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5 PA Breweries Win Big At Great American Beer Fest, Including 1 From Lancaster
Five Pennsylvania breweries won big at Great American Beer Festival 2024, bringing medals back to the Keystone State from the competition in Colorado.
The winners came from Hawley, Lancaster, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh, according to the festival's winner's list.
This event is held annually in Denver, Colorado, according to the festival's website. In 2024, the festival was held Oct 10 through Oct. 12.
Here are the Pennsylvania winners:
Wallenpaupack Brewing Co., of Hawley, took the gold medal for its Kroon ale in the Belgian-Style Strong Specialty Ale Category.
Spring House Brewing C…
NY Man Who Assaulted Female Passenger On Flight To Newark Gets 2 Years, No Parole
UPDATE: An upstate New York man who admitted assaulting a fellow passenger on a flight from Denver to Newark must spend two plea-bargained years in federal prison.
Ryan Manuella, 30, of Erie County, “moved to a vacant center seat next to a female passenger, who was sitting in a window seat” on the April 16, 2021 flight, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said.
Manuella, who didn't know the woman, then "touched the passenger without her consent," Sellinger said.
"The victim then yelled at him and left the row of seats," the U.S. attorney said.
Defense attorney Andrew Olesnyck…
Four Kids Spotted Getting Baked In Car With Woman Named 'Baker,' Police In Lancaster Co. Say
Mary Baker was found "baked" on marijuana in a smoke-filled car with four children on Jan. 13, 2023, authorities announced in a release on Feb. 28.
Baker, 43, of Denver, was noticed by the police while sitting in "a parked vehicle full of smoke with the windows up" in the 100 block of Main Street around 7:45 p.m., East Cocalico Township police say.
Officers also "discovered Baker was in possession of a small amount of marijuana and drug paraphernalia," as stated in the release.
The children in the vehicle were not her's, so their parents were notified, according to the release.…
Female Passenger On Flight To Newark Groped By NY Man With Criminal History, Feds Charge
An upstate New York man groped a fellow passenger on a flight from Denver to Newark, federal authorities charged.
Ryan Manuella, 28, of Erie County “moved to a vacant center seat next to a female passenger, who was sitting in a window seat” late last week, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said Monday.
Honig said Manuella, who didn't know the woman, then “touched her on the groin and inner thigh without her permission,” Honig said.
Manuella was charged in Nevada last year with a domestic violence assault, record show.
The Cheektowaga resident also got into a struggle in 2017 with…