Paul Peirce stories, Page 27
Troopers charge Unity man after confrontation over wearing mask in Giant Eagle
A Unity man accused of refusing to wear a mask while shopping at a grocery store and threatening to fight the manager before fleeing was charged with disorderly conduct and harassment, state police said. William A. Muir, 41, also received four traffic citations from troopers as he fled the Giant...
Murrysville police charge former Export man with assault, strangulation
Murrysville police said a 26-year-old man was arrested early Sunday on charges of harassment, simple assault and strangulation following an alleged incident inside a woman’s apartment. Zachary Musto of Rochester, Beaver County, was arrested following the reported attack around 12:10 a.m. that occurred in the 1100 block of Ohio Street....
Westmoreland County Prison inmate accused of making threats against female guard
An inmate at the Westmoreland County Prison awaiting a hearing on assault and strangulation charges was arrested Friday on charges of threatening to sexually assault a female guard at the prison, according to court documents. Nicholas J. Grindle, 33, of Jeannette, was arraigned on charges of aggravated assault, harassment and...
West Newton man charged with arson, insurance fraud after reporting car theft
A West Newton man who reported his car was stolen earlier this month in Mt. Pleasant now is charged with arson, insurance fraud and making false reports, according to court records. Donald E. Cassidy, 54, reported about 8 a.m. Feb. 15 that his vehicle was stolen from Rumbaugh Avenue in...
Latrobe police: 9-year-old believed to have made prank call reporting school shooting
Latrobe police say they identified a 9-year-old who is accused of making a prank 911 call Wednesday, causing a lockdown at Latrobe Elementary School and prompting a response by multiple emergency and police units. “We were able to positively identify the juvenile who made the call, but, unfortunately at this...
Scuffle with policeman in Export judge’s office results in arrest of Delmont woman
A Delmont woman who showed up at a district judge’s office several hours late for a hearing on harassment and simple assault charges was arrested in the judge’s office for scuffling with a policeman, according to court records. Export District Judge Charles R. Conway remanded Laurelann Kovac, 46, to the...
Police say woman cut man with knife during argument in Murrysville
A 42-year-old woman was arrested late Tuesday by Murrysville police, charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after, police say, she cut a man with a knife during an argument, according to court records. Samantha Dawn Nichols of Mt. Pleasant was arrested after the 11 p.m. incident at the...
Cambria County native new director of Pa. Game Commission Southwest RegionVideo
The Pennsylvania Game Commission didn’t have to look far for its new Southwest Region Office director. Jason D. Farabaugh began his new position last weekend, running the office in Fairfield that oversees a 10-county area. The Carrolltown, Cambria County, native spent his entire 13 years with the game commission working...
2 Adelphoi residents in Unity group home arrested after being stabbed in altercation
Two wards at Adelphoi Village’s Saxman House were arrested on assault charges after both were stabbed with scissors during an altercation in the non-profit’s group home for adjudicated males in Unity, according to state police. Timothy S. Rice, 20, was ordered held in the county prison on $5,000 bond Monday...
Pa. troopers say Unity assault victim put ‘Call 911’ note in window as plea for help
The hand-scrawled sign hanging in the window of a Unity home over the weekend read, “Call 911.” After seeing it, someone did just that. State police arrived Saturday at the Pearl Lane home for a reported domestic assault. Inside, troopers reported finding a woman “visibly distraught” and “still bleeding from...
Smithton woman charged with Medicaid fraud, theft
A personal care attendant from Smithton is accused by the state Attorney General’s office of overbilling Medicaid $18,491 for hundreds of hours she never worked. Annette M. Stahl, 54, was arrested by agents from the attorney general’s office and charged with criminal conspiracy, Medicaid fraud and theft in connection with...
Trump House creator Leslie Rossi says she is ‘humbled’ at receiving GOP nod for open state House seat
Leslie Baum Rossi said she was “humbled” by her selection Saturday by a group of party confreres from Somerset and Westmoreland counties to be the Republican candidate in the May 18 special election to fill the vacancy in the 59th District state House seat created by the recent death of...
After 2-year lows recorded Sunday, temperatures may climb to 50 Wednesday
Don’t break out those shorts just yet, but meteorologists at the National Weather Service in Moon said by midweek, Western Pennsylvanians might feel like pulling out their spring wardrobes. “We’re finally going to thaw,” meteorologist Alicia Miller said. And after experiencing the coldest temperature in two years about 7 a.m....
East Huntingdon church vandalized, $500 reward offered for informationVideo
The windows intentionally broken out of Mt. Nebo Independent Community Church in Westmoreland County are temporarily patched with cardboard and tape, but Greg Butler admits that the frustration of attempting to understand why vandals targeted the 131-year-old sanctuary lingers. Before the 9:30 a.m. service a week ago, Butler arrived at...
Trump House creator Leslie Baum Rossi wins Republican nod as party’s candidate for open state House seat
Leslie Baum Rossi, the Unity woman who created the Trump House, was chosen Saturday to be the Republican candidate in the May 18 special election to fill the vacancy in the 59th District State House seat created by the death of Mike Reese. Rossi, 50, was chosen by appointed members...
PNC Park hosts 2nd mass covid-19 vaccination clinic
About 3,500 high-risk Allegheny Health Network patients from throughout Western Pennsylvania got their first covid-19 vaccinations Saturday at PNC Park in Pittsburgh. The participants in the second large-scale coronavirus vaccine clinic held at the baseball stadium by AHN, a Highmark Health company, pre-registered for the vaccinations. No walk-up business was...
Suspect left trail of heroin, cocaine, drug paraphernalia before arrest, Greensburg police report
An Allegheny County man was charged with multiple drug and escape charges after Greensburg police said he left a trail of cocaine, heroin and drug paraphernalia while he ran from a home in hopes of avoiding arrest. John R. Stenhouse, 20, of Turtle Creek was taken into custody in an...
Man arrested after standoff with Pittsburgh SWAT team
A man was taken into custody by Pittsburgh police early Saturday after a standoff in Pittsburgh’s Lincoln-Lemington neighborhood where a man reportedly brandished a gun at a neighbor during a dispute, authorities said. Police and the city’s SWAT team responded at 3:50 a.m. to the 1300 block of Paulson Street...
Man stabbed in South Side, police investigating
A man was critically wounded late Friday after being stabbed multiple times in Pittsburgh’s South Side, according to city police. Police and paramedics responded to a 911 call for a man with stab wounds at the intersection of 7th and East Carson streets around 11:40 p.m., police reported. When officers...
Dog license fee hike would address Pennsylvania bureau’s budget shortfall
Pennsylvania could regain the dubious moniker as the nation’s puppy mill capital without a hike in the state’s dog license fees this year, Department of Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding warned Wednesday. He joined two state lawmakers and Gisele Fetterman, wife of Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, seeking support for an annual...
Penn man accused of assaulting woman during fight about bathroom use
State police say a Penn Borough man assaulted two people during a fight about who was going to use the bathroom at an apartment Monday, according to court documents. Dakota Scheetz, 24, was arraigned Tuesday on two counts each of harassment and simple assault filed by troopers after the 5...
Smithton man charged by troopers with assault, cruelty to animals
State police say a Smithton man assaulted his girlfriend and abused her dog during an argument at the woman’s East Huntingdon apartment. Matthew W. Cathers, 47, is charged with cruelty to animals, harassment, terroristic threats and simple assault by state police after the 7:30 p.m. incident Sunday at Huntingdon Village....
Former court clerk Amy Altman McChesney to run for Derry district judge
A Derry Township woman said her work as a clerk with the Westmoreland County Clerk of Courts and in a district judge’s office provides with the experience and knowledge to succeed retiring Mark Bilik as district judge. Amy Altman McChesney, 42, has announced her candidacy for the seat that includes...
South Greensburg police chief to run for Hempfield district judge post
South Greensburg’s police chief believes his 27 years in law enforcement best qualifies him to fill the vacant district judge seat in Hempfield. Scott Fanchalsky, 49, said he will cross-file and run in both the Democratic and Republican primaries May 18 for the position formerly held by District Judge Anthony...
Former Indiana County district judge charged by state police with DUI, child endangerment
A former Indiana County district judge who practices law in Latrobe faces a hearing next month in a drunken-driving case filed by state police, who said they pulled her over and accused her of driving erratically, according to court records. State police stopped a 2021 Honda Pilot driven by Jennifer...
