Inmate sues officers over alleged jail beating
Mercer man Scott J. Lauderbaugh Jr. alleges five Lawrence County jail corrections officers abused him after his Feb. 5 arrest. The suit names Rascon Struthers West McEwen and Carney, claiming beatings in a strip search room left him with facial injuries a swollen ear and other pain. He says one officer threw dirty socks and that West did not intervene as the assault continued until a captain ordered them to stop.
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Lawrence County
Scott J. Lauderbaugh Jr
Mercer
U.S. District Court
Lauderbaugh
John M. Mizner
Mizner
Erie
Victor Rascon
Ryan Struthers
Matthew West
Scott McEwen
Matthew Carney
West
McEwen
Struthers
New Castle Street Crimes Unit Nets Three Arrests
The New Castle Police Department deployed its new eight member street crimes unit on Monday resulting in two men arrested on gun and drug charges and a third on an alleged robbery. Officers stopped a vehicle around 5 30 p m and detained Leland Burnette 16 of Apt 7 308 N Mercer St and Maurice Perkins Jr 21 of 357 Halco Drive.
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New Castle
New Street Crimes
Bobby Salem
Salem
Leland Burnette
Apt. 7
N. Mercer St
Maurice Perkins Jr
Halco Drive
Burnette
Trial begins for pain doctor in Pennsylvania case
A state attorney general deputy seeks to prove that 61 year old Dr Van Edward Scott prescribed powerful addictive drugs to at least eight patients in Lawrence County and to three drug dependent patients. Edward Scott faces 21 counts of unlawful prescription and seven counts of giving unlawful prescriptions as part of a 2010 arrest of Scott and 11 others tied to a Neshannock Township pain clinic.
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Pennsylvania
van Edward Scott
Lawrence County
Martie Sheehan-Balchon
Scott
Detroit
Neshannock Township
Garden Club volunteers spruce up North Street area
Lawrence County Garden Club and the Public Works Department revitalized North Street where flowering trees honor local citizens. Marilyn Lockwood conceived the project after noticing litter and a disarrayed area during a litter pickup.
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North Street
New Castle
Lawrence County Garden Club
Public Works Department
Marilyn Lockwood
Warner theater reconstruction lease signed for 20 years
Nancy Lowry reports Warner Film Center and Refresh Dental signed a 20 year lease with renewal options. The non profit will occupy 3,000 square feet at the Cascade Center Riverplex to launch Phase I of recreating Warner Brothers first permanent theater. The plan includes two small theaters and a third on the ground floor.
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Warner Film Center
Refresh Dental
Warner Organization
Cascade Center
Riverplex
Warners
Jerry Kern
John Meyers
William Zeiger
Audrey Przybylski
William Brown
John L. “Jack” Oberleitner
Andrew Matta
Chad Wise
Keith Simmerer
Harry
Sam
Albert Warner
Youngstown
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New Castle
Obituaries: Barcheck, Luketic and Scully
Obituaries note the passing of Benjamin Scott Barcheck 30 of Sandy Lake Zella Marie Luketic 90 of Bessemer and John R. Scully 63 of Kennerdell Pa details appear on Page A5.
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Benjamin Scott Barcheck
Sandy Lake
Zella Marie Luketic
Bessemer
John R. Scully
Kennerdell, Pa
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New Castle News
Kurt Stalma
Warner Theater
Nancy Lowry
New Castile News
S. Mill St
Nickelodeon
Oberleitner
NABS
Taylor Street
Tireexpress.biz
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