Centredaily.com: Crime & Courts

Student’s drug conviction tossed

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:42 EST

BELLEFONTE — The state Superior Court has thrown out the conviction of a Penn State student on a drug paraphernalia charge, saying a State College police officer had illegally entered the student’s apartment when he found a marijuana pipe.

A.M.BRIEFING

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:00 EST

Police looking for early morning bandits

Judge: Man to pay for killing bear

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:16 EST

A Perry County man accused of illegally killing a bear will have to pay the $565 fine he tried to avoid by going to a hearing.

COURTREPORT

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:16 EST

Information compiled by the Centre County Court Administrator’s Office on Wednesday, Nov. 18.

Man ordered to trial in Pa. party shooting

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:22 EST

A man accused of shooting four people outside a party in northeastern Pennsylvania has been ordered to stand trial on charges of attempted homicide, aggravated assault and other counts.

Police: Pa. woman put woman's nude photo online

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:37 EST

A New York woman who tends bar in northwestern Pennsylvania has been charged with using the cell phone of a male customer - whom she used to date - to post a nude photo of another woman on Facebook.

2 get prison in Pa. mistaken-identity gang murder

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:47 EST

A pair of eastern Pennsylvania gang members who acknowledged taking part in the mistaken-identity slaying of a man at an Allentown graduation party last year have been sentenced to prison terms.

COURT REPORT

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:16 EST

Information compiled by the Centre County Court Administrator's Office on Nov. 12, 2009.

A.M.BRIEFING: Friday

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:31 EST

Accused rapist to stand trial next year

W. Pa. police say 3 beat homeless man in tent

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:07 EST

State police have been searching for three men who allegedly beat a homeless man with poles and clubs as he slept in a tent in a wooded area of western Pennsylvania.

Police: Pittsburgh-area transit worker stole fares

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:12 EST

A Port Authority of Allegheny County employee has been fired and charged with theft for allegedly taking money from the room where the transit fares are counted.

Pa. sex offender charged in Obama, court threats

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:52 EST

A western Pennsylvania man has been charged with writing a letter threatening court officials and President Barack Obama while serving a federal prison sentence in California.

Ex-township official guilty in teen sex soliciting

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:19 EST

A former township supervisor in western Pennsylvania has been convicted on 24 charges that he had child pornography on his computer and tried to solicit sex from an undercover officer posing as a 13-year-old girl in a chat room.

Eastern Pa. barber shot and killed in home

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:59 EST

Police in eastern Pennsylvania are investigating the murder of a barber gunned down in his Allentown home.

1 shot, 1 arrested in Pa. pizza robbery attempt

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:29 EST

Police in suburban Philadelphia say a detective posing as a pizza deliveryman shot and injured a suspect during an attempted robbery sting.

Police: Teens taped themselves stealing presents

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:10 EST

A suburban Philadelphia police chief says two teenagers are being held after officers arrested them and found video recordings they made of themselves burglarizing homes.

Heichel wants separate trial from Boob

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:00 EST

BELLEFONTE — The man who police say shot and killed Centre Hall father Samuel Boob at the request of Boob's wife, Mirinda, is asking that his trial be held separate from his alleged accomplice's, citing the negative attention surrounding her case.

A.M.BRIEFING: Thursday

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:29 EST

Volunteers welcome to decorate Bellefonte

Pa. woman struck by bullet through wall dies

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:06 EST

Police say a suburban Philadelphia woman lying in bed was struck by a bullet that came through a wall, killing her.

Eastern Pa. man on death row wins new trial

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:01 EST

An eastern Pennsylvania man sentenced to death in the April 2003 shooting deaths of a local disc jockey and a friend in a botched robbery attempt has won a new trial.