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AG: 'Career drug dealer' sentenced up to 30 years for Johnstown girl's fatal overdose
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WJAC) — A Cambria County man, who was labeled as a "career drug dealer," will spend up to three decades behind bars for his role in the fatal overdose of a local 5-year-old girl. Investigators with the state attorney general's office say 36-year-old Albert Spicer appeared in...
DA: Over $177K in drugs seized from Johnstown home, two arrested
CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — Two Johnstown residents were busted after task force officers seized $177K in drugs during a search. On July 12, Tauras Smith, 41, and Malik Davis, 35, were taken into custody after police executed a search warrant on the 100 block of Stone Street, according to Cambria County District Attorney Greg […]
Somerset County Jail inmate charged with resisting arrest that involved three COs
SOMERSET — A fight during breakfast hours on June 7 at the county Jail resulted in charges of assault and resisting arrest, both second-degree misdemeanors, against inmate Wayne Sherlock, who was in jail in lieu of bond in another case. A Somerset Borough Police investigation determined Sherlock, 28, of...
'U a rat:' Johnstown man sent threats to woman he abducted, held captive, police say
BLAIR COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — A Johnstown man is back behind bars, this time in Blair County, after police say he reportedly sent thousands of threatening messages to a woman who he previously abducted and held captive. Authorities say Robert Stevenson-Watts, now age 34, was originally arrested in 2020...
Second fire consumes a vacant mobile home at Cherry Lane Estates
SOMERSET — A second fire has destroyed yet another vacant mobile home at Cherry Lane Estates Saturday. The first fire occurred just shy of eight weeks ago. No one was hurt in either fire. However, one tenant was displaced from his home because the first fire spread to his trailer.
Unity shopping plaza blaze was accidental, state police fire marshal says
A state police fire marshal has ruled that an April 23 blaze in a Unity shopping plaza was accidental. Trooper Chet Bell said there was an electrical fault or failure where the sign belonging to Roadman’s Country Living Shoppe was affixed to an overhang on the building. He estimated...
Community embraces Latrobe couple grieving daughter's loss in crash; fundraising underway
The community has rallied in support of a Latrobe couple following a vehicle crash that claimed the life of their 5-year-old daughter and injured the mother and another child. Multiple fundraising efforts are underway by family, friends and coworkers of Noah Wingrove and his fiancee, Tori Jones. Their daughter Natalie was killed in the June 21 crash in Louisiana and Jones and daughter, Hudson, 3, are recovering.
Judge limits taxpayer funds for father's death penalty defense in New Kensington slaying
A Westmoreland County judge said she will limit defense spending of taxpayer funds for the pending trial of a Brackenridge man who faces a potential death sentence in connection with the alleged killing of his 9-year-old son. Common Pleas Judge Meagan Bilik-DeFazio said Wednesday excessive costs incurred by public defenders...
'Dance Moms' star charged with DUI in Murrysville
MURRYSVILLE, Pa. — A star of the "Dance Moms" reality show is charged with driving under the influence in Westmoreland County. Christi Lukasiak's vehicle crashed into a tree on Logan Ferry Road in Murrysville on June 27, police said in the criminal complaint. Police said she told them she...
Power outage blamed for smoke in several buildings at Saint Vincent College, prompting evacuations
An electrical power outage caused several motors in Saint Vincent College buildings to start smoking, prompting an evacuation of multiple buildings Wednesday evening, fire officials said. According to Chief Brian Schultheis of the Lloydsville Volunteer Fire Department, no one was injured. Some groups of students are on the grounds for...
Vandergrift building partially collapses, 911 dispatcher says
A Vandergrift building partially collapsed Wednesday evening, according to a Westmoreland County 911 dispatcher. Vandergrift fire, police and EMS crews were dispatched around 5:10 p.m. to a building located at 125 Grant Ave., the dispatcher said. The rear of the structure had collapsed. The cause of the collapse has not...
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