THE BEAVER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WENT ROUND AND ROUND AT THEIR REGULAR WORK SESSION TODAY…DISCUSSING WHAT TO DO ABOUT HIRING A SOLICITOR FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO’S GREG BENEDETTI WAS THERE…AND HAS DETAILS IN THIS REPORT. Click on ‘play’ to hear Greg’s report…
A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to 100 years in prison for what authorities say was the largest collection of child pornography state law enforcement officials have seen. Lawrence Jamieson was sentenced Monday in federal court after pleading guilty in September 2017 to sex crimes and child pornography charges. Authorities say the 59-year-old Jamieson had more than 14.4 million images and videos of children and infants being sexually abused. Jamieson’s stash of images collected over 15 years was discovered when he was arrested on charges he and an accomplice tried to manipulate an underage girl with learning disabilities into performing sex acts on both men. Prosecutors say they filmed and distributed footage of those acts.Prosecutors called Jamieson’s collection “some of the most demented images imaginable.”
Pennsylvania State Police troopers are now under orders to visit schools and colleges every shift in areas where they are the primary police force. Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration made the announcement Tuesday, citing findings from a school safety task force set up in the wake of February’s high school shooting in Parkland, Florida.
Wolf’s administration says school officials requested a stronger police presence.
Troopers are the primary police force in nearly 1,300 municipalities.
Pennsylvania’s attorney general and several lawmakers are trying to apply public pressure ahead of a debate in the Legislature over giving victims of decades-old child sexual abuse another chance to file civil lawsuits. Tuesday’s events at opposite ends of Pennsylvania are designed to marshal lawmakers’ support to enact recommendations in last month’s sweeping grand jury report on child sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church.
THE OHIO RIVER BROWNFIELDS PROJECT IS UNDERWAY IN BEAVER COUNTY…AS WE HEAR IN THIS REPORT FROM BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
WEATHER FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 19TH, 2018
TODAY – THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING…THEN
BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY DURING THE
AFTERNOON HOURS. HIGH NEAR 80.
TONIGHT – CLEAR SKIES. LOW – 58.
THURSDAY – PARTLY SUNNY SKIES. HIGH – 82.
MACY’S NAME IS STILL EVIDENT ON THE BUILDING PURCHASED BY U-HAUL. A CONDITIONAL USE HEARING WAS HELD LAST NIGHT AT THE CENTER TWP. MUNICIPAL BUILDING. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano was there. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
Governor Tom Wolf is pushing state lawmakers to pass several bills recommended by a grand jury that investigated child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. Current PA law doesn’t allow a victim to sue once they turn 30-years-old. A Berks County state representative is suggesting opening a two-year window in which older victims could sue abusers as well as institutions. State Rep. Paul Schemel (R-Franklin) unveiled a proposal to provide an alternative to civil lawsuits when addressing child sex abuse cases. Schemel’s proposal would create a “Truth and Restoration Commission” that would receive testimony from victims and the institutions who may have harbored those responsible for the abuse. Victims would be financially compensated by the commission from a pool of funds supported by those institutions…
WE HAVE AN UPDATE NOW ON LAST WEEK’S GAS LINE EXPLOSION IN CENTER TOWNSHIP: ENERGY TRANSFER – OWNER OF THE PIPELINE – AND FIRST ENERGY REPRESENTATIVES…ATTENDED LAST NIGHT’S TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS MEETING. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO WAS THERE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report….