Former Pa. postal worker admits to stealing cash from mail intended for Penn State students
Updated Mar 17, 2021;
WILLIAMSPORT A former postal worker in State College has admitted over an eight-month period in 2018 to opening mail intended for Penn State students, taking cash and discarding the rest.
It is unknown how much money Jessica Stover, 27, of Mill Hall, took between January and August 2018 because it was in cash, Assistant U.S. Attorney Geoffrey W. MacArthur said.
Stover pleaded guilty Wednesday in U.S. Middle District Court to a charge of theft of mail by a postal employee. She was released on personal recognizance pending sentencing.
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The city of Williamsport is going out to bid Friday to receive contractors’ offers to build the accessible ramp at City Hall on the West Fourth Street entrance.
Jon Sander, city engineer, has placed an advertisement in the Sun-Gazette and plans to hold a live bid meeting.
The ramp is a requirement of a settlement of a pending lawsuit in U.S. Middle District Court by advocates for the disabled.
Estimated costs for the construction of the ramp are between $100,000 to $500,000. The bids are done through PennBid, Sander said.
Since 2009, the PennBid Program has aligned buyers and sellers of goods and services, providing significant cost and time savings for public agencies, private companies, and their vendors, Sander said.
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LOCK HAVEN The city of Lock Haven has paid $55,000 to settle a lawsuit by a former police officer who claimed he was wrongly fired in 2018 in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Bryan Burger will receive $36,267 and his lawyer $18,733 according to the agreement terms, which PennLive obtained through a right-to-know request.
City Manager Gregory Wilson Friday said the entire $55,000 is covered by insurance.
Non-monetary terms include no admission of liability by either party and Burger agreeing not to seek employment with the city again.
The city agrees to provide, if requested by potential employers, a neutral reference for Burger, meaning only dates of employment and the last job he held.
About a dozen members of the advocacy group formed in the aftermath of the fatal police shooting of Osaze Osagie lay on the plaza outside the State College Municipal Building Friday afternoon as part of a “die-in” protest that called for the resignation of three borough officials.
It marked the start of what the 3/20 Coalition says will be “10 Days of Action,” leading up to the second anniversary of Osagie’s death.
On March 20, 2019, one of three State College officers who responded to Osagie’s Old Boalsburg Road apartment to serve a mental health warrant shot and killed the 29-year-old after he charged at them with a knife in a basement narrow hallway.
Bucknell fraternity has charter revoked; it was found to have hazed pledges
Updated Mar 08, 2021;
LEWISBURG – A fraternity at Bucknell University was kicked off campus after it was determined pledges were hazed and forced to consume large amounts of alcohol.
Bucknell last November terminated its recognition of the Iota chapter of Kappa Delta Rho following an investigation that found five violations of the Student Code of Conduct including hazing and underage drinking.
The national leadership of Kappa Delta Rho (KDR) on Jan. 27, after reviewing the facts including those discovered by the university’s investigation, revoked the chapter’s charter, said Joseph S. Rosenberg, its executive director.