POLICE CALLS

Assault: Police charged Julio A. Campana of South Main Street, Hubbard, with simple assault after a woman alleged that during an argument at a business in the 800 block of North Main Street, Campana, 41, struck her cheek, which knocked the accuser to the ground. Theft: A Hillview Drive woman ...

Charged prison guard seeks grand jury testimony

D'Andrea notes Lackawanna County detectives and prosecutors previously interviewed Voglino's accuser as part of their investigation into Joseph Black, a former guard who pleaded guilty in 2015 to sexually abusing five inmates. In a recent interview, D'Andrea said Lackawanna County prosecutors ...

Judge: Five other accusers can testify at Cosby trial

PHILADELPHIA — A judge agreed earlier this week to let five additional Bill Cosby accusers testify at his April 2 retrial for an alleged 2004 sexual assault, giving prosecutors a chance to portray the man once known as “America's Dad” as a serial predator who made a sadistic habit of drugging and ...

NYPD hid Weinstein accuser from DA, fearing aggressive treatment

On April 1, five days after Battilana had filed her complaint, Bashford conducted an interview with her. The next day, sources say, Vance's office sent its own investigators to Battilana's apartment. There, according to Bock, they aggressively questioned her roommates. Was Battilana a prostitute? Did she ...