CRIME & SAFETY

CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — A Johnstown man is in prison after he allegedly shot a woman who he had previously been in a relationship with. Javon Gee, 27, is facing charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to a report from the Johnstown Police Department. On August 14, officers were dispatched to […]

A 47-year-old Johnstown-area man has been charged in Cambria County after he allegedly fired multiple gunshots at an occupied vehicle in August. According to a probable-cause affidavit, Robert Bingham fired multiple shots from a .40-caliber gun at the vehicle on Aug. 30 near Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center in Johnstown. According...

State police in Bedford County have identified the victim of Wednesday’s early morning fatal crash on the Pleasantville Mountain. Investigators say 43-year-old Matthew Myers, of Johnstown, was killed when his vehicle crossed into the opposite lane of travel and struck a pickup truck head-on. Police say Myers was pronounced...

Katie Smolen, The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa. Sep. 28—EBENSBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has denied the petition for allowance of appeal of a man serving a life sentence in prison for the 2015 murder of his girlfriend in Richland Township. The appeal had been filed on behalf...

BLAIR, COUNTY, PA (WJAC) — A Pennsylvania man, who once served on a school board, was arrested after a cache of drugs and guns were seized from his home and inside storage units, according to the Drug Enforcement Agency. Jason Lynn was arrested by DEA agents following an investigation,...

Windber, PA (WJAC) — Officials with the Windber Area School District say local law enforcement investigated an alleged threat against the school this week. According to a letter sent to students and parents within the district, school officials reportedly learned of the threat rumor on Wednesday afternoon. District Superintendent...

Rolando Pena has been indicted by a grand jury for conspiracy to transport stolen money in interstate commerce and interstate transportation of stolen money.

Lawyers for a New Florence man accused of assaulting a police officer nearly two years ago argued during a hearing Wednesday that Westmoreland County’s criminal trial system is unconstitutional. Assistant public defender Mike Garofalo said the assault and resisting arrest charges against Ray A. Shetler Jr. should be dismissed....

Johnstown, PA (WJAC) — 911 officials in Cambria County say several area crews were dispatched to a house fire Tuesday afternoon in Johnstown's West End. Authorities say firefighters from Johnstown, Richland and West Hills began battling flames at a home along the 1300 block of Maryland Ave. just before 3 p.m.

INDIANA COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) are searching for a man they said broke into a gas station overnight and stole multiple items. Troopers out of the Indiana barracks said a white male forced his way into One Stop in Armagh just before 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 27. The man was caught […]

A semi-truck driver was taken to the hospital following an accident on Interstate 76 Thursday.

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WTAJ) — A man born in Haiti was caught Friday at an airport in Johnstown with numerous fake IDs and a fraudulent green card, police report. Richland police were called Sept. 22 to a TSA checkpoint at John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County Airport where they found 29-year-old Evens Roseme being detained after showing a […]

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — A tragic incident unfolded early Friday morning at Johnstown's Oakhurst Homes, resulting in a man losing his life and a woman sustaining injuries in a shooting. Authorities are actively seeking a city man, Jashon Gordon, who now faces homicide charges in connection with the incident.

Sep. 25—A Baltimore man was ordered to stand trial in the shooting death of a Hornerstown woman who was on the telephone with a Cambria County 911 dispatcher when shots were fired, authorities said. Michael Lyles Jr., 34, was held for trial following a preliminary hearing on Friday before...

A Clarion County woman was stopped by TSA officers at Pittsburgh International Sunday. There was a loaded handgun among her belongings. The .38 caliber revolver was loaded with six bullets.

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Ray Shetler, Jr., who is charged with assaulting an officer as he was being arrested on an outstanding warrant in 2021 in Seward is asking that charges against him be dropped. Shetler was arrested after State Police and County Sheriffs deputies tried to arrest him at a mobile home in Seward for an outstanding warrant for failure to appear at a probation revocation hearing. Officers found him hiding under a folded futon in a mobile home in Seward, and as they were taking him into custody, he allegedly head-butted a sheriff’s deputy and fought with other officers. The deputy suffered head and shoulder injuries that required medical treatment. Shetler was also injured when he was shot in the eye with a taser.

Johnstown, PA (WJAC) — Authorities say one person was taken into custody early Thursday morning following an alleged police raid at a home along Old Hickory Lane, in Upper Yoder Township. Officials say the arrest was part of an investigation by the state attorney general's office. Police say the...

A Bolivar woman was injured in a collision in Clinton County. According to the Pennsylvania State Police, 67-year-old Karen Wyckoff was traveling on I-80 in Lamar Township when she reportedly rear-ended another vehicle, causing disabling damage to her vehicle and minor damage to the other vehicle. Wyckoff was taken by...

Johnstown, PA (WJAC) — Authorities say a Philadelphia shooting suspect was arrested in Johnstown earlier this week. Keon Smith, and two others, were charged after a 5-year-old and his grandfather were shot in June. Police say the shooting took place right outside a busy gas station. Authorities say they...