The attorney for the estate of a Coalport woman who died of pneumonia while in the Clearfield County Jail said a federal civil rights lawsuit filed against the
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When two Clearfield County police officers found a Morrisdale man asleep at the wheel of his car parked in the lot of a Walmart Supercenter two years ago, they immediately detained him, and in an ensuing search, found 61 grams just over 2 ounces of methamphetamine.
The officers, Lawrence Township Police Chief Douglas Clark and Patrol Officer Eric Routch, charged Brandon James Kifer, now 40, with driving under the influence, possession with the intent to distribute and possession of drug paraphernalia.
A jury found Kifer not guilty of the DUI offense, but guilty of the drug charges, and 17 months ago, Clearfield County Judge Fredric J. Ammerman sentenced Kifer to five to 10 years in a state correctional institution.
The new public official also desribed it as âinteresting.â
â2020 for me like everyone else was an interesting year,â Sayers said.
Statistically, Sayers said this was the busiest year for the district attorneyâs office in memory.
As of Monday, the 1,392 cases were filed in the Clearfield County Court of common pleas, according to the Pennsylvania Unified Justice System website. And Sayers said they will easily top 1,400 cases by the end of the year.
Last year there were 1,308 total cases.
And not only was his office busy, there were a large number of serious crimes â like murders, rapes, child sex abuse, domestic violence as well as a large number of drug cases, Sayers said