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2/4/2012
A fire ripped through Sarris Candies factory in Canonsburg, southwest of Pittsburgh. The building was considered a local landmark Firefighters report that large amounts of chocolate melted on the floor and made moving through the building difficult. Canonsburg Fire Chief Tom Lawrence reported they had guys covered in chocolate, according to a report by WTAE in Pittsburgh.
The fire alarm was reported at 7am on Friday. No injuries were reported. The building was not completely destroyed and despite candy losses chocolate production will continue in a few days as Sarris Candies gears up for the Easter holiday.
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2/4/2012
One person was injured in a crash at 8am on Friday. Mary Frazee, age 45 of Marion Center, was turning onto route 286 from Airport road. Her vehicle hit the right rear side of a 2009 Dodge Ram belonging to Daniel Frey, age 24 of Emporium. Frazee was driving a Crown Victoria and sustained minor injuries despite wearing a seatbelt. She did not receive EMS transport.
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A woman was caught with drugs inside the Jefferson County jail. Cayla Ann Royer, age 29 of Dubois PA, was charged after she was caught with a suspected controlled substance at 4pm on Friday.
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The Indiana Fire Department was dispatched to a crash on south 5th street Saturday morning. The incident was reported at 12:11. Citizen's Ambulance, Indiana Borough Police, and IUP Police were also dispatched.
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2/3/2012
Blairsville man accused of continual harassment
A Blairsville man has been accused of harassing a gas well tender over a period of months when the worker showed up on the suspect’s property.
State police say charges of harassment will be filed against 51-year-old Lee Bevilacqua who lives on a farm off Archibald Road. He’s accused of continually harassing 31-year-old Michael Morgan of Northern Cambria, who works for Key Rock Energy, from July 1st last year through the end of last month. Police don’t say what Bevilacqua’s problem is with Morgan or his company.
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2/3/2012
Convicted in death of Ligonier businessman
Westmoreland County Judge Al Bell yesterday ruled that the prison sentence imposed against a former Army private who murdered a Ligonier man is proper.
22-year-old Anthony Blaine Mowry was sentenced last year to serve 14 years and 9 months to 32-and-a-half years in prison for the brutal killing of 75-year-old William McMichael Jones in September 2008. Jones was stabbed 26 times with a butcher knife and a meat cleaver, and beaten with fists, brass candlesticks, and weighted chimes from a grandfather clock. Mowry then set the home on fire, stole several items to make it look like a robbery, and drove away in Jones’ car. He was later apprehended back at his military base in Texas.
Prosecutors had tried for first degree murder, but succeeded only in getting a conviction for voluntary manslaughter, arson, and robbery. Bell ruled that the sentence was appropriate in consideration of the protection of the public, the gravity of the crime, and the rehabilitative needs of the defendant.
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2/3/2012
IUP grad cites Welch endorsement
He won more votes than any other candidate during the Republican caucus straw polls last month, but IUP graduate Tim Burns yesterday ended his campaign for the U.S. Senate because the state committee endorsed Chester County businessman Steve Welch.
Burns had previously said that without the endorsement, he would pull out of the race. Governor Tom Corbett pressured GOP committee members to back his man, Welch, for the endorsement and suggested Burns would be better suited to run for the U.S. House. Burns ran for the 12th Disitrct seat twice in 2010, losing in a Special Election and then the General Election to Mark Critz. He said yesterday in a prepared statement that he looks forward to working with Corbett in the future to advance the party and the country, but he had earlier said he had no interest in running for the House.
Welch’s biggest remaining challengers in the race for the Republican nomination for Senate are Elderton businessman Tom Smith and former State Representative Sam Rohrer.
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