A.M.BRIEFING: Wednesday

Old Oak Tavern cited for serving 18-year-old

The Old Oak Tavern in Pine Grove Mills was cited by state police liquor control enforcement for serving alcohol to an 18-year-old man on June 17.

The tavern is at 101 E. Pine Grove Road, P.O. Box 272, in Ferguson Township.

The charge will be brought before an administrative law judge who could impose penalties ranging from $50 to $5,000, and can impose a license suspension or revocation, or mandate training.

Madeira wants out of suit against county

District Attorney Michael Madeira is asking to be dismissed from a lawsuit filed by a former victim of domestic abuse against the county, Madeira and former prosecutor Lance Marshall.

A federal judge dismissed civil rights violations alleged by the woman, but sent back to county court three counts having to do with intercepted telephone calls the woman made with her jailed boyfriend, whom Marshall was prosecuting.

The woman said Marshall listened to her conversations to promote his sexual advances on her, and Madeira didn’t properly supervise him.

The woman says Marshall sent her hundreds of text messages and voice mails in a two-week period, some soliciting sex, and asked her to lie on the witness stand. Marshall resigned shortly after the woman came forward.

Centre County has already filed a motion similar to Madeira’s, stating Marshall was a prosecutor at the time and had the right to listen to the boyfriend’s conversations.

Police look for suspect in rape of boy

New information is available about a man with a last known address in Gettysburg who is wanted in the rape of an 11- year-old Philipsburg boy.

According to recently obtained court papers, Steven Alexander Hartford, 21, is white, has brown hair and blue eyes, is 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs 185 pounds.

His last-known address is 3175 Emmitsburg Road, Gettysburg, but police say he was in Philipsburg between April and July 2006 baby-sitting a boy whom he forced into a bathroom and raped. There is no photo available of Hartford.

State police at Philipsburg said the rape was reported in March 2008, when the boy confided in his father, but Hartford’s whereabouts remain unknown.

Anyone with information is asked to call state police Trooper Timothy Stevens at 342- 3370. Tips can also be sent to Crimestoppers at 877-992-7463.

PSU senior tackle charged with DUI

A senior tackle on the Penn State football team has been charged with DUI by State College police for a July 17 incident.

Isaako “Ako” KilifiPoti, 22, of Dale City, Calif., was pulled over by Sgt. Bill Muse and charged with DUI and disregarding traffic lanes. He was later found to have a blood alcohol level between .10 and .16 percent.

Details on his exact level, the location of the incident and the time he was pulled over weren’t immediately available late Tuesday. Poti received a citation in the mail July 20, and is scheduled for a preliminary hearing Sept. 2.