OBITUARY MINI:
INDIANA, PA.— Daniel V. Delaney, former president of the Indiana County Chamber of Commerce, assistant district attorney, military Captain and law enforcement officer, died unexpectedly at the Indiana County Courthouse on Thursday at age 66.
POLICE BROADCAST MINI:
INDIANA, PA. — Police are searching for a masked man who robbed the Folger Dining Hall at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania for three-thousand dollars Monday morning. The manager, unharmed, was investigating a noise heard while preparing payroll when the man charged at him and ordered him to open the safe and give him the money.
COURTROOM REPORT MINI:
INDIANA, PA. – Borough Police Officer Leroy D. Anderson charged Raihoz C. Johnson, 21, of Monroeville, with possession of a small amount of marijuana and a summary traffic offense following a traffic stop along the 800 block of Maple Street at 1:51 a.m. on Nov. 14, 2015.
A preliminary hearing occurred on Jan. 16, 2016 in front of Indiana Magisterial District Judge Guy B. Haberl, who continued the hearing and closed the case on Feb. 25, 2016 when Johnson pleaded guilty and was ultimately charged with disorderly conduct, according to court dockets issued on Dec. 1, 2015. Haberl issued that Johnson pay a total of $460.96 in court costs and fines. Johnson could not be reached for questioning regarding the case.
“In any given week, I handle roughly 2-3 cases involving a small amount of marijuana. My clients are mostly males, with just as many white offenders as black, but I’ve noticed that the black offenders are additionally charged with resisting arrest at a higher rate than whites,” AnnMarie E. Everette, Attorney at Law, and Johnson’s public defender, said.
Everette, composed very professionally in an all black pantsuit and upright posture, explained that she does believe that the local District Attorney is fair, and often does well at picking “color blind” jury pools, although because of the local demographics, racial diversity is seldom reflected in those same pools.
Keith Hudak 