Rich Cholodofsky stories, Page 84

A Westmoreland County judge rejected the appeal of a former Pennsylvania State Police officer convicted of falsifying public records as he attempted to repurchase two service revolvers. Common Pleas Judge Tim Krieger said evidence presented against Chad D. Corbett during a jury trial last February was sufficient to support guilty...

The woman poised to become the acting Westmoreland County Clerk of Courts later this month hopes to fill the post in a more permanent manner. Megan Loughner, 35, a Republican from Unity, said she will seek a full four-year term this year to run the courthouse office that handles all...

Westmoreland County has received proposals from seven companies to print and mail ballots for the spring primary, including one from the Cleveland-based firm that has yet to be paid as a result of production delays last fall that impacted thousands of local voters. Elections Bureau director JoAnn Sebastiani said Midwest...

A Westmoreland County judge denied suspended Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Felipe Vazquez’s bid to dismiss sex and pornography charges, setting the stage for a trial scheduled to begin in March. Vazquez, 29, was charged in August 2019 after police in both Westmoreland County and Florida contended the Venezuela-born athlete had sexual...

A Penn Hills man will serve up to 23 months in jail for his role in injuries sustained by a 2-year-old girl who police said still “looked like a zombie” days after a December 2017 incident in an Allegheny Township home. James Michael Bucci, 35, pleaded guilty Thursday to a...

A Westmoreland County judge on Friday said he wants additional testing before he decides the competency of a Delmont man in jail for more than a year on charges that he tried to kill his neighbor with a homemade rifle. Although defense attorney James Crosby said a mental health expert...

After a two-month hiatus caused by the winter surge of new coronavirus cases, jury trials in Westmoreland County will resume in February. President Judge Rita Hathaway said, with new cases of the virus on the decline, it appears safe to reconvene trials, which were suspended in December and January. “When...

Westmoreland County Assistant District Attorney Rebecca Calisti Tyburski announced she plans to run for the soon-to-be vacated district justice seat in Penn Township. Tyburski, 44, lives in the township and has served as a county prosecutor since 2002, specializing in sexual and child abuse cases. “I want to continue with...

About 40 members of the Westmoreland County Sheriff’s Office and a dozen Park Police officers received their first covid-19 vaccine doses Thursday at the courthouse. “We looked and looked and looked for doses, and finally we heard about this pharmacy in Washington County that had some,” Sheriff James Albert said....

A Pittsburgh man was sentenced Wednesday to serve a year on probation after he pleaded guilty to charges of escape and that he vandalized a holding cell following his arrest last summer in New Kensington. Daevar Lamont Stevens, 21, will remain behind bars, though, to answer a new set of...

A Penn Township man will serve two years on probation for his role in a fatal crash last year on Route 30. Chad Gregorini, 45, pleaded guilty Wednesday to one misdemeanor count of reckless endangerment and two summary traffic citations in connection with the Jan. 21, 2020, crash that resulted...

Westmoreland County’s pension fund exceeded $500 million for the first time, officials announced Wednesday. The fund, which pays benefits to more than 1,300 retired county workers, was valued at $521 million at the end of December, finishing a roller coaster year that saw the account lose about $68 million through...

A McKeesport man will serve up to another 12 years in prison after he pleaded guilty Tuesday in Westmoreland County court for failure to register as a convicted sex offender. Eric Michael Britt, 53, was originally convicted in 2007 of sexual assault and was sentenced to serve three to six...

A three-judge panel of the Pennsylvania Superior Court rejected the appeal of a Jeannette woman sentenced last year to serve up to 30 years in prison for the third-degree murder of her 19-year-old boyfriend. Crystal Belle, 41, was convicted by a Westmoreland County jury for the June 2016 beating death...

Additional covid relief money is headed to Westmoreland County emergency medical service companies and volunteer fire departments left out of previous funding rounds last year. County commissioners have approved more than $600,000 in grants, including $343,500 to 16 fire companies and $60,000 to four rescue units, to cover coronavirus-related expenses...

Abby Testa has first-hand knowledge of what it’s like to have loved ones who live at Westmoreland Manor. As three of her grandparents called the Manor home in 2013, Testa, then a college student, volunteered at the Hempfield nursing home to help care for family and other residents. For more...

The vacant warden’s job at Westmoreland County Prison was formally offered Monday to Bryan Kline, the county’s three-term Republican incumbent Clerk of Courts. Kline, who will turn 40 on Wednesday, of Penn Township was the top choice of a bipartisan majority of the county prison board. Members said his educational...

A planned upgrade of the Westmoreland County Transit Authority bus fleet is on hold as ridership on the agency’s fixed-route bus system continues to lag amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Six new commuter buses were to be purchased this winter to replace older vehicles on the road, Authority Executive Director...

As neighboring counties take steps to coordinate local covid vaccinations, Westmore­land commissioners say they are awaiting further direction from the state before crafting a distribution plan. County officials insist there has been little direction from state health and emergency management staff, a situation that has left local leaders in the...

Westmoreland County Prothonotary Christina O’Brien will not seek a fourth term in office. O’Brien, 54, a Democrat from Ligonier Township, said ongoing health issues prevent her from participating in another campaign and serving four more years as the head of the county office that oversees all civil and domestic court...

Sarah Miller’s plan with three friends to retaliate against a man she claimed disrespected and spit at her might have seemed foolproof at the time. The scheme was to drive up, wait for their target to emerge from his Crabtree home, whack him in the head and then speed off...

The mother of a 2-year-old boy police said was brutally murdered by her boyfriend as she slept in a nearby room pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a related misdemeanor count of animal neglect. Police said Teresa Fetterman, 24, formerly of Aliquippa, did not get medical help for her 8-month-old mixed-breed...

The Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County on Wednesday finalized a deal to take ownership and operate a tiny sewer system in East Huntingdon that serves about 700 township residents. The deal transfers ownership of the township’s 250 million gallon treatment plant to the county authority. Officials said the 20-year-old facility...

Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County water rates will remain unchanged for the third straight year under a 2021-2022 operating budget approved Wednesday. Authority board members unanimously voted to adopt the nearly $104 million budget that allocates about $7.3 million for routine capital improvement projects and maintenance of the water and...