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(Racoon Twp., Pa.)  Pa State Police in Beaver are reporting that they were called to the scene of a One vehicle accident on Pa Route 18 on Frankfort Road in Racoon Township on Saturday Morning at 8:15 AM.
Upon arriving on the scene and investigating Troopers found out that 26-year-old Brandon Cumberledge of Aliquippa was traveling north on Pa. 18 when the tires slipped while negotiating a curve in the 2018 Hyundai Sonata that he was driving. The vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree along the road causing disabling damage to the vehicle.
Troopers reported that Cumberledge requested to be transported to the hospital for possible minor injuries.
Troopers did cite him with not driving a vehicle at a safe speed.

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(Chippewa Twp., Pa.) Pa State Police in Beaver are reporting that they were called to the scene of a One vehicle accident on I-376 Westbound at mile marker 33.1 in Chippewa Township on Saturday Night around 8:10 PM.
Troopers said upon arriving on the scene and investigating that 44-year-old Erica Miranda of Warren Ohio lost control of the 2016 Toyota Camry she was driving on an icy section of the roadway. When Troopers arrived her vehicle was into the hillside.
An unnamed 17-year-old passenger on the vehicle suffered minor injuries but what not transported to the hospital.
Miranda was cited by Troopers with not Driving a Vehicle at a Safe Speed.

(Butler,  Pa.) 38-year-old Kenneth Snyder Jr. of Butler  is facing charges of aggravated assault and making terroristic threats after an incident on Saturday in which he allegedly stabbed a man multiple times in the torso and leg at a residence on Freeport Road.
Snyder threatened to kill responding officers and barricaded himself in a home but was eventually
arrested and is in the Butler County Prison.
The person he stabbed went to the hospital and is in stable condition.

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By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. and TIM REYNOLDS Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Will Smith marched on stage and smacked presenter Chris Rock during Sunday night’s Oscars after Rock made a joke about the appearance of Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. Smith was awarded best actor for his role in “King Richard” moments later and apologized to the academy during his speech. The crowd at the Dolby Theatre hushed as Smith twice shouted at Rock to “keep my wife’s name out of your (expletive) mouth.” Rock made a joke about Pinkett Smith’s shaved head. Pinkett Smith revealed in 2018 that she was diagnosed with alopecia. She has often discussed the challenges of hair loss on Instagram and other social media platforms.

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Keystone State News Connection

March 28, 2022

Emily Scott

Young people in the U.S. were incarcerated in juvenile facilities 240,000 times in 2019, according to a new report, and the research contended current methods significantly underrepresent how many are in detention.

Youth incarceration data is typically measured through a one-day count in late October. The Sentencing Project report estimated at least 80 % of the young people incarcerated are excluded from the count, most prevalent for youth who have been arrested and detained but have not had a court hearing.

Josh Rovner, senior advocacy associate for The Sentencing Project and the report’s author, said getting the data right is critical, especially for youth of color disproportionately impacted by the juvenile justice system.

“Overwhelmingly, these are kids who are charged with low-level offenses,” Rovner reported. “So we are making all of ourselves less safe because kids who are in these facilities are more likely to get arrested again, having been detained the first time.”

In 2020, there were 4,200 secure detention admissions of young people in Pennsylvania, according to state data, a 42% decrease from 2019.

Pennsylvania’s Juvenile Justice Task Force released its final recommendations last year, which included raising the minimum age for when a youth can be tried in juvenile court and diverting young people with low-level cases from the courtroom.

Malik Pickett, staff attorney for the Juvenile Law Center in Philadelphia, said with more youth detention centers closing, there is an opportunity to invest in community-based programs.

“I think Pennsylvania is heavily prioritizing sending youths away and treating them in these residential facilities,” Pickett observed. “When we know the research shows that youths receive better outcomes when they’re treated within their communities and kept in their homes, close to their support and family and friends.”

Sen. Camera Bartolotta, R-Washington, and Sen. Anthony Williams, D-Philadelphia, announced the Juvenile Justice Policy Act in a memo this month, which would limit detention and standardize placement practices with recommendations from the Task Force.