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kstephens@altoonamirror.com HOLLIDAYSBURG — A Blair County judge is allowing aggravated assault and related charges to stand in a criminal case where the victim maintains that she was assaulted by someone other than the man now accused. In a recent opinion, Judge Timothy M. Sullivan reported reviewing police video evidence, a recording of the preliminary hearing and testimony from a December court hearing where Matthew A. Sales, 32, Philadelphia, claimed that the wrong man was arrested. “It will be left to the trier of fact to ultimately determine whether the commonwealth can meet its bur...

Bilak HOLLIDAYSBURG — A Blair County judge has turned down arguments challenging the legal proceedings leading to a lengthy prison sentence in connection with a 2017 fatal ATV crash. Judge Timothy M. Sullivan recently reviewed arguments offered on behalf of Trenton Ross Bilak, 26, of Everett, who was driving an ATV in Greenfield Township when it struck a pair of deer. The impact ejected Bilak’s passenger, 18-year-old Mikayla D. Focht of Hollidaysburg, who died at the crash site. In June 2018, Bilak rendered guilty pleas to accidents involving death or personal injury, homicide by vehicle,...

pray@altoonamirorr.com A Blair County judge has asked the Pennsylvania Superior Court to deny reinstatement of a right to appeal by a former Altoona man who is contesting the forfeiture of cash and multiple items, such computer equipment, confiscated by the government upon his arrest on drug-related charges. In opinions issued in two separate cases recently, Judge Timothy M. Sullivan pointed out that Jermaine Samuel, an inmate in the State Correctional Institution at Houtzdale, wants the right to challenge the forfeitures — now more than seven years after the fact. According to the judge, ...