Today's News-Monday, June 22, 2009

KASKA WOMAN FACING CHARGES ALL OVER

AN EARLY MORNING STOP BY STATE POLICE HAS LANDED A KASKA WOMAN IN TROUBLE. 25 YEAR OLD ALLISON FERNANDO WAS STOPPED FOR A TRAFFIC VIOLATION AND WAS SUSPECTED OF DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE, AND WAS ALSO WANTED IN BERKS COUNTY FOR A SIMILAR OFFENSE. FERNANDO FAILED FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS, BUT REFUSED TO SUBMIT TO A CHEMICAL TEST AT THE HOSPITAL. IN ADDITION, TROOPERS FOUND A SMALL AMOUNT OF POT ON A PASSENGER IN FERNANDO'S CAR. FERNANDO IS IN COUNTY PRISON ON A DETAINER FROM BERKS COUNTY. THE NEW CHARGES WILL BE FILED IN DISTRICT JUDGE PLACHKO’S OFFICE.

DAMS GET DOLLARS

AS A PIGGYBACK TO LAST WEEKS ANNOUNCEMENT OF FUNDING TO REPAIR TAMAQUA AREA DAMS, THREE MORE WILL GET MONIES FROM PA'S HIGH HAZARD UNSAFE DAM PROGRAM. JUST SHY OF $12 MILLION DOLLARS WAS ANNOUNCED BY FEDERAL AND STATE OFFICIALS AT THE SCHUYLKILL COUNTY MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY IN POTTSVILLE TODAY. THE AUTHORITY OWNED DAMS, KAUFFMAN RESERVOIR AND MOUNT LAUREL DAM IN NEW CASTLE TOWNSHIP, AND THE INDIAN RUN DAM IN BRANCH TOWNSHIP ARE GETTING THE MONIES FOR REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS. SCHUYLKILL COUNTY MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY GENERAL MANAGER DAVE HOLLEY SAYS THE DAMS ARE SHOWING THEIR AGE:

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TOTAL FUNDING FOR THE 5 DAMS WAS MORE THAN $17 MILLION DOLLARS.

INTERNET PREDATOR NABBED

A MT CARMEL MAN IS LOCKED UP AFTER USING THE INTERNET TO SEXUALLY PROPOSITION WHAT HE THOUGHT WERE TEENAGEED GIRLS. WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED WAS 40 YEAR OLD RANDY HART SENT NUDE PHOTOS AND ASKED TO MEET UP WITH TWO AGENTS OF THE PA CHILD PREDATOR UNIT. HART MADE CONTACT WITH THE AGENTS POSING AS THE GIRLS ON JUNE 10TH. HES NOW LOCKED UP IN NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY ON $50-THOUSAND-DOLLARS BAIL, FACING UP TO SEVEN YEARS IN PRISON AND $15-THOUSAND-DOLLARS IN FINES.

ERIE, PA. (AP) - A RETIRED PENNSYLVANIA SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE
WILL NOT FORFEIT HIS $82,000 ANNUAL PENSION FOR THE INSURANCE FRAUD
THAT LANDED HIM IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR 46 MONTHS. THE PENNSYLVANIA
STATE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM HAS DETERMINED JUDGE MICHAEL
JOYCE'S $440,000 INSURANCE FRAUD CONVICTION WASN'T RELATED TO HIS
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT.

DOYLESTOWN, PA. (AP) - A SUBURBAN PHILADELPHIA WOMAN ACCUSED OF
FAKING HER ABDUCTION AND TAKING HER DAUGHTER TO DISNEY WORLD HAS A
DATE IN COURT. A PRELIMINARY HEARING IS SCHEDULED MONDAY IN BUCKS
COUNTY FOR 38-YEAR-OLD BONNIE SWEETEN. SHE IS CHARGED WITH IDENTITY
THEFT AND MAKING FALSE REPORTS.

PENN HILLS, PA. (AP) - POLICE NEAR PITTSBURGH SAY A 5-YEAR-OLD GIRL AND HER MOTHER RETURNED FROM A MAKE-A-WISH TRIP TO DISNEY WORLD ONLY TO FIND THAT THEIR HOME AND VEHICLE HAD BEEN BURGLARIZED. PENN HILLS POLICE SAY MONEERA OGBOMON REPORTED THE BREAK-IN AFTER RETURNING HOME SUNDAY WITH HER DAUGHTER, MENA SMALL. MENA HAS SKIN CANCER.

STROUDSBURG, PA. (AP) - POLICE SAY A 62-YEAR-OLD NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA MAN SHOT HIS 19-YEAR-OLD SON TO DEATH DURING AN
ARGUMENT ON FATHER'S DAY. AUTHORITIES SAY BERNARD UCKELE KILLED HIS SON JUSTIN WITH A HANDGUN ABOUT 12:45 P.M. SUNDAY IN THE GARAGE OF UCKELE'S HOME IN JACKSON TOWNSHIP.

LEMOYNE, PA. (AP) - HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE DRIVERS SEE PEDESTRIANS WHEN THEY CROSS THE STREET? USE FLAES. THE BOROUGH OF LEMOYNE IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA HAS PLACED PLASTIC BINS FILLED WITH BRIGHT ORANGE FLAGS AT TWO OF ITS BUSIEST INTERSECTIONS. PEOPLE ARE SUPPOSED TO TAKE THE FLAGS, CROSS THE STREET, AND DEPOSIT THEM IN THE BIN ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE.