UPDATED: Assistant principal faces sex assault charges Kenneth Lutz, assistant principal at Merriam Avenue School in Newton, was charged with first-degree sexual assault and second-degree... Home 22 Aug 2023 | 11:42
Emanuel Rivera (Photo provided) Indictment charges Vernon officer with attempting to sexually assault woman while on duty A former Vernon Township police officer was indicted on Aug. 10 for allegedly groping and attempting to sexually assault... Police & Fire 16 Aug 2021 | 06:17
Seventeen people turned out to support Selina McGinnis outside the Pike County Courthouse (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) Court grants protection order to animal shelter worker Milford. A Pike County Humane Society employee was granted the protection order she sought against its director, Barry Heim.... Police & Fire 15 Jul 2021 | 08:22
Janet Heim last week at the Pike County Courthouse, where she showed up to support Selina McGinnis in her application for a protection order against Barry Heim (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) Wife is second woman to seek protection from humane society director Janet Heim is the second woman to seek a protection order from Barry Heim, the longtime director of the Pike County Humane... Police & Fire 01 Jul 2021 | 11:33
Left: Selina McGinnis (in the green shirt) is pictured at the Pike County Courthouse on June 23 (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) Right: Barry Heim (File photo by Jerry Goldberg) Animal shelter employee details alleged assaults, harassment by director In records obtained from the Pike County Court of Common Pleas, Pike County Humane Society employee Selina McGinnis accuses... Police & Fire 25 Jun 2021 | 03:13
Then-Mayor Vic Marotta swears in Patrolman Emanuel Rivera at an August 2013 township council meeting as Chief Roy Wherry looks on. (File photo by Mike Zummo) Suspended police officer faces prison time in offered plea deal Emanuel Rivera, 37, the Vernon police officer suspended for groping a woman who had called for aid in a May 2019 domestic... Local News 08 Jun 2021 | 10:08
Mohawk House owner Steve Scro with Vernon Senior Center’s Mishelle Downtain, donating food to the senior center in October. Mohawk House and former employees trade lawsuits Two men and four women have joined forces to sue Mohawk House restaurant and its owner, Steve Scro, for sexual abuse, sexual... Local News 30 Nov 2020 | 02:35
Then-Mayor Vic Marotta swears in Patrolman Emanuel Rivera at an August 2013 township council meeting as Chief Roy Wherry looks on. (File photo by Mike Zummo) Vernon police officer is charged with sexually assaulting woman who reported domestic violence A Vernon Township police officer has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman who had called police to report domestic... Local News 28 May 2020 | 01:47
