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Police News – May 23

Child injured in farming accident REBERSBURG — A 3-year-old boy from Miles Township was flown to the hospital after being injured in a farming accident involving a horse-drawn planter, according to state police at Rockview. At 5:07 p.m. May 4, state police were dispatched to 6600 Brush Valley Road in Miles Township to assist EMS with an injured child. The child was treated by local fire and EMS personnel before being flown to Geisinger Danville, where he remains under medical supervision. The investigation remains ongoing, according to police. DUI crash involving drugs WINGATE ...

Sentencings from Clinton County

LOCK HAVEN — The information in sentencings is obtained from public record. It is the policy of The Express that this information will not be withheld from publication. — Richard Vicente, charged with driving under the influence-second offense, fined $1,500, shall attend and complete the Alcohol Highway Safety School and sentenced to 148 days to five years in the Clinton County Correctional Facility. — Brooke Elyse Johnson, charged with simple assault, fined $100, placed on probation for two years and placed on house arrest for five months. — Chelsy Lynn Golden, charged ...

Penn State denies DEI was reason well-known instructor was not promoted

WILLIAMSPORT — An extension educator known for her contributions to the wine industry in Pennsylvania and beyond was denied promotion for a myriad of reasons unrelated to any diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) or speech issues, Penn State says. The university Friday responded to the suit in U.S. Middle District Court by Molly Kelly who claims she was twice denied promotion because she failed to demonstrate sufficient ideological commitment to the university’s “DEI orthodoxy.” She made the allegation in a complaint she filed in February against the Penn State Extension ...

Courthouse Roundup

MARRIAGES — Devany L. Jones to Jon R. Oberle III on May 8. — Lewis Lester Wheeler III to Stacy Lynn Wright on May 11. — Dallas A. Donahay to Crystal Lynn Zbegner on May 11. — Dylan Joseph Evers to Ciboney Starr Krape on May 12. — John Wayne Butler, Jr. to Carolyn Ann Packer on May 12. DIVORCES No divorces were recorded. DEEDS RECORDED — Michael C. Romanesky and Laura Lister to Steven H. Shannon for $380,000, property in Lock Haven. — Justin Williams Real Estate Group, LLC and Justin Williams to WJ Rentals, LLC for $165,000, property in Mill Hall. — ...

LH woman arrested after telling NY man to commit sex acts with infant

A Lock Haven woman was arrested for allegedly telling a New York man to perform sex acts involving an infant and receiving child sex abuse material. Beth Sairs, otherwise known as Beth Young, 41, was arrested by the United States Attorney Jay Clayton, of the Southern District of New York, along with Corey Matthews, 38, of Kent, N.Y. for separate charges related to sexual exploitation of an infant and the receipt and distribution of child pornography. According to a release from Clayton’s office issued this week, Matthews was arrested on May 14 and Saiers was indicted on April ...