Paul Peirce stories, Page 13
Greensburg man jailed, accused of leading police on 108 mph pursuit
A Greensburg man accused of leading police on a seven-mile, high-speed chase that started in in the city and ended near Murrysville was arrested after an officer recognized his car parked at a grocery store and was able to identify him, according to court documents. Greensburg patrolman Hank Fontana Jr....
Unity man accused of having inappropriate contact with 13-year-old
A 48-year-old Unity man was arrested this week by Greensburg police after he was accused of having inappropriate contact with a 13-year-old girl. Thomas B. Greenwood was charged after a two-month investigation by police, according to court documents. The girl’s mother reported to police that Greenwood assisted her moving into...
New Stanton man accused of sexually assaulting teenage girl in Latrobe, police say
A 19-year-old New Stanton man was arrested Tuesday after he was accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl in September in Latrobe, according to court documents. Tommy Eddington III is accused of assaulting the 14-year-old girl in the city after he had driven the girl and two other acquaintances to...
Rostraver commissioner arrested by police, accused of harassing rivals via text, social media
John J. Lorenzo, chairman of Rostraver Township commissioners, is accused of using prepaid, disposable “burner” phones and setting up fake Facebook accounts to harass political opponents and rivals for more than two years, according to criminal complaints filed Tuesday. A yearlong investigation started after fellow Commissioner Gary N. Beck Sr.,...
Former Indiana County prison inmate sentenced for burning corrections officer
A state prison inmate formerly incarcerated at SCI Pine Grove in Indiana County was sentenced Monday for burning a corrections officer in 2020 by throwing a scalding liquid on the man, causing minor burns. Judge Thomas Bianco ordered to serve a three to six year sentence for inmate David T....
Troopers say Jeannette teen found with loaded handgun tied around his neck
A Jeannette man who tried to run from a traffic stop in Youngwood had a loaded 9 mm handgun concealed under his jacket and secured by a shoestring tied around his neck, police said. Jaiden Crosby-Anderson, 19, was a backseat passenger in a sedan that state troopers stopped for having...
West Newton man charged with threatening woman with knife after assault
A 54-year-old West Newton man is charged with terroristic threats, robbery and simple assault after police say he attacked a woman at his residence. Eric J. Ross is accused of dragging the woman by her hair down two flights of stairs during an argument at his apartment in the 100...
Legendary jazz trombonist, Jeannette native Slide Hampton dies at 89
Whenever legendary jazz musicians Slide Hampton and Harold Betters got together or spoke over the phone, the renowned trombonists frequently spoke of their Western Pennsylvania roots, said Betters’ daughter Cheryl Kelly. “Oh, Dad and Mr. Hampton were super close for a very long time. They were great friends and actually...
Police: Ohio woman, son found wandering at Keystone State Park in Derry Township
An Ohio woman is facing child endangerment charges after she and her son were found Monday evening wearing wet clothes and wandering near the lake at Keystone State Park in Derry Township while temperatures were near freezing, according to court documents. The boy, whose age was not listed in the...
Hempfield man sentenced to serve up to 20 years after pleading guilty to fatal shooting in Forest County
A 37-year-old Hempfield man will serve up to 20 years in a state prison after pleading guilty Monday to shooting and killing a man outside a Forest County hotel in 2020 during a confrontation over a woman. Richard M. Gardner Jr., 37, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in connection with...
Troopers: Hempfield man used bad check to pay for $206K luxury SUV
A Hempfield man had a $206K luxury SUV delivered to his home last week but paid for it with a bad check, state police said. Jordan C. Steward, 22, of Arona Road in Hempfield, was arrested Sunday and charged with receiving stolen property, theft by deception and writing bad checks...
Youngwood business, motorcycle group join to deliver Thanksgiving meals
In 2020, Tom Grove of the Cheesecake Connection in Youngwood said the business delivered about 160 prepared turkey dinners to needy families, but the logistics of delivering and arranging pickups of prepared meals was “really, really difficult.” Enter the Blue Knights motorcycle club, which is comprised of members who are...
North Huntingdon man accused of choking, hitting woman during argument
Police arrested a 25-year-old North Huntingdon man Thursday, charging him with simple assault and strangulation after he was accused of choking and punching a female relative, police said. Brandon M. O’Brien was taken into custody a few blocks from his home on Lavonne Drive just before 9 p.m. after police...
Police say wheelchair-bound man punched 1-year-old baby in the face at Butler hospital
Butler Memorial Hospital workers said the usual quiet of a treatment waiting area was shattered Tuesday night when the mother of a 20-month-old toddler screamed for help and accused a wheelchair-bound patient of punching her child, according to court documents. “He hit my baby!,” Butler Township police quoted the mother...
Westmoreland lawyer accused of assaulting state trooper at Seven Springs waives right to hearing
A Westmoreland County assistant public defender accused of assaulting a state trooper at Seven Springs Mountain Resort in Somerset County waived his right to a preliminary hearing Thursday. David E. Mulock, 36, of Murrysville, has been suspended with pay since his arrest on charges of aggravated assault on a law...
‘It was scary,’ Hempfield woman says of rollover crash
A Hempfield woman does not remember much about a crash Wednesday after being pulled from her overturned SUV by two passing good Samaritans assisted by a state trooper, but she’s glad they stopped to help. “I’m sorry, I don’t remember much about it. I’m still sore, but OK,” said Joan...
Troopers: Man accused of sexually assaulting, biting woman at South Huntingdon party
A 19-year-old Hunker man has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman at an outdoor party in South Huntingdon in September, according to state police. Dakota Rain Archibeque is charged with indecent assault and simple assault in connection with the alleged incident that occurred during a party in a wooded...
Troopers say accused shoplifter flashed handgun during theft at Indiana Mall
State police are asking the public’s help identifying a man who is accused of flashing a handgun as he fled a J.C. Penney store at Indiana Mall in White Township with a shopping cart of stolen merchandise. Troopers said they were dispatched at 3:01 p.m. Tuesday to the mall on...
Rockslide closes section of Route 906 in Rostraver
A portion of Route 906 between Vance Dei Cas Highway and Webster Hollow Road in Rostraver Township was closed Wednesday due to a rock fall, PennDOT officials said. The road will remain closed until further notice as PennDOT crews evaluate the site, according to PennDOT District 12 in Uniontown. Rockslides...
Greensburg teen charged as adult by police in apartment shooting
A 17-year-old Greensburg youth injured in a June 16 shootout at an apartment complex was arrested this week by city police and charged as an adult with attempted homicide and reckless endangerment in connection with the shooting. Anthony Joshua Shook was ordered held in the county juvenile detention center without...
Connellsville man almost ate 18-pound walleye he pulled from Yough before state record verification
After pulling a mammoth 34-inch walleye out of the Youghiogheny River in Connellsville on Oct. 28, Richard Nicholson had to be persuaded by his son not to fillet the fish but have it weighed to see if it was a state record. So the next morning, Nicholson, 62, put the...
Ohio driver jailed without bond after Murrysville crash, police say
An Ohio driver is in the Westmoreland County Prison without bond on multiple criminal and traffic charges after a two-vehicle crash in Murrysville that seriously injured an area couple last week. Mark C. Venable, 37, of West Carrollton, located near Dayton, was charged with driving without a license and suspicion...
2 Hempfield teens charged in botched robbery attempt at Lynch Field
Two Hempfield teenagers are charged as adults with aggravated assault and attempted robbery in connection with what police say was the botched robbery of another teen at Lynch Field. Janis Biller, 16, and Jackson J. Martin, 17, are charged with threatening another teen with a “large machete knife” about 7:15...
Police: Standoff started after Hempfield man scared woman into trip to liquor store
When a bar along Route 136 was closed Wednesday evening, 46-year-old George J. Gardner asked a relative to drive him to the liquor store, according to court documents. She refused, the record states, instead telling him he had a drinking problem. Gardner fired a gunshot through the windshield, police said...
Police: Derry Township bar patrons restrained man who assaulted bartender
A 53-year-old Latrobe man was arrested by state troopers inside a Derry Township bar Thursday after he was accused of striking a female bartender who stopped serving him and asked him to leave, according to court documents. Troopers reported in court documents that Todd A. Pynos was restrained by other...
