WEST KITTANNING — A 31-year-old California man has been jailed on child sex and pornography charges after police say he recorded bondage acts in a hotel room with a 17-year-old western Pennsylvania girl.
Online court records don't list an attorney for Timothy Rodenius, of Ontario, Calif. He was arrested late Wednesday by state troopers from the Kittanning barracks.
Police say Rodenius at first told the girl he was in his teens and later that he was 23 after they met online and began exchanging messages and Skype communications two years ago.
The girl's family reported her missing after he picked her up at her parents' house. Police say they found more than 150 bondage-related sex aids and also video images of Rodenius performing sex acts on the girl in a West Kittanning hotel room.
He faces a preliminary hearing Aug. 15.
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Reported drowning victim was sleeping swimmer
WILLIAMSPORT — A man floating on a central Pennsylvania river was mistaken for a drowning victim — until he sat up.
WNEP-TV reports police and a coroner arrived at the scene Thursday along the Susquehanna River near Williamsport.
Onlookers reported seeing the man floating face-up in a lifejacket just below a dam. The area has seen drownings before.
Turns out the man had fallen asleep while cooling off on a hot summer day.
Swimmer Joseph DeAngelo says he had no idea what was going around him until a dragonfly landed on his nose. Then he sat up.
DeAngelo apologized for the confusion, but says he was living life the best way he knows how.
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Police find missing toddler sleeping in cornfield
WILLOW STREET — Authorities in central Pennsylvania say a missing toddler has been found sleeping in a cornfield not far from her home.
Police say they found the girl Friday morning. She's about 3 years old and had been missing from outside her home in Pequea Township since about 8 p.m. Thursday.
Southern Regional police Chief John Fiorill said authorities began looking for her around 1 a.m., not long after the family called for help.
Police, firefighters, community members, helicopters and dogs were used in the search.
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Philly officer fatally shoots man after struggle
PHILADELPHIA — Police in Philadelphia say an officer fatally a shot a man during a violent struggle after a traffic stop.
Spokesman Lt. Ray Evers says the chain of events began Thursday evening when police pulled over a car in west Philadelphia. A passenger in the car fled, and an officer chased him.
That led to a confrontation in a dead-end alley, where Evers says the man grabbed for the officer's baton and stun gun.
Evers says the officer fired at the suspect, who died at the scene. The man has not yet been identified.
The car's driver took off and was still at large Thursday night. Another passenger stayed and was questioned by police.
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1873 dime costs a pretty penny: Nearly $2 million
PHILADELPHIA — A dime made in 1873 has cost someone a pretty penny: It sold for nearly $2 million at an auction in Philadelphia.
The unique coin was minted in Carson City, Nev., during a one-day run of dimes.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports the anonymous winning bidder paid $1.6 million for the pristine coin, plus a 15 percent buyer's fee.
The 1873-CC "No Arrows" Liberty Seated dime was auctioned during a convention of the American Numismatic Association.
It's part of the Battle Born Collection, which contained one of every coin minted in Carson City before the facility closed in 1893.
All 111 pieces were parceled off Thursday night, fetching a total of nearly $10 million.
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