Allegheny category, Page 113

An Allegheny County sheriff’s deputy started work earlier than planned Tuesday when he recognized a man walking in Pittsburgh’s Spring Hill neighborhood as the suspect in a Reserve burglary. Deputy Robert Stipetich called out to Joseph Ferderbar, who was walking on Harpen Road. Stipetich told Ferderbar he had warrants for...

An Allegheny County judge dismissed all but one of the claims made by former University of Pittsburgh researcher Robert Ferrante, who’s seeking a new trial after his 2014 conviction for murdering his wife with cyanide. Defense attorney Chris Rand Eyster, who represents Ferrante, said he’ll make the most of Judge...

A South Park man who pleaded guilty to stealing more than $1.2 million from a church in Upper St. Clair was sentenced Tuesday to 10 to 20 years in prison and ordered to make restitution to the church. David Reiter, 50, was the administrator at Westminster Presbyterian Church from 2001...

Pittsburgh employees and elected officials would face penalties including censure, suspension, termination and fines if found guilty of “hateful activities” under an amendment to the city’s code of conduct introduced in City Council on Tuesday. Councilman Ricky Burgess of North Point Breeze sponsored the bill, calling it his next step...

Penn Hills council’s first official item of business for 2020 involved the removal of an economic development committee chairman for something he allegedly did nearly three months ago. Tyler Tomasino, 28, will no longer serve on the all-volunteer committee aimed at making recommendations to council on how to retain and...

With the terms of several members about to expire, Forest Hills Borough Council is seeking volunteers to serve on several boards and committees beginning in March 2020. Current volunteers whose terms are expiring must contact the Borough Office to indicate their interest in reapplying for the position. Vacancies include: Civil...

A Pittsburgh man is in Allegheny County Jail after he escaped Monday from a constable who was taking him to jail on parole violations, according to the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office. Robert Logsdon, 22, was taken into custody early Tuesday morning at his girlfriend’s home in Pittsburgh’s Carrick neighborhood, according...

Budget airline Allegiant plans to add three nonstop destinations out of Pittsburgh International, the airport announced. The Las Vegas-based carrier will add seasonal routes from Pittsburgh to Nashville, Memphis and the Norfolk area beginning in May, according to Bob Kerlik, vice president of media relations for the Allegheny County Airport...

Pittsburgh’s new $1.7 million employee payroll system was touted as cutting edge for its electronic timekeeping capabilities, but city workers were wishing for the old manual system after the new one went awry during its debut at the beginning of the year. Union leaders said members complained of being shorted,...

Eating with Terry Diehl is like watching a science experiment go awry. “My face turns bright red, and I start sweating,” he says. “My tongue feels like it’s made of lava, and it’s being stung by a thousand needles. The lining of my mouth starts to feel warm, then my...

An Elizabeth man pleaded guilty to sabotaging railroad signals at multiple locations in Allegheny County, federal prosecutors said Monday. William Curry Brown, 26, admitted to removing and vandalizing equipment along CSX Transportation railroads in November 2017, U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady said. Brown’s guilty plea acknowledged the acts resulted in...

The owner of a Ross company blamed for last year’s Pittsburgh Three Rivers Regatta cancellation and his attorney failed to show for a bankruptcy hearing Monday in federal court, prompting the hearing to be canceled. Rosemary C. Crawford, court-appointed bankruptcy trustee for LionHeart Event Group LLC, said she would file...

Two guns were confiscated at the Pittsburgh International Airport security checkpoint in a span of three days, the Transportation Security Administration reported Monday. A woman from Cartagena, Colombia, was caught Saturday with a .38 caliber handgun. Then an Ohio woman was caught Monday with a .22 caliber handgun loaded with...

A burglary call prompted a response by SWAT for a possible hostage situation Monday afternoon in the Pittsburgh’s Hill District, according to public safety spokesman Chris Togneri. The burglary was reported at about 12:25 p.m. in the 300 block of Miller Street in the Crawford-Roberts section of the Hill District....

The volunteer leader of one of the Pittsburgh region’s LGBTQ advocacy groups has resigned as he awaits a hearing on charges he billed himself as a first responder and forged documents to back it up. Gary Van Horn, 40, of Pittsburgh’s Shadyside neighborhood, resigned Monday afternoon as president of the...

The two men accused of stealing and reselling more than $500,000 worth of rare books, maps and other artifacts from the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh reached a plea deal Monday with prosecutors who agreed to drop most of the charges they faced. Still, the men could be sentenced to more...

Attorneys on Monday selected two more jurors — Nos. 9 and 10 — to hear the case against two men charged in the 2016 mass shooting at a backyard cookout in Wilkinsburg. A younger white woman who works in social media marketing and a white man who is a teacher...

A homeowner shot and killed an intruder Sunday while his fiance and 10-month-old child were inside the Baldwin Borough apartment, according to police. Joshua Brandon Long, 22, was pronounced dead at the scene after he allegedly tried to rob the apartment using a handgun shortly after 7 p.m. Sunday evening....

Police are investigating a crash in Penn Hills that sent one person to the hospital Monday night. Emergency dispatchers received a report of the vehicle crash on Leechburg Road about 6:30 p.m., an Allegheny County 911 shift commander said. Medics took one injured person to a nearby hospital, the shift...

No one was hurt when a roof caught on fire early Sunday morning in Oakland, a Pittsburgh public safety spokesman said. The residential fire was reported around 4 a.m. on the 200 block of Robinson Street. When firefighters arrived, they found the roof on fire and downed power lines on...

A man took a cash register from a market during a robbery Saturday night, according to Pittsburgh police. Officers were called to the Brighton Road store around 8:15 p.m. in the city’s Brighton Heights neighborhood. Police said the suspect went inside the store, grabbed the cash register and fled on...

Nearly 18 months after a Pennsylvania grand jury report unmasked decades of allegations of clergy sexual abuse in Catholic parishes across the state and church leaders paid $84 million to abuse survivors, fallout from the report continues to mount in the courts. State lawmakers began the process of amending the...