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pray@altoonamirror.com An Altoona man received a new chance at life this week when a Blair County judge reduced his prison sentence for a 2015 robbery from a minimum of 15 years to three years. But, before being resentenced Thursday, Nicholas Todd Kruge, 32, said he wanted to apologize to the robbery victims. “I never had the opportunity to publicly apologize, at least as publicly as I can, for all the pain and hurt I caused,” Kruge told Blair County Common Pleas Court Judge Timothy M. Sullivan. “I hope the victims,” who were not in the courtroom but were represented by Blair County A...

pray@altoonamirror.com A Blair County judge ruled last week that an Altoona man cannot withdraw his guilty pleas to multiple charges that were filed after a high-speed car chase through the city. After police took Ricky Lee Jones, 38, into custody on Nov. 27, 2018, they charged him with possession of firearms prohibited, attempting to elude police, recklessly endangering others and accidents involving damage to vehicles and property. According to police reports at the time, Jones, during the chase, hit the back porch of a home on Pottsgrove Road, hit three other vehicles, went through 13 sto...

kstephens@altoonamirror.com HOLLIDAYSBURG — The Blair County district attorney’s office is again considering use of a computer-generated animation during an upcoming murder trial. District Attorney Pete Weeks referenced the animation on Monday in court where Judge Timothy M. Sullivan indicated that pretrial motions for Isiah Solomon Payne, 32, of Philadelphia, should be scheduled for mid-May. Weeks said he thought the animation, used for the first time last year, was an effective tool in helping jurors understand what happened. Payne is facing first-degree murder and related charges in th...

kstephens@altoonamirror.com HOLLIDAYSBURG — Blair County Judge Timothy M. Sullivan has temporarily sealed a developing civil court case against the Bellwood-Antis School District and a former wrestling coach facing child sexual assault charges. Sullivan, in an order signed Friday, said the seal will be subject to further review in the near future. As of Friday, no lawsuit has been filed, but one is expected on behalf of an alleged assault victim and his father. In a document the Altoona Mirror obtained before Sullivan rendered the order sealing the case, Indiana attorney Bryan S. Neiderhise...

HOLLIDAYSBURG — Blair County Judge Daniel J. Milliron will retire at the end of this year. Milliron, elected to a second 10-year term that started in January 2016, was supposed to remain on the bench through the end of December 2025. “I’ll be 66 this year,” Milliron said Monday when asked for the reason behind his pending retirement. “It’s time.” In a written statement, Milliron said he had given “much thought” to the idea of retiring and expects to offer additional statements closer to the end of the year. “No, I’m not going to change my mind before then,” he said.