Megan Guza stories, Page 59
Pittsburgh zoo lemur recovering after rare mastectomy
A lemur at the Pittsburgh zoo is recovering from a mastectomy performed Tuesday to remove two malignant tumors, a surgery rarely done in zoos. “Mastectomies in the zoo world are pretty uncommon, especially in primates,” said Dr. Ginger Sturgeon, the zoo’s director of animal health. “It’s a very uncommon type...
Teen charged in Baldwin home invasion, shooting
A teen was charged as an adult in connection with the January robbery and shooting at an apartment where three children were inside, Allegheny County police said Tuesday. Police responded to the Leland Point housing complex in Baldwin shortly after 10 a.m. on Jan. 31, where a man had been...
Pittsburgh Public Safety meeting to focus on hate, extremism
A citywide public safety meeting Wednesday night will focus on teaching the public to recognize and report hate crimes, department officials said. The public event, “Recognizing and Reporting Hate Groups and Extremism in Your Neighborhood,” will be held at the Teamster Temple in the city’s Lawrenceville neighborhood. Attendees will learn...
Clairton teens face charges in Antwon Rose protest fight
More than a dozen Clairton students face charges in connection with a fight that broke out last month during a protest against the acquittal of former officer Michael Rosfeld, police Chief Robert Hoffman said Tuesday. The students walked out of Clairton High School about 12:30 p.m. March 25, three days...
Pittsburgh swears in first woman, minority to EMS Deputy Chief rank
Pittsburgh officials swore in the city’s first woman as a deputy EMS chief on Monday in a moment that newly sworn-in Amera Gilchrist said she never could have imagined when she began her work with city EMS two decades ago. “Today a glass ceiling has been broken,” Gilchrist said after...
Pittsburgh police officers honored for their bravery
Dozens of Pittsburgh police officers received awards Monday at a ceremony meant to recognize those who go above and beyond what is asked of them, police officials said, including five officers awarded the bureau’s Medal of Valor. “This is just a small portion of what we see each and every...
Images of hope to replace tarps at Tree of Life site
Artwork expressing love, hope and healing will replace blue construction tarps surrounding Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue where a gunman killed 11 worshippers last year, officials said. The building, which housed the congregations of Tree of Life or L’Simcha, New Light and Dor Hadash, remains surrounded by a chain-link fence...
Parkland survivors visit Tree of Life to help community find voice
The message from Parkland to Pittsburgh on Friday was simple: You matter — and you have a voice. Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. visited Pittsburgh to start three days of talking and sharing with students at Allderdice High School in Squirrel Hill and others in...
Police seek witnesses to Washington County movie theater shooting
Washington County authorities continue looking for witnesses to a movie theater shooting last month, the district attorney said Friday. The March 23 shooting at the Regal Theater in North Franklin left one boy with a gunshot wound to his leg after an altercation with a Greene County man that spilled...
Parkland survivors visit Tree of Life to help community find voice
The message from Parkland to Pittsburgh on Friday was simple: You matter — and you have a voice. Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. visited Pittsburgh to start three days of talking and sharing with students at Allderdice High School in Squirrel Hill and others in...
No bail for Pittsburgh man accused of beating grandson with belt
A judge Thursday denied bail for a Pittsburgh man who police say beat his grandson with a belt inside a school classroom after the boy misbehaved. Police said Harold Coates, 52, beat the boy in front of teachers in a Propel School classroom in the city’s Hazelwood neighborhood. Coates told...
‘It hurts 10 years later’: Officers killed in Stanton Heights ambush honoredVideo
A decade of blue carnations and moments of silence, of “Taps” and bagpipes and of the same somber final roll call each year around 7:03 a.m. hasn’t lessened the pain. Hundreds of Pittsburgh police officers gathered Thursday at the city’s Zone 5 station — the “fightin’ fifth,” the sign out...
Shooting injures 1 in Pittsburgh’s Garfield neighborhood
A midday shooting Wednesday in Pittsburgh left one man in critical condition, authorities said. Police and EMS responded to a report of a man shot in the street shortly after noon, said Public Safety spokeswoman Alicia George. First responders found the man lying near Hillcrest and North Graham streets with...
‘Parkland to Pittsburgh’ to bring Stoneman Douglas, Tree of Life communities together
Survivors of last year’s shooting at a Parkland, Florida., high school will join with members of Pittsburgh’s Jewish community this weekend for a remembrance of victims killed in the October massacre at the Tree of Life synagogue. The program, Parkland to Pittsburgh, is described by the Jewish Community Center as...
Cops: Wounded man at Washington Hospital likely stabbed in Stowe
Investigators believe a man who showed up to Washington Hospital Tuesday night with critical wounds was stabbed in Stowe, Allegheny County police said. Washington police responded to the hospital after the 42-year-old man took himself to the emergency department, Lt. Ken Ruckel said. Local police learned that the man, who...
McKeesport bus driver snagged by state’s Child Predator Unit for alleged explicit messages
A McKeesport bus driver is accused of sending sexually explicit messages and photos to a Massachusetts police officer posing as a minor, leading to his arrest Monday by agents from the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office. Todd Murray, 55, faces five felony charges, including corruption of minors and unlawful contact with...
Pittsburgh police searching for suspect in fender bender-turned robbery
Pittsburgh police continue to search for a man they say caused a fender bender last week in Bloomfield and then robbed the other driver. The incident happened March 25 near the intersection of Baum Boulevard and Liberty Avenue, according to the police report out of the city’s Zone 5 station....
Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner scheduled for preliminary hearing in Detroit April 11
Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner faces a preliminary hearing later this month in Detroit on charges stemming from an altercation with Detroit police last month. Neither Wagner nor her husband, Khari Mosley, appeared in person Monday at a probable cause conference, according to Wayne County Assistant Prosecutor Maria Miller. Local...
Pittsburgh police injured in Tree of Life shooting throw first pitch at Pirates home opener
Four Pittsburgh police officers injured during the October synagogue shooting threw out the first pitch during the Pirates home opener at PNC Park on Monday. Officers Timothy Matson, Anthony Burke, Dan Mead and Michael Smidga each threw pitches during the pregame ceremony. Officers Anthony Burke, Timothy Matson, Dan Mead, and...
Consumer alert issued for Homestead’s Me Lyng after mice found in kitchen
Allegheny County health officials issued a consumer alert for Homestead’s Me Lyng, citing dirty surfaces and a mouse infestation. The inspection late last week at the family-style Asian restaurant on Eighth Avenue turned up mouse droppings throughout the kitchen, including on shelving and in food storage areas of the basement,...
Clairton police investigating alleged assault during Tuesday’s protest of Rosfeld verdict
Clairton police anticipate a “lengthy” investigation into the alleged assault of a driver during a protest Monday relating to the acquittal of Michael Rosfeld. The incident happened about 12:30 p.m. after some Clairton High School students walked out in protest of the verdict, which cleared Rosfeld of any crime in...
W.Va. woman caught with loaded handgun at Pittsburgh airport
A West Virginia woman tried taking a loaded gun through security at Pittsburgh International Airport on Wednesday, according to Transportation Security Administration officials. The woman, from Monongalia County, had the 9mm handgun in her backpack, said TSA spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein. The gun was loaded with seven rounds, including one in...
River, a 4-legged fixture on Grant Street, resigning as Pittsburgh’s canine ambassador
Pittsburgh’s first canine ambassador is resigning after more than two years of tippy-tapping through the City-County Building in Downtown, according to the pup’s resignation letter. River, a golden retriever, submitted his resignation letter, dated March 26, to Mayor Bill Peduto. “My mom has recently accepted a new job, and it’s...
McKeesport woman charged with homicide after man she struck dies
Attempted homicide charges against a McKeesport woman were upgraded to homicide after the man she allegedly ran down with her car in late July died last week, authorities said. Jakiia Williams, 33, was awaiting a bench trial on charges she struck a 72-year-old man outside the Harrison Village housing complex....
Pittsburgh man pleads guilty to murder in 2018 botched drug deal
A man pleaded guilty Monday to killing another man in a botched drug deal last year in Pittsburgh’s South Oakland neighborhood, authorities said. Shayne Craighead, 23, pleaded guilty to third-degree murder. Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas Judge Anthony Mariani sentenced him to at least 17 years in prison for...
