Police and Crime News

Patton Township police they had to use a taser to subdue a Centre County man who fled after being detained for stealing cheese from a supermarket, then led officers on a foot chase and attempted to enter two vehicles in the parking lot. Jeremy M. Zelenky, 40, was also found to be in possession of…

A Chester County man is facing charges for allegedly entering a State College apartment without permission, stealing liquor and later assaulting medical personnel after he was found intoxicated on a sidewalk. Manuel A. Deleon-Garcia, 22, was charged Thursday with three felony and four misdemeanor counts stemming from the alleged incidents over State Patty’s weekend in…

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement took an individual into custody on Wednesday in College Township, State College police confirmed, but the borough department says it played no role in the operation. Centre County Rapid Response Network, an immigrant rights advocacy group that monitors ICE activity in the area, reported that a man described as a…

A Centre County man was charged on Monday after police said he manufactured crystal methamphetamine inside his Boalsburg residence. State College police officers investigating a bicycle theft in January 2025 executed a search warrant at a home on the 700 block of Linden Hall Road, where David L. Ott, 60, was the only person on…

Two teens are facing felony charges for allegedly robbing a man at gunpoint outside a Ferguson Township apartment complex in December. Ezekiel M.S. Williams, 18, of Altoona, was among the individuals who brandished firearms and stole a man’s $1200 diamond necklace after leaving a party at an apartment at The Yards around 2 a.m. on…

A man is facing animal cruelty charges after he admitted to killing and burying his dog on a relative’s Centre County property, according to state police at Rockview. Marvin S. Williams Jr., 38, of Blair County, told troopers that he shot his elderly American bulldog in the ear after it bit his thumb while he…