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NEW – Altoona woman denies she’s Massachusetts kidnapper
HOLLIDAYSBURG — A central Pennsylvania woman is fighting extradition to Massachusetts where police have charged her with abducting her 13-month-old niece last month.
An attorney for 38-year-old Alyssa Dawn Johnson, of Altoona, filed a the petition Monday denying she’s the person wanted by police in Swansea, Mass. A Blair County judge must now schedule an extradition hearing for Johnson, who also uses the first name Kimberly, and remains jailed on $1 million bond.
Massachusetts police began seeking Johnson after she allegedly drove away with her half sister’s daughter in the car while the baby’s mother went into a gas station Feb. 18. The baby was found hours later, unharmed and abandoned outside a business in Middletown, Conn.
Johnson claims she wasn’t in Massachusetts that day.
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Helper guilty of fraud
A Cambria County jury took only an hour Wednesday to find a part-time handyman/caregiver guilty on all counts for misappropriating $668,518 from 2000 to early 2008 from an elderly woman who thought of him like a son.
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Youth freed in stabbing
A 15-year-old boy accused of stabbing another youth in a dispute over money was expected to be released from jail Wednesday, and the case likely will be heard in juvenile court.
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Health reform is here to stay, government official declares
Health-care reform is not going anywhere, a regional director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services told a lunchtime business meeting Wednesday.
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Officer charged with assault to be assessed
A Windber police corporal suspended after he was accused of assaulting a woman will be assessed by a batterers intervention group, authorities said.
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Camp PARC offers fantasy, adventure
Camp PARC counselors and campers joined together to play instruments and sing songs Wednesday, embodying the emotion behind the camp with the song lyrics: “It starts in the heart.”
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In brief: Free dinner planned at Windber church
A free community dinner will be served from 3 to 5:30 p.m. Saturday at Windber Calvary United Methodist Church, 1800 Stockholm Ave.
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Critz seeks attendance at ARMTech showcase
U.S. Rep. Mark Critz, D-Johnstown, is urging western Pennsylvania businesses to participate in the 12th annual ARMTech Showcase of Industry and Technology that will be held Aug. 18-20 in Kittanning, Armstrong County.
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