Mother among 2 arrested after 12-year-old girl escapes trafficking attempt

 Posted on April 13, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  394 words  |  Christie Applegate

FON DU LAC COUNTY, Wis. (WLUK) — Two people are in custody, including the victim's mother, after a young girl allegedly escaped a child trafficking situation in Wisconsin. Shortly before 12:15 a.m. Sunday, deputies from the Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office were dispatched to a residence in the town of Oakfield for a sexual assault complaint. Authorities say the caller reported a 12-year-old girl had shown up at his door asking for help. [Read More]

PA State Senator Wayne Langerholc holds presentation on PA Small Games of Chance Law

 Posted on April 13, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  306 words  |  Christie Applegate

According to the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue, The PA Crimes Code provides that all forms of gambling are illegal unless the Pennsylvania Legislature authorizes the gambling activity by statute. Raffles, pools, and drawings seem to be benign forms of gambling but they still apply to the Pennsylvania law. The PA Small Games of Chance Law authorizes certain non-profit organizations. and for-profit taverns to conduct limited types of gambling. State Senator Wayne Langerholc Jr. [Read More]

Passengers, crew of Flight 93 remembered for their heroism, bravery on 22nd Anniversary of 9/11 atta

 Posted on April 13, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  465 words  |  Merlyn Hunt

Somerset Co., PA (WJAC) — It was a solemn morning at the Flight 93 National Memorial where 40 victims were honored for their valor and heroism. Monday marked 22 years since the passengers and crew members thwarted an attack on our nation’s capital, instead crashing into a field in Stonycreek Township, Somerset County. The memory of Flight 93 still very much alive. Friends and family gathering around to remember the forty lives tragically lost in one of America’s deadliest terrorist attacks. [Read More]

Traffic stop turns into drug bust, driver and passenger facing felonies

 Posted on April 13, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  559 words  |  Brenda Moya

EUSTIS, Fla. (TND) — Two friends are facing felonies after a curious cop "entered the license plate" of their black Ford truck into the state computer and found the registration "had expired in December of 2023." That officer pulled them over last Tuesday night, May 21, in Florida, and, “While speaking to the occupants,” he wrote in their identical arrest reports, “I could see in plain view two firearms in holsters, when near the passenger and one near the driver. [Read More]

Altoona man charged with vehicular homicide following deadly December street race

 Posted on April 12, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  201 words  |  Christie Applegate

A 23-year-old Altoona man has been charged with vehicular homicide stemming from a December race that left two people dead. According to a probable-cause affidavit, at about 1:50 a.m. on Dec. 22, Caleb Criste, Grant Avenue, and Collie Brown raced each other in vehicles on 10th Avenue in Altoona. The race ended when Brown crashed into a light post and was ejected from the vehicle, according to the affidavit. He was pronounced dead at the scene. [Read More]

Escaped inmate Danelo Cavalcante captured, press conference scheduled in Kennett Square

 Posted on April 12, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  44 words  |  Christie Applegate

CHESTER CO., PA (WJAC)- Danelo Cavalcante, the escaped prison inmate, has been captured.

It's still unclear the details surrounding his arrest.

There will be a press conference scheduled for this morning at 9:30 a.m. at the Po-Mar-Lin Fire Company in Kennett Square, PA.

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Middle school assistant principal arrested, linked to decade-old triple homicide: Report

 Posted on April 12, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  194 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ala. (WBMA) — An assistant principal at McAdory Middle School was arrested in connection to a triple homicide that happened in Georgia more than a decade ago. According to Jefferson County jail records, 45-year-old Keante Harris' was arrested Wednesday and charged with being a fugitive from justice. ABC 33/40's Georgia affiliate WSB-TV reported that Harris is one of four suspects. According to WSB-TV, in January 2013, a Union City police officer found an abandoned 2010 Dodge Charger along I-85. [Read More]

Three Allegheny County residents charged after alleged theft and high-speed chase in Centre County

 Posted on April 12, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  32 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

Three Allegheny County residents charged after alleged theft and high-speed chase in Centre County

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Uvalde Day of Remembrance to honor the 21 lives lost in school shooting

 Posted on April 12, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  952 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

UVALDE, Texas - Two years have passed since the devastating mass shooting at Robb Elementary School, yet the wounds inflicted on the community remain raw as they come together to honor the memory of the lives lost and the resilience displayed in the face of tragedy. Twenty-one people, including 19 fourth-grade students, were murdered on May 24, 2022, in the deadliest school shooting in Texas history, and what the U.S. Justice Department described as a " [Read More]

All charges dropped against former Westmont teacher accused of raping student

 Posted on April 11, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  627 words  |  Merlyn Hunt

CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — Cambria County District Attorney Greg Neugebauer confirmed to 6 News that the second, and only remaining, criminal charge against former Westmont elementary school teacher Shawn Miller was dropped at the end of last year. The charge for Victim 2 was filed in May 2022, and accused Miller of another count of Indecent Assault of a child under 13 years old. As 6 News reported in July of last year, the charges against Miller for Victim 1 were dismissed. [Read More]