radioNOVO News for Altoona: June 9, 2026

RNN ALTOONA 06/09/26          FRUSTRATED NEIGHBORS ARE DEMANDING ACTION AFTER A LOCAL PARK TURNED INTO A HAVEN FOR YOUTH VIOLENCE AND PROPERTY DAMAGE.          A DELEGATION FROM THE IUZZOLINO PARK NEIGHBORHOOD TOLD CITY COUNCIL THAT LARGE GROUPS OF TEENAGERS ARE RUNNING AN ORGANIZED "FIGHT CLUB," ASSAULTING CHILDREN, AND THREATENING NEARBY RESIDENTS.          POLICE CHIEF DEREK SWOPE SAYS SEVERAL DETECTIVES ARE INVESTIGATING AND NUMEROUS ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE, PROMISING A ZERO-TOLERANCE POLICY MOVING FORWARD.          A RURAL, BLAIR COUNTY RESIDENT HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO MORE THAN EIGHT YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING.          ON JUNE 5TH, U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE STEPHANIE L. HAINES ORDERED 34-YEAR-OLD DEREK HUNTER TO SERVE 97 MONTHS BEHIND BARS, FOLLOWED BY FOUR YEARS OF SUPERVISED RELEASE.          HUNTER WAS CONVICTED OF CONSPIRING TO DISTRIBUTE FENTANYL AND METHAMPHETAMINE IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA BACK IN 2024.