<body><div>After a series of motions and rulings from both the prosecution and the defense, the trial of 26-year-old Reed Thomas Tantlinger of Homer City is scheduled to get underway tomorrow in Indiana County Court.Tantlinger is charged with five felonies: third degree murder, homicide by vehicle while DUI, accidents in which a victim dies, and two DUI offenses, along with a host of summary traffic offenses, in the January 7th, 2023 death of 25-year-old Hunter McCloskey of Homer City.Tantlinger’s pickup truck slammed into McCloskey’s vehicle as McCloskey was making a turn from Route 422 onto Red Pine Road in Pine Township. A group of people, including McCloskey and Tantlinger, had been drinking at a bar and were all going home. Police said Tantlinger was driving at an estimated 107 miles per hour when his truck illegally passed a vehicle behind McCloskey’s, then collided with the victim’s car, ejecting McCloskey and killing him.Tantlinger pled guilty in May of 2025 but five months later his request to withdraw his plea was granted. This will be the third attempt at a trial since then.Tantlinger’s trial is one of about two dozen cases in Indiana County Court tomorrow. A dozen of them are DUI cases.Also on the docket is the trial of 58-year-old Scipio Griffin of Johnstown, who is charged with two felony counts of robbery of a vehicle along with misdemeanor resisting arrest, evading arrest, and simple assault, and summary harassment.Police say that on December 22nd last year, Griffin tried to steal a vehicle in Homer City by pulling a woman out of it, causing her to fall to the pavement. He couldn’t get away with the car, though, because the victim had the key fob with her, so he tried to take another vehicle and failed, instead jumping into the bed of a pickup. The driver stopped in front of the Homer City police station, and when state troopers caught up with them, Griffin tried to run away but he was slowed by a taser and was taken into custody near Ridge Avenue and Route 119.59-year-old Joseph Zemba of Blairsville is scheduled for trial, but is expected to plead to charges for the alleged sexual assault of a woman at a residence in Burrell Township in May of last year. Zemba is accused of removing the victim’s clothing after she passed out from drinking, and of recording the assault. The woman later found the recording. Zemba claims he did not know she was unconscious during the assault.Charges include felony aggravated indecent assault and aggravated indecent assault of an unconscious victim, plus two counts of misdemeanor indecent assault.</div></body>

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After a series of motions and rulings from both the prosecution and the defense, the trial of 26-year-old Reed Thomas Tantlinger of Homer City is scheduled to get underway tomorrow in Indiana County Court. Tantlinger is charged with five felonies: third degree murder, homicide by vehicle while DUI, accidents in...

MONDAY COURT SCHEDULE INCLUDES TANTLINGER TRIAL

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After a series of motions and rulings from both the prosecution and the defense, the trial of 26-year-old Reed Thomas Tantlinger of Homer City is scheduled

MONDAY COURT SCHEDULE INCLUDES TANTLINGER TRIAL

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