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Somerset County man convicted of raping a child, 32 other charges
SOMERSET COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — A Central City man was convicted on Friday for 33 charges including rape of a child, according to Somerset County District Attorney Molly Metzgar. After a four-day trial, Michael Merringer Sr., 56, was found guilty on Oct. 4 on charges of rape of a child, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse of […]
Somerset man sentenced in a dozen theft cases occuring over 11 month period
SOMERSET ― It seems the packages left on porches for customers was too much for John Wayne Wortman. He took several and kept getting caught: By video, by home owners and their neighbors, by carrying them while committing another theft, according to court documents. The 39-year-old Somerset man also seemed interested in lottery-type machines. In 2023 he stood watch while another man entered Sheetz and used a key to open the lottery machine, where he took out...
Bedford County man accused of raping mentally disabled woman
HUNTINGDON COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — A Saxton man is accused of raping a mentally disabled woman in Huntingdon County, state police report. Scott V. Goshorn, 23, was charged in the woman’s alleged rape in August along with charges of aggravated indecent assault of a mentally disabled person and indecent assault. State police said they were […]
One dead, one in custody after shooting in Blair County
UPDATE: Blair County Coroner Ray Benton identified the victim as 60-year-old Zachary Scott Smola of Duncansville, saying he died from a gunshot wound to the head. An autopsy will be performed Friday afternoon. The alleged suspect, who has not been identified at this time, reportedly turned himself in after the incident at state police barracks […]