Thursday, January 31, 2013
Two former Genesis Child Care employees have received probation sentences after incidents from last year.
Two of three women accused of being involved in a child abuse case at the Genesis Child Care at Pittsburgh East Community Church in Plum have been sentenced to probation. According to court documents, former childcare worker Eileen Marie Andrews, 45, of Penn Hills pleaded guilty to a charge of simple assault of a victim younger than 12 during a non-jury trial in Allegheny Court of Common Pleas Tuesday. She was sentenced to six months probation. Other charges of endangering the welfare of children and simple assault were withdrawn. Angela Marie Russo, 50, of Plum pleaded guilty to a charge of failure to report abuse. Russo, the former childcare director, was sentenced to three months probation. Other charges of failure to report abuse, …
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
During a preliminary hearing Wednesday, charges against three women involved in an alleged child abuse incident at the Genesis Child Care facility in Plum were held for common pleas court.
Three women accused of being involved in a child abuse case at the Genesis Child Care at Pittsburgh East Community Church will go before a common pleas court judge. During a three-and-a-half hour preliminary hearing at Plum District Justice Linda Zucco's courtroom on Wednesday, Eileen Marie Andrews, 44, a former worker at the facility—it has since closed—was held on two counts of simple assault and four counts of endangering the welfare of children. Childcare Director Angela Marie Russo, 49, and Director of Children's Services Terry Lynn Bachner, 43, were each held on two counts of endangering the welfare of children and two counts of failure to report abuse. A formal arraignment will be held Oct. 5 at common pleas court. Attorneys Robert …
Thursday, July 12, 2012
See where you can read the entire report, and watch Freeh's news conference.
Four high-ranking Penn State University officials, including legendary football coach Joe Paterno, “repeatedly concealed critical facts” about Jerry Sandusky’s contact with young boys, according to an independent investigation released this morning. Former FBI Director Louis Freeh and his investigators today released their findings into what Penn State University officials knew about the child sexual abuse scandal involving retired football coach Jerry Sandusky. Freeh and his law firm, Freeh Sporkin & Sullivan, LLP, were retained in November 2011 on behalf of the Special Investigations Task Force of the Board of Trustees of The Pennsylvania State University to conduct the independent investigation. The entire report was made be available …
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Preliminary hearings were scheduled for Wednesday but have been postponed.
Preliminary hearings have been postponed for three women charged in an investigation into alleged abuse at the Genesis Child Care facility at Pittsburgh East Community Church in Plum. Eileen Marie Andrews, 44, of Penn Hills, a worker at the since-shuttered facility, was charged with two counts of simple assault and four counts of endangering the welfare of children. Childcare Director Angela Marie Russo, 49, of Plum and Director of Children's Services Terry Lynn Bachner, 43, of Murrysville, were charged with two counts each of endangering the welfare of children and failure to report abuse. The three were scheduled to appear before Plum District Magistrate Linda Zucco Wednesday, June 20. A new hearing date had not been scheduled as of …
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
The preliminary hearings were postponed until late June.
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Preliminary hearings have been postponed for three women charged last week in an investigation into alleged abuse at the Genesis Child Care facility at Pittsburgh East Community Church in Plum, according to court dockets. Eileen Marie Andrews, 44, a worker at the since-shuttered facility, was charged with two counts of simple assault and four counts of endangering the welfare of children. Childcare Director Angela Marie Russo, 49, and Director of Children's Services Terry Lynn Bachner, 43, were charged with two counts each of endangering the welfare of children and failure to report abuse. The three are scheduled to appear in court for preliminary hearings on June 20. Click here for an earlier story on the charges and the nature of the …
Monday, November 7, 2011
The Penn State sex-assault investigation is ongoing, the state Attorney General said today.
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Monday, November 7, 2011
Attorney General Linda Kelly and Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Frank Noonan today issued the following statements concerning the ongoing Jerry Sandusky sex crimes investigation: "This is an ongoing investigation and this is also a grand jury investigation, which means there are some details we cannot discuss at this time. "As we noted earlier, this is a case about a serial sexual predator accused of using his position within community to prey on numerous young boys for more than a decade. "A large part of this case revolves around the actions of Jerry Sandusky and the criminal charges that have been filed against him for the alleged sexual assaults he committed on eight young boys who were victimized over a period stretching from …
Roy Brown
10:11 am on Monday, February 11, 2013
I've heard from someone who goes to that church that "attendance is up since this happened" which is apparently all they care about, their offering money. more ›