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Thursday, February 28, 2013

Man Charged in Whitehall Police Altercation Headed to County Court

And 12 other updates from Judge Barton's Caste Village office.

The following results are from recent hearings held in the Caste Village office of Magistrate David J. Barton of District Court 05-2-17:   Whitehall Borough Charges                             Baldwin Township Charges    --- Follow the Baldwin-Whitehall Patch on Facebook and Twitter. Sign up for the (free) daily Baldwin-Whitehall newsletter.

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1:58 pm on Wednesday, April 10, 2013

If anyone ever runs against this clown, I will go door to door and raise money for them. Arrogant, petty, fool for a "judge" Why dont these guys have to go to Law School? 2 week class? really?   more ›

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Attempted Thief Trapped in Vehicle Gets Probation Sentence

And 12 other courts updates from Whitehall Borough.

The following results are from recent hearings held in the Caste Village office of Magistrate David J. Barton of District Court 05-2-17:   Whitehall Borough Charges                             Baldwin Township Charges    --- Follow the Baldwin-Whitehall Patch on Facebook and Twitter. Sign up for the daily Baldwin-Whitehall newsletter.

Chris

11:57 am on Monday, January 28, 2013

Probation?!? What about the rights of the car owner, what break did they get? Cleaning up and paying for the damage the would-be-thief made! Community service and restitution should have been ordered!! We law-abiding residents who PAY with our hard earned money for our vehicles and insurance deserve better! The police did their job, it's about time the magistrate does theirs!   more ›

Sunday, January 13, 2013

Vigil Held in Memory of Karissa Kunco

Family and friends gathered in Brookline to remember Kunco, a Baldwin Borough resident who was killed last year.

It has been one year since the death of a young woman who friends say could light up a room with her smile. On Saturday evening, as they did a year ago, friends and family of Karissa Marie Kunco, who had been residing in Baldwin Borough with her father before she died, gathered at the cannon monument on Brookline Boulevard to remember her. "We're trying to do more on the positive side," said Kunco's aunt, Debbie Ryce. "A year ago today, God received an angel in heaven. We're here to keep her memory alive and be her voice and spread the message against domestic violence." Kunco was reported missing on Jan. 11, 2012, when she failed to meet a friend in Castle Shannon Borough to go tanning. Her body was found one day later in a heavily wooded…

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Man Gets Probation, Restitution Sentence for Prospect Park Burglaries

Also, an update from a November heroin operation and more Judge Barton news.

The following results are from recent hearings held in the Caste Village office of Magistrate David J. Barton of District Court 05-2-17:   Whitehall Borough Charges                     Baldwin Township Charges Read here.  --- Follow the Baldwin-Whitehall Patch on Facebook and Twitter. Sign up for the daily Baldwin-Whitehall newsletter.

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11:40 am on Friday, November 30, 2012

Thank you Whitehall Police for getting drugs off our streets, handling burglaries and domestic situations besides arresting people for DUI's.   more ›

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Baldwin Twp. Sen. Fontana Wants Voter ID Implementation to Be 'Easy'

'What is most lacking from the implementation of this law is convenience.'

"While the focus remains on the ongoing court case and the politics surrounding the law, there has not been enough attention paid to the administration's implementation of the law," wrote state Sen. Wayne Fontana about Pennsylvania's new voter ID law in a Sept. 24 editorial in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "What is most lacking from the implementation of this law is convenience." Fontana, who represents all of Baldwin Township and holds an office on Brookline Boulevard, has recommended that elected state officials' offices be among the places that can issue valid voter IDs. Read his full editorial here.  --- Follow the Baldwin-Whitehall Patch on Facebook and Twitter. Sign up for the daily Baldwin-Whitehall newsletter.

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