Senior graduates after guilty plea for gun at school
Shaquan Reid, 19, earned a high school diploma in a special ceremony at Greater Johnstown High School after pleading guilty in Cambria County to possessing a weapon on school property. The weapon, a stolen .22 revolver, was found in his backpack on February 13, leading to his expulsion and dismissal from the Johnstown Trojans basketball team. Reid said he held the gun for another person and expressed remorse, while school officials and family attended the brief ceremony. He plans to attend Penn Highlands Community College this fall and will be sentenced July 14.
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Cambria
Reid
Greater Johnstown High School
Johnstown Trojans
Windber
Penn Highlands Community College
Cambria County
Linda Fleming
Ron Musselman
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East Side garage fire in New Castle ruled arson
Police and investigators say an East Side garage at 616 Raymond St. was set intentionally. Firefighters found smoke and furnishings burned but structural damage was minor. A stolen car had been inside the building a month earlier and witnesses report juveniles using the site as a clubhouse. A flaming liquid and a doughnut shaped floor pattern point to arson.
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New Castle
Raymond St
David Joseph
Joseph
North Hill property wins zoning appeal for three families
New Castle Zoning Hearing Board of Appeals granted appeals for multiple properties this week. John M. Cebulka wins to continue a three family residence at 1604 Highland Ave in the Second Ward R-1 district. Jim Sarvas for Steve Caldararo wins to place an 8 by 16 foot illuminated billboard at 327 N Jefferson St in the First Ward C-1 district on a vacant lot. James R. Paige Jr. wins to install a six foot plus barbed wire fence 114 feet long at 802 W. Washington St in the Sixth Ward C-1 district. Scott Michael Post wins to enlarge a foundation to replace a garage at 211 E. Euclid Ave in the R-1 district.
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North Hill
New Castle
First Ward
James R. Paige Jr
W. Washington St
Sixth Ward
Scott Michael Post
E. Euclid Ave
Second Ward
Wife to stand trial in death of spouse
Patricia Katchur, 55, charged with criminal homicide for shooting her husband after he obtained a protection from abuse order. The May 13 incident occurred in McKeesport after altercations at their home.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Allegheny County
Patricia Katchur
Katchur
McKeesport
Christopher Katchur
Woman charged in check theft in Slippery Rock Township
Alyssa Luanne Scott, 20, of 525 Young Road, Slippery Rock Township, is charged with 27 counts of forgery and one related count for allegedly stealing senior citizen checks in March and cashing them over three months. Police say most were cashed at a grocery store and two at a bank totaling 1306 dollars. She arraigned yesterday before District Judge Rishel with bond set at 1000 dollars. any restitution will go to the bank to cover losses.
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Slippery Rock Township
Alyssa Luanne Scott
Young Road
Scott
David B. Rishel
Bank official jailed 12 years for thefts at Metropolit an Savings Bank
Michael Bernick, 51, former director at the defunct Metropolitan Savings Bank of Lawrenceville, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for stealing about $336,000. He was ordered to repay roughly $9.9 million to the FDIC, the losses of uninsured depositors at the bank. The crimes involved checks and wire transfers and contributed to the bank's 2007 failure.
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Pittsburgh
Michael Bernick
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Metropolitan Savings Bank of
Lawrenceville
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