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Wednesday, September 23, 1998 Page: 4A
WILKES-BARRE- A Hazleton man was sentenced Monday to a minimum of five
years in prison for beating a 3-year-old girl last year.
Rodney Shafer, 31, of East First Street, was charged with the March 4,
1997, assault on Harley Ann Huff at the child’s West Elm Street home,
according to an arrest affidavit.
Shafer pulled Huff out of bed and threw her onto her bedroom floor, police
said. He then picked her up, threw her against a door and down two flights of
stairs.
Shafer pleaded guilty in July to one count of aggravated assault and
intimidating a witness in connection with the beating.
Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas Judge Michael Conahan sentenced Shafer
to five to 10 years in a state prison. Shafer was given credit for 528 days
already served.
Sisters awarded $43,000
for 1993 crash injuries
WILKES-BARRE- A rural Montrose woman has agreed to a $43,000 settlement of
a lawsuit involving a car crash that injured her two daughters.
Sharon Robinson had sought the settlement on behalf of her children-
Sierra, 11, and Chelsea, 8- for injuries they sustained in a crash on Oct. 24,
1993.
The children were passengers in a car that was struck by Edward Watts, no
address listed. Watts’ insurer, State Farm Insurance, agreed to pay $25,000
for injuries sustained by Sierra Robinson and $18,000 for injuries sustained
by Chelsea Robinson, according to the settlement approved Tuesday by Luzerne
County Court of Common Pleas Judge Michael Conahan. No other information on
the crash was available.
Sierra Robinson will receive a net settlement of $11,173.20 and Chelsea
Robinson will receive a net of $8,744.05 after attorneys fees, medical bills
and other liens are subtracted. The Robinsons were represented by attorney
William Anzalone.
Judge denies man’s plea for reduced sentence
WILKES-BARRE- A Luzerne County judge has denied a motion to lessen the
sentence of a man deemed a sexually violent predator.
An attorney for Andrew Yuhas filed the request, claiming the sentence of 16
years to life imposed by Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas Judge Hugh Mundy
was excessive.
Yuhas, 37, formerly of Moyallen Street, Wilkes-Barre pleaded guilty in June
to one count of rape and involuntary deviate sexual intercourse for repeated
sexual assaults on a young girl.
Mundy determined Yuhas fit the profile of a sexual predator following a
hearing Sept. 11. Yuhas will be eligible for parole after serving his 16-year
minimum sentence, but the predator