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Crime

Five Penn State students plead guilty for roles in cheerleader Paige Raque’s fall from window

Paige Raque, the Penn State cheerleader who fell five stories from a downtown State College apartment last year during a party.

Five Penn State students took plea deals Thursday for their roles in supplying alcohol at a party where a cheerleader was seriously hurt after falling from the window of a State College high-rise apartment.

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Two men found guilty in State College robbery, assault

Two Centre County men were found guilty Tuesday in a 2011 robbery and assault that left a high school student with a broken jaw.
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‘America’s Most Wanted’ fugitive held in county jail on local charges

The local case proceeded Wednesday against a man wanted on homicide charges by federal authorities in Washington, D.C., and has been featured on the TV show “American’s Most Wanted.”
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Woman hurt in North Atherton Street crash denies drug charges

A Bellefonte woman who was seriously injured in a car crash on North Atherton Street testified Wednesday that the 16 bags of heroin found in her purse after the wreck were put there by the driver of the vehicle.
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‘America’s Most Wanted’ fugitive arrested in Patton Township

A man wanted for a killing in Washington, D.C., and featured on the TV show “America’s Most Wanted” has been arrested in Centre County.
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Police: Argument between Rockview inmates leads to ink-pen stabbing

State police at Rockview say an argument Sunday between two inmates at the State Correctional Institution at Rockview led to one of the men stabbing the other with an ink pen.
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Pa. man accused of taking diapers, shoe inserts

A central Pennsylvania man is in jail, facing charges he stole two packages of adult diapers and shoe inserts from a Carlisle pharmacy.
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Pa. woman charged with texting before fatal crash

A western Pennsylvania woman has been charged with text-messaging while driving in connection with a crash earlier this month that killed a former volunteer fire chief.
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Local contractor enters plea on theft charges

A 61-year-old general contractor and business owner pleaded no contest Thursday to a count of theft by unlawful taking for allegedly forging the names homeowners who hired him for a construction project.
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Harrisburg man sentenced for crashing stolen vehicle into home

A 28-year-old Harrisburg man charged with stealing two vehicles, and crashing one into an occurred home on North Hills Place in November will spend at least four years in state prison for the crimes.
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Police: Exotic snakes stolen from Union Township home

Thirteen exotic snakes valued at $30,000 were stolen from a Union Township mobile home overnight Wednesday, state police in Philipsburg said.