radioNOVO News for Altoona: July 30, 2026

RNN ALTOONA 07/30/26                    AN ERIE MAN IS BEHIND BARS IN CAMBRIA COUNTY AFTER POLICE SAY HE STABBED A WOMAN FOLLOWING AN ARGUMENT OVER CIGARETTE ASH AND FLED ON AN E-BIKE. 42-YEAR-OLD JERMAINE LEWIS FACES MULTIPLE CHARGES, INCLUDING FELONY AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND CHILD ENDANGERMENT. HE REMAINS HELD IN THE CAMBRIA COUNTY PRISON AFTER FAILING TO POST BAIL.          IT TOOK A BLAIR COUNTY JURY JUST 20 MINUTES TO DELIBERATE AND DELIVER GUILTY VERDICTS ON ALL CHARGES AGAINST A TYRONE MAN WHO ATTACKED AN EMERGENCY ROOM TECHNICIAN AT UPMC ALTOONA LAST NOVEMBER. THE FOUR FEMALE AND SEVEN MALE JURORS FOUND 41-YEAR-OLD BRADLEY SCOTT LLOYD GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AFTER A TWO-DAY TRIAL. THE ATTACK LEFT THE STAFF MEMBER WITH A FRACTURED SKULL AND A BRAIN BLEED. LLOYD AWAITS SENTENCING IN OCTOBER.          A DISASTER LOAN OUTREACH CENTER IS NOW OPEN AT THE TYRONE BOROUGH BUILDING TO ASSIST RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS RECOVERING FROM EARLY JULY FLASH FLOODING. REPRESENTATIVES FROM PEMA AND THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION WILL BE ON SITE MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, THROUGH AUGUST 13TH ST 13TH TO HELP FLOOD VICTIMS APPLY FOR ASSISTANCE.