HOLLIDAYSBURG A Hollidaysburg man accused in October 2022 of threatening a magisterial district judge and family has pleaded guilty to a felony charge of aggravated assault instead of opting for a second jury trial. Nicholas McCune, 37, whose February trial concluded with a mistrial declaration, pleaded guilty Tuesday before Blair County Judge Jackie Bernard, […]
HOLLIDAYSBURG A Blair County jury on Thursday convicted an Altoona man of strangulation and simple assault charges that developed from a domestic dispute. Jean Dolce, 52, who remains free on bail pending sentence, tried to convince the jury that he acted in self-defense during a Feb. 26, 2023, dispute with an estranged girlfriend. But […]
HOLLIDAYSBURG A Blair County man who set fire in 2022 to an Altoona house that his ex-wife and her family were remodeling entered guilty pleas Friday to arson, burglary and unrelated theft offenses. Jeremy Lee Causer, 52, who has been in the county prison since being arrested shortly after the Oct. 12, 2022, fire, […]