STATE POLICE ARE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A MISSING WOMAN FROM WARREN AND A BABY.  25-YEAR-OLD COURNEY FERRARO IS A WHITE FEMALE, 5 FEET 2 INCHES, 125 POUNDS WITH BROWN HAIR AND BROWN EYES.  THE BABY IS NAMED MONTANA WHITE AND SHE’S A 7-MONTH-OLD FEMALE.  THEY WERE LAST SEEN ON ROUTE 27 IN ELDRED TOWNSHIP AT AROUND 10:30PM ON WEDNESDAY.  FERRARO MAY BE DRIVING A 2013 BLACK KIA OPTIMA AND POLICE BELIEVE THAT THEY MAY BE AT RISK OF HARM OR INJURY.  ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL 911 OR THE WARREN STATE POLICE.

36-YEAR-OLD KATIE NEAL OF DUBOIS IS FACING 42 FELONY CHARGES AFTER SHE ALLEGEDLY STOLE OVER $4,500 FROM SHEETZ IN BROOKVILLE.  AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT SHE TOOK THE MONEY BETWEEN APRIL 3^RD AND THE 11^TH BY TRANSFERRING FUNDS TO HER PHONE.  A SECURITY OFFICER TOLD POLICE THAT NEAL SCANNED THE CASH APP ON HER PHONE AT THE REGISTER, ENTERED THE AMOUNTS SHE WANTED ON THE APP, BUT DIDN’T PUT CASH INTO THE TERMINAL.  THE PROCESS WAS LIKE BUYING A GIFT CARD BUT NOT PAYING FOR IT.  HER PRELIMINARY HEARING IS ON JUNE 1^ST.

A PUNXSUTAWNEY MAN IS FACING MULTIPLE CHARGES AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY BROKE INTO AN APARTMENT.  62-YEAR-OLD MARTIN WHITE IS ACCUSED OF POSING AS AN ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER TO GAIN ACCESS TO AN APARTMENT AT THE JEFFERSON STREET APARTMENTS EARLY MONDAY MORNING.  WHILE INSIDE, THE VICTIM REPORTS WHITE RUMMAGED THROUGH HER CLOTHES BEFORE LEAVING. WHITE IS BEHIND BARS IN THE JEFFERSON COUNTY JAIL TODAY. 

A PENFIELD MAN IS FACING CHARGES THAT HE ALLEGEDLY STOLE A SKILL GAME MACHINE.  POLICE SAY IT HAPPENED BACK ON APRIL 15^TH WHEN 42-YEAR-OLD JASON BRUNDRIDGE REPORTEDLY BROKE INTO A SIDE DOOR AT THE IP&S CLUB ON WASHINGTON AVENUE IN DUBOIS AND TOOK THE GAME.  BRUNDRIDGE WAS IDENTIFIED ON SURVEYLLANCE FOOTAGE BY A CLEANING EMPLOYEE.  POLICE LATER FOUND THE MACHINE ON A PROPERTY NEIGHBORING BRUNDRIDGE’S HOME ADDRESS. 

A FELONY UNLAWFUL CONTACT WITH A MINOR CHARGE WAS DROPPED AGAINST 35-YEAR-OLD LOGAN BEARD OF WARREN IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.  BEARD IS A LONG-TERM SUBSTITUTE TEACHER FOR THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WAS REMOVED FROM BEATY-WARREN MIDDLE SCHOOL PENDING ANY LEGAL ACTION.  IN 2016, THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION INTO AN ALLEGED INAPPROPRIATE RELATIONSHIP BEWEEN BEARD AND A YOUTH INVOLVED IN CHOIR.  BEARD FACES OTHER CHARGES AND HE IS DUE BACK IN COURT ON JUNE 8^TH.

A JUDGE HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR THE TYLER PRESCOTT MURDER CASE.  SENIOR JUDGE NORMAN KRUMENACKER THE THIRD OF CAMBRIA COUNTY HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE CASE.  PRESCOTT IS CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF HIS TWO-YEAR-OLD SON LAST AUGUST AND FACES THE DEATH PENALTY.  BOTH MCKEAN COUNTY JUDGES AND PRESCOTT’S LEGAL COUNSEL HAVE WITHDRAWN FROM THE CASE.  PRESCOTT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE A LAST DATE OF PLEA ON MARCH 20^TH.  THE DATE WAS ON HOLD BECAUSE A JUDGE HAD NOT BEEN APPPOINTED.

THE PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HAS PASSED A BILL THAT COULD POTENTIALLY LEAD TO AN OVERHAUL OF PIAA ATHLETICS.  READ MORE FROM WJAC-TV HERE. 

A BRADFORD MAN IS DEAD AS THE RESULT OF AN EARLY MONDAY MORNING FIRE IN THE CITY.  OFFICIALS SAY THE FIRE WAS CALLED IN AROUND 5:40 AND BRADFORD CITY FIREFIGHTERS FOUND 79-YEAR-OLD HARRY NELSON DECEASED WHILE FIGHTING THE FIRE.  CREWS WERE ON SCENE FOR ABOUT 3 HOURS TO GET THE FIRE UNDER CONTROL.  THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.  NO OTHER INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

44-YEAR-OLD CASEY FITZSIMMONS OF RUSSELL WAS CHARGED ON MONDAY FOR CORRUPTION OF MINORS.  DURING A FORENSIC INTERVIEW IN FEBRUARY, THE FEMALE VICTIM SAID THAT FITZSIMMONS TOUCHED HER INAPPROPRIATELY ON TWO OCCASIONS.  ALLEGEDLY, THE FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED AT THE ALLEGHENY RESERVIOR WHEN SHE WAS 12-YEARS-OLD AND THE SECOND HAPPENED AT FITZSIMMONS’ RESIDENCE IN ELK TOWNSHIP.  HE IS DUE IN COURT ON MAY 13^TH.

CHRISTOPHER MARTINI WAS DISBARRED YESTERDAY FOR FAILING TO PROVIDE EFFECTIVE COUNCIL TO HIS CLIENTS.  HE ALSO HAD SEXUALLY EXPLICIT COMMUNICATIONS WITH FEMALES THAT HE WAS REPRESENTING.  MARTINI WAS PAID TO FILE APPEALS FOR SEVERAL CLIENTS AND THEY WERE DISMISSED BECAUSE THEY WERE LATE AND INCOMPLETE.  HE ALSO PAID MULTIPLE FEMALE CLIENTS FOR SEXUALLY EXPLICIT PHOTOS.  BECAUSE OF THESE ACTIONS, MARTINI WAS TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED IN OCTOBER OF 2024 AND NOW DISBARRED BY THE PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT.