Appeal dismissed in Squirrel Hill antisemitic flyer littering case
A Zanesville, Ohio, man fined nearly $50,000 for throwing dozens of antisemitic flyers out of a moving car in Squirrel Hill failed to appear for his appeal hearing Wednesday. Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Thomas E. Flaherty, therefore, dismissed the appeal, and the fine will stand. Jeremy Brokaw, 46, was...
Mom of Monroeville driver killed in I-79 crash sues trucking companies
The mother of a Monroeville man killed last year when his SUV crashed into two tractor-trailers she said were improperly parked on the berm on Interstate 79 is suing the trucks’ drivers and owners in federal court. Kathy Brown, of Edgewater, Fla., filed the suit on Wednesday in Pittsburgh on...
Man sues Allegheny County over lack of treatment after being scalded in jail while draining noodles
An Aliquippa man who said he suffered third-degree burns while working in the kitchen at the Allegheny County Jail is claiming in a lawsuit he was denied proper medical treatment for a week. Jamie R. Turner Jr., 28, filed the lawsuit for negligence on Monday in Allegheny County Common Pleas...
Wilkinsburg man charged with threatening Trump, family of senator
A Wilkinsburg man was charged in federal court on Friday with threatening to kill President Donald Trump and a senator’s daughter in a series of voicemails made in recent weeks. Raymond Eugene Chandler III was arrested at his home and is charged with two felonies. The criminal complaint, filed by...
Judge refuses to unseal DA’s search warrant on City of Pittsburgh
A judge Wednesday refused to let the public see a search warrant and affidavit served on the City of Pittsburgh last month, finding the prosecution has sufficient justification for keeping the documents hidden. Among the reasons cited by the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office to seal the paperwork was a...
Pittsburgh woman imprisoned for distributing pornography involving infant
A Pittsburgh woman will serve 7½ years in federal prison after being sentenced Monday for distributing child pornography depicting the sexual abuse of an infant. Marissa Lynn Segal, 32, will also serve 10 years of supervised release and pay $13,000 in restitution. She pleaded guilty on Jan. 12 to two...
PRT park-and-rides filling up with NFL Draft crowds
When the gates opened at noon Thursday for the 2026 NFL Draft, some suburban Pittsburgh Regional Transit park-and-ride lots were already full from the onslaught of fans commuting to Downtown and the North Shore. By late afternoon, though, space was still available at select lots, according to Adam Brandolph, a...
Secret Service-led operation nets 9 credit card skimming devices in Pittsburgh area
A two-day joint operation among federal, state and local law enforcement in the Pittsburgh area this week netted nine illegal card-skimming devices, potentially saving the public more than $9 million in fraud losses, according to authorities. The U.S. Secret Service, working with Allegheny County Police, Pittsburgh police, the state attorney...
McKnight Road in Ross reopens after crash
McKnight Road in Ross has reopened following a multi-vehicle crash involving a school bus Thursday morning. The northbound lanes at the intersection of Nelson Road were closed just after 9 a.m. after a school bus, which was not carrying any students, crashed. A Pennsylvania Department of Transportation spokesperson said the...
Lawrenceville gas station killing prompts lawsuit by father of victim
The father of a man shot to death by a Lawrenceville gas station clerk is suing Sunoco and the operator of the business. Hammad Mahdi, whose son, Davon Walter Smith-Mahdi, was killed on Aug. 2, 2025, filed the suit Tuesday in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court against Cheneh A Plus...
Authorities seize counterfeit NFL merchandise in Strip District
Law enforcement agents on Tuesday night seized an array of counterfeit NFL merchandise from at least one business in Pittsburgh’s Strip District two days before the 2026 NFL Draft kicks off in the city. The operation, carried out by agents with the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office and Pennsylvania State Police,...
Crisis Center North, which helps domestic violence victims, sues key funder over aid cuts
A dispute over bookkeeping methods has led Crisis Center North, an agency in Allegheny County that aids domestic violence victims, to sue the nonprofit that provides nearly 20% of its funding. The lawsuit was filed Monday in federal court in Harrisburg against the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence, a private...
Pittsburgh ‘recidivist’ lawyer suspended for 5 years by Pa. Supreme Court
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Monday suspended a Pittsburgh attorney for five years for violating the rules of professional conduct, including failing to report to the disciplinary board a criminal conviction and failing to properly notify clients after he was suspended. The suspension of Richard J. McCague, who was admitted...
Lawsuit accuses Shady Side Academy of firing nursing director who raised concernsVideo
The former director of nursing at Shady Side Academy, a private pre-K through grade 12 school in Fox Chapel and Pittsburgh, is suing after she said its administrators repeatedly directed her to disregard state regulations governing how medications are delivered in school and interfered with her ability to do her...
Doctor gets probation for selling weight-loss drugs from China to Mon Valley Hospital colleagues
A former doctor at Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital was ordered Wednesday in federal court to serve two years probation after pleading guilty to illegally selling weight-loss drugs to hospital employees. Liana Bittner, who worked at the hospital as an emergency department physician, said in court documents she was not...
Lawsuit accuses Shady Side Academy of firing nursing director who raised concernsVideo
The former director of nursing at Shady Side Academy, a private pre-K through grade 12 school in Fox Chapel and Pittsburgh, is suing after she said its administrators repeatedly directed her to disregard state regulations governing how medications are delivered in school and interfered with her ability to do her...
Driver in red-light crash that killed motorcyclist in Downtown Pittsburgh gets probation
Heidi Christopher knows exactly how long it’s been since her father was killed driving his motorcycle in Downtown Pittsburgh: 640 days. That’s how she measures time now as she grieves the man who helped her raise her children, who provided unconditional love, who had spent nearly 21 years sober and...
Man gets up to 30 years in prison for killing homeless woman under Carnegie bridge
Barbara McKenna lived and died on the streets of Carnegie, beaten to death by a fellow homeless person who knew her as “Aunt Babs.” On the morning of Aug. 18, 2024, Joseph Beraducci attacked McKenna, who at 64 was more than twice his age, after they had been drinking together....
Exodus of federal prosecutors ripples through Pittsburgh office
Since January 2025, nearly a third of the federal prosecutors based in Pittsburgh have left their jobs, joining a national exodus under the Trump administration. Pressured by increasingly heavy workloads linked to President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, the waning independence of the Justice Department and disruptions at several high-profile offices,...
Jury acquits man in daylight shooting of teen in Downtown Pittsburgh
A Beltzhoover man accused of shooting a teenager last year in the middle of the afternoon in Downtown Pittsburgh was found not guilty on all counts on Monday. Martel Hedge Jr., 22, alleged he was defending himself on Feb. 19, 2025, when he fired the single shot in the 400...
Lawsuit claims Allegheny County Jail guard failed to protect inmate attacked in cell with spork
A formerly incarcerated man is suing Allegheny County after he claims he was sexually assaulted in his jail cell with a spork. The complaint, filed last week against Allegheny County and Corrections Officer Van Lieu, includes claims for failure to protect, and failure to train, supervise and discipline staff. Although...
Man who posted online as ‘Mr. Satan’ pleads guilty to threatening to kill Trump, ICE agents
A Butler man who threatened in online posts last year to kill President Donald Trump and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents pleaded guilty in federal court on Monday. Shawn Monper, 33, will be sentenced Aug. 12 by U.S. District Judge W. Scott Hardy on two counts of influencing, impeding or...
Man who sold fatal fentanyl to North Fayette teen pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter
An Aliquippa man will serve 2½ to 6 years in state prison after pleading guilty on Monday to involuntary manslaughter for giving a 15-year-old fentanyl that led to her death. Shakeirs Foster, 29, was charged last year after the death of Mia Pepper of North Fayette. He pleaded guilty on...
Hot Wheels customization goes from hobby to full-time job for military vet
As an artistic child growing up in Rector, Donald Wyckoff loved building models and collecting cars, a hobby he shared with his grandfather. But over the course of 10 years that Wyckoff spent in the Navy as a military police officer stationed at various stops across the country and around...
Judge throws out homicide case against 2 men in Pittsburgh slaying
A judge on Tuesday threw out homicide charges against two men accused of a homicide in Pittsburgh five years ago. Jamil Malik Lee, 25, of Upper St. Clair and Jahli Woods, 24, of McKees Rocks, were charged with criminal homicide and conspiracy stemming from the April 9, 2021, shooting death...
