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A hearing is under way in the case of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, whose trial on 52 child sexual abuse counts starts next week.
As expected, Sandusky is not at the hearing. His attorney, Joe Amendola, previously said Sandusky would not attend the hearing and 6 News spoke to probation officials who said they have no plans to bring Sandusky to the courthouse today.
Judge John Cleland planned the proceeding to take care of any remaining matters and this could be the final hearing before Sandusky's trial on child sex abuse charges. This morning, Cleland again denied a request to delay the start of the trial.
Cleland also permitted reporters to use electronic devices in Courtroom 1, however they may not be used to transmit photographs from the courtroom or to record or broadcast any verbatim account of proceedings while court is in session.
The big talk this afternoon in Centre County was if Sandusky offered a plea bargain. Cleland met with Sandusky and attorneys from both sides for about three hours Tuesday afternoon. 6 News does not know if there was any talk of a plea bargain, but it may have been brought up.
The 68-year-old former Penn State defensive coordinator denies the allegations against him.
Sandusky's lawyers and state prosecutors are scheduled to start picking jurors from a pool of residents of the State College area on Tuesday. Officials said the trial will not start before June 11 and deciding on a jury is expected to take some time.
In another development on Wednesday, the attorney for alleged Victim 6 has requested that his identity be concealed during trial. Four other alleged victims -- known as Victims 3, 4, 5 and 7 -- made that same request on Tuesday.
Lawyers for alleged Victims 3, 5 and 7 filed motions asking Cleland to prevent identities of alleged victims from being disclosed publicly. Lawyers for Victim 4 are asking for a pseudonym to be used for him during the upcoming trial.
The lawyers for Victims 3 and 7 say Sandusky's lawyer isn't opposed, but they haven't heard back from state prosecutors.
Victim 4's lawyers said his psychologist is worried about what effect disclosure of his name will have on his well-being.
Cleland is also expected at Wednesday's pretrial hearing to issue a decorum order that will address issues raised by the widespread public interest and media attention the case has generated.
6 News is in the courtroom and will bring you the latest tonight starting at 5 p.m. Stay with 6 News, WJACTV.com and WJACTV.com for continuing coverage.
Wed, 30 May 2012 10:12:13 -0400
Neighbors living on Franklin Street in Johnstown are fired up over a car slamming into a homeowner's front porch -- for the fifth time.
At the intersection of Franklin Street and Hystone Avenue in Ferndale Borough sits a row of houses.
Three of those houses have had a car end up on their front porch, and some more than once.
"I fear for their lives... everyday. Whether it's summer, winter, rain, anytime, I fear terribly for them."
Cristy Gerber has lived on Franklin Street at the bottom of Hystone Avenue for nearly a decade.
In the past three years, she's had a car end up on her front porch twice.
"The first time it was hit, it took off the corner of the porch," Gerber explained. "The second hit took out our entire porch... the roof… it knocked in part of our house. My son was sitting in the house in a chair, up against the wall that was knocked in."
She said she's in fear for her kids' safety, but she isn't the only one.
Karen Allshouse lives next door and has had the same thing happen to her.
The first time she said someone coming down the hill from Hystone Avenue couldn't stop and plowed right into her porch.
But the second time Allshouse said, "somebody was stopped to turn up somebody came down from the Riverside area. He was drunk. He didn't want to hit the car so he ran into my house."
Allshouse said between both hits, it has cost her nearly $3,000 in repairs.
Most recently, a car ran into the porch of a third house Tuesday afternoon and neighbors agree, enough is enough.
"Pedestrian traffic has increased tremendously and somebody's going to get hurt; Somebody's really going to get hurt," Allshouse said.
"Or, if one of my children are walking up and down the street they could get hit, very easily, get hit and killed," Gerber said.
Police said the man who drove into the porch Tuesday apparently lost his brakes and couldn't stop.
Neighbors told 6News they are so fed up with the constant crashes, they plan on addressing borough council next month.
Tue, 29 May 2012 23:44:22 -0400
The Jones family in Clearfield County is without water Tuesday evening, and it isn't because of the hot weather.
Larry Jones, who owns a home along Scotts Road in Ginter, told 6 News that on Tuesday morning he woke up to no water.
Ginter, which is located in Gulich Township, is just south of Houtzdale.
Less than 2,500 feet from Jones' home, Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. has been drilling a gas well.
Jones told 6 News that he had a water well dug on his property back in 2007.
Three weeks ago, Jones noticed that water from his well started to trickle.
Before the company began drilling, neighbors within a close proximity to where the gas well was to be drilled were notified by the company.
Jones said that he was not made aware of the upcoming drilling.
Under what is now law, companies must notify property owners who live within 3,000 feet of a permitted well. Prior to the bill being signed into law, companies only had to notify those within 1,000 feet.
This new legislation passed in February in the Pennsylvania House by a vote of 101-90.
Jones is upset that he was never notified.
"I don't care what you do. I'm not after gas, you are, just don't mess up my water. That's all I told them...well guess what?" said Jones.
Tuesday morning state Representative Camille "Bud" George contacted officials at the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and Carrizo Oil & Gas.
George told 6 News that both DEP and Carrizo Oil & Gas said that they would send representatives to Gulich Township.
Jones also had the company that drilled his water well come back out to check things. The company had no answers. Jones was told the only reason they could think of why the well was dry was due to the drilling.
"I know what the law says and I know what being responsible is all about. In this case I hope that the county is held responsible. I hope that they do what they should do if in fact they're at fault," said George.
6 News tried contacting Carrizo Oil & Gas but calls were not returned.
Jones said that he and his family only have bottled water. The family rented a portable restroom on Tuesday. However, they have no idea how they will take showers.
Jones and George are hoping the water situation is fixed soon
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