Geistown Homicide Update
We begin with the latest details regarding the homicide investigation which began Tuesday in Geistown.
Sydyney Jaxtheimer has been following this investigation and shares what investigators believe led up to the killing of a Johnstown woman.
“She did put up one heck of a fight. This was a violent death that she sustained and again I am going to start off by saying the cooperation of my office, Geistown police and district attorney’s office was outstanding.”
The suspect, Joshua Gorgone is charged with criminal homicide and aggravated assault, according to Cambria County District Attorney, Greg Neugebauer. He is being housed at the Cambria County prison without bond.
Cambria County Jail Riot Update 10:58 pm
An update to a story we’ve been following since last year, when a riot broke out at the Cambria County Prison.
Friday was the preliminary hearing for 20 inmates who are all facing multiple charges related to the prison riot at the Cambria County Prison which took place in October.
In October 2020, a group of inmates at the Cambria County Prison began to riot in their unit leading to several law enforcement officials, from local and state agencies to respond to the situation.
Cambria County Warden, Christian Smith says they believe the riot began because of COVID-19 lockdowns which led to high tensions in that unit. Now, 20 inmates are facing charges related to the incident.
Cambria County Courthouse 11:03 pm
With no end in sight to the pandemic, court systems are continuing to function during the coronavirus, with some adjustments.
Like many other public buildings, the Cambria County Courthouse requires masks to enter the building, uses a thermal temperature scanner and is working in socially distanced courtrooms. The district attorney’s office has also been handling several cases via video calls.
“We can’t afford for the justice system to not function. It just has to continue to function. Again, we owe that to victims, defendants have rights, and we owe that to the public to continue to serve and we are doing so in the best and safest possible manner,” explained Cambria County District Attorney, Greg Neugebauer.
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HOLLIDAYSBURG Hollidaysburg resident Tyler Slippy was likely murdered in his home Nov. 21 by a coworker because of a romantic rivalry, Blair County District Attorney Pete Weeks said.
Nearly seven weeks after the Hollidaysburg Borough Police Department announced 27-year-old Slippy’s homicide, police and members of the Blair County District Attorney’s Office released details of the grisly murder during a press conference Friday.
Law enforcement’s primary suspect, 39-year-old Kenneth T. Kim, was found dead Dec. 23 in a hotel room in Cambria County after stealing a vehicle from a car dealership and fleeing from police as they conducted warranted searches of his possessions and property. Police reported Kim took his own life.
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A federal magistrate judge has changed her mind and will permit Kevin Siehl of Johnstown to join Cambria County in a lawsuit against its insurance carriers, who are refusing to indemnify the county against Siehl’s claims he was falsely arrested and prosecuted for the 1991 murder of his wife.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Lisa Pupo Lenihan in late November nixed a request by Siehl’s Philadelphia attorney, Jonathan H. Feinberg, and Cambria County attorney, Michael J. Parrish Jr., to file a joint lawsuit against three insurance companies who have refused to provide attorney fees and financial coverage of any award Siehl may obtain against the county.