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Local Amish Man Accused of Groping Woman in Store in Pine Creek Township
PINE CREEK TWP., Pa. (EYT) — A local Amish man is facing charges for allegedly groping a woman at a convenience store in Pine Creek Township. According to court documents, on Monday, July 22, Punxsutawney-based State Police filed the following criminal charge against 21-year-old Atlee E. Hershberger, of Brockway, in District Judge Gregory Bazylak’s office:
Derry man jailed for drug possession in Blairsville
A Derry Township man is in Indiana County Jail in lieu of $5,000 bond, awaiting court action on charges filed after a traffic stop last week in Blairsville,. Blairsville Borough Police Chief Louis J. Sacco said Walter Scott Zylo, 49, was arrested shortly after 10 p.m. July 19, in the area of U.S. Route 22 and Dixon Street, when he was stopped by borough police for an inoperable brake lamp.
EARLY-MORNING FIRE DESTROYS WEST WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP HOME
A house was razed by a fire this morning in West Wheatfield Township. Indiana County 911 initially dispatched Clyde, New Florence, and Bolivar firefighters, Citizens’ Ambulance and the RIT team to a home along Mulligan Hill Road around 5:09 this morning, with Armagh, Blacklick, Blairsville, Fairfield Township, Middle Taylor, and Homer City crews called in to assist between 5:16 and 6:30.
Blairsville Man Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking Charge
INDIANA COUNTY, Pa. — District Attorney Robert Manzi announced on Wednesday, July 24, that defendant Jacob Hankinson, 25 of Blairsville, pled guilty in a drug trafficking case. Hankinson pled guilty this morning, Wednesday, July 24, to possession of 112.31 grams of methamphetamine, a controlled substance, with the intent to...
New Castle Men Plead Guilty in Puerto Rico/Western Pennsylvania Drug Trafficking Operation
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Two residents of New Castle, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty to charges of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. Kevin Tulla Torres, age 28, pleaded guilty to distributing and conspiring to distribute cocaine. Luis Rivera Otero, age 37, pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute cocaine. Tulla Torres, with the help of Rivera Otero, managed a drug trafficking operation that sold drugs in Western Pennsylvania, specifically in the New Castle/Lawrence County area. The arrests of Tulla Torres, Rivera Otero, and another co.
Johnstown man pleads guilty to federal narcotics violation
JOHNSTOWN — Three years after he was named among 31 people indicted for violating federal narcotics laws in a case focused on Cambria and Indiana counties, a Johnstown man has pleaded guilty to one count in a superseding indictment involving distribution of various drugs. On Wednesday, United States Attorney...
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