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A state criminal appeals court has upheld the conviction against an Ohio gang affiliate found guilty of murdering two local men in 2017.

HOLLIDAYSBURG — A state prison inmate now serving 21 to 80 years for third degree murder was sentenced Friday to additional 18 months to seven years because w

The trial for three men charged in a 2017 double homicide began Monday in Somerset County, following a lengthy jury selection last week. In total, four men are

The trial for three men charged in a 2017 double homicide began Monday in Somerset County, following a lengthy jury selection last week. In total, four men are

cillig@altoonamirror.com Two additional people have been arrested in connection with a 2017 double homicide in Somerset County, the state Attorney General’s office said. Marekus Benson and Deandre Callender face several charges for conspiring with two previously arrested members of the Ohio-based East Main Money Gang to kidnap and murder Portage residents Damien Staniszewski and James Smith. “Drug trafficking is a dangerous and violent enterprise,” Attorney General Josh Shapiro said. “T...

Pennsylvania State Police Hunters found the bodies of James Smith, 32, of Portage, Cambria County, and Damian Staniszewski, 19, of Duncansville, Blair County, in a wooded area of rural Somerset County on Sept. 29, 2017.   TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Two more people were arrested for their involvement in a double homicide that occurred in rural Somerset County in 2017, officials with the Attorney Generals...

Somerset County Homicide Update 11:08 pm Two more people have been charged for their roles in a 2017 double homicide case in Somerset County, the Attorney General’s Office announced Friday. Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced the arrests of Marekus Benson and Deandre Callender for their roles in the deaths of Damien Staniszewski and James Smith in March of 2017. Benson and Callender were affiliated with the Columbus-based East Main Money Gang, an organization that began ope...