POLICE IN ORDER TO IMPLICATE ANOTHER PERSON IN THE CRIME.  HE’S IN THE ELK COUNTY PRISON AWAITING A PRELIMINARY HEARING.

53-YEAR-OLD RICHARD SWEET, WHO IS BEHIND BARS AWAITING TRIAL FOR RAPE OF A CHILD, IS FACING CHARGES FOR ATTEMPTING MAKE WEAPONS IN JAIL.  HE WAS CHARGED LAST MONTH FOR MAKING A SHANK BY COLLECTING RAZOR BLADES AND MODIFYING A SPORK WITH A BLADE.  PRISON STAFF WERE ABLE TO SEE SWEET HIDING THE WEAPON IN THE BOOKING AREA OF THE PRISON.  IT WAS THE SECOND TIME THAT HE WAS CAUGHT WITH MATERIALS THAT COULD BE USED AS A WEAPON.  SWEET IS ALSO FACING ASSAULT CHARGES FOR A PRISONER ASSAULT THAT HAPPENED IN JULY.  HE REMAINS IN THE WARREN COUNTY JAIL IN LIEU OF $250,000 BAIL.

STATE POLICCE REPORT THAT 18-YEAR-OLD LUMA STEIN OF JOHNSONBURG SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES AFTER SHE WAS EJECTED FROM HER VEHICLE.  THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AT JUST AFTER 11AM ON AUGUST 28^TH NORTH OF DUHRING ROAD IN HOWE TOWNSHIP.  TROOPERS SAY SHE WAS TRAVELING NORTH WHEN HER VEHICLE LEFT THE ROADWAY AND STRUCK A TREE.  SHE WASN’T WEARING HER SEATBELT AND WAS EJECTED THROUGH THE REAR WINDOW CAUSING MINOR INJURIES.  STEIN WAS CITED FOR IMPROPERLY OPERATING A VEHICLE WITH A LEARNER’S PERMIT.

ANOTHER THEFT, THIS ONE IN CLEARFIELD COUNTY.  STATE POLICE IN DUBOIS SAY 38-YEAR-OLD JARED STEINER, OF BROCKPORT, ALLEGEDLY STOLE A SIDE-BY-SIDE FROM A PENFIELD RESIDENCE AND CRASHED IT WHILE ALLEGEDLY UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS.  THE ALLEGED INCIDENT HAPPENED LAST SATURDAY ON HICKORY ROAD IN HUSTON TOWNSHIP.  POLICE SAY STEINER HAS HAD SEVERAL INCIDENTS WITH POLICE IN RECENT WEEKS.