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Loganton Woman Pleads Guilty to Forging Doctors' Notes

A Loganton woman admitted forging medical notes multiple times to excuse a habitually truant child, court records show.

Published Aug 26, 2026, 10:36 AM EDT | Northampton Crimewatch

Dawn Herlocher, 48, of Loganton pleaded guilty to four counts of Forgery (M1) in Clinton County Court after Pennsylvania State Police charged her with forging doctors' notes from a Centre County medical provider on 17 occasions and providing them to Kystone Central School District to excuse a habitually truant minor in her care. Judge Craig P. Miller ordered a pre-sentence investigation and scheduled sentencing for October 6, 2026; Pennsylvania sentencing guidelines call for probation of 24 to 96 months.