Police say he was driving without his headlights when he hit Gina Cancelliere on North Atherton Street back in December. Police say the victim, Amelia Magistro and Mott were fighting over the 20-year old's lifestyle. That's when Mott allegedly cut her grandmother's neck with a box cutting razor blade. Berry was the one who apprently retrieved the razor. Magistro was treated at Memorial Medical Center.
Police say another dog also ate the poison.
The two dogs were black labrador retrievers and both had to be put to sleep. Stenger is charged with two counts of cruelty to animals and two counts of criminal mischief. The latest crime statistics are out, and it may be getting safer in your neighborhood. For the eighth consecutive year, the national crime rate has fallen and crime figures across our area have followed suit. In Altoona, there were no murders in 1999 and the city saw a drop in the number of reported rapes.