Her attorney, Brian Perry, said Mearkle acted in self-defense, and he warned the case could cause police officers to hesitate in high-pressure situations. "She felt like she had to do what she did," Perry said. "This person was being commanded,...
“What was she supposed to do?”
Brian Perry, Esq. and Kristen Weisenberger, Esq, attorneys for officer Lisa Mearkle defend their client at a press conference on 3/24/15…
Karthaus woman acquitted of sex abuse charges
A Clearfield County woman was found not guilty Friday on all charges of sexually assaulting a teenage boy during a fishing camp party in Snow Shoe...
Mental health reporting gaps cloud background checks
The gun used to murder Mary Moola never should have been sold to her killer, Emmanuel Nzambi. Despite having spent four years in a Pennsylvania mental hospital, in 2005, Nzambi, who battled schizophrenia for 20 years, was able to buy a 9mm Ruger...
Wife’s texts to husband can be used against her in child abuse case, state court rules
In a decision that could be far-reaching, a state court has ruled that text messages a Franklin County woman sent to her husband can be used to prosecute her in a child abuse case.
Victim’s mercy spares Harrisburg hit and run driver from prison
Joseph Hatcher almost died when a driver who was high on PCP ran him down and nearly killed him on a Harrisburg street in January. Yet it was forgiveness, not vengeance, that motivated Hatcher when that driver, Geneia Rice, came before a Dauphin...