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A6 — The Sentinel at www.cumberlink.com Wednesday • January 12, 2011 FREDRICKSEN OUTPATIENT CENTER, SUITE 204, 2025 TECHNOLOGY Parkway, Mechanicsburg • www.FARRELLMd.cOM New Skin for a New Year! Maximize effect and minimize downtime with our newest state-of the-art laser. A single treatment treats lines and wrinkles,tightens skin and improves the appearance of pigmented areas with minimal downtime. UltraPulse ® Encore ActiveFX ™ PigmentFX ™ Get the Full Face Rejuvenation effect with Fractional Resurfacing. Call today 717-732-9000 to meet with Dr. Deborah Farrell, a leader in Laser & Cosmetic Medicine! Farrell Plastic Surgery & Laser Center, PC Decade in review 2000-2010 BY JOSEPH CRESS SENTINEL REPORTER [email protected] It could have remained an unsolved murder. A lawyer from Enola was found dead July 21 at a shoot- ing range in North Middleton Township. No one knew at first who killed 42-year-old Todd Get- gen, but police knew his cus- tom AR-15 assault rifle with suppressor was missing from the crime scene. Investigators received nu- merous tips and descriptions of a suspect from individuals who had been in and around the shooting range both on the day of the murder and on May 21, when another rifle was stolen from the range. As police closed in, they be- gan surveillance on 64-year- old Raymond Franklin Peake III and watched the Camp Hill prison guard place a gun cabinet into a storage unit at Midway Self Storage in South Middleton Township. A search of the unit turned up the missing rifles and gave police probable cause to ar- rest the Hampden Town- ship man on charges that include criminal homicide, robbery and aggravated as- sault. Ballistics experts testi- fied in September the bullets that killed Getgen matched a Bushmaster rifle owned by Peake. Police also arrested Thomas Franklin Tuso on charges he harbored the rifles along with other stolen firearms in his Duncannon area apartment. He faces six charges, includ- ing theft by unlawful taking, receiving stolen property and other counts. As 2010 came to a close, Cumberland County pros- ecutors were taking a hard look at Peake’s claim that he couldn’t afford an attor- ney for his upcoming mur- der trial. Earlier this month, a county judge ruled in favor of granting Peake’s request for a public defender at taxpayers’ expense. But the shooting of Getgen was not the only high-profile case in Cumberland County court last year. Barclay case In December, York County Judge Michael Bortner found former Cumberland County commissioner Bruce Barclay guilty of 16 charges related to hiring and videotaping male prostitutes. Rather than state prison, Barclay was remand- ed to five years of intermedi- ate punishment, including nine months of house ar- rest and four years and three months on supervised pa- role. He was also sentenced to $18,000 in fines and 200 hours of community service. The case involving Bar- clay began in 2008, when the self-made millionaire suddenly found himself the focus of a state police inves- tigation into allegations he had raped a man at his Mon- roe Township home. Though the rape charge proved false, the investigation turned up evidence Barclay had se- cretly videotaped hundreds of sexual encounters — many without the knowledge of the participants — using hid- den cameras throughout his home. News of the investiga- tion forced his resignation as a commissioner. Local revival In other legal news from 2010, the Penn State Dickin- son School of Law dedicated its newly renovated and ex- panded Carlisle campus on April 16 — marking the end of a yearlong celebration honoring the 175th anniver- sary of the oldest law school in Pennsylvania. Dickinson operates buildings in both Carlisle and State College, which makes it the only uni- fied two-location law school approved by the American Bar Association. Penn State spent more than $130 million in the last several years to build the Katz build- ing at University Park along with the improved facilities in Carlisle. The work includ- ed a renovated Trickett Hall, which received a makeover as part of the project. 2010 also saw the potential revival of the former Inter- national Automotive Com- ponents plant at 50 Spring Road. Carlisle Events an- nounced in December that it had purchased the proper- ty just down the street from where the car shows are held every year at the fairgrounds. Two years prior, in Decem- ber 2008, IAC shut its doors and about 350 workers lost their jobs with the closure and a series of layoffs that year. The property consists of nearly 900,000 square feet of usable building space, a 23-acre paved and lighted parking lot, a 25-acre fenced site with multiple buildings suited for multi-tenant oc- cupancy and a railway spur served by Norfolk Southern Railway. For much of 2010, there was speculation that Carlisle Events was interested in the property. Though Carlisle Events would not disclose what it paid for the property, it was reported the original asking price for the IAC fa- cility was between $3 million and $4 million. Bill Miller Jr., a co-owner of Carlisle Events, said his fam- ily-owned business is ac- tively seeking tenants to lease portions of the facility, which will hopefully lead to new employment opportunities. Records set The year was also a triumph for the Messiah College men’s soccer team, which won its third straight national title in December. The Falcons were just five minutes away from losing the NCAA Division III Championship game when players Dan Squire and Geoff Pezon found a way to force an overtime and defeat Lynch- burg College, 2-1, for the title. Snow Mother Nature broke her own records when two ma- jor storms in three days dumped several feet of snow in the mid-state. At its height, “Snowmageddon” caused white-out condi- tions that forced the closure of several major highways, including interstates 81 and 83. Blockades were put up at the entrance ramps of closed highways and nearly 1,200 National Guard members pa- trolled the highways. 2010: Year included a verdict for Barclay, hope for redevelopment of the IAC property and “Snowmageddon.” Police probe shooting range murder Cumberland County Sentinel file photos Todd Getgen was found dead July 21 at a shooting range in North Middleton Township. Police later charged Raymond Franklin Peake with criminal homicide, robbery and aggravated assault. Dickinson School of Law students Brian Hokamp, right, and Rebekah Hudder study in the newly remodeled and constructed buildings, which were dedicated April 16. Erica Samuels of Carlisle uses a broom to wipe snow off her nieces’ car during “Snowmagge- don,” which dumped several feet of snow in three days. Lance Miller, left, and Bill Miller Jr., co-owner of Carlisle Events, discuss possibilities for the IAC building, which Carlisle Events purchased in December.
