radioNOVO News for Lewistown: September 15, 2026

             A LEWISTOWN MAN IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BAIL AFTER POLICE CAPTURED HIM FOLLOWING A HIGH-SPEED PURSUIT ON THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE. 42-YEAR-OLD KIO MANUEL DEJESUS-PENA IS ACCUSED OF FIRING 21 SHOTS AT FIVE PEOPLE OUTSIDE A LOGAN STREET BAR ON SEPTEMBER 5TH, INJURING ONE MAN. STATE POLICE ARRESTED HIM IN LANCASTER COUNTY AFTER TIRE-DEFLATION DEVICES STOPPED HIS VEHICLE. DEJESUS-PENA FACES FIVE COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE, WITH A PRELIMINARY HEARING SET FOR SEPTEMBER 25TH.          A BUSY AGENDA FOR LEWISTOWN BOROUGH COUNCIL YESTERDAY.           COUNCIL MEMBERS HEARD FROM POLICE CHIEF DAVID CLEMENS, WHO REPORTED 387 SERVICE CALLS IN AUGUST, WHILE SERGEANT MATTHEW LYNCH DETAILED PARKING COMPLAINTS AND SAFETY CONCERNS OVER UNREGISTERED E-BIKES AND DIRT BIKES.           COUNCIL ALSO APPROVED A FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR PLEDGE TO DOWNTOWN LEWISTOWN INCORPORATED, AND RATIFIED A GRANT APPLICATION FOR AN IMPROVEMENT AT REC PARK, WORTH OVER 120-THOUSAND DOLLARS.          A PENN STATE STUDENT HAS DIED FOLLOWING A WEEKEND MOTORCYCLE CRASH IN FERGUSON TOWNSHIP. POLICE SAY 19-YEAR-OLD ENGINEERING STUDENT RASHID ALNUWAYMI WAS STOPPED ON BLUE COURSE DRIVE FRIDAY EVENING WHEN HIS MOTORCYCLE WAS REAR-ENDED BY A CAR. HE PASSED AWAY SUNDAY AT UPMC WILLIAMSPORT. UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS EXPRESSED DEEP SADNESS, URGING GRIEVING STUDENTS TO UTILIZE CAMPUS COUNSELING SERVICES AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.