Patton Township police arrested a 23-year old Philadelphia man recently after a disorderly conduct call. According to police, a man had pointed a handgun at another man and took some cash from his wallet. The police settled on the Philadelphia man as the suspect. If...
Month: February 2018
Road rage by passenger sends woman to hospital, man to jail
Often enough, criminal acts are the result of unmanaged anger. We've all heard of road rage, where an angry driver overreacts to a stranger's irritating driving habits. Sometimes the events escalate to the point where the two drivers pull off the road and argue, or...
How long should a defendant be held if they can’t afford bail?
A 25-year-old State College woman is seeking a bail modification because procedures in her case have become complex and time-consuming. The woman, who was charged in connection with a drug-overdose death last year, was originally given straight bail of $150,000, which...
Could lower drug charges reduce the racial sentencing disparity?
Across the U.S., minorities face apparently race-based disparities in every part of the criminal justice system. They tend to be contacted by police, arrested, charged, and convicted at higher rates than whites despite being no more likely to commit crimes than their...
PSU student charged with burglary: Is that necessary?
A recent arrest of a Penn State student should give many parents and students pause about how law enforcement can choose to throw someone’s future into doubt through their charging decisions. According to multiple news reports, a 19-year-old male PSU student was...