Megan Guza stories, Page 58
3 vacant homes burn in Larimer fire
Three vacant homes burned in a fire in Pittsburgh’s Larimer neighborhood Monday, authorities said. Fire crews responded about 1:30 p.m. to a house on Meadow Street between Larimer Avenue and Ashley Street, said Public Safety spokeswoman Alicia George. The fire reached three alarms and spread to three houses, all of...
Union members gather in Pittsburgh for Workers’ Memorial Day
Union members gathered in Market Square on Monday for Workers’ Memorial Day, honoring those across the county and the country who died on the job in the past year. “Every seven seconds, a worker is hurt on the job. That accounts for 12,300 men and women every day,” said Darrin...
Officials ID man found dead near South Side tracks
Authorities have identified a man found dead on Pittsburgh’s South Side last week. Pittsburgh police responded about 8 a.m. Thursday to a wooded area near train tracks on South Seventh Street above East Carson. Steven Michael O’Brien, 38, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Allegheny County Medical...
Hundreds commemorate 6-month anniversary of Tree of Life slayingsVideo
Daniel Leger stood in front of a packed Temple Sinai in Squirrel Hill and said that neither he, nor anyone else in the room Sunday afternoon, should have to be there. “We shouldn’t have to be here today because of Columbine, because it was more than enough,” he said. “We...
Pittsburgh police promote 11 to leadership ranks
Pittsburgh police and city officials promoted 11 officers to leadership positions Friday in a short ceremony in City Council Chambers. Two sergeants were promoted to the rank of lieutenant, and nine officers were promoted to sergeant. Public Safety Director Wendell Hissrich thanked the officers for their service and willingness to...
A year after DelTondo killing, Beaver DA remains mum on details
Nearly a year after Rachael DelTondo was gunned down in the driveway of her mother’s Aliquippa home, Beaver County District Attorney David Lozier broke his months of silence to say he was “pleased with the progress of the investigation.” Lozier did not indicate what progress has been made, nor did...
Police: Peters youth swim coach believed teen had the soul of his dead girlfriend
A Peters swim instructor told police he sent months worth of explicit text messages to a teen because he believed she was “inhabited by the soul” of a dead, former girlfriend, according to charges filed against the man. Township police began investigating Robert Neal Keller, 44, earlier this month after...
Police: 1 injured in Allentown shooting
A man was injured during a shooting Friday in Pittsburgh’s Allentown neighborhood, according to police. The shooting happened shortly before 10 a.m. on East Warrington Avenue, said Public Safety spokeswoman Alicia George. Police said the man was in his car in the parking lot near East Warrington and Walter Street...
400-year-old Bible stolen from Carnegie Library recovered in Netherlands
A centuries-old Bible stolen decades ago from the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh was returned to the city Thursday, recovered from the Netherlands as part of a local and federal investigation into 25 years worth of library thefts. “One can only imagine the journey that this particular Carnegie Library Bible has...
Teen charged in North Braddock shooting of friend turns himself in
A West Mifflin teen wanted in connection with the shooting of his friend during “horseplay” at a North Braddock apartment earlier this week turned himself in to police Thursday, authorities said. Damond Thomas, 16, was wanted on charges of aggravated assault, reckless endangerment and firearms violations, according to Allegheny County...
Man’s body found near South Side train tracks
Pittsburgh police are investigating after a man’s body was found Thursday morning on the city’s South Side. Investigators responded around 8 a.m. to South Seventh Street above East Carson, said Public Safety spokesman Chris Togneri. Police found the man near a fence by the train tracks, he said. The man...
Crews train to fight fires on — and with — Pittsburgh’s riversVideo
Nearly two dozen firefighters took to the Monongahela River near the South Side on Wednesday to practice fighting fires on and with water from the city’s largest water supply — its rivers. The training gave 22 more firefighters the skills needed to operate the city’s fire boat, named after former...
Rivers Casino scuffle sends state trooper to the hospital
A scuffle Tuesday evening at the Rivers Casino left two state police officers injured and a man in jail accused of assault and heroin possession, according to the criminal complaint filed against the man. Ryun Mitchell, 23, fought with officers as they arrested him at the casino, police said. Casino...
Trial starts for Ross woman accused in fatal hit and run
Trial began Wednesday for a Ross woman accused in a 2017 hit and run crash on Babcock Boulevard that killed a North Hills attorney. Melinda Gregor, 30, is charged with hitting 50-year-old Michael Menner shortly before 7 p.m. Dec. 17, 2017. Menner was crossing Babcock Boulevard near Shenanigan’s Bar and...
Feds: Dormont man remanded to prison for blogging hate speech
A Dormont man, who has over the past 15 years been acquitted of murder, praised a convicted cop-killer, left anti-Semitic fliers on cars and twice violated the terms of his federal parole, could again have that parole revoked as he is accused of blogging calls for violence against the Jewish...
2 passengers caught with guns on same day at Pittsburgh International Airport
A California man tried taking a revolver in his carry-on bags at Pittsburgh International Airport on Monday, just hours after a West Virginia woman was caught with a loaded handgun, officials said. Transportation Security Administration officers stopped the Chula Vista man at the checkpoint after they found a .22-caliber revolver...
1 killed when truck tips onto car on Steubenville Pike in Robinson
One man died Tuesday morning when a cargo truck tipped over onto his car on Steubenville Pike in Robinson, authorities said. The incident happened about 9 a.m. near the Interstate 79 interchange, an emergency dispatcher said. Police said they arrived on scene to find the cargo truck had rolled over...
Police seek 16-year-old boy accused of accidentally shooting girl in North Braddock
A 16-year-old girl shot in the face by an acquaintance Monday in North Braddock told the boy repeatedly she didn’t like guns and asked him to put it away, according to the criminal complaint filed against him. Allegheny County police said they are searching for 16-year-old Damond Thomas, of West...
2 shot in Pittsburgh’s Knoxville neighborhood
A midday shooting left two men injured in Pittsburgh’s Knoxville neighborhood Monday, authorities said. Police responded to Brownsville Road about 12:40 p.m. for a report of multiple people who had been shot, according to Public Safety spokesman Chris Togneri. Officers found one man with a gunshot wound to the right...
McKees Rocks woman accused of assaulting ex with car, baseball bat
A McKees Rocks woman tried to run down her ex-boyfriend during an argument and, when that failed, she beat him with an aluminum baseball bat, police said. The incident happened shortly before 9 a.m. Saturday at a home near Saxon Way and Lincoln Avenue in Lincoln-Lemington, according to a Pittsburgh...
Former Butler detective, hospital executive charged with more than $1M in fraud
A former Butler Memorial Hospital executive and her husband, a former detective with the Butler County District Attorney’s Office, spent years doctoring expense reports and receipts in order to bilk more than $1 million dollars from the health system, according to a grand jury indictment unsealed Friday. Stephanie J. Roskovski...
Teen remains critical after McKeesport shooting
A boy remained in critical condition Friday after he was shot in McKeesport the previous night, police said. Police and paramedics responded to Hamilton Street just before 7 p.m. for a report of shots fired and a potentially injured person, said Allegheny County police Lt. Ken Ruckel. First responders found...
Pittsburgh police post policies online to increase transparency
Pittsburgh police policies can now be found online, a move that police brass said is an effort to promote departmental transparency. “Police are here to serve and protect the public, and they do so on a daily basis,” said Public Safety Director Wendell Hissrich. “Transparency is a key component of...
Edgewood man turns himself in, charged with killing his daughter
A father charged with homicide 14 years after he shook his infant daughter turned himself in to Allegheny County police Thursday, authorities said. Ariden Jackson, 37, of Edgewood served 10 years in prison for assaulting his then-4-week-old daughter in May 2005. The child died earlier this year, and her death...
Edgewood man charged with homicide 14 years after shaking infant daughter
An Edgewood man is charged with homicide in the Feb. 1 death of his daughter – 14 years after he shook her as an infant and left her with brain damage and a seizure disorder. Allegheny County Police are searching for Ariden Jackson, who was 23 when authorities filed aggravated...
