August 12, 2021 Thirty-one people – 29 residents of Cambria, Indiana, Allegheny, Philadelphia and Montgomery Counties in Pennsylvania, one resident of Long Beach, California, and one resident of Middletown, Delaware – have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
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HOLLIDAYSBURG Hollidaysburg resident Tyler Slippy was likely murdered in his home Nov. 21 by a coworker because of a romantic rivalry, Blair County District Attorney Pete Weeks said.
Nearly seven weeks after the Hollidaysburg Borough Police Department announced 27-year-old Slippy’s homicide, police and members of the Blair County District Attorney’s Office released details of the grisly murder during a press conference Friday.
Law enforcement’s primary suspect, 39-year-old Kenneth T. Kim, was found dead Dec. 23 in a hotel room in Cambria County after stealing a vehicle from a car dealership and fleeing from police as they conducted warranted searches of his possessions and property. Police reported Kim took his own life.
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A federal magistrate judge has changed her mind and will permit Kevin Siehl of Johnstown to join Cambria County in a lawsuit against its insurance carriers, who are refusing to indemnify the county against Siehl’s claims he was falsely arrested and prosecuted for the 1991 murder of his wife.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Lisa Pupo Lenihan in late November nixed a request by Siehl’s Philadelphia attorney, Jonathan H. Feinberg, and Cambria County attorney, Michael J. Parrish Jr., to file a joint lawsuit against three insurance companies who have refused to provide attorney fees and financial coverage of any award Siehl may obtain against the county.