Original judge in Penn State case dies
HARRISBURG – The judge who originally handled the criminal case against three Penn State administrators charged with covering up child-sex complaints about Jerry Sandusky died.
Dauphin County Judge Todd Hoover retired earlier this year. President Judge Richard Lewis announced that Hoover died Wednesday morning after a long illness. He was 61.
Lewis said Hoover was “not only a superb jurist, but also a man of deep faith, sincere compassion and a quiet dignity.”
Hoover handled the public corruption trial of former state House Speaker Bill DeWeese, who represented Greene County7, among others, before being assigned to the child endangerment case involving former Penn State president Graham Spanier, former athletic director Tim Curley and former vice president Gary Schultz.