In the petition, Burd said he was intimidated and threatened in an effort to get him to enter the guilty plea, and, he charged, he was “abandoned” by his attorneys, Chief Public Defender ...

“I hope you have a miserable life,” the now 17-year-old teenager told Burd in Blair County Court, where she glanced toward the seated defendant after finishing her statement. The girl ...

Burd also told Doyle he still wanted to render the plea even though he wasn’t fully satisfied with the legal representation provided by Chief Public Defender Russ Montgomery and Assistant Public ...