radioNovo News for State College: May 29, 2026

RNN STATE COLLEGE 05/29/26          A 64-YEAR OLD STATE COLLEGE MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO OVER EIGHT YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR THE DISTRIBUTION AND POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.           FEDERAL PROSECUTORS SAY JEFFREY STORMER WAS HANDED A 97-MONTH SENTENCE THURSDAY, TO BE FOLLOWED BY TEN YEARS OF SUPERVISED RELEASE. INVESTIGATORS DISCOVERED EIGHT THOUSAND ILLICIT IMAGES AND 250 VIDEOS ON STORMER’S COMPUTER, WHICH A FORENSIC ANALYSIS REVEALED HAD BEEN SHARED ONLINE MORE THAN 900 TIMES.          THREE NEWS ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE CENTRE DAILY TIMES, HAVE FILED A FEDERAL LAWSUIT AGAINST LEADERS OF PENN STATE’S BOARD OF TRUSTEES, CHALLENGING A CONTROVERSIAL GAG POLICY. THE SUIT ALLEGES THE BOARD’S UPDATED BYLAWS VIOLATE THE FIRST AMENDMENT BY FORCING TRUSTEES TO PUBLICLY SUPPORT MAJORITY DECISIONS AND PRE-CLEAR ALL MEDIA INTERVIEWS.           THE NEWS OUTLETS ARGUE THE RULES UNCONSTITUTIONALLY CENSOR DISSENTING VIEWPOINTS AT THE UNIVERSITY, WHICH REPORTS A 16-BILLION-DOLLAR ECONOMIC IMPACT ON THE STATE.