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Dance academy broken into; owner has wreck

It was a bad week for the owner of Jen’s Academy of Rhythm & Moves at the Clearview Mall.

According to police, someone broke into the dance school’s rear entrance around 9 p.m. on Nov. 12 and damaged multiple items. Authorities did not provide an estimate for the cost of the damages.

The next day, police report the school’s owner — Jennifer D. Baldacci, 40, of Butler — got into an accident in a parking lot that sent her mother to the hospital.

Police report Baldacci was driving her 2020 Chevrolet Silverado at a high rate of speed in the mall parking lot around 10:15 p.m. Nov. 13 when she crashed into a light pole. The accident caused her mother, who was a passenger in the car, to suffer serious injuries.

Police didn’t indicate where Baldacci’s mother was taken for medical treatment.

Police report Baldacci was charged with reckless endangerment.

Baldacci didn’t return a request for comment.

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