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A city man is behind bars after giving police false identification. Kwaysean Vaughn, 37, who is wanted by New York police on sex trafficking charges, was found fully clothed in a shower at an apartment on the 1100 block of 13th Avenue. According to court documents, Altoona police were called to the apartment about 2:14 […]
Altoona police busted a suspected drug trafficking operation Monday evening after a man contacted law enforcement for a welfare check on his paramour. According to court documents, police were dispatched to a home on the 1900 block of 13th Avenue to check on Ivory McCartney, who was to be at the residence to pick up […]
A city man is behind bars after being accused of raping a woman last year. Joseph Ronald Lakin Smith, 22, was arraigned Wednesday before Magisterial District Judge Benjamin F. Jones on felony charges of rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, aggravated assault, aggravated assault forcible compulsion and sexual assault, along with misdemeanor charges of indecent assault […]
A city man is behind bars after allegedly threatening to burn down an occupied house and smashing windows out of a victim’s vehicle. Amedeo Luciana Perini, 31, was arraigned Friday before Magisterial District Judge Benjamin F. Jones on felony charges of arson and aggravated assault, along with misdemeanor charges of terroristic threats, simple assault, criminal […]
A city man is behind bars after being charged for a 2023 vehicle crash that killed his passenger. William J. Tremmel, 43, was arraigned Saturday before Magisterial District Judge Andrew L. Blattenberger on two felony charges of aggravated assault by vehicle while DUI along with misdemeanor charges of DUI, recklessly endangering another person, possession of […]