Court Report

Fugitives From Florida Arrested in State Park

Two fugitives wanted for killing three people in Florida were asleep in a camper at Whitewater State Park when authorities moved in and arrested them. Winona County Sheriff Dave Brand told media that the two men were considered armed and dangerous and were taken into custody at Whitewater State Park. The men are suspects in the execution-style slaying at a farm in Florida, Brand said. Read more...

Man Gets Death for Torture Death of 5-Year-Old

A Southern California man has been sentenced to death for sexually assaulting and beating to death his girlfriend's 5-year-old daughter. Twenty-nine-year-old Antonio Rodriguez was sentenced Thursday in a San Fernando courtroom for the 2004 attack. He was convicted in July of murder, torture and other charges. Prosecutors say Rodriguez brutalized Desarie Saravia and her 6-year-old brother for months before he molested and beat the girl in a park restroom. He'd taken the children to the park while their mother cleaned a house nearby. Read more...

Ohio Governor Commutes Death Sentence of Killer

A condemned inmate had his life spared Thursday when Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland cited "legitimate questions" about evidence used to convict the inmate, even though the governor believes the prisoner committed the crimes. Strickland questioned some of the eyewitness testimony against Kevin Keith, who was scheduled to die Sept. 15, and says he's bothered that other possible suspects weren't fully investigated. Read more...

Pallbearer for Slain Man Charged in Death

A slain Galveston man's best friend who was a pallbearer at his funeral has been charged in the 2007 apparent drug-related killing. Eric Calvert Kirby was in the Galveston County Jail on a murder charge. Bond was $250,000 for Kirby, who was arrested in the closet of his mother's home. Galveston police say 45-year-old Tracey Dulaney Rawls was discovered strangled after a motorist ran over the body. Read more...

Man Charged With Beating Young Sisters

A Danvers man charged with beating his fiancee's 2-year-old and 6-year-old daughters has been ordered held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing. J. Franco Bertone was charged with two counts of assault and battery on a child with injury. Police say the injuries occurred between Aug. 15 and Aug. 29 while Bertone was living with his fiancee and her daughters at a motel, because they were homeless. Bertone is not the girls' biological father. Read more...

Anti-Drunk Driving Campaign Saves Lives

You may have noticed that the annual end-of-summer crackdown against drunk drivers is already in full swing. For the past two weeks, law enforcement agencies across the country have set up safety checkpoints in their local jurisdictions to help get drivers who are under the influence off the roads as Labor Day approaches. Read more...

Rapper T.I., Wife Arrested on Meth Possession

Grammy-winning rapper T.I. was arrested along with his wife on suspicion of possessing methamphetamines, five months after the hip-hop star finished a prison stint on weapons charges. The 29-year-old rapper and his wife, Tameka Cottle, were arrested in West Hollywood after deputies smelled marijuana and pulled the couple over, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said. They were released from jail after pposting $10,000 bail each, sheriff's Deputy Luis Castro said. Read more...

Dead Suspect May Be Linked to 4 Slayings

A California murder suspect who led officers on a high-speed chase with his dead girlfriend in the passenger seat is a central figure in the investigation of at least four killings, authorities said. Efren Valdemoro, 38, was shot and killed by California Highway Patrol officers after refusing to drop a large knife when the chase ended in a Richmond strip mall, police said. He was wanted in the death of a 73-year-old man last weekend. Read more...

Woman Charged in Child Porn Case

Court records indicate a Hagerstown woman has been charged with sexually abusing an 8-year-old girl and possessing child pornography. Nineteen-year-old Patricia Ann Tasker was charged with numerous sex offenses and possession of child pornography on a computer. She is being held on $70,000 bail. On Aug. 16, the girl's mother went to the Washington County Sheriff's Office and told deputies that she had found a pornographic video of her daughter on Tasker's laptop. Read more...

Arizona Arrest Man Charged in 1984 Texas Killing

DNA evidence has led to an arrest in Arizona over the stabbing death of a Fort Worth teenager more than a quarter century ago. The nude body of 18-year-old Ginger Lynn Hayden was discovered Sept. 5, 1984, in her home by her mother. Police in Sierra Vista, Ariz., on Monday arrested 43-year-old Ryland Shane Absalon, who attended high school with Hayden and was a friend of a boy she had dated. Read more...

Man Gets 2 Life Terms for Double-Murder

A convicted killer who had previously been on death row has been sentenced to two life terms for a 1993 double-murder in Pensacola. An Escambia County judge sentenced Jason Mahn to two consecutive life sentences Wednesday. Mahn was 19 years old when he stabbed his father's girlfriend, 36-year-old Debbie Jean Shanko, 42 times and her 14-year-old son, Anthony, eight times. Read more...

Men Charged With Shooting 4-Year-Old Girl

Two men have been charged with shooting a 4-year-old girl during a burglary at a townhome in east Harris County. Patrick Hebert, 20, and Trent Windfont, 21, were arrested on charges of burglary of a habitation and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after the gunfire at the home in the 13500 block of Castilian near Uvalde Road about 2:50 p.m., according to the Harris County Sheriff's office. Hebert and Windfront are being held at the Harris County jail with bail of a total of $40,000 each. Read more...

Michael Douglas Blames Cancer on Alcohol

Michael Douglas has opened up about his recently revealed throat cancer and he isn't shy about talking about the cause. He has blamed years of drinking and smoking for causing his throat cancer, conceding the "stress" of the last year may also have played a part in his health struggle. His son Cameron with ex-wife Diandra Douglas - who he is currently in a legal battle over money from his upcoming Wall Street sequel - was jailed in April on drug charge. Read more...

Cough-Syrup Abuse by Kids May Draw FDA Restrictions

Pfizer Inc.'s Robitussin and Johnson & Johnson Tylenol Cough may be reviewed for possible U.S. dispensing restrictions because of increasing signs of abuse and injuries among adolescents. Non-medical use of dextromethorphan, a common cough suppressant approved since 1958, accounted for an estimated 7,988 emergency room visits in 2008, up from 4,634 in 2004, according to a U.S. government report yesterday. A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel will meet Sept. 14 to discuss whether the medicine should be a controlled substance. Read more...

Judge Rejects Delays in Casey Anthony Trial

Orange County Circuit Judge Belvin Perry Jr. warned attorneys at a status hearing that there will be no further delays or postponements in the first-degree murder trial of Casey Anthony, charged with the death of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee. Judge Perry also told the lawyers to expect to work long days six days a week as the trial gets underway. Read more...

Judge Questions 2 Charges in Anna Nicole Trial

The judge in the Anna Nicole Smith drug trial is questioning whether the prosecution can prove two key conspiracy charges against the model's two doctors and lawyer-boyfriend. The Los Angeles judge told lawyers outside the jury's presence that he also has concerns about the propriety of at least eight overt acts listed to support the 11-count case against Dr. Sandeep Kapoor, Dr. Khristine Eroshevich and Howard K. Stern. Dozens of overt acts are cited in the document. Read more...

Man Charged With Murder in Deaths of Parents

A 20-year-old Oregon man has been charged with aggravated murder in the deaths of his parents at their home. The Polk County sheriff's office says the bodies of 61-year-old David Scott Jondle and his 58-year-old wife Marilyn Jondle were found Tuesday morning after deputies responded to a report of an unconscious person at the home in Dallas, Ore., just west of Salem. Investigators say the couple appeared to have suffered trauma but that it had not been determined how they died. Read more...

Suspect Arrested in West Hollywood Fatal Shootings

A 31-year-old man was arrested during a traffic stop in Lomita in connection to three murders committed in a West Hollywood apartment. Los Angeles resident Harold Yong Park was arrested and booked for investigation of murder by Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department investigators. He was held without bail. Police said Park had multiple pounds of marijuana with him when he was arrested. The marijuana is suspected of being stolen from the West Hollywood apartment where three murders occurred. Read more...

Grandmother Shoots Intruder in Her Bedroom

A pistol-packing grandmother in northern Alabama believes intruders will think twice before messing with her again. Police say 69-year-old Ethel Jones shot an 18-year-old man in the stomach when she found him inside her bedroom at her home in Decatur. Jones says she sleeps with her gun under a pillow next to her. She says she grabbed it after hearing a door rattle shortly before 3 a.m. Read more...

Couple Found Dead in Home, Son Arrested

Two people are in custody after a husband and wife were found dead in their home in what investigators say appears to have been a double homicide. The couple's bodies were discovered when officers responded to a report of an unconscious person at a home about three miles south of Dallas. The victims have been identified as 61-year-old David Scott Jondle and 58-year-old Marilyn Ruth Jondle. The time and cause of death have not yet been determined but police said both appeared to have suffered trauma. Two suspects, the couple's son and his girlfriend, were later located in Salem and after questioning by authorities in Polk County, they were arrested. Read more...

Man Charged With Concealing Mother's Death

Authorities have arrested a North Carolina man on charges that he kept the body of his 94-year-old mother in a house for nearly six months. Police in Burlington said that local housing authority inspectors found the body of Lucy Mae Hutchins Wade on Aug. 25. An autopsy by the State Medical Examiner's office determined that Wade died of natural causes six months ago. Detectives determined that 50-year-old Don Lee Wade was aware of his mother's death last March and did nothing about it. They said he gathered her mail, began cashing her Social Security checks and used her bank card. Read more...

Police Investigate Sex Assault on 6-Year-Old

Authorities are investigating a report that a 6-year-old girl was sexually assaulted Tuesday morning in her Coon Rapids home by a stranger who knocked on the family's door. Police say the girl was home with her teenage sibling, who was sleeping in another part of the home. The girl told police the man said he was conducting a survey, asked her who else was in the home and then told her not to wake her teenage sibling. Read more...

Woman Drove Five Times the Legal Limit

In his 30 years in the courts, Justice John Lynch has seen only one other person with a higher blood-alcohol reading than Kelly Cybulski's. The 22-year-old woman should have been dead with almost five times the legal limit of alcohol in her blood, not behind the wheel of a car, Lynch said Tuesday in Kitchener's Ontario Court. Her blood-alcohol reading was 0.394 when police stopped her on June 1. The legal limit is 0.80. Read more...

Driver Had BAC More Than Six Times Legal Limit

A man who reportedly had a blood-alcohol content of just over 0.54 — more than six times the legal limit — was found by police sitting in his car in the middle of an intersection Monday night. Police arrested 30-year-old Travis Hornback of Evansville for driving while intoxicated and several other traffic violations. Hornback was taken to Deaconess Hospital and was treated and released. According to Sgt. Mark Russler at the jail, suspects with a blood-alcohol level in excess of 0.3 are not booked into the jail. Read more...

Antifreeze Killer Dies in Prison

A Georgia woman who was convicted of killing her policeman husband and later her fireman boyfriend has died in prison. Lynn Turner, 42, was found unresponsive in her cell at Metro State Prison in Atlanta. Turner was found dead in her bunk inside a cell she shared with several other inmates. Read more...

No More Delays for Casey Anthony Trial

The judge presiding over the case of Florida murder suspect Casey Anthony warned lawyers to expect long days in her upcoming trial and no more postponements. "This case must come to an end at some point. This case must be tried at some point," Orange County Circuit Judge Belvin Perry Jr. told lawyers at a status hearing. Anthony's 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, disappeared more than two years ago, "and I know that everybody has placed this on their front burner," Perry said. Read more...

Suspect in Alaska Police Slayings Surrenders

A man charged in the slayings of two police officers in a tiny Alaska village was accused of viciously attacking the same two officers while they were responding to a call about an intruder last year, court records show. But assault and other charges filed against John Marvin Jr. in last year's alleged attack on Hoonah police officers Tony Wallace and Matt Tokuoka were dismissed in December. The prosecutor assigned to the case declined to say why the charges were dropped. Read more...

Man Sentenced to 11 Life Terms, Plus 433 Years

A California man convicted of attacking six women has been sentenced to 11 life terms, plus 433 years in prison. Forty-five-year-old Charles Juan Proctor was also ordered to pay $58,000 in medical expenses for two women whose necks were slit, and $10,000 to the state victims' restitution fund. Proctor was convicted Aug. 13 of 22 counts of attempted murder, mayhem, robbery and other charges. Read more...

Death Penalty for Sampson Appealed

Nearly seven years after a federal jury recommended that Gary Lee Sampson be sentenced to death for carjacking and killing two motorists during a weeklong 2001 series of killings in two states, lawyers for the Abington man plan to argue in court today that he should get a new trial. The legal team for Sampson, who would be the first person executed for a crime in Massachusetts since 1947, contend in a 155-page motion that his constitutional rights were violated because his trial lawyers were ineffective. Read more...

Man to Get 'Hard 50' for Murder of Pregnant Wife

Jason Cott faces a sentence of life without parole for 50 years after pleading guilty to murdering his pregnant wife and their unborn child. Cott agreed to the sentence as part of his plea to two counts of first-degree murder, according to court records. As part of the plea, prosecutors dropped a capital murder charge that could have allowed the death penalty. A passing motorist found the body of Angela Cott, 29, under a tree along U.S. 69 in Miami County. Investigators say she was killed at a motel in Lenexa, where the Cotts and a friend had been living. Read more...

Vicious Attack Leaves Inmate in Coma

If his diary and witness accounts are to be believed, Nicholas Pinto endured months of physical, sexual and mental abuse in prison. Guards roughed him up, made him stand naked in a cold cell for hours at a time, and taunted him relentlessly. A fellow inmate raped him night after night, beat him when he resisted, and stole his possessions. And no one, he claimed, did a thing about it. "The overall treatment I have received from both the prison and (the prison's) medical providers (is) unconstitutional, insufficient, cruel, inhumane and shamefully unacceptable," Pinto wrote in April. Read more...

Burglar Gets Stuck for 7 Hours

A would-be burglar who tried to break into a South Carolina restaurant found himself in a tight and a greasy situation. The Post and Courier of Charleston reported a man tried to break into a North Charleston restaurant by climbing down a grease vent. He got stuck and had to wait almost seven hours until he could be freed. North Charleston Police said the man was discovered shortly before 5 a.m. Monday when an employee heard someone calling for help. Police arrived to find a foot dangling in a vent above a stove. Read more...

Mother Charged in Toddler's Death

A South Florida mother has been charged after her young son was discovered inside a hot vehicle. Thirty-eight-year-old Maytee Martinez faced a judge Monday morning, after being accused of leaving her son, 3-year-old Jossue Caderno, inside a hot sport utility vehicle. Martinez was arrested a day after police responded to a call at the Trailer Park in West Miami-Dade where Caderno was found unresponsive inside a SUV. Read more...

Man Accused of Sexually Assaulting Girl

A Darlington man has been arrested in connection with the sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl, according to Darlington police reports. Mildenzel Davis, 19, is charged with criminal sexual assault of a minor ages 11 to 14, committing a lewd act on a child and simple possession of marijuana, Darlington Police Capt. Danny Watson said. The incident happened at the suspect's residence, and the suspect was arrested about an hour later, Watson said. Read more...

Former Colts' QB Arrested on DUI Charges

Former Indianapolis Colts' Quarterback Blair Kiel was arrested over the weekend in Noblesville on charges of drinking and driving. Officers said they pulled over Kiel after they spotted him crossing over the center line on Greenfield Avenue at the intersection of Maryland Road. He failed several field sobriety tests according to Noblesville police. He later tested .17 according to a blood alcohol test. Kiel faces charges of Operating a Vehicle with a BAC of .15% or more and Operating a Vehicle while Intoxicated - Endangerment. Read more...

Man Held in Alicia DeBolt Case

Authorities have arrested a Kansas man on burglary and theft charges who they call a "person of interest" in the death of a 14-year-old Great Bend girl whose body was found burned beyond recognition behind an asphalt plant. Adam Joseph Longoria was charged with stealing a vehicle from the paving company where Alicia DeBolt's body was found last week. Longoria's first court appearance is scheduled for today. Read more...

Manhunt for Border Murder Suspect Continues

Sunday law enforcement officers numbering 318 from 36 agencies, 12 of which are federal continued the 24-hour search and surveillance of the Utah-Arizona east of Fredonia, Arizona for Scott Curley, a 23-year old accused of the high-powered rifle ambush slaying of Kane County Sheriff's Deputy Brian Harris Thursday afternoon east of Fredonia. Deputy Harris and three other officers were in pursuit on foot of Curley wanted in connection with a burglary at the Fredonia-Moccasin Unified School buildings in Fredonia Wednesday night. Read more...

Gunman Kills 5, Himself in Home Shooting

A gunman entered a western Arizona home and killed the mother of his two children and three others before fleeing with the kids to California, where he fatally shot himself, police said. In all, six people died. Officers responding to the home said they found four people shot dead and two others wounded. One of the injured died of his wounds at a local hospital, police said. Read more...

Man Charged With Murdering His Father

A 29 year old Shelby County man is in jail today, charged with murdering his father. Shelby county Sheriff's Deputies were called to Highway 438 in Westover for a domestic disturbance call. Deputies say they found 54 year old Myles David Reid dead inside the home, and they're charging his son, 29 year old Myles David Reid Jr., with his murder. Reid Jr., is in the Shelby County jail on $50,000 bond. The Shelby County Sheriff's department is not releasing the cause of death, pending the results of an autopsy. Read more...

Man Arrested in Powder-Mailing Case

Federal agents have arrested a Dallas man accused of mailing white powder to federal offices, a news release from the U.S. attorney's office said. Michael Wayne Patterson, 51, has a hearing set for Monday in federal court. Investigators continue to search for the person responsible for a string of other white-powder mailings that began Aug. 5. According to court documents filed Aug. 14, an envelope containing a plastic bag filled with white powder was delivered to an IRS facility in Austin. Read more...

Man Charged in Four Bank Robberies

A federal halfway-house escapee has been charged with robbing four banks in the last two months. Anthony Wayne Ransom, 44, turned himself in to Reading police. Last week, authorities distributed a photograph of a man identified as Ransom taken by a surveillance camera during the July 12 robbery of the Citizens Bank branch at 2516 Welsh Rd. Read more...

Man Sentenced for Child Sex Assault

A man from Appleton is sentenced to 12 years in prison Friday after pleading no contest to sexual assault of a child. 48-year-old James Landa will also spend 18 years extended supervision following his release. Landa and his wife were charged March 19 after a 12-year-old girl reported the sexual assaults. The victim is also a relative of the couple. Read more...

School Employee Charged with Pornography

A 47-year-old Plainfield South High School custodian was charged Friday with distribution of child pornography, officials said. Anthony Skoien, of the 2400 block of Garden Street in Joliet, was arrested at his home by federal agents assigned to the Chicago FBI's Innocent Images Task Force, FBI officials said in a news release. Read more...

Paris Hilton Arrested for Cocaine Possession

Paris Hilton was released from a Las Vegas, Nevada, jail after being arrested late the night before on suspicion of cocaine possession, police said. The hotel heiress was riding in a black Cadillac Escalade which was pulled over in front of the Wynn Hotel on the Vegas strip at about 11:30 p.m. after police detected the smell of marijuana coming from the SUV, Lt. Wayne Holman told CNN. The driver, who police did not identify, was arrested for driving under the influence, he said. Read more...

Suspect in Alicia DeBolt Murder Arrested

Adam Joseph Longoria was taken into custody Friday morning; he is described as a "person of interest" in the death of Kansas 14-year-old Alicia DeBolt. Longoria, also known as "Rocco," was caught by the Kansas Highway Patrol on I-70 near Salina, about 80 miles away from Great Bend. Longoria was allegedly driving a 2002 white Ford Explorer which was reported stolen from Venture Corporation near Great Bend early Friday morning. Longoria is currently being held in Barton County on a warrant for the stolen vehicle. Read more...

Man Convicted Of 1981 Road-Rage Murder

A DuPage County jury has convicted 52-year-old former Addison resident Jesus Villarreal of first-degree murder in a 1981 road rage shooting. The jury returned its verdict Friday afternoon in the courtroom of Circuit Court Judge Daniel Guerin after deliberating for about four hours. The jurors rejected Rodriguez's contention that he was acting in self-defense. Prosecutors said Villarreal, who also goes by the name of Jesus Rodriguez, shot 23-year-old John Spoors, also of Addison, in a restaurant parking lot on the morning of Aug. 29, 1981. The shooting reportedly occurred shortly after Rodriguez was in a traffic altercation with Spoors and a co-worker. Read more...

Man Gets 35+ Years for Murder of Cop

A Ramsey County judge sentenced a police sergeant's killer this morning to 35 years and nine months in prison, saying he had proven himself capable of "merciless acts of violence against innocent people." Judge Salvador Rosas told Joshua Michael Martin, 21, of St. Paul, "The best I can do for our community is to lock you away for as long as I can within the parameters of the plea agreement." Martin didn't wield the gun that killed Maplewood police Sgt. Joseph Bergeron on May 1. But when he pleaded guilty July 1 to murder and kidnapping, he admitted that he and friend Jason J. Jones saw Bergeron pull up on the Bruce Vento Trail as they ran from a man they had carjacked. Read more...

Florida Woman Decapitated, Dismembered

Authorities are saying a 48-year-old north Florida woman was decapitated and dismembered, and her boyfriend has been charged with murder in her death. The St. Johns County Sheriff's Office said Friday that parts of 48-year-old Jan Dunn Keller were found wrapped in a tarp in a garage at a home she shared with her boyfriend, 51-year-old Timothy Dale Rose. Authorities say other body parts were found buried in a nearby wooded area. Read more...

Man Accused of Putting Infant Son in Freezer

Police say a suburban Phoenix man accused of putting his infant son in a freezer has been arrested on charges of child abuse. Chandler police say Chance Kracke told police he was high on methamphetamine when he placed his son in the freezer Aug. 16. Kracke told police he was preparing food when he put the boy on the bottom shelf of his freezer and closed the door because the kitchen floor was too dirty. Read more...

Man Charged in Sexual Assault of 3 Children

A 39-year-old Austin man is facing three counts of felony aggravated sexual assault of a child after officials say he assaulted three children younger than 8, according to an arrest affidavit. Rene Reyes was booked into Travis County Jail and is being held on $60,00 bail, according to jail records. One of the children told a relative about the abuse in June, the affidavit said. Read more...

Charred Body Is Missing Kansas Girl

A charred body found at an asphalt plant near Great Bend is that of a 14-year-old girl who had been missing since the weekend, the attorney general said. At a news conference, Attorney General Steve Six asked for the public to contact authorities if they saw or contacted Alicia DeBolt on the day she disappeared. "We do not, based on our preliminary work, believe it was a random act of violence," Six said. Read more...

Suspected Serial Killer Abuelazam Arraigned

Suspected serial stabber Elias Abuelazam was arraigned on an assault with intent to murder charge. With his head shaved and an unshaven face shown over a video screen, Abuelazam sat and listened to Judge Nathaniel Perry III list his charges. His responses were barely audible, but it appeared he understood the charge. Read more...

FBI Reclassifies 2-Year-Old Girl's Disappearance

Elizabeth Ann Gill was 2 years old when she disappeared from the front porch of her family's southeast Missouri home in June 1965. Her family always believed she was snatched and, 45 years on, the FBI has reclassified her case as a kidnapping and reopened the investigation. Until last week, authorities considered Gill's disappearance in Cape Girardeau a missing child case. Rebecca Wu of the FBI office in St. Louis said Thursday that the agency officially reclassified the case on Friday, but would not say if there was any new evidence. Read more...

Fugitive Charged With Killing Wife, Mother

An escaped convict accused of molesting his niece was charged with killing his wife and mother-in-law and putting their bodies through a staged car crash in San Diego County. Michael Eugene Richardson, 57, entered a plea of not guilty. He could face the death penalty if convicted in the deaths, though prosecutors have not said if they would seek that. Prosecutors say Richardson killed his wife, Thao Richardson, 39, and her mother Than Lyi, 72, then placed their bodies in a car and staged an accident. Read more...

'Cake Boss' Co-Star Arrested

Things have gone from sweet to sordid on TLC's "Cake Boss." The show's Remy Gonzalez was arrested on charges of aggravated sexual assault, criminal sexual assault, criminal sexual contact and endangering the welfare of a child. No details have been released, though a law-enforcement official in Morris County, New Jersey, told TheWrap that none of the sexual assault charges "had anything to do with the child, but they were in the house. Don't ask me how old or male or female that child is, that's information is sealed, but you can tell from the charges they were under age and present, which is why you have the endangerment." Read more...

Flask Found in Fatal Crash With Bus

Authorities say a crushed metal flask that smelled of alcohol was found in the wreckage of the SUV that was hit by a Greyhound bus in Fresno, killing six people. The information was contained in documents filed in Fresno County Superior Court. Authorities have said the SUV driver, 18-year-old Sylvia Garay of Dinuba, had a blood-alcohol content above the legal limit in the July 22 crash on Highway 99. The SUV crashed and was struck by the oncoming bus. Read more...

Slain 6-Week-Old Had Alcohol In System

A coroner said the death of a Huntingdon County infant was a homicide, though state police have yet to charge anyone in the case. The baby, 6-week-old Andrew Konner Boyd, was found dead July 14 in his bassinet at a home in Smithfield Township. Authorities said the infant's mother had left the boy with a sitter the night before, fed him after she returned home about 3 a.m. and found him dead later that afternoon. Read more...