HOLLIDAYSBURG A Blair County jury trial nearing its conclusion ended with a mistrial Tuesday after one of the 12 jurors admitted to looking for information about the defendant and seeing prior convictions. The late disclosure halted a trial for Nicholas McCune, 37, of Hollidaysburg, who was accused of threatening Magisterial District Judge Andrew Blattenberger […]
HOLLIDAYSBURG An Altoona man who sold guns and drugs during a two-month police investigation was sentenced Wednesday to five to 15 years’ incarceration. Jerome J. Brinson, 31, arrested Oct. 16 after selling $1,000 worth of heroin to a confidential informant, presented guilty pleas before Blair County Judge Jackie Bernard, who handed down the recommended […]
HOLLIDAYSBURG An Altoona man will spend six to 20 years in prison for selling the drug leading to the fatal overdose of an Altoona man who was found dead on April 14, 2022, in his downtown apartment. President Judge Wade Kagarise on Friday imposed the negotiated sentence on Timothy James Tombs, 50, who pleaded […]
HOLLIDAYSBURG A Blair County jury acquitted a Tipton man Thursday of two felony charges after the man denied being the motorcyclist who led a Tyrone police