HOLLIDAYSBURG The Altoona man who tried to convince a Blair County jury that he was a drug user and not a seller was convicted Wednesday on all charges. Niheim Jabril Miller, 37, who has been in the Blair County Prison since his June 22, 2022, arrest, is facing a state prison sentence on a […]
HOLLIDAYSBURG A local man who became angry inside Altoona City Hall in July and made threats while claiming to be a U.S. marshal will be on probation for five years. George William Kennedy Sr., 76, entered guilty pleas Thursday to terroristic threats and impersonating a public servant, filed by Altoona police after Kennedy became […]
HOLLIDAYSBURG A former Tyrone physician who claims he was wrongly convicted of defiant trespass in Blair County Court allowed a courtroom door to slam behind him on Tuesday after receiving a sentence of six months’ probation. “There should be no sentence,” Dr. Hil Rizvi told Blair County Judge Jackie Bernard, who convened Rizvi’s sentencing […]
HOLLIDAYSBURG A Tyrone man convicted in August of selling methamphetamine to a confidential informant in 2019 was sentenced Tuesday to nine months of house arrest as part of a county sentence, followed by three years’ probation. Kevin T. Soellner, 36, who continues to maintain his innocence, told Judge Jackie Bernard that in the three-plus […]
HOLLIDAYSBURG Prosecutors can use a Frankstown Township man’s statements to state police, including his alleged confession, while addressing homicide and related charges in the 2021 stabbing death of his 24-year-old brother. In a decision handed down Monday, Blair County Judge Jackie Bernard declined to suppress the use of Vasudev Y. Aswathappa’s statements to state […]