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Freehling Operation Our Town on Thursday presented its top award to recently retired Altoona Police Chief Janice Freehling. The Community Partnership Award is presented annually to Blair County law enforcement individuals who have demonstrated their commitment toward making the community a safe place to live and raise families. “I congratulate Chief Freehling for all of your years of service and hours of support to Operation Our Town. She is someone who always had the right response to crimes,” said Blair County District Attorney Pete Weeks. Freehling, Altoona’s first female police chie...

kstephens@altoonamirror.com HOLLIDAYSBURG — The bulk of the drug-trafficking offenses filed in October against an Altoona man were dismissed Friday in a preliminary hearing where a defense attorney said the evidence failed to connect his client with the drugs, money or a bullet-riddled vehicle seized during a police investigation. At the end of a two-hour hearing, Magisterial District Judge Daniel DeAntonio ruled that a single charge of possession with intent to deliver, filed against 33-year-old Jerrell S. Smith of Altoona, should be forwarded to Blair County Court. In addition, DeAntonio ...