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Karen Blackledge Mar 9, 2016 The Danville News DANVILLE — Following a three and a half hour preliminary hearing Tuesday afternoon, Montour County District Judge Marvin Shrawder dismissed charges against two North Central Secure Treatment Unit staff members accused of assaulting a 17-year-old boy. After listening to testimony, Shrawder said it was obvious Eddie Rivera, …

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Judge: No proof of crimes despite teen inmate’s injuries By CHRIS KREPICH Press Enterprise Writer DANVILLE — It’s clear a 17-year- old inmate was injured as at least five staffers tried to restrain him at a ju- venile jail last year, but a judge ruled Tuesday there wasn’t enough evidence to prosecute two employees. Keven …

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By Francis Scarcella The Daily Item Jan 6, 2012 Updated Aug 5, 2014 SUNBURY — A jam-packed Shikellamy school board meeting went dead silent Thursday night right before directors voted on whether to fire an assistant wrestling coach who was searching for vindication from allegations he manhandled a student during an Ivy League wrestling practice. …

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By Francis Scarcella The Daily Item Attorney Patrick O'Connell points to his client, suspended assistant coach Bob Supsic during opening remarks. SUNBURY -- Nearly four hours of testimony from witnesses in a public hearing Tuesday night to determine the fate of a Shikellamy assistant wrestling coach accused of manhandling a student after an altercation caught …

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State legislation spurred by the late senator gets support in hearing from area residents BY JASON A. KAHL Or. Kalmen A. Feinberg. left, and his wife, Margaret, of Exeter Township and Patrick O'Connell, their Bloomsburg attorney, meet in Harrisburg after testifying Thursday before the state House of Representatives Insurance Committee on legislation to require dentists …

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By David Weiss WILKES-BARRE -The estate of a 76-year-old man who fell and bled to death was awarded $800,000 in a settlement Wednesday. Edward J. Pucylowski Jr., administrator to the estate of Edward J. Pucylowski Sr., filed suit in 1998 against Mary Alice Vehoski and her nursing-care organization, Nurses Per Diem. Vehoski, according to the …

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