PENNSYLVANIA (WHP) — Attorney General Michelle Henry announced that five Pennsylvania men have been charged with sexual assault and the exploitation of children.
In each case, according to the attorney general, the defendants and victims were members of Jehovah's Witness.
Among the defendants are 62-year-old David Balosa of Philadelphia who allegedly became close to a family after moving to the United States and was allowed to stay in their home. Here, according to documents, he had access to a girl as young as four, whom he sexually assaulted.
Johnstown city council met for a regularly scheduled meeting this evening.
The potential construction of a non-congregate homeless shelter was once again on the agenda. The funding for the shelter would come from the city’s American Rescue Plan Act grant through the HUD Home program. The city received only one proposal that met the required criteria. That proposal was from Victim’s Services and was tabled at previous council meetings. Today, council voted to withdraw it.
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WJAC) — Johnstown, Altoona, and State College will all be receiving millions of dollars in new funding from the Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration as part of the coronavirus relief CARES Act, Sen. Bob Casey announced Friday.
Pennsylvania will receive a total of $1.13 billion under the legislation, Casey said.
“During this time of great uncertainty and difficulty, Pennsylvania’s rural and urban areas alike need support to respond to COVID-19.
BALTIMORE (WBFF) — People living in the northern tier of the United States may see the aurora borealis Thursday night after a geomagnetic storm launched the northern lights-producing energetic solar plasma toward Earth’s magnetic field.
The show could be visible on Thursday from as far South from the polar region as Maryland, Pennsylvania, Iowa and Oregon, according to geomagnetic storm watches issued Monday by government agencies that monitor geomagnetic storm activity.
INDIANA -- A man already jailed on charges stemming from a deadly fight with his fraternity brother at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania has now also been charged with criminal homicide.
Indiana County District Attorney Patrick Dougherty says he expects to pursue a third-degree murder or manslaughter conviction against 19-year-old Brady DiStefano, of Johnstown. He is a Westmont Hilltop High School graduate.
Indiana borough police had already charged him with aggravated assault and other charges for allegedly beating and choking 20-year-old Caleb Zweig, of Rockville, Maryland, off campus on Feb.