Passport Radio KY | radioNovo News for Johnstown: May 5, 2026

RNN JOHNSTOWN 05/25/26          JURY SELECTION WRAPPED UP A DAY EARLY IN CAMBRIA COUNTY FOR THE HOMICIDE TRIAL OF AUSTIN KLINE. 12 JURORS AND 4 ALTERNATES WERE SEATED MONDAY TO HEAR THE CASE INVOLVING THE MAY 2023 DEATH OF 55-YEAR-OLD RICHARD MORGAN. KLINE IS ACCUSED OF KILLING THE ALTOONA MAN FOLLOWING AN EXCAVATION JOB AT A SOUTH FORK HOME AND HIDING THE REMAINS IN A GARAGE. THIS IS THE SECOND ATTEMPT AT A TRIAL AFTER A PREVIOUS JURY WAS DISMISSED LAST YEAR DUE TO A LEGAL APPEAL OVER GRAPHIC EVIDENCE. OPENING STATEMENTS ARE NOW SET TO BEGIN THIS WEDNESDAY, WITH THE TRIAL EXPECTED TO RUN THROUGH MAY 12TH.          MORE DETAILS HAVE EMERGED REGARDING A BIZARRE STABBING AND CAR CRASH IN JOHNSTOWN THIS PAST WEEKEND. POLICE SAY 37-YEAR-OLD JASON LEE MIDDLETON ATTACKED A MAN WITH A SAW BLADE OUTSIDE A LOCAL SHEETZ BEFORE DISPLAYING A SWASTIKA TATTOO AND HURLING RACIAL SLURS DURING HIS ARREST. THE VICTIM SUFFERED A NON-LIFE-THREATENING NECK WOUND DURING THE ALTERCATION.  MIDDLETON, WHO WAS FOUND BEHIND THE YMCA BUILDING ON HAYNES STREET............. NOW FACES CHARGES OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND ETHNIC INTIMIDATION. HE REMAINS IN THE CAMBRIA COUNTY PRISON AFTER FAILING TO POST 10% OF A $75,000 BOND.