🌱 How stolen keys tied a Ridgway man to a 2021 camp burglary

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• How stolen keys tied a Ridgway man to a 2021 camp burglary

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📰 News we're reading

• Oliver Township Burglary: Man Charged in 2021 Camp Break-in, Allegedly Admits to Meth-Fueled Theft Spree Linked by Stolen Keys (gantnews.com) — A Ridgway man is facing multiple felony burglary and theft charges after police linked him to a 2021 camp break-in in nearby Oliver Township using a set of stolen keys. Investigators say they recovered numerous suspected stolen items and that the defendant allegedly admitted to a meth-fueled theft spree. A preliminary hearing is set for January 8, 2026.
   

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Thursday December 18

• Basketball: B/JV
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🗞 Nearby News

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• Deanna J. Shipe (gantnews.com)

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• Richard C. Johnson, 84, Wellsville (wellsvillesun.com)
• John L. Mallery, 91, Of Route 155 (solomonswords.net)

DuBois

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