Attorneys for the Blair County Prison have filed a petition with the federal court in Johnstown asserting that it should not be included as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by a former employee of the Harrisburg-based firm that provides medical care to its inmates. The former employee, Chrissy Friday of Tyrone, served as a […]
A federal magistrate judge has recommended that a civil rights lawsuit filed by a former inmate of the Blair County Prison, claiming officials failed to protect him from other inmates, be permitted to move forward at least in part. Vasilios Pentsas, 37, of Altoona was arrested in November 2020 for killing Andrew Ozio, 29, […]