A civil rights complaint by the founder of a Clearfield County horse sanctuary against a Pennsylvania State trooper has dropped a civil charge of malicious prosecution but still maintains the trooper violated her Fourth Amendment protections against unlawful search and seizure and false arrest. Forgotten Hearts Horse Sanctuary founder Lana Hubler-Thompson’s Philadelphia attorney Dylan T. […]
Blair County District Attorney Pete Weeks and his First Assistant Nichole M. Smith have asked the federal court in Johnstown to dismiss a petition filed on behalf of an Altoona man who has been in prison for almost 35 years for the stabbing death of a retired railroad worker that occurred during a home invasion […]
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 mediation conference to resolve a civil lawsuit brought on behalf of three children removed from their parental home 15 years ago allegedly to force the parents to aid police in a drug investigation has been continued until April, according to an order issued late last week by federal District Judge Stephanie L. […]
The attorneys for three Altoona children removed by authorities from their parents more than 15 years ago have asked a federal judge to order the release of child welfare records so they can prove the abuse the children suffered after being placed in a Clearfield County foster home. The children are now adults and have […]