Allegheny County News category, Page 164
Allegheny County Jail inmate died of drug poisoning, medical examiner says
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office said Monday that drug poisoning killed the Dormont man who died at the county jail in May. Tim Manino, 60, died May 25 due to the combined poisoning of fentanyl, promethazine, hydroxyzine and para-flurofentanyl, the medical examiner’s office said. The death was ruled an...
Allegheny County special election race will determine control of Pa. state House
A special election Tuesday in Allegheny County will prove pivotal in determining who controls the state House, where both Republicans and Democrats now have 101 members. Shaler Republican Erin Connolly Autenreith will face Lawrenceville Democrat Linsday Powell in Tuesday’s special election race in the 21st House District, which includes Shaler,...
Attorneys for suspect in Uber slaying try to block use of dashcam footage, statement in court
Attorneys for the Pitcairn man accused of killing an Uber driver nearly two years ago are asking the court to suppress video evidence from a camera inside the car that captured the moments leading up to the woman’s death. Calvin Crew, 24, could face the death penalty if convicted of...
What you need to know for the former Cheswick Generating Station implosion Friday
Springdale and Allegheny County officials plan to evacuate dozens of homes and other structures for Friday’s implosion of the boiler house at the former Springdale power plant. In a message on X, formerly Twitter, county officials said all structures in the evacuation zone around the implosion site should be evacuated...
Allegheny County grand jury investigating Haunted Hills Hayride, Airbnb shootings
An Allegheny County grand jury is hearing evidence in at least two high-profile cases involving deadly shootings that both happened more than a year ago but police have yet to file charges, sources familiar with the proceedings said. The panel, which sits at the District Attorney’s Office in the Dormont...
Hempfield man run over by car; female suspect arrested in East McKeesport
An East McKeesport woman is accused of running over a man in a Hempfield driveway Saturday and leaving him there until a child asked a neighbor for help, according to court papers. Cassidy C. Colbert, 29, was being held at the Westmoreland County Prison on $150,000 bail. She is charged...
Dems, GOP choose nominees for state House District 21 special election
Another special election is coming for some Allegheny County residents. Democrats and Republicans have chosen their nominees for an upcoming special election for the 21st state House District. The seat was recently vacated by former state. Rep. Sara Innamorato, D-Lawrenceville, as she prepares her run for Allegheny County Executive. District...
Bell Acres man gets 1 year, 1 day in federal prison for $15M tax fraud
A federal judge called Joseph Nocito’s crime “almost inexplicable.” Nocito grew from humble beginnings to become a wealthy businessman who supported a variety of charitable causes, from the Catholic Church and youth organizations to his alma mater. The Bell Acres man was known to help his employees in times of...
Portion of Rodi Road in Penn Hills to close nightly
Motorists who use Rodi Road in Penn Hills should allow extra time for travel this week. A portion of the heavily used road will close from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. nightly through Friday for gas line work, PennDOT announced Monday. Crews from the M. O’Herron Co. will work on...
I-79 paving starts Monday night in Allegheny County
A single-lane restriction on southbound Interstate 79 in Glenfield, Sewickley Hills and Franklin Park boroughs and Ohio and Aleppo townships is scheduled to begin Monday night, according to PennDOT. Single-lane and shoulder closures will occur on southbound I-79 between I-279 (Parkway North) and the Neville Island Bridge weeknights from 7...
Woman killed in car crash in North Versailles
A woman died following a two-car crash Saturday night in North Versailles, according to Allegheny County police. Darlene Fairfull, 78, of Monroeville, was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital, as a result of blunt force trauma of the torso, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. The crash...
Man critically injured in SUV-pickup crash in Collier
A man was taken to a hospital in critical condition when the pickup truck he was driving was struck by an SUV Saturday in Collier, according to Allegheny County Police. The crash occurred at about 11:30 a.m. as the pickup was leaving Trader Jack’s Flea Market in the 900 block...
Man dies after being struck while loading truck in South Fayette
A man who was injured Saturday afternoon while trying to load a flatbed trailer in South Fayette has died, according to authorities. He was in critical condition when he was taken to a hospital, according to Allegheny County Police. The man, identified as Lewis Alling, 59, of Hickory, died at...
Latrobe’s Adelphoi to take over operations of Shuman Center when it reopens in January
Allegheny County’s court system announced Friday that the Latrobe nonprofit Adelphoi will take over providing juvenile detention services at the now-closed Shuman Center as soon as January. The Shuman Juvenile Detention Center was closed in September 2021 after the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services revoked its license over a history...
Former Wilkinsburg author Deesha Philyaw has a 7-figure deal for her next 2 books
NEW YORK — Prize-winning fiction writer Deesha Philyaw, who struggled to find a publisher for what became her acclaimed debut “The Secret Lives of Church Ladies,” has a seven-figure deal for her next two books. Mariner Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, announced Thursday that it had signed Philyaw, formerly...
Sentencing in $15 million tax fraud involving Bell Acres mansion will continue Monday
When Joe Nocito built his 51,000-square-foot Bell Acres mansion he named Villa Noci, an IRS agent said Thursday, every check and payment he made on it was illegally expensed to one of his companies. For the builder, nearly $900,000 in invoices between 2006 and 2012 were classified through Nocito’s companies...
Allegheny County exec candidate Joe Rockey unveils economic plan
Republican candidate for Allegheny County executive Joe Rockey lamented the county’s loss of jobs in a press conference Thursday and called for an economic renaissance plan to address it. Rockey, a former PNC executive from Ohio Township, said Allegheny County has lost 50,000 jobs over the last five years. He...
North Allegheny grad and NASA astronaut Hoburg returns to Earth
After 186 days and many, many miles aboard the International Space Station, former North Allegheny graduate Dr. Warren “Woody” Hoburg, a North Allegheny High School graduate and astronaut on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6, is back on Earth. Crew-6 returned to Earth aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, splashing down at 12:17 a.m., Sept....
Authorities identify Allegheny County Jail inmate who died this week
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the jail inmate who died at a local hospital Wednesday as Beaver County resident Zachary J. Sahm. Sahm, 27, of Glasgow, was taken to Allegheny County Jail on Saturday on a bench warrant and detainer charge from outside Allegheny County, Warden Orlando Harper...
Pittsburgh International Airport to auction off abandoned items
People leave a lot of odd items at the Pittsburgh International Airport and the public will soon have an opportunity to bid on some of them. The airport is hosting its annual auction in October and this year’s items up for bid include cars, jewelry, Marc Jacobs and Telfar bags,...
McKeesport homicide suspect arrested in Larimer, officials say
A Pittsburgh man suspected in a deadly McKeesport shooting last year has been arrested, authorities said Wednesday. Detectives from the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office arrested Vernon Eutsey, 27, of Hazelwood, in the 600 block of Paulson Avenue in the city’s Larimer neighborhood, spokesman Mike Manko said. Eutsey has been a...
Allegheny County Jail inmate dies at local hospital
A man incarcerated at Allegheny County Jail died Wednesday morning at a local hospital, Warden Orlando Harper announced. That led one Jail Oversight Board member to demand drastic changes at the jail before more inmates die. The 27-year-old man, who county officials did not name, was taken to the Downtown...
Man accused of raping co-worker while they were providing care to special-needs clients at Pine apartment building
A Plum man was charged with rape after his co-worker at a Pine apartment complex accused him of sexually assaulting her. Shawde Steve Jenkins, 31, of Murray Court in Plum is charged with felony counts of rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, sexual assault and aggravated indecent assault along with a...
Northern Regional Police using federal grant to add 2nd dog to K9 unit
Northern Regional Police Chief John Sicilia wasn’t banking on actually getting a federal grant when he filed the paperwork to help cover the cost of replacing the dog that was retiring from the department’s K9 unit late last year. “We had no idea if we’d get the money when we...
Bridgeville man died in Allegheny County Jail of brain hemorrhage, officials say
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled a Bridgeville man’s May death at Allegheny County Jail an accident. James Washington, 42, died from a brain hemorrhage, the medical examiner’s office said. Washington was being processed into the jail around 9:30 a.m. May 7 when he became unresponsive, the medical examiner’s...
