Police and Crime News

A State College man was arrested early Sunday morning after he allegedly assaulted another man with a box cutter and a Hennessy bottle during an altercation at borough apartment complex. Gannon L. LeCavalier, 21, was charged with a felony count of aggravated assault, misdemeanor counts of simple assault and disorderly conduct and a summary offense…

Updated 12:51 a.m. Dec. 16. Police say a Blair County woman arrested for drunk driving near State College on Saturday night damaged multiple vehicles and other property then assaulted an emergency room nurse. A State College police officer responded at about 11:30 p.m, to the 1000 block of Oakwood Avenue in College Township and observed…

State police have arrested a fourth man in connection with a child sex abuse and human trafficking case in Centre County. James S. Kobuck, 61, of Blair County was charged on Saturday with patronizing a victim of sexual servitude under the age of 18 and filming a sexual act with a child. Three other men…

A State College man on Thursday received the maximum sentence for what federal prosecutors called sexually predatory behavior targeting autistic and nonverbal toddlers. William S. Welsh, 29, was sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of producing child pornography. U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann also ordered that Welsh serve 10…

State police on Wednesday arrested a Centre County man accused of uploading photographs of nude children to an internet image search engine. Cody L. Emel, 37, of Snow Shoe, is charged with 12 felony counts related to child sexual abuse material and two felony counts of criminal use of a communication facility. Microsoft reported to…

State police on Tuesday arrested a Centre County man accused of possessing and sharing child pornography. Hunter K. L. Henney, 22, of Walker Township, distributed images and video depicting child sexual abuse on two social media platforms, according to an affidavit of probable cause. Acting on information provided by the National Center for Missing and…

The owner of a Centre County cleaning company was arrested Friday after police said she stole thousands of dollars from a former customer. Megyn A. Frank, the owner of Happy Valley Elite Cleaning, is accused of using debit and credit card information she had on file to take more $66,780 from a Huston Township man.…

A College Township man is facing felony charges for allegedly commandeering the website of a longtime Centre County race after volunteering to redesign it. The director of the Tussey Mountainback, an ultramarathon and distance relay held in Rothrock State Forest since 2000, told Ferguson Township police that Nicholas K. Bodner, 28, approached him about revamping…

An Ohio man was arrested after police said he was drunk when he crashed his car into an Amish horse and buggy and injured its two occupants Tuesday night in rural Centre County. Jose E. Ortiz, 46, was uncooperative and exhibited multiple signs of impairment when approached by police at the scene of the crash…