52-YEAR-OLD JOHN HODGDON IS FACING NEARLY 100 FELONY CHARGES AFTER ALLEGEDLY HAVING SEX WITH A 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR. TROOPERS RECEIVED A SEARCH WARRANT FOR HIS PHONE AND FOUND 29 NUDE PHOTOS OF THE VICTIM. THEY ALSO CONDUCTED
FORENSIC TESTS AND FOUND HODGDON’S DNA ON THE VICTIM’S CLOTHING. HE IS CURRENTLY IN THE MCKEAN COUNTY JAIL ON $750,000 BAIL.

65-YEAR-OLD MARK WILSON OF KANE WAS SENTENCED TO 5-10 YEARS
INCARCERATION AND 3 YEARS PROBATION ON INDECENT ASSAULT CHARGES. HE WILL ALSO BE REGISTERED AS A SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATOR. IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR, WILSON PLED GUILTY TO TWO COUNTS OF INDECENT ASSAULT UNDER THE AGE OF 13 AND CORRUPTION OF A MINOR.

AFTER STARTING OUT AS A VOLUNTEER WITH THE BRADFORD TOWNSHIP
VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT IN 2012, BRETT BUTLER IS NOW THE NEW FIRE CHIEF FOR THE CITY OF BRADFORD. HE WAS SWORN IN EARLIER THIS WEEK AFTER FORMER CHIEF ERIC TAYLOR MOVED INTO THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR ROLE.

A JEFFERSON COUNTY MAN IS FACING SEVERAL CHARGES AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY THREATENED A COUPLE WITH AN AXE LAST SUNDAY EVENING IN BROOKVILLE BOROUGH.  POLICE THERE SAY 40-YEAR-OLD JESSE MCNUTT ADMITTED TO WAVING THE AXE AT THE VICTIMS THROUGH HIS VEHICLE WINDOW.  THE VICTIMS SAY THIS WASN’T THE FIRST GO-AROUND WITH MCNUTT THREATENING THEM.  HE’S BEHIND BARS IN THE JEFFERSON COUNTY JAIL TODAY AND DUE IN COURT NEXT WEEK.

A RIDGWAY WOMAN IS RECOVERING AFTER A 1-VEHICLE ACCIDENT WEDNESDAY EVENING IN SPRING CREEK TOWNSHIP, ELK COUNTY.  STATE POLICE SAY 38-YEAR-OLD JESSICA GATES TRIED TO AVOID A DEER ON PORTLAND MILLS ROAD AND ENDED UP STRIKING A DITCH.  GATES WAS TAKEN TO PENN HIGHLANDS DUBOIS FOR TREATMENT OF SUSPECTED MINOR INJURIES.  A PASSENGER IN THE VEHICLE WAS NOT HURT.

36-YEAR-OLD ALEXANDER ODONNELL-FRICH OF PITTSBURGH HAS BEEN CHARGED AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY LED POLICE ON A HIGH-SPEED CHASE IN THE AREA OF WAYNE ROAD IN DUBOIS. ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT, ON MARCH 15TH, LAW ENFORCEMENT WORKING SURVEILLANCE OBSERVED A GRAY GMC PICKUP TRUCK WITH TINTED WINDOWS IN THE PARKING LOT OF QCARE. THE FEMALE PASSENGER INSIDE WAS WANTED ON SEVERAL WARRANTS. WHEN OFFICERS TURNED ON THEIR LIGHTS AND ATTEMPTED TO PULL THEM OVER, THEY DID NOT STOP AND CONTINUED TO DRIVE RECKLESSLY, AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. A PRELIMINARY HEARING HAS NOT BEEN SCHEDULED.

PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE IN MARIENVILLE ARE ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN THE INVESTIGATION OF PUPPIES BEING FOR SALE ON FACEBOOK IN EXCHANGE FOR APPLE GIFT CARDS IN FOREST COUNTY. TROOPERS RECEIVED THE REPORT AT AROUND 8:15PM ON APRIL 10TH AND LEARNED THAT A GIFT CARD VALUED AT $50 WAS STOLEN FROM A 55-YEAR-OLD MARIENVILLE WOMAN. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS URGED TO CONTACT THE STATE POLICE.

THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE OSWAYO VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT IS FACING CHARGES OF FILING FALSE REPORTS.  ACCORDING TO POLICE, 38-YEAR-OLD JED HAMBERGER, OF BRADFORD, ALLEGEDLY MADE THE REPORTS BACK ON APRIL 11^TH.  NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ABOUT THE CASE.

STATE POLICE HAVE FILED CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST 31-YEAR-OLD JOSHUA THOMPSON OF PHILADELPHIA AFTER ALLEGEDLY HOLDING A WOMAN AGAINST HER WILL IN CLARION TOWNSHIP ON APRIL 19TH . THE VICTIM TOLD POLICE THAT SHE HAD A PHYSICAL ALTERCATION WITH THOMPSON AND WAS NOT ALLOWED TO LEAVE AN APARTMENT ON ROBINWOOD DRIVE. TROOPERS TOOK HIM IN TO CUSTODY AND, DURING A SEARCH, FOUND A SMALL CLEAR PLASTIC BAG CONTAINING MARIJUANA. THOMPSON REMAINS IN THE CLARION COUNTY JAIL UNABLE TO POST $25,000 MONETARY BAIL.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR ELK, MCKEAN, CAMERON, CLEARFIELD AND WARREN COUNTIES. SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE THAT COULD IMPACT CROPS AND SENSITIVE VEGETATION. POTTED PLANTS SHOULD BE BROUGHT INSIDE.

THE WOODCHIPS WILL BE FLYING IN RIDGWAY OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS THE 2024 RIDGWAY CHAINSAW CARVERS RENDEZVOUS GETS UNDERWAY AT THE RIDGWAY MILLS CAMPGROUND ON WEDNESDAY.  FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE EVENT, YOU CAN VISIT CHAINSAW RENDEZVOUS DOT COM. 

AFTER REVIEWING ALL FACTS OF THE INCIDENT, WARREN COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY, ROB GREENE, HAS DETERMINED THAT AN OFFICER WAS JUSTIFIED IN SHOOTING A SUSPECT LAST MONTH IN FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP.  GREENE SAID THE INCIDENT HAPPENED DURING A “HIGH-RISK” SEARCH WARRANT INTO DRUG ACTIVITY.  THE SUSPECT WAS GIVEN A COMMAND TO DROP THE GUN HE HELD, BUT DID NOT, AND MADE A SUDDEN MOVEMENT WITH THE WEAPON, CAUSING THE OFFICER TO RESPOND WITH ONE SHOT, STRIKING AND KILLING THE SUSPECT. 

37-YEAR-OLD COREY SHUCKERS OF REYNOLDSVILLE HAS BEEN CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH THE THEFT OF A FOUR-WHEELER
FROM A MAINTENANCE GARAGE AT THE DUBOIS AIRPORT. AIRPORT RECORDS SHOW THAT SHUCKERS ENTERED GATE 2 ON MARCH 16TH , A DAY THAT HE WAS NOT SCHEDULED TO WORK. TROOPERS SPOKE TO A CO-WORKER WHO SAID SHUCKERS ASKED TO BORROW HIS TRAILER ON MARCH 16TH . VIDEO FOOTAGE SHOWS SHUCKERS VEHICLE TOWING THE TRAILER AND THE MISSING ATV AWAY FROM THE AIRPORT AT AROUND 8:45PM. UNSECURED BAIL WAS SET AT $20,000.

IT’S PRIMARY ELECTION DAY IN PENSYLVANIA. IF YOU HAVE A MAIL-IN BALLOT, IT MUST BE COMPLETED PROPERLY AND RETURNED TO THE  ELECTION OFFICE IN YOUR COUNTY BEFORE POLLS CLOSE AT 8.

RIDGWAY BOROUGH POLICE CHIEF, SHAWN GECI, IS ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE, WITH PAY, UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.  RIDGWAY BOROUGH COUNCIL IS SET TO MEET WEDNESDAY, MAY 1^ST, AT 5PM TO ADDRESS THE MOVE.  NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS RELEASED BY OFFICIALS WITH THE COUNTY. 

TWO PITTSBURGH RESIDENTS ARE RECEIVING CARE AS THE RESULT OF AN EARLY SUNDAY MORNING ATV ACCIDENT IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.  STATE POLICE TELL US IT HAPPENED ON GILBERT ROAD IN WARSAW TOWNSHIP WHEN 44-YEAR-OLD TROY JOHNSON LOST CONTROL ON A DIRT ROAD CURVE, CAUSING THE UNIT TO STRIKE A TREE.  BOTH JOHNSON AND A PASSENGER WERE FLOWN TO PENN HIGHLANDS DUBOIS FOR TREATMENT. 

AN ENTRIKEN, PA MAN IS RECOVERING TODAY FOLLOWING A TRACTOR-TRAILER ACCIDENT LAST FRIDAY IN HUSTON TOWNSHIP, CLEARFIELD COUNTY.  STATE POLICE SAY IT HAPPENED ON HOOVERTOWN ROAD, SOUTH OF EDDIES ROAD, WHEN 55-YEAR-OLD TROY MORNINGSTAR STRUCK A BEAR WITH HIS TRUCK, CAUSING IT TO OVERTURN ON THE ROADWAY.  MORNINGSTAR HAD TO BE EXTRACATED FROM THE UNIT AND HE WAS FLOWN TO PENN HIGHLANDS DUBOIS FOR TREATMENT. 

GAS PRICES REMAIN THE SAME AS LAST WEEK IN THE REGION.  TRIPLE A’S LATEST FUEL REPORT SHOWS THE AVERAGE PRICE IS THE SAME AT 3.85 A GALLON.  THE LOWEST PRICE IN OUR AREA COMES IN CLARION AND BROOKVILLE WHERE IT AVERAGES 3.75 A GALLON BOTH PLACES.

STATE REPRESENTATIVE MIKE ARMANINI IS SET TO HOST HIS CONCEALED CARRY SEMINAR TOMORROW EVENING FROM 6-8 AT THE JOHNSONBURG FIRE HALL.  THOSE WISHING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT CONCEALED CARRY PERMIT LAWS IN PENNSYLVANIA CAN ATTEND, BUT YOU MUST PRE-REGISTER BY CALLING ARMANINI’S ST. MARYS OFFICE AT 814-781-6301. 

ONE IS DEAD AND ONE SERIOUSLY HURT AS THE RESULT OF AN ATV ACCIDENT SATURDAY NIGHT IN TRIUMPH TOWNSHIP, WARREN COUNTY.  STATE POLICE SAY IT HAPPENED ON YOUNGSVILLE ROAD WHEN 29-YEAR-OLD TYLER PRAVLIK, OF SANDUSKY, OHIO, LOST CONTROL OF HIS ATV, CAUSING IT TO OVERTURN MULTIPLE TIMES.  A PASSENGER, 29-YEAR-OLD BRENNA PRAVLIK, ALSO OF SANDUSKY, SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE, TYLER PRAVLIK WAS FLOWN TO UPMC HAMOT IN ERIE FOR TREATMENT OF SUSPECTED SERIOUS INJURIES.