Girl’s body recovered from lake, day after boating accident

CARBONDALE, PA. » A coroner says the body of a high school senior has been recovered from a Pennsylvania lake, a day after a boating accident.

The Times-Tribune of Scranton said Wednesday that authorities identified the victim as 17-year-old Leah Loomis, a Lakeland High School student.

Authorities say the girl fell off the boat on Newton Lake near Carbondale on Tuesday afternoon.

There were reports the boat struck her, and it’s being investigated by state police and the Fish and Boat Commission.

An autopsy is planned.

Judge: Woman convicted of abuse can’t own pets for 20 years

PITTSBURGH » A judge is telling a Pennsylvania woman convicted of animal cruelty she can’t possess or be in control of any animals for the next 20 years.

An Allegheny County judge on Wednesday put that restriction on 36-yearold Pittsburgh resident Janelle Delarosa.

She was in court to appeal her conviction on summary charges that included eight counts of animal cruelty.

The charges stem from a complaint in October 2013 that Delarosa wasn’t treating an adult dog and seven puppies properly at her home in the Homewood neighborhood. The dogs required extensive veterinary treatment.

The judge is rejecting her appeals and ordering Delarosa to pay $1,200 in fines and $12,000 in restitution.

Court records didn’t list a lawyer for Delarosa, and she didn’t appear to have a home phone listing. Superintendent quits in wake of school district sex scandal PLUM, PA. » A western Pennsylvania school superintendent is resigning effective Oct. 1 in the wake of three male high school teachers who were convicted and sentenced to prison for having sex with three different female students.

The Plum School Board on Tuesday voted to accept Timothy Glasspool’s resignation. The same board also approved paying $300,000 to settle the district’s share of a lawsuit filed by one of the victims.

Terms of Glasspool’s severance package weren’t immediately revealed, nor were details of the legal settlement. The district says the settlement will be revealed once all parties involved sign off on it.

Glasspool was suspended last year while a law firm hired by the school board investigated reports that Glasspool didn’t do enough to document and investigate previous reports of abuse by at least one of the teachers. The law firm cleared Glasspool of wrongdoing.

Borough manager accused of stealing $75,000 heading to trial

CARMICHAELS, PA. » A former borough manager who police say stole nearly $75,000 from the municipality she worked for is heading to trial.

The Observer-Reporter says Brandi Wydo-Streit, of Carmichaels, waived a preliminary hearing on Monday in Greene County. Wydo-Streit had previously been charged with 89 counts each of forgery and theft by unlawful taking.

Police say the former Carmichaels manager forged 89 paychecks for herself between 2012 and 2016. According to prosecutors, the borough’s bank account was frozen last year because of the thefts.

Authorities say WydoStreit acknowledged the thefts her last day at work on Sept. 21, 2016.

An attorney for Wydo-Streit declined to comment on the charges.

Cops: Dad was drinking when he yanked, broke infant’s arm

ARCHIBALD, PA. » Police say an 18-year-old Pennsylvania man told them he’d been drinking all day before he yanked his 6-weekold daughter’s arm while changing her diaper, which investigators say broke it.

Archibald police say Kylie Jacob-Mlyczk (mil-IH’chek) was arrested and jailed Tuesday on charges of aggravated assault, child endangerment and indecent assault.

Police say the suspect was alone watching the girl on Monday when she was injured. Police say the suspect initially told them the girl hurt the arm by rolling over onto it, but police say the child is still too young to roll over on her own. Police say the suspect then acknowledged grabbing the girl’s arm and that he may have tugged it too hard in the process.

Online court records don’t list an attorney for Jacob-Mylczk, who remained in the Lackawanna County jail on Wednesday.

Charges: Lawyer used stolen dementia cash to fund newspaper

CHARLEROI, PA. » Federal prosecutors say a former Pennsylvania attorney stole nearly $624,000 from a client with dementia and pumped about $110,000 of it into a newspaper he bought with other businessmen last year.

The defense attorney for Keith Bassi, of Charleroi, didn’t immediately comment on the mail fraud charges announced Tuesday.

The charges contend Bassi used a power of attorney to steal the money from the dementia patient’s estate from November 2013 and October 2016, and spent some of it on his stake in Mid Mon Valley Publishing. The company was formed to buy the assets of the former Valley Independent newspaper from Trib Total Media. The new company publishes the paper under the name Mon Valley Independent.

The paper’s general manager, Jeff Oliver, said the charges shouldn’t affect the paper’s operation.

3 Trump Cabinet secretaries to visit Pennsylvania this week

HARRISBURG, PA. » The heads of the Interior, Labor and Energy departments under President Donald Trump are coming to Pennsylvania this week for a trio of unrelated events.

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke will visit Valley Forge National Historical Park in King of Prussia on Thursday to learn about the facility and meet staff.

Also Thursday, Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta will tour Signature Building Systems in Moosic to see the modular home builder while Energy Secretary Rick Perry will tour the Jeddo coal mine in Ebervale.

Perry will visit a rare earth elements extraction site, observe anthracite mining operations and take questions from Jeddo employees.

Frontier Airlines adds 4 new destinations from Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA » Frontier Airlines has announced it is adding four new seasonal flights from Philadelphia International Airport next spring.

Philly.com reports the airline will add nonstop flights to Jacksonville, Memphis, Madison and Omaha. The Denver-based company now operates flights to 24 cities from Philadelphia. Service varies, including both seasonal and year-round flights.

Frontier vice president of planning and revenue management Josh Flyr says the airline is pleased to expand service from Philadelphia with more affordable flights.

Philadelphia airport CEO Chellie Cameron says the added flights give travelers more options.

Teen killed in shooting; 11-year-old girl, 2 others wounded

PHILADELPHIA » A 16-yearold boy has been killed and three other people, including an 11-year-old girl, have been wounded in a shooting in Philadelphia.

Police say the boy was shot in the back Tuesday night and pronounced dead at a hospital.

Investigators say the girl suffered an apparent graze wound to the arm, a 19-year-old man was critically wounded by shots to the leg and stomach and an 18-year-old was shot in the torso. All three were hospitalized.

Police did not release any information on a possible motive. No arrests have been announced.

Driver who went to bar after hit-and-run sentenced to prison

ALLENTOWN, PA. » A Pennsylvania man accused of fatally striking a pedestrian then heading to a bar for a drink has been sentenced to up to 10 years in prison.

Thirty-five-year-old Joshua Stockman, of South Whitehall Township, was sentenced Tuesday to three to 10 years on a hit-and-run charge. The Morning Call reports that Judge Kelly Banach said he left 32-yearold Ruby Marrero of Allentown lying like “garbage in the street.”

Police say Marrero was walking to an Allentown corner store when she was hit in February. She died a week later.

Investigators say Stockman drove off after hitting her, ditched his vehicle and went to a bar. He later turned himself in.

Stockman pleaded guilty in August. His lawyer said he has apologized to Marrero’s family.

Judge holds hearing in appeal by disciplined doctors

WILMINGTON, DEL. » A Delaware judge is holding a hearing in an appeal involving three doctors who were disciplined by state regulators.

Wednesday’s Superior Court hearing involves Steven Grossinger, Bruce Grossinger and Jason Brajer of Grossinger Neuropain Specialists, which has offices in Delaware and Pennsylvania.

The three were reprimanded and fined last year by Delaware’s medical licensing board for unprofessional conduct likely to deceive or harm the public.

The secretary of state’s office later fined and suspended certain prescribing privileges of the doctors after concluding that they had improperly administered pain medications to a patient with a history of substance abuse. The man later died of a heroin overdose.

The judge has halted imposition of the secretary of state’s sanctions pending the outcome of the appeal.

Philly police: Fake pizza delivery driver shot man at home

PHILADELPHIA » Philadelphia police have been searching for a fake pizza delivery driver who reportedly shot a man in the back at his home.

Police say the shooting occurred about 1:15 p.m. Tuesday in Mount Airy, which is located in northwest Philadelphia.

Police say the shooter knocked on a door and asked if anyone had ordered a pizza. When the victim said, “No” and tried to close the door, the fake delivery man tried to force his way into the home. When a dog started running toward the shooter from inside the home, the fake deliveryman ran away but fired two shots, one of which hit the 49-year-old victim in the lower back.

Police say they found a pizza box with a half-eaten pie at the scene.

The victim was stable at Einstein Medical Center.

Veteran Pennsylvania TV news anchor retiring after 43 years

JOHNSTOWN, PA. » A veteran Pennsylvania TV news anchor is retiring after spending 43 years at the same station.

Marty Radovanic says his last broadcast with WJACTV will be Oct. 6 at 6 p.m. Radovanic has worked for the Johnstown-based NBC affiliate since 1974.

That’s when he was a staff announcer. Three years later, Radovanic got his on-air break when he helped the station report Johnstown’s devastating 1977 flood. The city was also badly damaged by cataclysmic floods in 1889 and 1936.

Radovanic was born in Cleveland, but moved to the Johnstown area in 1972. He’s been married for 43 years and has two children and six grandsons.

Radovanic also covered the crash of United Flight 93 during the September 2001 terror attacks, and the rescue of nine Quecreek miners trapped underground in 2002, among other stories.

Clemente Museum helping with relief efforts for Puerto Rico

PITTSBURGH » Pittsburgh’s museum honoring Pirates Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente is collecting supplies and money to benefit hurricane victims in Puerto Rico.

The Tribune-Review reports the Clemente Museum is working with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Restaurant Depot for the relief effort. The museum will host an open house on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Visitors are encouraged to bring bottled water, toiletries and first aid supplies. Guests can also tour the museum by donating $21; a nod to Clemente’s uniform number. Proceeds will help the hurricane victims.