Former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky has been sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison for sexually abusing children. Sandusky was accused of sexually abusing children he met through his charity for troubled youth. Sandusky was facing 400 years behind bars for 45 counts of child sexual abuse, but age 68 he will spend the remainder of […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. — For months, the identity of the boy who was sexually assaulted in the locker-room showers by Jerry Sandusky was one of the…
Among the opening statements and graphic accounts of abuse by a witness on the first day in the trial of ex-Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was a small bit of testimony that hit home for a former Nittany Lions football star. During his testimony on Monday, the accuser described as “Victim 4” in the initial […]
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Joe Paterno, the longtime Penn State coach who won more games than anyone in major college football but was fired amid a child sex abuse scandal that scarred his reputation for winning with integrity, died Sunday. He was 85. SEE ALSO: Did Gingrich Triumph Over Romney? His family released a statement […]
One of Jerry Sandusky’s defense lawyers says that the former Penn State coach may have showered with young boys to teach them “basic hygiene skills.” SEE ALSO: Can You Guess Merriam-Webster’s Word Of The Year?
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky has waived his preliminary hearing, a decision that moves him toward a trial on charges of child sex abuse. At least some of his 10 accusers had been expected to testify at the hearing. The move was announced as the hearing began Tuesday. […]
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — The warning signs were there for more than a decade, disturbing indicators that Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was breaching boundaries with young boys – or maybe worse. SEE ALSO: Do “Evil” Kids Exist? Yet the university’s top administrators kept allowing, even encouraging, Sandusky to invite some of those […]
BELLEFONTE, Pa.– Ex-Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky has posted $250,000 bail after spending a night in jail following new child sex abuse charges filed against him. RELATED: Sandusky Accuser: “I Screamed For Help From His Wife” Court records Thursday morning show Sandusky posted bail using $200,000 in real estate holdings and a $50,000 certified […]
