HOLLIDAYSBURG The Blair County Courthouse has another new judicial portrait, gifted by President Judge Elizabeth Doyle. Unveiled Thursday, it hangs on the front wall of Courtroom 4, on the opposite side of the bench from an enlarged framed photo of the late President Judge Thomas G. Peoples. “My portrait is not as grand and […]
A Claysburg woman is behind bars after being accused of breaking windows on a motor home early Thursday morning. Altoona police were dispatched to DeLeo Games
UPMC Altoona is treating a man for a potentially punctured spleen after he was stabbed three times by a teenager, court documents state. Joshua T. Riggleman,
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A Martinsburg man is facing nearly 130 criminal charges relating to forgery and theft after an investigation revealed he allegedly stole about $53,000 from his employer.
Jay Anthony Garver Jr., 53, was arraigned Thursday by Magisterial District Judge Paula Aigner on 43 felony counts of forgery, 14 theft-related felonies and 72 counts of lesser crimes, according to court documents.
An investigation into Garver’s alleged thefts began in January 2020 after police were notified Garver allegedly deposited two of his employer’s checks into a personal account a few weeks prior, a criminal complaint stated.
A safety and human resources officer for Metzler Bros. Inc., Garver reportedly worked for the company for about three years until the owner terminated Garver’s employment at the end of 2019.
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An Altoona man is facing charges after allegedly using his phone to record people while they were using the restroom in a local business, court documents stated.
In April, Hollidaysburg police were notified a phone was discovered recording in a bathroom vent at D’Ottavio’s Italian House, 306 Allegheny St., a criminal complaint stated.
On Tuesday, police spoke to an employee, who said she discovered the phone while tying her shoe, police reported. The employee notified a co-worker, and the two were able to remove the phone from its hidden location and determine it had been recording for about 28 minutes, court documents stated.