Tom Davidson stories, Page 30

A Pittsburgh man pleaded guilty to a fatal 2016 West Oakland shooting. Ronald Satterwhite, 29, pleaded guilty to third degree murder and aggravated assault in the Sept. 9, 2016, shooting death of Wade L. Howard. Howard, 20, of the Lower Hill District, who was shot multiple times in the trunk...

The westbound lanes of the Parkway West (I-376) were closed for about an hour Tuesday morning at the Route 22/60 bridge in Robinson Township after a car carrier hit the bridge, state police said. Inspectors from PennDOT checked the bridge and it was fine, police said. The highway reopened at...

A man wanted in North Carolina for allegedly helping his brother commit a Sept. 30 homicide was arrested Wednesday night in Pittsburgh’s Sheraden neighborhood by Allegheny County sheriff’s deputies. Caverce Rahmir Williams, 24, was taken into custody at about 7:30 p.m. in the 1500 block of Evanston Street, according to...

A Butler City police officer will be monitored after a woman sprayed him with the contents of a syringe Tuesday night. The officer was checking to see if she was OK, the city’s police chief said. Police Chief Bob O’Neill did not identify the officer. The officer was patrolling on...

Pittsburgh Public Schools may be pursuing its first property tax increase in five years. Superintendent Anthony Hamlet is asking the school board to consider a 2.3% increase to the district’s 9.84 mill property tax levy, the district said in a statement. It would be the first tax hike since 2014,...

A man shot during a July 2 robbery in Pittsburgh’s Spring Hill-City View neighborhood died Monday, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office. Julian Carpenter, 24, of Pittsburgh died at 10:27 p.m. at a city hospital. He was shot by Onaje Dickinson, who was killed two weeks later in...

A man who was in a fight Monday night at the Wood Street McDonald’s restaurant is paralyzed with a spinal cord injury, according to the criminal complaint filed against a woman charged with assaulting him. He remains in the intensive care unit of Allegheny General Hospital. The fight started shortly...

A 36-year-old man was shot multiple times shortly after 1:30 p.m. Monday in the 1300 block of Marlboro Avenue in Wilkinsburg, according to Allegheny County police Inspector Andrew Schurman. The man, who wasn’t identified, was taken to a hospital where he was in critical condition, according to Schurman. Allegheny County...

Pittsburgh police are investigating an armed robbery that was reported at about 12:40 a.m. Monday at Mia Pizza on Baum Boulevard in Bloomfield. Two men wearing masks and hoods entered the store, pointed guns at two employees and forced them to open a cash register, according to police spokeswoman Cara...

Former East Pittsburgh police Officer Michael Rosfeld likely won’t pay a penny of a $2 million settlement reached in a federal civil lawsuit filed by Antwon Rose II’s family against Rosfeld and East Pittsburgh, experts familiar with civil cases said. Instead, East Pittsburgh’s insurance company will probably cover the cost...

A Texan man told officials he didn’t know he had a .40 caliber handgun loaded with 14 bullets, including one in the chamber, when he was stopped Thursday at a checkpoint at Pittsburgh International Airport, according to the Transportation Security Administration. It was the 31st gun found at the checkpoint...

A man who left a car painted with “gibberish” at the gate of the FBI’s Pittsburgh offices on the South Side turned himself in Friday, a spokeswoman said. The man won’t be identified, FBI spokeswoman Catherine Policicchio said. He appears to suffer from mental illness, she said, and he is...

The parents who took their infant from UPMC Children’s Hospital after being told they were suspected of abuse will face felony charges of child endangerment in Allegheny County court. Felony charges of obstruction against Daemon Klingensmith, 23, of West Mifflin, and his wife, Jeannette Funnen, 32, were withdrawn during a...

Churchill police have charged a woman who last week filed a federal lawsuit over an encounter she had with an officer. The charges against Rebecca Suits, 59, stem from the same September incident. A summons was issued Monday against Suits by Churchill police Officer Stephen R. Shaulis. She is charged...

The Northview Heights Public Safety Center has been named in honor of slain Pittsburgh police Officer Calvin Hall. Hall, 36, was shot July 14 in Homewood while he was off-duty. He died July 17. Hall’s mantra: “Time for me to make a difference” appears on plaques at the building which...

A drug charge filed in an Ohio court against Pittsburgh Steelers running back Benny Snell was withdrawn, but the rookie could still face consequences under the NFL’s code of conduct. Snell, who the Steelers selected in the fourth round of the NFL draft, admitted to smoking marijuana about 20 minutes...

A Tarentum man facing felony child endangerment charges won’t be tried until next year. William Richard Nulph, 35, is accused of leaving his toddler outside March 14 while he went into his home to feed his infant. The toddler was found floating in a backyard swimming pool. She required medical...

A Westinghouse High School staff member was hurt Monday while intervening in a fight between two students, according to a Pittsburgh Public Schools spokeswoman. The staffer, who wasn’t identified, was conscious and alert while transported to a hospital from the school, in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood, spokeswoman Merecedes Williams said. The...