SR middle school math teacher charged

  • By MONICA PRYTS Allied News Staff Writer

SLIPPERY ROCK – A math teacher at Slippery Rock Area Middle School has been suspended after claims that he inappropriately touched four female students – the third time he has been accused of inappropriate behavior at school.

POLICE

Grove City police

Chemical was synthetic pot, prison officials say

SOMERSET, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania officials say a substance that has sickened more than two dozen corrections employees in the past month and led to an ongoing statewide prison lockdown is believed to be a clear, odorless chemical known as synthetic marijuana.

POLICE

State police, Mercer

POLICE

State police, Mercer

Charges proceed against man accused of making locker room videos

Charges proceed against man accused of making locker room videos

  • Allied News Staff

PINE TOWNSHIP — A former Grove City College employee accused of videotaping nude or partially students, alumni and staff in the men’s shower and locker room, waived his preliminary hearing Wednesday and is set to be arraigned in county court in August. 

POLICE

State police, Mercer

Priest charged with sexual abuse of two boys held for trial

HARRISBURG — Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced that a former Catholic priest in the Diocese of Erie was held for trial after he waived his preliminary hearing on charges that he sexually abused two young boys over a period of many years.

Police: Thief double-dipped at outlet store

  • By MELISSA KLARIC Herald Staff Writer

SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP — A Youngstown, Ohio, man already sought in connection with a Valentine’s Day robbery at the Michael Kors store in Grove City Premium Outlets, has been accused of robbing the store again on May 12.

Man caught with videos from GCC locker room

  • By MONICA PRYTS Allied News Staff Writer

GROVE CITY — Police have accused a former Grove City College employee of videotaping students, including members of the football team, and others during a two-year period in the men’s locker room at the school.

COURTS

PRELIMINARY HEARINGS

POLICE

State police, Mercer

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Gunman opens fire at Texas high school

Gunman opens fire at Texas high school

SANTA FE, Texas (AP) — At least one gunman opened fire at a Houston-area high school Friday, killing eight to 10 people, most of them students, authorities said.

POLICE

State police, Butler

Priest faces sex charges

Priest faces sex charges

  • By KEITH GUSHARD Meadville Tribune

A priest of the Catholic Diocese of Erie has been charged with multiple counts of sexual abuse against two young boys over a period of eight years.

Mercer-area man faces rape charges

  • By QUINN SCHWARTZ Herald Staff Writer

MERCER – A Delaware Township man is facing rape charges after a woman said she was sexually assaulted at his home after returning home after a date, police said.

POLICE

State police, Butler