LEWISTOWN - Successful prosecution of child sexual abuse cases depends on a thorough investigation and following the law, Mifflin County District Attorney Christopher Torquato said Thursday. Torquato released the statement to The Sentinel after a video posted on social media by YouTuber ...
LEWISTOWN — Successful prosecution of child sexual abuse cases depends on a thorough investigation and following the law, Mifflin County District Attorney Christopher Torquato said Thursday. Torquato released the statement to The Sentinel after a video posted on social media by YouTuber ...
From staff reports HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania is expected to receive approximately $1 million as part of a $29.6 million multistate settlement with generic drug manufacturer Glenmark over allegations the company conspired to inflate prescription drug prices and limit competition, Attorney General Dave Sunday announced Wednesday. The settlement, reached by a coalition of 48 states and territories, resolves allegations that Glenmark participated in a long-running conspiracy to fix prices for generic prescription drugs by artificially inflating prices, reducing competition and ...
From staff reports ALTOONA — The leader of a Blair County drug-trafficking organization was sentenced to 14 to 30 years in state prison Tuesday for operating a cocaine distribution network and supplying fentanyl that resulted in a fatal overdose, according to the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office. Rickey “Rizz” Sharief Joyner, 45, of Altoona, pleaded guilty to two counts of corrupt organizations, 21 counts of possession with intent to deliver, two counts of dealing in proceeds of unlawful activities, voluntary manslaughter and related offenses. The voluntary ...
Harassment charge filed after domestic incident MIFFLIN — Pennsylvania State Police charged a Port Royal man with harassment following a domestic incident June 30 in Mifflin Borough. Police said Tyler Gomez Hernandez, 25, allegedly shoved a 30-year-old woman and grabbed her face during the incident on Main Street. He was charged with harassment through Magisterial District Judge 41-3-02. Police investigate theft of phones, handgun MIFFLIN — Pennsylvania State Police are investigating the theft of two cellphones and a handgun reported June 30 from a residence on Main Street in ...
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