CRIME & SAFETY
‘I beat him’: Victim beaten with fists, toy crossbow at Altoona home, police report
ALTOONA, Pa. (WTAJ) — Bare fists and a toy crossbow were used by an Altoona man to beat a person who was in his house, police said. Altoona police said they were called to the home of 34-year-old John McConnell Jr. just before 9 p.m. Thursday, April 25. Police said they spoke to McConnell, the […]
Fatal I-99 Accident
State police in Centre County say an Altoona man was killed late Friday night in a two-vehicle, head-on crash on Interstate 99 in Worth Township. Investigators say the crash occurred just before 11:30 p.m. Friday as the driver of a Honda Accord was traveling southbound and crossed over the grass median.
Police: Windber man took $14k for projects, left house ‘unlivable’
CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — A Windber contractor is accused of taking $14,000 for renovation projects and then failing to do the jobs. Jeremy Jedrzejey, 45, is accused of taking money from a woman in Cambria County to complete projects in her home, but then leaving multiple rooms in her home ‘unlivable,’ according to a […]
Cambria DA: Two caught with nearly $80k in drugs
CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — Two Johnstown men are facing charges after they were allegedly caught with nearly $80,000 in various drugs, according to Cambria County District Attorney Greg Neugebauer. In Feb. 2024, an investigation into drug trafficking was started in Johnstown, following a Drug Tip Line of suspected drug activity on the 1100 block […]
Police need your help to solve ‘violent’ 2023 Altoona home invasion
ALTOONA, Pa. (WTAJ) — The Altoona Police Department needs your help with any information on a 2023 home invasion that led to the violent assault of a 70-year-old woman. The home invasion happened on the 800 block of 18th Avenue, near UPMC Altoona, around 11 p.m. May 27, 2023. It was reported that multiple suspects […]
New non-profit honors Johnstown K9 killed on duty by providing support to area K9 units
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WJAC) — A new non-profit was just formed in Cambria County that is aimed at supporting K9 units in Cambria County. "K9 Titan's Watch Foundation" was formed in memory of Johnstown police department K9 officer Titan who died in the line of duty in November of 2020.
PA man gets up to 120 years for assaulting, beating woman with flashlight
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WTAJ) — A Pennsylvania man will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars after strangling, sexually assaulting, and beating a woman with a flashlight, Attorney General Michelle Henry announced. Ian Nakonechni, 36, of Greene County, who has at least four prior domestic violence convictions against him, was sentenced to 60 to […]
‘Urban explorers’ plead guilty to trespassing charge
WILKES-BARRE — Two people charged by Jackson Township police with burglarizing a residence along state Route 29 in March pled guilty to misdemeanor trespassing counts Tuesday. Jami William Jones, 28, of Avoca, and Dana Vanessa Dresing, 27, of Forty Fort, were charged with forcing open a padlock basement door...
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