CRIME & SAFETY
Suspect arrested after hours-long standoff in Altoona
UPDATE: 45-year-old Al Mu Min Yusef Diaz has been taken into custody by Altoona Police. Officers on the scene said the area is now safe. Police said they took Diaz in for allegedly fighting with his ex-wife and allegedly threatening to shoot and kill her. Police noted he was not to possess any firearms due […]
4 arrested in early morning Blair County drug bust
ALTOONA, Pa. (WTAJ) — An early morning drug bust led to the arrest of two Altoona residents and two from Philadelphia. Logan Township police, assisted by state police SERT, searched a home at 3956 Colonel Drake Highway in Logan Township Tuesday, April 16, at around 6 a.m. The search came after officers got a tip […]
Altoona man accused of providing drugs in deadly 2023 overdose
BLAIR COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — An Altoona man is facing felony charges after he was accused of selling drugs to another man who died from an overdose in 2023. Hollidaysburg Borough police said Dalton Snyder, 31, was the last person to have contacted the man before he died when he sent numerous text messages about […]
Altoona man found with knives on school property after multiple incidents, police report
ALTOONA, Pa. (WTAJ) — After multiple reported similar incidents to police, an Altoona man was charged with having knives on school property. Vincent Lee Stone Jr., 68, was charged for the incident at the Altoona Public Library, property of the Altoona Area School District, on Feb. 5, when he allegedly went into the library with […]
One person struck by vehicle in Hollidaysburg
HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. (WTAJ) — One person was struck by a vehicle on Thursday in Hollidaysburg. According to emergency officials, they were called at around 7:30 p.m. to Garber Street in Hollidaysburg on April 18. A firefighter on scene said that an older woman was hit by a vehicle, but could not provide any details about […]
Younger brother pleads guilty to 2021 murder in Blair County
BLAIR COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) Nearly three years after a man was stabbed to death, his younger brother pleaded guilty. Vasudev Aswathappa, now 21 years old, pleaded guilty Monday, April 15, to the third-degree murder of his 24-year-old brother in 2021, when he was just 18. He’s now facing 20 to 40 years in prison, according […]
Blair County man hit person with SUV, did doughnuts in driveway, Troopers said
BLAIR COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — An argument turned into aggravated assault charges after a Roaring Spring man allegedly hit a person with his SUV while doing doughnuts, state police said. Michael David Digiacobbe, 34, was arrested and charged after an incident around 10:15 p.m. Tuesday, April 16. Troopers were called to a home on Bed […]
DUI Checkpoints set in Central Pennsylvania
(WTAJ) — The DUI task force will be conducting multiple events this week to help prevent driving under the influence in Pennsylvania. These events include sobriety checkpoints, roving patrols and cops in shops, including posing as employees at beer distributors in Pennsylvania. Sobriety checkpoints are well-lit and manned by uniformed officers. Roving patrols utilize uniformed […]
Police: Teen arrested at school after store burglary in Tyrone
TYRONE, Pa. (WTAJ) — More than $1,000 in vapes was stolen from a convenience store in Tyrone and police said a 16-year-old suspect was arrested when he showed up at school. Tyrone police said they were called around 5:21 a.m. on April 16 to Tyrone Convenience Store at the corner of Adams Avenue and W. […]
Questions raised after federal investigation of Cambria County Prison
EBENSBURG, Pa. (WTAJ) – New questions and concerns about security at the Cambria County Prison have been raised following the removal of multiple federal prisoners prompted by an FBI raid of the facility in February. An investigation led by the Cambria County District Attorney’s Office into numerous inmates has been turned over to federal authorities, […]
Charges Will Be Dropped For SFU Linebackers Accused Of Rape In PA
Marcel Mami, of Fredrick, MD, and Daunte White, of Wharton, NJ, were first arrested following a nearly six-month-long investigation on Tuesday, January 24, as Daily Voice previously reported. The Loretto Borough police originally explained that an unnamed Cambria County woman came forward during the summer following the assault at a...
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