Megan Guza stories, Page 60
Antwon Rose’s mother reflects on Michael Rosfeld’s trial, losing her son
Darkness had already fallen Saturday night when Michelle Kenney drove to East Pittsburgh. It was the first time. She finally wanted to see where her son, Antwon, died. Twenty-four hours earlier, late Friday night, Michael Rosfeld, a former East Pittsburgh police officer, was acquitted of murder for shooting Antwon Rose...
Passionate protesters remain peaceful in Pittsburgh streets after Rosfeld verdict
Hundreds of peaceful protesters spilled into the streets of Downtown Pittsburgh and Oakland on Saturday, the day after former police Officer Michael Rosfeld was acquitted of homicide in the 2018 death of Antwon Rose II. The protesters shouted for justice, encouraged people to vote and expressed frustration over the not-guilty...
Antwon Rose Sr. tells crowd to ‘leave the streets alone’
The father of a black teenager shot and killed by a police officer had a message Saturday for young people trying to come to terms with the jury’s not-guilty verdict. “Do what you gotta do for your parents,” Antwon Rose Sr. said. “The streets ain’t it; the streets ain’t it....
Demonstrators march through Pittsburgh day after Rosfeld found not guiltyVideo
The day after a jury found Michael Rosfeld not guilty of homicide in the shooting and killing of 17-year Antwon Rose II has brought mixed reactions. The heads of two of the city’s most powerful philanthropic institutions shared in the shock and outrage that brought people into the streets Friday...
Rosfeld acquittal leaves a relieved wife in tears and a mother indignant
The two women in the first row of the courtroom late Friday waited nine months to get there, and their reactions when the jury read the verdict told separate tales of months-long heartache. One collapsed from her chair – sobbing. The other remained still – no tears. Not guilty. Michelle...
Rosfeld trial has Pittsburgh police beefing up security
Pittsburgh police plan to move to 12-hour shifts beginning Saturday, a police spokesman said. Closing arguments could begin Friday in the trial of former East Pittsburgh police Officer Michael Rosfeld, who is accused of shooting a fleeing Antwon Rose II on June 19. The beefed-up security is being done to...
Judge to allow testimony about drive-by shooting in Michael Rosfeld trial
Testimony about a drive-by shooting that preceded the shooting death of Antwon Rose will be permitted during the homicide trial of Michael Rosfeld, the former police officer who killed Rose, a judge ruled Monday. However, Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Alexander Bicket said details of a robbery in which defense...
Pitt lawyers say East Pittsburgh never requested Michael Rosfeld’s employee file from Pitt
The borough of East Pittsburgh hired Michael Rosfeld as a police officer without asking for employment records from at least one of his previous departments, according to a civil court filing last week in a lawsuit related to his killing of Antwon Rose. Rose’s parents — Michelle Kenney and Antwon...
Man pleads guilty in drive-by shooting that preceded Antwon Rose killingVideo
The man charged in connection with the June 19 drive-by shooting that preceded the officer-involved shooting death of Antwon Rose pleaded guilty to several charges Friday, just days before the officer who shot Rose is set to go to trial. Zaijuan Hester, 18, pleaded guilty to three counts of aggravated...
New lawsuit alleges sexual abuse by St. Bernard School teacher
A former St. Bernard elementary school student filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging he was sexually abused by a math teacher he sought out for tutoring. The alleged victim, now an adult, called the memories “too painful to relive” in the lawsuit filed by Downtown attorney Robert Peirce III. The lawsuit...
Streets around Pittsburgh courthouse will be closed during Rosfeld trial
Road restrictions will be in place next week during the homicide trial against former East Pittsburgh police officer Michael Rosfeld, authorities in Pittsburgh said Wednesday. The trial is set to begin Tuesday. Public Safety spokesman Chris Togneri said the streets around the Allegheny County Courthouse will be closed while court...
Jury of 6 men, 6 women seated for Michael Rosfeld homicide trial
HARRISBURG — Attorneys zipped through the last leg of the jury selection process in the Michael Rosfeld case Wednesday morning, seating the final three jurors and four alternates in less than 90 minutes. The jury is made up of six men and six women, including one black man and two...
Nine jurors selected for Rosfeld trial, race issues arise
HARRISBURG — Nine jurors from Dauphin County were selected Tuesday in the first day of jury selection in the homicide case against former East Pittsburgh police officer Michael Rosfeld. Three men and six women were among those chosen out of the 24 interviewed by the time court recessed for the...
Rankin man pleads guilty to 2017 murder of his niece
A Rankin man pleaded guilty Monday to the 2017 murder of his niece. Kalvin Stewart left 29-year-old India Stewart’s body near an abandoned Braddock garage and then set fire to his Jeep on Pittsburgh’s North Side to hide the evidence. Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas Judge Thomas Flaherty sentenced...
State prisons will allow arts and crafts when children visit parents
Pennsylvania’s state prisons will allow incarcerated parents and their children to do arts and crafts in visiting rooms to make children more comfortable with the experience, Department of Corrections officials said Monday. Coloring books, markers, paper and other craft supplies will be available during visiting hours, all of which will...
Ex-Istanbul Sofra owner charged with sexual assault to be released from jail
A former Pittsburgh restaurant owner found not guilty of stalking last week and facing a re-trial on sexual assault charges will be released from jail and placed on home electronic monitoring, a judge ruled Monday. Adnan Pehlivan, 47, had been in the Allegheny County Jail since his $20,000 bond was...
Detroit prosecutors: No decision on charges against Chelsa Wagner
Prosecutors in Wayne County, Mich., did not decide Monday as to whether charges will be filed against Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner in an altercation with police last week at a Detroit hotel. Detroit police arrested Wagner, 42, early March 6 at the Westin Book Cadillac Hotel, authorities said. Police...
Pitt Cyber Institute plans seminar aimed to raise awareness about cyberbullying
A nationally known cyberbullying expert will lead a panel discussion on the topic later this month at the University of Pittsburgh Institute for Cyber Law, Policy, and Security. The March 27 panel discussion will feature Dr. Ellen Selkie, a University of Michigan lecturer in adolescent medicine. Her main areas of...
Authorities vow to aggressively rid Western Pa. of illegal opioid suppliers
Overdose deaths plummeted across Western Pennsylvania last year, but federal authorities said Friday they would continue working aggressively to further reduce the toll drugs are taking on the region’s communities. “Every person addicted to drugs is a son or a daughter, a mother or a father, a brother or a...
Jury convicts man of 3rd-degree murder for killing family in Thanksgiving Day crash
A jury Friday convicted Demetrius Coleman of three counts of third-degree murder in the 2016 Thanksgiving Day crash in North Versailles that killed a family heading to dinner, according to the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office. Prosecutors intend to argue that Coleman should face life in prison without the possibility...
State Rep. Kulik reintroduces ‘Alina’s Law,’ named for slain Pitt student
Another state lawmaker is trying to push forward with a law inspired by a University of Pittsburgh student murdered in 2017 by her ex-boyfriend. State Rep. Anita Astorino Kulik, D-Kennedy, on Thursday introduced House Bill 588, or Alina’s Law, a year after a similar bill passed the state Senate but...
Pittsburgh police welcome largest student academy class for 10-week course
Pittsburgh’s Student Police Academy began Wednesday with its largest class since its inception in 2015, according to police. Thirty-four high school students will learn directly from Pittsburgh police officers for the 10-week course. The students are from parochial, charter, Pittsburgh Public and suburban schools. The course allows students to learn...
Mistrial in sex assault trial of Pittsburgh restaurateur, who is acquitted of stalkingVideo
A jury deadlocked on all sex crimes in the trial of former Istanbul Sofra owner Adnan Pehlivan and acquitted him of stalking and simple assault. Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey A. Manning declared a mistrial after the jury of eight men and four women announced that it could not...
Hot water problems put Allegheny County Jail on modified lockdown
An issue with the Allegheny County Jail’s water tower has led to a modified lockdown at the facility through Sunday, jail officials said. Warden Orlando Harper said in a statement there is no hot water available from the ground floor up to level five of the Second Avenue facility. The...
Jury begins deliberating in case of 2016 Thanksgiving crash that killed family
Jurors must decide whether the man charged with causing the 2016 Thanksgiving crash that killed a family of three truly intended to cause harm that day or if the crash was the unintended consequence of reckless actions. The jury began deliberating Wednesday, weighing not whether 24-year-old Demetrius Coleman is guilty...
