radioNOVO News for Altoona: July 21, 2026

RNN ALTOONA 07/21/26          A 46-YEAR-OLD ALTOONA MAN IS BEHIND BARS ON A QUARTER-MILLION-DOLLARS BAIL FACING CHILD RAPE AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING CHARGES. ALTOONA POLICE SAY LEVAR ANDREW RILEY WAS ARRESTED FOLLOWING A MONTHS-LONG INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGATIONS HE SEXUALLY ABUSED TWO YOUNG GIRLS AND RECORDED THEM WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT. HIS PRELIMINARY HEARING IS SET FOR JULY 29TH.          THE PENNSYLVANIA SUPERIOR COURT HAS DENIED A NEW TRIAL FOR A BEDFORD COUNTY MAN SERVING UP TO 32 YEARS IN PRISON FOR DRIVING HIS S-U-V THROUGH A MARKET'S GLASS DOORS, THEN FIGHTING WITH CUSTOMERS AND THREATENING TO KILL RESPONDING POLICE OFFICERS.  APPEALS JUDGES UPHELD THE CONVICTION AND SENTENCE FOR JORDAN EDWARD DUVALL, REJECTING ARGUMENTS THAT HIS BRAKES FAILED DURING THE 2021 INCIDENT AND RULING HIS LENGTHY PRISON SENTENCE WAS FULLY JUSTIFIED.          A 22-YEAR-OLD MARKLETON MAN IS DEAD FOLLOWING A TWO-VEHICLE CRASH ON I-99 IN BLAIR COUNTY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. STATE POLICE SAY JASON SARGENT’S VEHICLE WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY A PICKUP TRUCK, PUSHING IT OFF THE ROADWAY.  THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.