A federal lawsuit filed on behalf of a Blair County Prison corrections officer killed in the line of duty has been dismissed by District Judge Kim R. Gibson presiding in Johnstown. But the judge, in an order issued Monday, will allow the attorneys representing the estate of the deceased officer, Rhonda Russell, to file a […]
A newly appointed magistrate judge in the Western District of Pennsylvania will preside over a federal civil rights lawsuit filed last summer by a Hollidaysburg man who is seeking damages from several Blair County Prison corrections officers. Bronson L. Brown, 39, claims the officers used excessive force against him 13 months ago during a squabble […]
PITTSBURGH – Somerset County has motioned for dismissal from a lawsuit brought by a woman who claimed that its ex-District Attorney Jeffrey Thomas sent her sexually violent text messages for months before breaking into her home and physically and sexually assaulting her, allegations that resulted in Thomas being sent to prison in August for multiple years.
JOHNSTOWN – The Richland Fire Department has denied responsibility for head injuries a New York man alleged he incurred, when the bicycle he was riding collided with a plastic barricade placed outside Richland High School and caused him to be thrown from the bike.
JOHNSTOWN – A Western Pennsylvania man says he suffered severe head injuries when the bicycle he was riding collided with a plastic barricade placed outside Richland High School and caused him to be thrown from the bike.