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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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CRIME

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.
CRIME

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.
NEWS

Patton Township church vandalized with anti-religious slogans

Jeremy Field had a simple message for the vandals behind the crude, anti-religious slogans that were plastered overnight across the Park Forest Baptist Church.
CRIME

Duncansville grandma gets jail for hog-tying boy at home

A central Pennsylvania woman will spend 60 days to two years in jail for hog-tying her 5-year-old grandson to a chair so she could go to a methadone clinic.
CRIME

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.
CRIME

Bellefonte woman convicted of embezzling $37,000 faces 2 years in prison

A Bellefonte woman convicted of embezzling more than $37,000 from the Philipsburg-Osceola wrestling booster club could spend up to two years in prison.
CRIME

Former Penn State student guilty on minor charges related to hazing incident

A former Penn State student-athlete who was expelled indefinitely and barred from graduating last year for his role in an alleged hazing incident has been found not guilty of the most serious charges stemming from the case.
CRIME

DA: Central Pa. death row inmate punches attorney

A man on death row in the killing of his girlfriend nine years ago has sucker-punched his attorney during a central Pennsylvania court hearing on his latest appeal.
CRIME

Man accused of stealing textbooks from Penn State Bookstore

A Philadelphia man is accused of stealing eight textbooks Sunday from the Penn State Bookstore and selling them for almost $600 at the two downtown State College bookstores, according to court documents.
CRIME

Police: Hawaii man arrested in State College on DUI charge

A Hawaii man was arrested Sunday afternoon on a charge of DUI after police said they got a report of a drunken man driving out of a downtown State College parking lot.