radioNovo News for Johnstown: May 18, 2026

RNN JOHNSTOWN 05/18/26          A SOMERSET COUNTY JURY HAS FOUND A RICHLAND TOWNSHIP MAN GUILTY OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER FOLLOWING A FATAL 2023 SHOOTING OVER A FARM LAND DISPUTE. 70-YEAR-OLD GREGORY MOSTOLLER CLAIMED HE SHOT HAY FARMER CLIFTON JOHNSON IN SELF-DEFENSE, AFTER JOHNSON CAME AT HIM, WIELDING A WRENCH.  HOWEVER, PROSECUTORS SUCCESSFULLY ARGUED THAT JOHNSON WAS SHOT EIGHT TIMES, MOSTLY IN THE SIDE AND BACK, PROVING THE ATTACK WAS PREMEDITATED. UNDER STATE SENTENCING GUIDELINES, MOSTOLLER WILL BE HANDED A MANDATORY LIFE SENTENCE.            A FEDERAL GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED A JOHNSTOWN MAN ON CHARGES OF ILLEGALLY MANUFACTURING AND SELLING FIREARMS, INCLUDING CONVERSION DEVICES THAT TURN HANDGUNS INTO MACHINE GUNS. 34-YEAR-OLD LOUIE GUADALUPE, A CONVICTED FELON, FACES SIX COUNTS RELATED TO WEAPONS TRAFFICKING. FEDERAL PROSECUTORS SAY GUADALUPE DEALT THE FIREARMS AND "GLOCK SWITCHES" WITHOUT A LICENSE THIS SPRING, AND NOW FACES UP TO FIFTEEN YEARS IN PRISON.