Timothym Sullivan News Today

A state appeals court has upheld a lifetime sexual registration requirement imposed on a former Altoona Area High School girls assistant soccer coach in 2014, after she pleaded guilty to the abuse of two of her players. The coach, Kyla A. Hollingshead, now 34, of Pittsburgh, has repeatedly challenged the lifetime requirement as unconstitutional because […]

HOLLIDAYSBURG — A former Tyrone man scheduled for sentencing March 15 on nearly 80 counts of child pornography offenses will remain in the Blair County Prison because he failed to comply with bail conditions forbidding internet usage. Senior Judge Timothy M. Sullivan on Thursday revoked bail and ordered Andrew P. Holpit Jr., 26, to remain […]

HOLLIDAYSBURG — A Buffalo, N.Y., man convicted of trafficking heroin in Blair County in the late 1990s is being released from state prison in light of a 12-to-24 year sentence handed down Thursday to replace a sentence of 60 to 150 years imposed in 2000. Senior Judge Timothy M. Sullivan imposed the new sentence on […]

A state appeals court has ruled that a Blair County judge did not err last year when he terminated the parental rights of a father who suffers from mental health problems. Although the parental rights of both the mother and father have been terminated, the father challenged the judge’s decision, arguing that “the evidence presented […]

HOLLIDAYSBURG — An Alexandria man told a Blair County jury on Tuesday that he didn’t rape a 14-year-old girl in April 2021 during a family holiday outing at an Antis Township motel. “Absolutely not,” Donald Lennon Hetrick, 39, told the jury while describing his recollection of that Easter weekend. It was Beck’s daughter, Hetrick said, […]

HOLLIDAYSBURG — A Blair County judge is defending the lengthy sentence she handed down in October to a man who sexually assaulted two 5-year-old girls in 2021 and used a cellphone to record the assaults. Judge Jackie Bernard, in an opinion that will be forwarded to the state Superior Court, defended her decision to sentence […]

The Bellwood-Antis School District has authorized a $1 million payment to resolve the civil court lawsuit filed by a student who was sexually abused by a former middle school wrestling coach. The district, which initially refused to disclose the settlement requested by the Altoona Mirror in a Right-to-Know request, forwarded the document Tuesday with the […]

HOLLIDAYSBURG — A Blair County courtroom was packed as more than 300 people were on hand to witness the swearing-in ceremony of elected officials Friday afternoon. Judges Fred Miller, 52, and Dave Consiglio, 56, were sworn in by Senior Judge Timothy M. Sullivan to fill two open spots on the Blair County Court of Common […]

HOLLIDAYSBURG — The Bellwood-Antis School District has declined to release settlement details that its school board approved Nov. 7 to resolve a Blair County civil court case filed by a student who was sexually abused by former wrestling coach Ryan Blazier. The Mirror, which filed a Right-to-Know request on Nov. 8 to get a copy […]

HOLLIDAYSBURG — Blair County’s updated election results confirmed Wednesday that President Judge Elizabeth Doyle lost her bid for a third term. Unofficial votes posted Wednesday, including the results of all mailed ballots, showed 12,336 voters answering “no” to retaining Doyle — 516 more than the 11,820 who voted “yes.” Results posted Tuesday night showed Doyle’s […]