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The U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release:

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Terry I. Hershey, 39, of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania,necklaces, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge John Jones to 36 months’ imprisonment,Atlas charm bracelet, three years’ supervised release and ordered to pay restitution regarding her embezzlement of $1.7 million from her employer, Custom Power Services, Inc. (CPS), a Chambersburg based manufacturer of battery powered generators. Ms. Hershey was ordered to commence service of her sentence by September 27, 2010.

According to United States Attorney Peter J. Smith, Ms. Hershey was employed as the account manager for CPS and was responsible for paying bills and making entries into CPS’s financial records. Between April 2002 and September 2009,tiffany, she issued nearly 300 company checks to herself and her creditors to pay personal expenses. She concealed the embezzlement by making false entries into CPS’s records indicating that the checks were for legitimate business expenses.

In connection with the sentencing, Hershey forfeited $100,earrings,000 in cash, a 2009 Volkswagon automobile, a 2009 Harley Davidson motorcycle, three time-shares at Disney’s Hilton Head Island Resort, an undeveloped property located in Franklin County, and an IRA containing $3,606. The forfeited items will go toward compensating CPS for its loss. Ms. Hershey will remain liable to pay any outstanding balance of $1,701,684.59 in restitution.

Ms. Hershey was charged and pled guilty in March 2010.

The case was investigated by the FBI and was prosecuted by Senior Litigation Counsel Bruce Brandler.

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A Maceo woman was killed in a camper fire at a private campground on South Chestnut Grove Road in the second of two fatal fires in Daviess County on Friday.

Firefighters were called to Daviess County Fish & Game,Beads necklace, which is near the Hancock County line, sometime after 3:15 p.m. Friday afternoon, in response to a 24-foot camping trailer on fire on one of the lots. Daviess County Coroner Bob Howe said Cheri Riley, 57, of the 8600 block of Kentucky 2830 in Maceo, was later found dead in the trailer.

Capt. Bill Thompson, head of investigations for the Daviess County Sheriff’s Department, said two men at the campground noticed fire coming from the camping trailer at about 3:15 p.m. One of the men was a former firefighter,tiffany, who grabbed a hose and attempted to fight the blaze.

Yelvington firefighters were also called to the scene. After the fire was extinguished, Riley’s body was found laying in the kitchen area of the camper,Bead bracelet, Thompson said.

Riley "had been staying here all week, enjoying the campground," Thompson said. Riley was alone in the trailer when the fire occurred, Thompson said.

The fire was contained to the bedroom area of the camper. The camper suffered some fire damage to the bedroom and exterior and smoke damage throughout.

Riley’s exact cause of death has not yet been determined,necklaces, Thompson said.

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An angry man armed with a handgun allegedly forced his way into a Kinston resident’s home Wednesday to reclaim an item he dropped in a nearby store a day earlier.,money clips

Arthrysia Javae Braswell, 21, told officers with the Kinston Department of Public Safety’s Law Enforcement Division that around 3:18 p.m., a blue Ford Explorer pulled into her driveway at 2219 Briarfield Road.

Police responded five minutes later to find that the sport utility vehicle,Beads necklace, with "NY" inscribed as the first two letters on the license plate,bangles, had fled the area, said Woody Spencer, a spokesman for the department.

Braswell said when she approached the vehicle to see who was inside, the driver — a black male in his mid-20s with short cut hair and some facial hair — exited, brandished a handgun and said he "dropped something at a store on Tuesday and he wanted it returned."

Spencer said since the case remains under investigation, the department will not release at this time the store’s name or the suspect’s alleged lost item.

After the encounter at the vehicle, Braswell said she then ran to the door and attempted to get inside her residence; but before she could close the door,key rings, the suspect forced his way inside the house.

Spencer said the suspect did not take anything from the home nor was anybody injured as a result of the altercation.

Investigators are in the process of checking to see if there is video surveillance footage from the store,pendants, Spencer said.

Wesley Brown can be reached at 252-559-1075 or wbrown@freedomenc.com.

A Fresno man was sentenced Thursday in Fresno County Superior Court to 39 years to life in prison for raping a 62-year-old woman in a downtown alley in May 2008.

Jose Malanche, 32, wrote a letter to Judge Hilary Chittick in which he expressed his remorse and said he hopes "the victim is able to heal and get on with her life," defense attorney Deborah Girard said.

Malanche also hoped his crime didn’t ruin the lives of his five children and common-law wife, Girard said.

The victim had her own letter to the judge. She said she is doing better after undergoing a traditional Hmong healing process. She wanted Malanche to receive counseling in prison so "he does not beat up older women any more," prosecutor Gabriel Brickey said. A jury last month found Malanche guilty of rape,Beads necklace, sodomy and sexual penetration by force.

Fresno police said Malanche attacked the woman early on May 4, 2008, as she collected cans in an alley near Clark Street and Belmont Avenue.

Malanche pulled the victim to the ground and beat her, Brickey said at trial. He also slammed the woman’s face into the asphalt several times until her eyes were swollen shut, he said.

After pulling off the woman’s clothing, he sexually assaulted her. Once the attack was over,Charm pendant, the woman crawled out of the alley and two strangers helped her,rings, Brickey said. Because her eyes were swollen shut, the victim couldn’t identify her attacker, he said.

DNA evidence left by the attacker was later linked to Malanche, police said.

In an interview with detectives,Atlas charm bracelet, Malanche confessed,key rings, saying he was drunk when he raped and beat the woman, Brickey said.

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A woman accused of stealing a substantial amount of money from an elderly family member was sentenced to 90 days in jail Thursday.

Deana L. Watkins, 45, of Reubens, entered an Alford plea in Asotin County Superior Court for first-degree theft, a class-B felony. An Alford plea means that while not admitting guilt, Watkins feels a jury would find her guilty if presented with evidence against her, Asotin County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Curt Liedkie explained. Watkins pleaded innocent to first-degree theft on May 20, and a trial was scheduled for Sept. 1.

Although Watkins has no criminal history, Judge Ray D. Lutes imposed the maximum sentence under standard range. She must also pay restitution to the victim in the amount of the money she spent. Watkins did not have anything to say to the judge prior to sentencing, but let her attorney, Richard Laws, speak for her.

"She’s maintained from the very beginning that she lacked the necessary intent to deprive Mr. Watkins permanently of anything,tiffany, but she does understand how it looks and how it could look in front of a jury," Laws said.

According to court documents, while caring for 90-year-old Clarkston resident William (Murphy) Watkins, Deana Watkins spent at least $160,000 of his money in just less than two years. From January 2008 to September 2009, Murphy Watkins’ $80,000 checking account was whittled down to around $500, documents say. This included monthly deposits of $1,900 to $2,500 from Social Security and retirement and a $42,000 CD she cashed and deposited into her own account.

Liedkie said it’s difficult to tell how much money Watkins actually spent, because she didn’t keep a record of the transactions. Documents used to charge Watkins say she stole in excess of $5,000.

Watkins,necklaces, who married into the family, had power of attorney over Murphy Watkins. Although the agreement was never official, lacking a doctor’s signature, the family operated as though it was.

"Her name was on the account," Liedkie said.

Her expenditures started small — withdrawals of $300, groceries or clothing — and quickly escalated. Family members believe during the two-year time period, Deana Watkins purchased a washer and dryer, a new car, two pickup trucks, a riding lawn mower, a boat, a 24-foot trailer and a 30-day trip to Texas.

She also withdrew around $30,000 for a down payment on a house that her and Murphy Watkins — who lived in a nursing home after breaking his hip — planned to share.

Sheriff’s reports indicate Murphy Watkins was "very upset" when he learned about Deana Watkins’ activities and insisted they had no agreement that allowed her to spend his money. Deana Watkins,pendants, however, told detectives they had a verbal agreement.

Roy (Skip) Watkins, Murphy Watkins’ nephew, said Murphy trusted Deana Watkins, and that trust was breached.

"I don’t think anyone realizes the emotional stress this has caused for Murph," he said in the courtroom Thursday. "He was devastated when he found out that his account was depleted to $585."

He added that despite her power of attorney, Deana Watkins did not pay many of Murphy Watkins bills,Atlas charm bracelet, including medical and prescription insurance and numerous doctors’ bills.

"She started out in good faith by cleaning and running errands for Murph, and then it progressed to power of attorney, and then her greed became excessive and snowballed," he continued.

Following the proceedings,key rings, Roy Watkins said the family intends to file a civil suit against Deana Watkins.

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Watching superheroes beat up villains may not be the best image for boys to see if society wants to promote kinder, less stereotypical male behaviors, according to psychologists who spoke Sunday at the 118th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association.

"There is a big difference in the movie superhero of today and the comic book superhero of yesterday," said psychologist Sharon Lamb,Charm pendant, PhD, distinguished professor of mental health at University of Massachusetts-Boston. "Today’s superhero is too much like an action hero who participates in non-stop violence; he’s aggressive, sarcastic and rarely speaks to the virtue of doing good for humanity. When not in superhero costume, these men, like Ironman, exploit women, flaunt bling and convey their manhood with high-powered guns."

The comic book heroes of the past did fight criminals, she said, "but these were heroes boys could look up to and learn from because outside of their costumes, they were real people with real problems and many vulnerabilities," she said.

To understand how the media and marketers package masculinity to boys, Lamb surveyed 674 boys age 4 to 18, walked through malls and talked to sales clerks and came to understand what boys were reading and watching on television and at the movies. She and her co-authors found that marketers take advantage of boys’ need to forge their identity in adolescence and sell them a narrow version of masculinity. They can either be a "player" or a "slacker" – the guy who never even tries – to save face.

"In today’s media, superheroes and slackers are the only two options boys have," said Lamb. "Boys are told, if you can’t be a superhero, you can always be a slacker. Slackers are funny, but slackers are not what boys should strive to be; slackers don’t like school and they shirk responsibility. We wonder if the messages boys get about saving face through glorified slacking could be affecting their performance in school."

Teaching boys early on to distance themselves from these images and encouraging them to find the lies in the messages can help,watches, said Lamb. "When you crowd out other types of media messages, you promote stereotypes and limit their options."

Boys seem better adjusted when they resist internalizing "macho" images,necklaces, according to a researcher who also presented at APA’s convention.

Researcher Carlos Santos, PhD, of Arizona State University, examined 426 middle school boys’ ability to resist being emotionally stoic,key rings, autonomous and physically tough – stereotyped images of masculinity – in their relationships. He also looked at how this would affect their psychological adjustment.

Santos looked at whether boys could resist being tough, emotionally unavailable, and detached from their friends as they moved from sixth to eighth grade; whether ethnicity made a difference; whether their relationships with their families and peer group fostered this resistance; and whether resisting these images affected their psychological health.

Participants were from different racial/ethnic backgrounds: 20 percent were African-American, 9 percent were Puerto Rican, 17 percent were Dominican-American, 21 percent were Chinese-American, 27 percent were European-American and 6 percent were of another race or ethnicity.

Boys from diverse ethnic and racial groups were equally able to resist these masculine stereotypes, going against the common belief that certain ethnic minority boys are more emotionally stunted and hypermasculine, said Santos. Few differences were detected and most tended to dissipate over the course of middle school.

He found that boys were more likely to act tough and detached from their friends as they got older. But boys who remained close to their mothers, siblings and peers did not act as tough and were more emotionally available to their friends compared to those who were not as close. However, closeness to fathers encouraged boys to be more autonomous and detached from friendships.

"If the goal is to encourage boys to experience healthy family relationships as well as healthy friendships, clinicians and interventionists working with families may benefit from having fathers share with their sons on the importance of experiencing multiple and fulfilling relationships in their lives," Santos said. He also found that boys who were depressed had a harder time not acting macho in their friendships.

Interestingly, levels of emotional stoicism tended to remain stable throughout the middle school years and boys who did not adopt these macho behaviors had better psychological health in middle school, he found.

The results show that being able to resist internalizing these macho images -especially aggression and autonomy – declines as boys transition into adolescence and this decline puts their mental health at risk,earrings, said Santos. "Helping boys resist these behaviors early on seems to be a critical step toward improving their health and the quality of their social relationships."

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Defenses in the Central Valley will be on high alert once again this season. Defensive coordinators can expect plenty of sleepless nights as they remain on the lookout for a cast of characters as scary as they are talented.

A group of running backs the Sun-Star has dubbed The Getaway Boys.

Merced County has always been fertile ground for star running backs through the years. The list of great backs in the history of Merced High alone reads longer than Eric DeAnda’s hair. The talent in the area hasn’t dried up. Last year 10 players eclipsed the 1,pendants,000-yard mark,bangles, including three from Buhach Colony.

The names shouldn’t surprise you. Dos Palos’ Kevin Schofield and Los Banos’ Darron Brown have been on the loose for three years, terrorizing defenses from Sacramento to Bakersfield.

However, this group is more than a dynamic duo. This band of game-breakers is growing quickly.

DeAnda broke into the starting lineup midway through the season and quickly became a household name after his record-setting 307-yard, four-touchdown performance in a 33-30 win over Buhach Colony. Dallon Muse made a name for himself as part of BC’s three-headed monster, and Golden Valley’s Tyler Arnsberg is the newest member of the group as he makes the move from quarterback to running back this year.

Together the quintet combined for 6,139 yards and 66 touchdowns. You can expect even bigger numbers this year. Opposing tacklers should approach with caution.

Darron Brown

"The Delivery Man"

What can Brown do for you?

The Delivery Man doesn’t need a signature to deliver a load. Brown comes into this season with something to prove after a lower back injury sidelined him for more than a month last year.

"I don’t even know how to explain it," Brown said. "I wanted to play so bad, but I couldn’t. There was nothing I could do.

"It hurt me so bad. It’s made me want to come back this year even stronger."

Brown broke on the scene with 835 yards and 10 touchdowns as a sophomore two years ago.

He was limited to just 685 yards and five touchdowns last season.

Brown missed his frequent trips to the end zone.

"Yeah, I missed it a lot,bracelets," he said. "This year I plan to be in the end zone a lot. More than five or 10 times.

"It’s all up to my offensive line."

Kevin Schofield

"The Iron Horse"

One look at Schofield and you can tell he’s no stranger to the weight room.

Pumping iron is a necessity for the workload The Iron Horse is expected to shoulder this season.

Schofield set a school record with 51 carries in a 27-14 win over Yosemite last year.

His 305 carries were 130 more than any other player in the area.

"He’s a tough football player," Los Banos coach Dennis Stubbs said. "The guy can do it all. He’s so determined and has the drive,tiffany, the right attitude.

"He plays full speed no matter what the situation. I’m just as impressed with him as a person, not only as a football player."

Schofield led the county with 1,926 yards.

It’s almost as if he can find another gear when he senses the defense is getting tired.

"You can kind of see it," Schofield said. "You see their hands on their knees. They’re walking back to the huddle.

"That’s when you try to break one."

Dallon Muse

"The Fuse"

This Fly Boy can definitely ignite an offense.

With Corey Chapman (1,546 yards and 19 touchdowns) out indefinitely for a school-related disciplinary issue, Muse and teammate Jarrell Davis will be an even bigger part of the offense early on.

"When we evaluated him last year we felt because of all his contributions to their team he was their best player," Merced coach Rob Scheidt said. "Not only because of him running the ball, but also his play on defense and the intangibles he brings to their team.

"He’s a great football player."

Muse has that combination of power and speed that makes him tough to bring down.

"I used to be more of a scat back," Muse said. "Now I’m more of a mix.

I learned that speed isn’t always enough."

Eric DeAnda

"D-Train"

The nickname says it all.

DeAnda is built like a locomotive and isn’t afraid of contact.

"I like it," DeAnda said. "It’s kind of like a challenge. Is he going to bring me down or am I going to overpower him?"

If you look at the numbers you’ll see DeAnda rose up to the challenges.

He’s the ideal combination of power and speed. One play he’s powering his way through the line picking up tough yardage. The next he may be streaking around the end, outrunning linebackers and defensive backs.

Despite not starting until midseason, he still racked up 1,152 yards with 14 touchdowns on 135 carries.

BC coach Kevin Swartwood got a good look at DeAnda during his record-setting performance.

"I immediately thought he was outstanding," Swartwood said. "He ran hard. He hit the hole fast. He didn’t tire out. He’s a very good back."

Tyler Arnsberg

"Kid Zoom"

One look at Arnsberg’s cleats and you’ll understand why the Sun-Star has dubbed him Kid Zoom.

The GV junior had the word "zoom" embroidered on his cleats.

New Golden Valley coach Jake Messina is building his offense around Arnsberg.

Messina quickly identified Kid Zoom as the player he wants to carry the ball 15 to 20 times a game.

Arnsberg tallied 1,140 yards and 16 touchdowns on the ground as a quarterback in Golden Valley’s option attack last year.

This year he moves to tailback in a Pro Style offense.

"We want to hand him the ball, let him run downhill and give him a chance to make a cut,Charm pendant," Messina said.

Arnsberg welcomed the change.

"I was basically another running back in the Veer anyway," Arnsberg said. "I threw the ball a little. Now running the ball is all I do. I’m real excited about the change."

Two men are in custody after a Friday morning shooting in McKees Rocks that sent a 6-year-old boy to the hospital with a gunshot wound in his arm and bullet fragments in his chest, police said.

The boy,Charm bracelet, whom McKees Rocks police Chief Robert Cifrulak identified as Nico Eberhardt,watches, was taken to Children’s Hospital in Lawrenceville. Allegheny County Police Lt. Andrew Schurman said the boy is in stable condition and expected to survive.

Lance King, 20, of the McKees Rocks area, and Mark Lewis, 19, of the North Side, were arrested shortly after the shooting and charged with attempted homicide, reckless endangerment and firearms violations, Schurman said.

The shooting happened about 8:35 a.m. on Woodward Avenue when King and Lewis tried to shoot the driver of a vehicle carrying Nico and a 9-year-old girl in the backseat, Cifrulak said.

The driver, whom the chief did not identify, drove about six blocks and flagged down a McKees Rocks police officer. At the time, the driver didn’t know the child was injured, Cifrulak said.

Cifrulak and another officer began chasing a Ford Explorer matching the description of the shooters’ vehicle. The occupants abandoned the sport utility vehicle; police apprehended one a short distance away and the other after a 15-minute foot chase,earrings, the chief said.

School officials locked down nearby Sto-Rox High School for about 10 minutes while officers pursued the second suspect,pendants, said Sto-Rox School District Superintendent Fran Serenka.

A gun-sniffing dog helped officers locate a gun they believe was used in the shooting, Cifrulak said. It was found not far from where the first suspect was apprehended,key rings, he said.

Schurman said detectives believe the shooting was the result of an ongoing dispute between the accused gunmen and the driver of the car.

Nico is a kindergarten student at Sto-Rox Elementary School, Serenka said. Counselors will be made available to students Monday, and the district’s community liaison can assist families, she said.

Aggressive and hyperactive boys with low parental monitoring are more likely to befriend deviant peers and become heavy drug users as teens, according to a new study published in the journal Addictive Behaviors. Yet the investigation by scientists from the Universite de Montreal and Sainte-Justine University Hospital Research Center found that bad boys can be protected from heavy substance use as teenagers if they are highly monitored and befriend good boys as children.

Parental monitoring was shown to have a protective effect on bad boys and reduce their affiliation with deviant peers,cuff Links, says first author,Bead bracelet, Jean-Sebastien Fallu, a Universite de Montreal psycho-education professor."Disruptive boys typically show a proneness to act aggressively and impulsively – these adolescents might need more external constraints from parents as compared to others who have stronger internal control."

Co-author Richard Tremblay, a Universite de Montreal professor of pediatrics, psychiatry and psychology and a researcher at the Sainte-Justine University Hospital Research Center, says aggressive children are more inclined to misuse drugs than their non aggressive counterparts and this risk increases substantially if they also affiliate with deviant friends. "Deviant peers often affiliate with each other and mutually influence each other through deviancy training," says Dr. Tremblay, who is also founding director of Montreal’s Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development.

The study used data from a long-term investigation that followed children from low socioeconomic backgrounds and from kindergarten through adolescence. "Another finding of our study was that disruptive boys who were highly monitored – yet poorly attached to parents – were heavier drug users," continues Dr. Tremblay.

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