Saturday, January 10, 2004

 

Across Pennsylvania ...

From the Allentown Morning Call: Suspect to be tried as adult

An 18-year-old Allentown man charged with raping and killing a 12-year-old girl won't try to get his case transferred to juvenile court but still wants a judge to block the prosecution's use of his statements at trial.

Brian Bahr was 17 when he was charged as an adult with homicide in the February death of Danni Reese of Allentown. His lawyer later filed a request to have Bahr treated as a juvenile.

From the Bloomsburg Press Enterprise: Danville man gets jail for road rage fight

A Danville man received two months in jail Thursday for punching an older man in the head during a road rage confrontation near the Bloomsburg Fairgrounds last September.

Barry Adams, 21, pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment in the Sept. 12, 2002 incident, but said the older man started the fight. Robert Kobilis Sr., 73, of Bloomsburg, was knocked to the ground by the blow and suffered a serious head injury as a result.

From the Johnstown Tribune-Democrat: In protest of healthy food, prisoners go hungry a day

Inmates at SCI-Cresson don’t want healthy food – and the only dieting most of them prefer is starvation, at least for a day. The surprise introduction of healthy dishes – not fried, with lower amounts of sugar and salt – angered about 1,000 prisoners, nearly three-quarters of SCI-Cresson’s inmates, who staged a daylong food boycott last week, authorities disclosed yesterday.

They quit going to the prison dining room to protest what they called “bland-tasting food,” prison spokeswoman Rebecca Reifer said in a telephone interview. Now everyone seems to be happy because they’re back to eating such epicurian delights as Salisbury steak laden with gravy, potatoes, corn, bread and apple sauce, she added.

posted by Anne 1/10/2004 06:49:00 AM