Paul Peirce stories, Page 59
Woman reported in critical condition after stabbing in East Pittsburgh
State police said a 22-year-old woman was critically injured Friday after being stabbed multiple times in an East Pittsburgh home. Trooper Adam Sikorski reported that troopers were dispatched to a residence in the borough about 8 p.m. for a report of a woman being stabbed. Police said the woman was...
Saltsburg man accused of heroin possession after traffic stop in Delmont
A traffic stop in Delmont on June 6 resulted in the arrest of an Indiana County man on charges of heroin possession. Austin T. Hopkins, 23, of Saltsburg was charged by borough officer Jacob Cholock with possession of heroin and possession of drug paraphernalia before Export District Judge Charles Conway....
Accused traffic scofflaw’s luck runs out in New Stanton sting, police report
An Irwin man’s luck avoiding bench warrants for numerous traffic offenses in three Western Pennsylvania counties ran out Wednesday when he was ordered held in the Westmoreland County Prison on $1,500 bail after unsuccessfully attempting to escape police this month. Walter P. Hanns Jr. , 38, was arraigned on two...
Cops: Man threatened girlfriend with loaded gun for grabbing TV remote
An East Huntingdon man became so angry at his live-in girlfriend for grabbing the television remote earlier this month he threatened her with a loaded handgun and then cut off his electronic home monitoring device before fleeing to Fayette County, according to state police. Samuel A. Clark, 34, formerly of...
Driver accused of fleeing Route 30 crash near Westmoreland Mall
Area firefighters and state police Monday searched a neighborhood along the border of Hempfield and Unity to find a man who fled the scene of a wreck on Route 30, state police said. David L. Jellison, 27, of Hostetter, was arraigned on multiple criminal charges Tuesday in connection with the...
Cops: Mt. Pleasant man shot at men who claimed he threw beer can at woman
A 57-year-old Mt. Pleasant man was arrested by state police on multiple criminal charges, including attempted homicide, after allegedly firing a handgun at two men who confronted him about assaulting a woman at a public housing complex in Fayette County last weekend. Charles Edward Chandler was arrested following the incident...
Cops: Somerset County camp directors did not report alleged child abuse incident
Two directors of TeenQuest, a Christian youth retreat and summer camp in Somerset County, were charged Monday with failing to report an incident of alleged child abuse at the facility in March, according to state police. Mark S. Witt, 69, who founded the youth mission camp in rural Milford Township...
Tips help Greensburg cops identify suspect in passing counterfeit bill
Tips from the public helped Greensburg Police identify a 29-year-old man who allegedly passed a counterfeit $100 bill June 20 at a downtown pharmacy. Police have obtained an arrest warrant for Jonathan D. Sherback, whose last known address was Pittsburgh, on charges of retail theft, theft by false impression and...
Cops: North Side man beat woman because she ordered him the wrong beer
A Pittsburgh man became so angry at a woman who ordered him the wrong beer that he followed her outside a Murrysville restaurant and chased her across Route 22, where he is accused of kicking and punching her, according to court documents. Kadeem O. Warren, 28, of the North Side,...
Police seek Tarentum man in Fayette County homicide
A Tarentum man is wanted by state police in connection with the Sept. 17 shooting death of a Fayette County man outside his home. Trooper Richard Sizer said police are seeking the whereabouts of Omari Parker Jr., 18, who is wanted in connection with the slaying of Tywain James Reid,...
Cops: Salem man fired handgun at 3 fishermen he accused of trespassing
A 78-year-old Salem man was arrested for allegedly firing a handgun at three fishermen he accused of trespassing Thursday afternoon, according to state police at Kiski. Arthur Sarn was arraigned on charges of aggravated assault, reckless endangerment, simple assault and making terroristic threats filed by police after the incident at...
Hempfield fire departments ready for giant fireworks retailer
Practically in the shadow of the tiny Bovard Volunteer Fire Department in Hempfield, Westmoreland County will welcome a new business neighbor Saturday with the grand opening of Phantom of Greensburg — 35,000-square-feet of firecrackers, bottle rockets, bursting fountains, mortar kits and sparklers, to name a few of the explosive goods....
Greensburg man’s alleged attempt to avoid taxi fare ends in ride to jail
A Greensburg man’s alleged attempt to stiff a taxi driver out of an $89 fare instead got him a ride to the Westmoreland County Prison on Wednesday. Keith T. Hohman, 29, was charged by city police with theft of services because a cab driver reported Hohman ran out on a...
Mother Nature soaks Greensburg pool’s reopening
Even with a return of a summer-like weather forecast for Friday, when the sun is expected and temperatures could reach into the 70s, there is no guarantee the freshly refurbished Veteran’s Memorial Pool at Greensburg’s Lynch Field will be open. “Believe me, nobody — and I mean no one —...
Indiana County man arrested, accused of sexually assaulting teenage boy
A 51-year-old Indiana man was arrested Wednesday on accusations he sexually assaulted a teenage boy he met online. Stephen Joe Czerniec Jr. was taken into custody without incident on 10 counts of sexual abuse of children, statutory sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault and corruption of minors. He was arraigned before...
Recently released Fayette man accused of threatening witness in theft case
A Fayette County man released from prison last fall is in Westmoreland County prison after allegedly retaliating against a witness to his theft of landscaping equipment in 2016. Justin A. Pirl, 31, of Normalville, was charged Thursday by state police in Greensburg with retaliating against a witness and making terroristic...
Cops: Monessen couple abandoned pit bulls for ‘possibly weeks’
A Monessen couple were arraigned Wednesday on animal neglect and cruelty charges after police say they abandoned two pit bulls inside their home without food and water for “possibly weeks.” Daniel W. Brewer, 34, and wife Karen, 33, of Linden Avenue, were charged with two counts each of aggravated cruelty...
West Newton man accused of burglary while on probation
A West Newton man who was on probation was back in jail Tuesday after being accused of breaking into a Sewickley Township beverage shop. State police charged Malcom J. Long, 24, with burglary, theft, criminal trespass and criminal mischief. Long is accused of breaking into Seifert Beverage on West Newton...
Driver of rig that struck Westmoreland County Transit bus on Route 22 cited
A tractor-trailer driver who allegedly caused a crash Thursday at the intersection of Routes 22 and 819 in Salem, sending six people to area hospitals, was issued three traffic citations by state police at Kiski — including one accusing him of running a red light. Ibrahim Mulder, 49, of Lyndhurst,...
Cops: Woman ran up $17K in online purchases on ex-husband’s tab
The ex-wife of an 80-year-old Derry Township man was arrested Tuesday for using a credit line and bank accounts to defraud him of $17,464 since August, state police allege. Theresa L. Kinney, 48, of White Township, Indiana County, was arrested by state police at Kiski on charges of theft, access...
Police: Seward man tried to steal money from mom’s flower shop
A 33-year-old man broke into his mother’s flower shop in Bolivar to steal money from a safe, Pennsylvania State Police said. The son of the owner of K&K Flowers was arrested late Sunday by state troopers, according to court documents. Chad E. Botteicher, 33, of Seward was arraigned Monday on...
Trio charged by state police in Western Pa. cocaine, marijuana sting
State police raided a clandestine drug preparation facility and confiscated more than two pounds of cocaine and 20 pounds of marijuana during a 15-month investigation into an alleged southwestern Pennsylvania distribution network, according to court records. Investigators used confidential informants and surveillance that resulted in the arrests of a Fayette...
Greensburg woman accused of DUI after being found passed out in running car
A Greensburg woman was under the influence of Suboxone and marijuana when she was found passed out in her car with an infant strapped in a car seat at a New Alexandria convenience store late Saturday, state police allege in court documents. Chelsey L. Persin, 35, of Greensburg, was arraigned...
Driver reportedly injured in Mt. Pleasant Township crash
The driver of a minivan was reportedly injured Monday when she failed to negotiate a sharp curve along Route 981 in the Mt. Pleasant Township village of Trauger and went over an embankment, emergency officials reported. The accident occurred at 10:09 a.m. at the intersection of Route 981 and Dutch...
Cops: Fayette County parents charged after infant found to have 13 fractures
An examination at UPMC Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh last month revealed an infant boy from Fayette County suffered 13 fractures throughout his body, state police in Uniontown allege in court documents filed Friday. After a two-week investigation, troopers charged the boy’s parents, John T. Clark, 29, and Tiffany L. Clark,...
