Police and Crime News

The former director of a State College area daycare and preschool was charged on Tuesday with child endangerment after witnesses said she aggressively grabbed and dragged children in her care. Ferguson Township police began investigating in January after receiving a report of possible abuse by Sarah E. Yanda-Santana, 54, of York, who served as director…

A 21-year-old man is facing charges for allegedly assaulting an emergency medical technician and causing thousands of dollars in damage to an ambulance on Saturday night in Centre County. Mountain Top Fire Company Ambulance Service was transporting Aaron L. Myers, of Clearfield County, to Mount Nittany Medical Center when he became combative, according to an…

State College police were not involved in a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation on Saturday morning that resulted in one arrest at a local construction site, borough officials said. Video posted to social media by three local immigrant rights groups showed multiple federal agents interacting with two men seated outside an apartment building under…

A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted one of four men charged in a child sexual abuse and human trafficking case in Centre County. Morris W. Reese, 65, of Blair County, is now facing a federal charge of conspiracy to produce child pornography. He is scheduled for arraignment in the U.S. District Court for Middle…

A College Township man is facing charges for allegedly recording and distributing sexually explicit images of a woman without her consent. Steve Guthoff, 64, was preliminarily arraigned on June 11 on misdemeanor counts of invasion of privacy and unlawful dissemination of intimate images. Guthoff, a longtime guidance counselor in the State College Area School District…

The case against a man accused of raping a woman at knifepoint on the Penn State golf course nearly 26 years ago moved forward on Tuesday as he made his first appearance in a Centre County court. Kurt A. Rillema, 54, appeared remotely for his preliminary arraignment from a prison in Michigan, where he has…