A DELAY IN SENTENCING FOR FORMER DUBOIS CITY SECRETARY, ROBERTA SHAFFER, HAS BEEN GRANTED BY FEDERAL JUDGE, STEPHANIE HAINES. SHAFFER’S ATTORNEY FILED A MOTION IN LATE AUGUST TO DELAY THE SENTENCING UNTIL AFTER THAT OF FORMER CITY MANAGER, JOHN “HERM” SUPLIZIO, CITING THAT HIS SENTENCING WILL DIRECTLY IMPACT MANY FACTORS FOR HER. SHAFFER AND SUPLIZIO PLEAD GUILTY TO FRAUDING THE CITY OUT OF 1.5 MILLION DOLLARS EARLIER THI SYEAR. THE NEW SENTENCING DATE IS DECEMBER 10TH.
A CRAWFORD COUNTY MAN IS RECOVERING TODAY FOLLOWING AN ATV ACCIDENT EARLIER THIS MONTH. STATE POLICE SAY IT HAPPENED IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SEPTEMBER 6TH WHEN 47-YEAR-OLD TIMOTHY MATALINO, OF MEADVILLE, WAS TRAVELING TOO FAST ON QUEENS ROAD IN HICKORY TOWNSHIP, FOREST COUNTY, AND LOST CONTROL, CAUSING HIM TO BE EJECTED FROM THE UNIT. HE WAS FLOWN TO UPMC HAMOT FOR TREATMENT.
THE JEFFERSON COUNTY CORONER HAS CONFIRMED THAT A 40-YEAR-OLD FEMALE THAT DIED ON SEPTEMBER 12TH TESTED POSITIVE FOR MEASLES. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE INDIVIDUAL WAS SUFFERING FROM AN ACTIVE INFECTION WHEN SHE PASSED. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CONFIRMED THAT THE WOMAN WAS NOT VACCINATED FOR THE VIRUS AND NO OTHER INFORMATION WAS OFFERED, INCLUDING THE WOMAN’S NAME OR THE TOWN SHE LIVED IN. SO FAR IN 2026, THERE HAVE BEEN 693 CASES OF MEASLES IN 38 COUNTIES RESULTING IN 4 DEATHS.
ATV ENTHUSIASTS ARE EXCITED ABOUT 6 NEW CONNECTOR ROUTES THAT ARE NOW OPEN DURING THE DAY IN ELK COUNTY. THE ROUTES CONNECT THE ELK COUNTY TRAIL OF DREAMS WITH THE NORTHCETRAL REGIONAL ATV TRAIL. THE TRAILS ARE MEANT TO GIVE RIDERS MORE WAYS TO GET BETWEEN THE TRAIL SYSTEMS AND OTHER LOCAL DESTINATIONS. THEY’LL BE OPEN UNTIL SEPTEMBER 27TH BEFORE CLOSING FOR THE SEASON.
EVERYONE IS OK AFTER A WILLIAMS STREET HOME WAS FULL OF SMOKE ON MONDAY AFTERNOON IN BRADFORD. FIRE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS SAY IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE THAT CAUSED THE INCIDENT. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.
38-YEAR-OLD JARED STEINER OF BROCKPORT WAS INVOLVED IN A SINGLE-VEHICLE CRASH ON AUGUST 28TH. STATE POLICE SAY THE INCIDENT OCCURED AT 10:30AM ON HICKORY ROAD. STEINER WAS TRAVELING SOUTH, DRIVING A UTV THAT HAD BEEN STOLEN FROM A RESIDENCE EARLIER WHEN HE VEERED OFF THE ROAD AND STRUCK A CULVERT. TROOPERS SAY THAT STEINER SUFFERED SERIOUS HEAD INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.
THE FIRST MEASLES-RELATED DEATH HAS BEEN REPORTED IN JEFFERSON COUNTY. ACCORDING TO COUNTY CORONER, GREG FURLONG, A 40-YEAR-OLD WOMAN PASSED AWAY OVER THE WEEKEND FROM COMPLICATIONS OF THE DISEASE. THE OVERALL CONCERN OVER THE RISE IN MEASLES CASES IN PENNSYLVANIA CONTINUES. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ENCOURAGES EVERYONE TO GET VACCINATED, IF NOT ALREADY.
A MAN, WHO WAS WANTED FOR ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN, HAS BEEN ARRESTED AFTER AVOIDING POLICE. 23-YEAR-OLD DAKOTA WALLACE WAS CAPTURED IN TONAWANDA, NEW YORK LAST WEEK. HE HAD BEEN WANTED FOR ALLEGEDLY ABANDONING YOUNG CHILDREN IN A HOTEL ROOM LAST MONTH.
A BRADFORD MAN IS JAILED TODAY AFTER HE WAS ARRESTED LAST WEEK DURING AN ONLINE PREDATOR STING. 34-YEAR-OLD CHARLES TAYLOR HAD BEEN CONVERSING WITH A DECOY, POSING AS A 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL, SINCE MARCH OF THIS YEAR. DURING THE CHATS, TAYLOR ALLEGEDLY SENT INAPPROPRIATE PICTURES TO THE DECOY. THE ONLINE PREDATOR GROUP “WOLFPACK PRED HUNTA” REFERRED THE CASE TO BRADFORD POLICE.
43-YEAR-OLD CRYSTAL WATKINS AND 30-YEAR-OLD WESLEY WILLIAMS, BOTH OF CLARION PLED GUILTY TO ANIMAL CRUELTY ON SEPTEMBER 2ND AND WERE SET FREE ON $1500 BAIL. THE CHARGES DATE BACK TO JANUARY 23RD WHEN TROOPERS FOUND A ONE-YEAR-OLD EMACIATED PITBULL CONFINED IN A CAGE THAT WAS FILLED WITH URINE AND FECES IN A MOTEL ROOM IN MONROE TOWNSHIP WHERE THE COUPLE WAS LIVING. THE DOG WAS TURNED OVER TO THE TRI-COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER FOR TREATMENT OF LONG-TERM EXPOSURE TO WASTE AND NAIL GROWTH THAT IMPEDED THE DOG FROM WALKING. WATKINS AND WILLIAMS ARE SCHEDULED FOR SENTENCING ON OCTOBER 7TH.
50-YEAR-OLD TERRANCE GEER OF TIONESTA IS FACING FELONY CONTRABAND CHARGES AFTER STAFF FOUND A BAG OF METHAMPHETAMINE WHILE PROCESSING HIM INTO THE CLARION COUNTY JAIL. WHEN GEER WAS ASKED IF HE HAD ANY DRUGS OR WEAPONS ON HIM, HE REPLIED THAT HE DID NOT. DURING A SEARCH, THEY FOUND JUST OVER 2 GRAMS OF THE DRUG. GEER TOLD THEM HE WASN’T AWARE OF HOW IT GOT INTO HIS WALLET AND THAT IT MUST BE HIS GIRLFRIEND’S. HE REMAINS BEHIND BARS AND IS AWAITING HIS PRELIMINARY HEARING DATE.
THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING INTO AN ACCIDENT ON MARKET STREET IN NORTH WARREN THURSDAY AFTERNOON. ACCORDING TO REPORTS, IT HAPPENED IN THE NEAR TRACTOR SUPPLY. MULTIPLE INJURIES WERE REPORTED, INCLUDING THE NEED FOR A HELICOPTER. CREWS HAD TO CLEAN UP SOME LIQUID THAT SPILLED FROM THE INCIDENT. NO FURTHER DETAILS ARE KNOWN AS OF NOW.
45-YEAR-OLD ROBERT WOODS, JUNIOR OF SUMMERVILLE IS FACING BURGLARY CHARGES AFTER STATE POLICE RECOVERED A STOLEN SAFE FROM HIS RESIDENCE. THE VICTIM REPORTED THE BURGLARY ON MONDAY AFTER RETURNING BACK FROM FLORIDA. POLICE SAY THE BLACK SENTRY SAFE CONTAINED BANK BAGS, ENVELOPES, PHOTOS, COINS AND BETWEEN $75 AND $100,000 CASH. WOODS CLAIMED THAT HE TOOK THE MONEY BECAUSE HE OWED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO SOMEONE INVOLVED IN DRUG TRAFFICKING. HE’S IN THE JEFFERSON COUNTY JAIL ON $50,000 BAIL.
A CLEARFIELD MAN IS BEHIND BARS AFTER ALLEGEDLY BREAKING INTO A CLEARFIELD BUSINESS. POLICE SAY IT HAPPENED MONDAY AT STARZ ATHLETICS WHEN 22-YEAR-OLD JOSEPH MCQUADE WAS REPORTEDLY SPOTTED ON SURVEILLANCE VIDEO INSIDE. POLICE SAY THAT MCQUADE TOLD THEM HE BELIEVED THE BUILDING WAS ABANDONED. HE’S FACING BURGLARY AND CRIMINAL TRESPASS CHARGES.
POLICE HAVE CHARGED 19-YEAR-OLD CAYDEN WAGNER OF DUBOIS WITH FELONY BURGLARY CHARGES AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY ENTERED AN ABANDONED HOME WITH A GROUP OF JUVENILES. STATE TROOPERS ARRIVED AT A RESIDENCE ON 6TH STREET AT JUST AFTER 7AM ON AUGUST 23RD AND FOUND WAGNER AND OTHER JUVENILES EXITING THE BUILDING. THEY OBSERVED THAT THE REAR DOOR OF THE BUILDING WAS FORCED OPEN WITH THE INTERIOR DOOR TRIM RIPPED OFF THE WALL. WAGNER IS IN THE JEFFERSON COUNTY JAIL. HIS PRELIMINARY HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 8TH.
53-YEAR-OLD RAYMOND CHAMPLIN OF YOUNGSVILLE WAS ARRESTED ON FRIDAY FOR HAVING UNLAWFUL DISCUSSIONS WITH A MINOR. THE FACEBOOK MESSENGER ACCOUNT THAT CHAMPLIN WAS USING TO COMMUNICATE WAS MANAGED BY AN UNDERCOVER OFFICER POSING AS A 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL. THE INVESTIGATION BEGAN BACK IN MARCH OF 2025 WHEN HE WAS MADE AWARE THAT THE ACCOUNT BELONGED TO A MINOR. THE MESSAGES CONTINUED ON AND OFF THROUGH MAY 31ST OF THIS YEAR. CHAMPLIN ALLEGEDLY SENT LEWD VIDEOS AND COMMENTS DURING THAT TIME. HE REMAINS IN THE WARREN COUNTY JAIL ON $100,000 BAIL.
A PUNXSUTAWNEY WOMAN IS FACING ASSAULT CHARGES AFTER ALLEGEDLY KICKING AN OFFICER. POLICE SAY IT HAPPENED AT THE PUNXSUTAWNEY AREA HOSPITAL ER LAST WEDNESDAY WHEN 59-YEAR-OLD RAYETTE JAMES REPORTEDLY STRUCK OFFICERS AFTER SHE WAS BEING TRANSPORTED AFTER HER ARREST FOR PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS. SHE’S BEHIND BARS IN THE JEFFERSON COUNTY JAIL ON FELONY ASSAULT CHARGES.
GOOD NEWS FOR FALL FOLIAGE ENTHUSIASTS! THE SKYWALK AT KINZUA BRIDGE STATE PARK IS OPEN FOR THE SEASON. THE SKYWALK RE-OPENED LAST WEEK AND WILL REMAIN OPEN, ALONG WITH THE KINZUA CREEK TRAIL, UNTIL HALLOWEEN FOR VISITORS TO GET A VIEW OF THE AREA’S BEST FALL COLORS.
A SENTENCING DATE FOR A PORT ALLEGANY MAN CONVITED OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER HAS BEEN SET. 29-YEAR-OLD BRIAN KUCHINKA WILL BE SENTENCED ON OCTOBER 5TH AFTER A JUDGE RULED THAT THE DEATH OF K-LEIGH HILL-NELSON, IN FEBRUARY OF 2025, WAS PREMEDITATED. KUCHINKA PLEAD GUILTY, BUT ARGUED THAT HE DID NOT MEAN TO KILL HER.
CITY OF BRADFORD POLICE HAVE CHARGED 42-YEAR-OLD JUSTIN HALLOCK WITH FELONY TRESSPASS AND MAKING TERRORISTIC THREATS. HALLOCK ALLEGEDLY BROKE INTO AN APARTMENT ON DAVIS STREET EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND MADE THREATS TO KILL THE RESIDENT AND CLAIMED THAT THE APARTMENT WAS HIS. ALLEGEDLY, HE WAS HEAVILY UNDER THE INFLUENCE AT THE TIME. LATER ON THAT DAY, NEIGHBORS WITNESSED HALLOCK ON THE FRONT AND BACK PORCHES OF THE SAME ADDRESS TRYING TO GET INSIDE AGAIN. HE WAS ARRESTED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE MCKEAN COUNTY JAIL. BAIL WAS SET AT $20,000.
