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CLEARFIELD — Herman Tom Custred, 60, of Houtzdale, who is accused of sexually assaulting two young girls, waived his right to a preliminary hearing before Magisterial District Judge David S.
BEDFORD — An Everett woman who fatally choked a 3-year-old boy in 2022 was sentenced to 40 to 80 years in prison after pleading guilty to a lesser charge of felony third-degree murder Monday afternoon in Bedford County Court. Chelsea Renae Cooley, 33, also pleaded guilty to one felony count each of endangering the welfare […]
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court in mid-February granted a petition asking it to consider whether the mandatory sentence for murder in the second degree — life without parole — is unconstitutional under both state and federal law. The decision, made public in a Supreme Court order issued Feb. 16, received immediate support from at least two […]
HOLLIDAYSBURG — A Blair County judge has rejected the challenges offered to criminal charges filed in June 2020 against a Hollidaysburg area man accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl between 2016 and 2018. William J. Stonebraker, 53, had asked President Judge Elizabeth Doyle to suppress statements that he and his wife, Marie Stonebraker, made […]
A panel of Superior Court judges on Wednesday upheld the 21- to 42-year prison sentence imposed on a former Bellwood-Antis Middle School wrestling coach convicted of sexual offenses against two student-athletes. Blair County Judge Daniel J. MiIliron, now retired, sentenced the former coach, Ryan L. Blazier, 22 months ago after a jury found him guilty […]