Donor Keeps Woman From Jail

Published August 23, 2010

Donor keeps woman from jail
HOLLIDAYSBURG – An Altoona woman who faced 90 days in the Blair County Prison because she could not afford the $ 1,000 cost of a county alcohol-treatment program received a reprieve Friday when an “anonymous donor” came up with the money. Cricket R.
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