Pop Radio 1035 | radioNovo News for State College: May 5, 2026

RNN STATE COLLEGE 05/05/26          A 21-YEAR-OLD STATE COLLEGE MAN IS BEHIND THE BARS OF THE CENTRE COUNTY PRISON, FACING FELONY CHARGES AFTER ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTING A PREGNANT WOMAN DURING A VIOLENT WEEKEND DISPUTE. STATE COLLEGE POLICE SAY GARRETT CHOATES ATTACKED THE VICTIM EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AT AN APARTMENT ON SOUTH PUGH STREET........... CORNERING THE THE WOMAN IN A BEDROOM, PUSHING HER TO THE FLOOR, AND REPEATEDLY KICKING HER IN THE FACE. OFFICERS ARRIVED TO FIND THE VICTIM—WHO IS 7 WEEKS PREGNANT—WITH SIGNIFICANT FACIAL INJURIES AND HER ELECTRONICS DESTROYED. CHOATES IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND CRIMINAL MISCHIEF.          CENTRE COUNTY PROSECUTORS ARE IN THE MIDST OF REVIEWING ROUGHLY 100 CRIMINAL CASES AFTER A FORMER SPRING TOWNSHIP POLICE OFFICER ADMITTED TO FALSIFYING REPORTS. STEPHEN KUTCHES RESIGNED LAST MONTH AFTER DISCLOSING HE LIED ABOUT D-U-I INDICATORS AND RECORDED PHONE CALLS WITHOUT CONSENT. DISTRICT ATTORNEY BERNIE CANTORNA SAYS THE MAJORITY OF THE CASES INVOLVE TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS AND D-U-I ARRESTS MADE SINCE 2021. THE PENNSYLVANIA ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE IS NOW INVESTIGATING, AND PROSECUTORS HAVE ALREADY MOVED TO DROP AT LEAST FOUR OPEN CASES THAT RELIED ON THE FORMER OFFICER’S TESTIMONY.