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POLICE BLOTTER HAZLE TWP. – A driver was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Diamond Avenue Saturday morning. State police said 51-year-old George Grega of Hazle Township was traveling east on Diamond Avenue when his vehicle left the roadway and struck an embankment, several trees and a telephone pole at approximately 11 a.m. Police said Grega, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was deceased upon state police arrival. HANOVER TWP. – Jennifer Nelson of Plymouth Street said a tire was cut on her vehicle while it was parked outside her residence overnight Friday into Saturday. PLAINS TWP. – Township police reported the following incidents: • The owner of the Overpour Bar, 279 North River St., said the bar was burglarized at approximately 7 a.m. Friday and that cash was removed from the office area. Anyone with information about the burglary is asked to contact police at 829-3432. • Police said they arrested and will charge Mark A. Christman, 30, of Drums, with simple assault, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, public drunkenness and harassment. Police said they responded at 12:36 a.m. Saturday to a report of a man with no pants lying on the ground in the parking lot of the River Street Jazz Café, 667 N. River St. Police said Christman appeared to be very intoxicated and told police he had taken heroin. Christman’s friend also told police Christman had been drinking alcohol and used marijuana laced with a substance to increase heart rate, police said. Police said Christman became combative, kicking one officer and biting another’s arm, and that police used a Taser to subdue Christman. The officers did not require medical treatment. Christman was transported to Wilkes-Barre General Hospital for medical and psychological evaluation, police said. FRANKLIN TWP. – George Haas of Dallas reported to state police an outdoor camera was stolen from his property on Lockville Road between Jan. 29 and Jan. 30. The stolen item was a Deer Cam, Stealth, model STC-1430 IR.
Vatican sex abuse lawsuit is withdrawn By DINESH RAMDE Associated Press
MILWAUKEE — Lawyers for a man who was sexually abused decades ago by a priest at a Wisconsin school for the deaf have withdrawn their lawsuit naming Pope Benedict XVI and other top Vatican officials as defendants. Attorney Jeff Anderson filed the lawsuit in 2010. He claimed former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger and his deputies knew about allegations of sexual abuse at the school and protected the priest from punishment. Anderson’s firm withdrew the case Friday in Milwaukee. He explains the action by saying the main thing he was seeking was information and accountability, and he’s already received 30,000 pages of revealing documents through bankruptcy proceedings of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. Vatican attorney Jeffrey Lena calls the explanation “ridiculous.” He says the withdrawal is confirmation the lawsuit should never have been filed.
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Senator, wife attacked at casino New York Sen. Mark Grisanti and wife beaten after he tried to break up fight. The Associated Press
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. — A state senator and his wife said Saturday they were attacked and beaten at a Niagara Falls casino hotel after the lawmaker tried to break up an argument between two men, one of whom accused him of hating the Indian tribe that owned the resort. Sen. Mark Grisanti said he suffered bruised ribs in the Friday night altercation. His wife, Maria, was more seriously hurt. She was diagnosed Saturday morning with a concussion and possible broken nose. “It’s just been horrible,” Maria Grisanti said in a phone call from her Buffalo home after re-
turning there from the hospital Saturday afternoon. She said that during the attack, she feared for her life. Grisanti The fight happened following a fundraising gala for the Seneca Diabetes Foundation at the Seneca Niagara Casino and Hotel Events Center. The Grisantis attended because their daughter was part of the entertainment for the night, performing with the Buffalo singing act, the Scintas. They were in a lobby area around 11:30 p.m. when they encountered two men arguing loudly. Grisanti said he thought the men were about to come to blows, so he asked them to calm down.
“I probably just should have walked away,” he said. One of the men demanded to know his name. When he identified himself, he said the man hurled a curse word, accused him of hating the Seneca Nation and punched him in the chest. Then, Grisanti said, a woman with the man socked him in the side of the head. As the men scuffled, Maria Grisanti said she was attacked by two women who appeared to be with the man fighting with her husband. She said she was thrown to the ground and then punched while one of the women pulled her hair out and repeatedly slammed her head on the floor. “They were big, too. Maybe six feet tall,” she said. Niagara Falls police confirmed that there had been a melee at the casino.
In a statement, police Superintendent John Chella said detectives were “reviewing the situation and investigating any and all facts to determine what exactly took place.” He said that “once the facts are determined” the police will decide “what course of action to take, if any.” Mark Grisanti said the man who attacked him left the hotel without being detained. He said police told him security camera video of the altercation was “inconclusive.” He said he believed one of the women had been charged with disorderly conduct, but for a separate fracas with security guards. The couple didn’t initially seek medical care, but Maria Grisanti went to the hospital Saturday after waking up with a headache and a bruised and swollen face.
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Peterlynn West removes her coat as she takes part in the Red Velvet Fashion shown at the Goodwill Industries in Edwardsville.
Lila Wisher, 10, takes part in the Red Velvet Fashion shown at the Goodwill Industries in Edwardsville.
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West , who declined to give Spectators voted on their favor- brini Costanzo. Goodwill Industries in The store held a Beauty Wellher age, teaches English, drama ite outfit and the winning model Edwardsville showcases latest ness Day recently, during which and public speaking at Wyom- got to keep the outfit. styles at affordable prices. Sporting a royal blue sun visitors received mini makeoving Valley West High School. By CAMILLE FIOTI Times Leader Correspondent
EDWARDSVILLE – Peterlynn West opened the long camel coat to reveal her elegant black and champagne satin evening gown as she prepared to sashay down the red carpet at the Goodwill Industries “Red Velvet Fashion Show” Saturday. “I believe in recycling and reusing,” she said.
She pointed out that a lot of items, including her ensemble, are new and still have the tags on them. “I shop here often,” she said. “It’s a great place, especially with the economy being the way it is. It’s a great way to stretch your dollar.” The event featured 20 members of the community ranging in age from 2 to 65 who modeled formal, casual and sleepwear fashions off the store’s racks.
dress, Maria Rosado, 61, of Kingston, said she shops at the store on a regular basis. “I like the prices and the staff is very friendly.” The mission of Goodwill Industries is to provide social and economic opportunities for the disabled, needy and the elderly. “We try to bring the community together and to make them aware of what Goodwill is and what we have available to them,” said store manager Ca-
ers. Costanzo said the store plans to organize a flash mob which will perform four times in April and May. Anyone interested in joining the choreographed dance, which will start in the store and continue out into the parking lot, should contact Costanza at the store. “All of our stuff is donated,” said Costanzo. “If it weren’t for people bringing their stuff to showcase, we wouldn’t be able to do this.”
Cold weather and snow make comeback in the South The cold snap brought freezing temperatures to much of Tennessee. The Associated Press
ATLANTA — Cold weather has been making a comeback in the South this weekend, after what’s been a very mild winter so far. The National Weather Service said north Georgia was in for windy and cold conditions Saturday with temperatures in the 20s. Snow showers were possible in
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themountains.Andafreezewarning was issued for south Georgia overnight. The state Department of Transportation sent crews to far-northeast Georgia to clear snow from some state routes, where less than half an inch had accumulated. Flurries were reported as far south as the northern areas of metro Atlanta as a cold front crossed the Southeast. Wind chills were forecast in single-digits for northern parts of the state Sunday morning. In Florida, churches and shelters were offering people a warm place to stay as temperatures took a dive Saturday. A freeze warning is in effect for much of the Tampa Bay area, Orlando and Tallahassee, among other cities. The cold snap brought freezing temperatures to much of Tennessee on Saturday, with snow flur-
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A man using a snowblower takes a picture of the heavy lake effect snow falling around him in LaPorte, Ind. on Saturday.
ries in Nashville and some accumulation expected in the tri-cities area. The weather service was predicting one to three inches of snow on the northern Cumberland Plateau with two to six inch-
es in the higher elevations of the Great Smoky Mountains. In eastern Kentucky on Saturday night, forecasters were predicting wind chills in the single digits, falling to near zero by dawn.
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