Megan Guza stories, Page 57
Uber driver accused of trying to kidnap female passengers
An Uber driver allegedly kidnapped two women early Saturday morning, taking the women to a Point Breeze intersection and trying to lock them in the vehicle, according to Pittsburgh police. Officers responded about 1:30 a.m. to the intersection of South Homewood and Penn avenues where two women reported their Uber...
Thousands gather, raise money for Highmark’s Walk for a Healthy Community
Thousands of walkers converged on Pittsburgh’s North Shore on Saturday to raise money for dozens of non-profits across the state. More than 7,500 walkers participated in Highmark’s Walk for a Healthy Community, which celebrated its 17th year of raising money for health and human services charities. Pittsburgh’s is the first...
Springdale Cub Scouts replace more than 1,000 American flags ahead of Memorial Day
Dozens of scouts from Springdale Cub Scout Pack 554 spent Saturday morning crisscrossing local cemeteries to make sure veterans’ graves each had an American flag for the upcoming Memorial Day holiday. “Part of scouting is embracing traditional American values and morals and paying respect to those who have gone before...
Victim in Brighton Heights shooting identified
A man shot several times Wednesday in Pittsburgh’s Brighton Heights neighborhood has died, according to the medical examiner’s office. Tre Valorie, 26, was pronounced dead about 6:45 p.m. Thursday, less than a day after he was shot while driving on Woods Run Road with a female passenger, according to police....
Search warrants reveal clues, evidence in case of missing Whitehall woman
Elizabeth Wiesenfeld made it partway through her morning routine April 30 before something brought the day to an abrupt halt, and police believe mounting evidence points toward the woman’s former handyman. Wiesenfeld, 67, was reported missing April 30 by her daughter after she failed to go to work that morning,...
Pittsburgh employees rescue 10 ducklings from West End storm drain
A group effort by Pittsburgh paramedics, police and Public Works employees helped save 10 ducklings from a West End storm drain Wednesday morning. Paramedics were driving on South Main Street at about 6:30 a.m. when a woman flagged them down and alerted them to the trapped ducklings, said Public Safety...
Man rammed police SUV, drove at cops in Kennedy shooting, officials say
A man shot and wounded by police during a drug sting in Kennedy rammed a police SUV twice then sped toward other officers, prompting them to fire at the man, authorities said Wednesday Chase Kenney, 27, remains in Allegheny General Hospital recovering from two gunshot wounds to his right forearm...
Police: Missing Kentucky teen found in Glassport man’s apartment
A Glassport man is in jail after police found a missing Kentucky teenager naked inside his apartment, police said. The 16-year-old girl from Paducah, Ky., allegedly told police that she was going to marry the man and he’d protect her. Rory Shelton, 56, is charged with interfering with the custody...
Free measles vaccine offered for one day in Homewood
The Allegheny County Health Department will offer the measles vaccine for free to certain at-risk individuals today in Pittsburgh’s Homewood section, officials said. The clinic will run from noon to 4 p.m. at the Homewood-Brushton YMCA on Bennett Street, according to a release from department Director Dr. Karen Hacker. A...
Missing Whitehall woman presumed dead, McKeesport handyman a suspect
A missing Whitehall woman is presumed dead and her handyman is the main suspect in the case, according to court documents related to the case. Elizabeth Wiesenfeld, 67, last spoke to her family the evening of April 29, according to Allegheny County police. Her daughter reported her missing the next...
Castle Shannon police, FBI searching for suspected bank robber
Federal and local authorities on Monday asked for help in identifying a man suspected of robbing a Castle Shannon bank last week. The robbery happened at about 1:30 p.m. April 29 at the Dollar Bank on Castle Shannon Boulevard, according to Castle Shannon police Chief Kenneth Truver. Investigators said the...
Pittsburgh police’s comfort dog is a ‘gift’ out of tragedyVideo
The journey of a 10-week-old golden retriever puppy to the Pittsburgh police began in the aftermath of the massacre at the Tree of Life synagogue, and so his name, Zane, is only fitting. “Zane” is Hebrew for “gift” and “prayed for.” “After the events of Tree of Life, we brought...
Wilkinsburg husband pleads guilty to strangling wife
A Wilkinsburg man who told police he wasn’t sure why he choked his wife to death in 2016 pleaded guilty Monday to third-degree murder, according to the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office. Sentencing for Richard Katillius, 64, is set for July 30. His plea does not include a sentencing agreement,...
172 runners treated during cool, wet marathon
Doctors and medics treated more than 150 runners during Sunday’s cool and rainy Pittsburgh Marathon, according to UPMC officials. Of the 172 runners treated, most suffered sprains, strains and other musculoskeletal issues, according to a tweet from UPMC, which puts together the marathon’s medical team. Eighteen runners were transported to...
Five Pittsburgh farmers markets to open this month
Five Pittsburgh neighborhood farmers markets open this month, including a new location in East Liberty. The yearly markets offer produce, local meats and cheeses, baked goods, flowers and other wares. The Downtown farmers market, which runs from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Fridays, begins May 10. The Squirrel Hill...
Former McKeesport nurse charged with taking explicit photos of elderly patients
A former nurse at McKeesport’s Kane Hospital allegedly took photos of elderly patients — and one toddler patient — often when they were naked and in need of medical care, according to Allegheny County police. Ashley Ann Smith, 30, faces nearly three dozen charges, including invasion of privacy, neglect of...
Police: Adult was aggressor in Washington theater shooting that injured teen
State police in Washington allege that a 53-year-old Waynesburg man was the instigator in a fight with a group of teenagers last month that ended with one boy shot in the leg. Chris Allan Williams faces a slew of charges in the March 23 incident, including two felony counts of...
4 more cases of measles confirmed in Allegheny CountyVideo
Four more cases of measles have been confirmed in Allegheny County, bringing the known number of cases to five, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will likely declare an outbreak, county health officials said Thursday. “This is going to be considered an outbreak,” said Dr. Karen Hacker, director...
Pittsburgh police charge Hilltop gang members in connection with 2014 trash collector killing
A four-year investigation into rival gangs that cut a bloody path through Pittsburgh’s Hilltop neighborhoods in 2014 culminated Thursday with police announcing the arrests of nine people, including four in connection with the mistaken-identity killing of a Pittsburgh trash collector. Four members of the “Zhoove” gang – named for the...
Convicted Allegheny County Councilman McCullough back in court
The years-long saga of embattled, former Allegheny Councilman Charles McCullough continued Wednesday during a hearing in front of Common Pleas Judge David Cashman. The hearing was on McCullough’s motion to have then-Judge Lester Nauhaus removed from his case because of alleged conversations between the judge and others. McCullough was convicted...
Carnegie Mellon student convicted of sex assault in 2018 case
A jury on Wednesday convicted a Carnegie Mellon University student of sexual assault for his attack on a University of Pittsburgh student last in year in an Oakland apartment. The jury convicted Joon Woo Baik, 24, of the second-degree felony charge after about a day and a half of deliberations....
Family seeks to retrace last months of man found dead by South Side tracks
The family of Steven Michael O’Brien is trying to piece together the last months of his life, from his last conversation with his wife in January to the moment the proud Bostonian was found dead last week near a set of South Side railroad tracks. “He was my baby brother,”...
Police: Pittsburgh woman seeking PFA arrested on warrant, had gun in purse
Allegheny County Sheriffs’ deputies charged a woman seeking a protection-from-abuse order at Pittsburgh Municipal Court early Tuesday after they discovered a warrant for her arrest and a loaded pistol in her purse, authorities said. Tiffany Towns, 36, of the city’s North Side, walked into the court building on First Avenue...
Pleasant Hills man gets up to 6 years in prison for fatal DUI crash
A Pleasant Hills man pleaded guilty Monday to homicide by vehicle in exchange for prosecutors withdrawing a charge of involuntary manslaughter, according to the District Attorney’s Office. Andrew Lannon, 31, also pleaded guilty to driving under the influence and homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence. The plea agreement...
Jury convicts Ross woman in deadly 2017 hit and run
An Allegheny County jury deliberated less than one full day before convicting a Ross woman Monday in the hit-and-run death of a North Hills lawyer. The jury found Melinda Gregor, 30, guilty of leaving the scene and failing to give aid in a vehicle crash involving death or injury –...
