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🌱 Watsontown man gets decade-long federal sentence in gun case

Watsontown, Pennsylvania Patch AM: a 3 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Watsontown man gets decade-long federal sentence in gun case
  • Why Watsontown police are helping dig for a second buried baby

Also on today's calendar: Planning Commission Meeting.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Mostly sunny and not as warm, with a high of 72 and low of 47 degrees.
  • Sunday: Mostly cloudy and cooler, temps: high: 61, low: 52.
  • Monday: Partly sunny and breezy, with a high of 69 and low of 40 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Watsontown man sentenced to more than 10 years' imprisonment for possessing firearms (newsitem.com) — A 54-year-old Watsontown man has been sentenced in federal court to just over 10 years in prison for illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, according to prosecutors. While the hearing took place in Williamsport, the case centers on a Watsontown resident and underscores ongoing federal attention to gun crimes tied to local communities.
   

• Police searching for second buried baby in yard (northcentralpa.com) — Investigators are again digging up a Milton backyard after a child reported a second infant may be buried there, following the 2025 discovery of a newborn’s body at the same address. The complex case has led to new child-rape and endangerment charges, and Watsontown Police are among several agencies assisting in the ongoing Northumberland County investigation.
   

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Milton

  • Search for second remains in backyard where dead infant was buried (2822news.com)
  • Gold bar scam: 87-year-old Pa. woman loses $1.5 million (pennlive.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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