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HOLLIDAYSBURG A Blair County judge is allowing aggravated assault and related charges to stand in a criminal case where the victim maintains that she was assaulted by someone other than the man now accused.
In a recent opinion, Judge Timothy M. Sullivan reported reviewing police video evidence, a recording of the preliminary hearing and testimony from a December court hearing where Matthew A. Sales, 32, Philadelphia, claimed that the wrong man was arrested.
“It will be left to the trier of fact to ultimately determine whether the commonwealth can meet its burden of proving the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt,” Sullivan acknowledged in his order.