Tom Davidson stories, Page 36
Woman accused of using box cutter to threaten two people in Pittsburgh
A 46-year-old Pittsburgh woman is accused of trying to slash two people with a box cutter Sunday afternoon in the city’s Uptown neighborhood, threatening to kill them, according to a criminal complaint filed by Pittsburgh police. Police responded to the call at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in the 1800 block of...
3 men charged in connection with North Side gas station assaultVideo
Three men face charges in connection with an assault Friday at a gas station in Pittsburgh’s Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood that was caught on cellphone video, prosecutors announced Monday. The assault spurred three consecutive days of protests at the Exxon station at Brighton Road and Marshall Avenue on the North Side. “Under...
Experts: ‘No body’ murder cases — like recent ones in Allegheny, Westmoreland — can be wonVideo
The families of Elizabeth Wiesenfeld and Cassandra Gross want closure. Both women are missing and presumed dead. Wiesenfeld, 67, of Baldwin was reported missing April 30. Gross, 51, of Unity was last seen April 7, 2018. Authorities believe both women were killed, and suspects have been identified in both cases....
Liberty man charged in missing Whitehall woman’s presumed deathVideo
Douglas Berry confided to other inmates at the Allegheny County Jail that he killed Elizabeth Wiesenfeld and needed to get out of jail so he could dispose of her body using sulfuric acid, according to a criminal complaint charging him with homicide in the case. Berry, 48, was charged Thursday...
Judge issues gag order in case of accused cop-killer Christian Bey
An Allegheny County Judge issued a gag order Wednesday in the capital murder case of a man charged in conneciton with the killing a Pittsburgh police officer. Christian Bey, 30, of Wilkinsburg, is accused of killing Pittsburgh police Officer Calvin Hall in July. Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala...
Allegheny County DA: Local prosecution of Antonio Brown unlikely
Local sexual assault allegations made against Antonio Brown, a former Pittsburgh Steeler, likely will not be prosecuted, a spokesman for District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. said Wednesday. “Our office, along with the Allegheny County Police Department, made contact with counsel for the plaintiff in the federal lawsuit involving Antonio...
Former Monongahela cop charged with on-duty sexual assault
A former Monongahela police officer has been charged with having unwanted sexual contact with a woman while he was on duty, state Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced Wednesday. Dustin Devault, 47, of Monongahela, was charged with indecent assault, official oppression and obstruction based on the recommendation of a grand jury...
Police chief: Edgewood home explosion was a suicide
Hours before his daughter’s wedding on Saturday afternoon, an Edgewood man severed a natural gas line in his home, then used gasoline to ignite a fire that destroyed the house and caused his death, the borough’s police chief said Monday. “All of the facts point to suicide,” Chief Robert Payne...
Jury convicts Duquesne man for supplying drugs that caused 2017 overdose death
An Allegheny County jury deliberated about three hours before convicting a Duquesne man for supplying the drugs that caused a Clairton man’s 2017 overdose death. It was the first such jury conviction since a 2011 change in state law made it possible to charge someone in a fatal drug overdose...
Dick’s Sporting Goods CEO signs letter seeking Senate action on gun safety bills
The CEO of Dick’s Sporting Goods is among leaders of 147 companies across the nation who sent a letter to U.S. Senate members Thursday calling for lawmakers to pass gun safety legislation. Dick’s Sporting Goods CEO Edward Stack joined leaders from a wide range of industries in signing the letter....
Lottery ticket worth $1.8 million sold in Strip District; another winner sold in Plum
Two winning Pennsylvania Lottery tickets were sold in Allegheny County. A Match 6 ticket that won $1.8 million Wednesday was sold at Two Louie’s Market on Penn Avenue in the Strip District, and a Cash 5 ticket that won Wednesday’s drawing worth $500,000 was at the Smoker Friendly store on...
9 of 12 charges dropped in $300K theft case against former SEA controllerVideo
Prosecutors on Wednesday dropped nine of 12 theft-related charges against the former Sports and Exhibition Authority controller, who is accused of stealing more than $300,000 from her former employer. The case against Sharon Mink, 43, of Plum, will now proceed to trial in Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. She...
Father of Duquesne Heights teen who died in shooting seeks answers
The father of a 16-year-old Duquesne Heights boy who died after a weekend shooting said he wants the owner of the gun used to be held accountable. “I want the right person or people held responsible, even if it was an accident,” Jack “Jay” Alman told the Trib on Wednesday....
Duquesne man on trial for supplying fentanyl that led to fatal overdose
A Duquesne man accused of providing the drugs that resulted in the 2017 overdose death of a 28-year-old Clairton man is on trial this week in Allegheny County court. Tyree Marce Saunders, 27, is accused of providing 20 stamp bags of drugs that were sold as heroin to Jeremy Clark,...
Church trustee: Workers using torch on roof likely sparked Sheraden fireVideo
Workers using a torch on the roof at Sheraden United Methodist Church likely sparked a Monday afternoon fire that caused extensive damage to the 116-year-old church, the chairman of the church’s trustee board said Tuesday. They were working on the roof in the rear of the building, said Rich Lane,...
McKeesport woman charged with stabbing 3 at East Pittsburgh apartment complex
A 21-year-old McKeesport woman is accused of stabbing an East Pittsburgh woman and her two adult daughters Monday night outside an East Pittsburgh apartment building, state police said. Kimberly Suzanna Dolan, 21, argued with the 50-year-old mother outside the Allegheny County’s Prospect Terrace apartments at about 8:45 p.m. The women...
Teen shot, killed in Duquesne Heights was a Brashear High School student
The 16-year-old who died after a Sunday afternoon shooting in Pittsburgh’s Duquesne Heights neighborhood was a junior at Brashear High School, Pittsburgh Public Schools said in a statement. Police are still investigating, police spokeswoman Cara Cruz said. It was reported to 911 at 3:30 p.m. Sunday in the 300 block...
Temperatures could reach 90s around Pittsburgh
It’s going to be warmer than average this week, but there’s nothing unusual about this latest stretch of warmer weather, a National Weather Service meteorologist said. “I think we could see 90,” John Darnley, one of the meteorologists based in Moon, said of Tuesday’s high temperature. The National Weather Service...
Man who fell asleep in Carrick dumpster rescued from garbage truck
A man sleeping in a dumpster in Carrick woke up Monday morning in the back of a garbage truck and had to be rescued, Pittsburgh Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz said. The man, who wasn’t identified by police, had lost track of a friend, needed a place to sleep and...
Police: Former employee caught on roof after failed Shadyside jewelry store burglary
The owner of a Shadyside jewelry store said he was surprised and saddened that a former employee was arrested by police Friday after an early-morning burglary was reported. “It’s surprising that anybody would come in, particularly a former employee,” said John Henne, owner of Henne Jewelers. “Everything is locked in...
Man accused of Fourth of July Downtown shooting waives hearing
The 18-year-old North Side man accused of shooting two people July 4 after the holiday fireworks celebration in Downtown Pittsburgh waived his preliminary hearing Thursday. Camerin Caldwell is accused of shooting an 18-year-old and a 16-year-old in Agnes R. Katz Plaza shortly after 11 p.m. that night in what Major...
Congressional committee on Homeland Security holds roundtable in Pittsburgh
If the problem involved anything but guns, something would have been done to stop it long ago, Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto told three visiting members of Congress. “There would not only be hearings like this, but actions taken,” Peduto said Wednesday, as the city hosted a roundtable of the House...
Online hospital threat was ‘extremely disruptive,’ Pittsburgh police sayVideo
Pittsburgh area hospital employees were justifiably afraid after an online threat was made Tuesday threatening to “commit a hate crime” at an undisclosed hospital in the city, police said. The threat came from a teen and was traced to Beaver County, police said. “It was extremely disruptive,” spokesman Chris Togneri...
Woman found dead in portable toilet on W&J campus likely OD’d, coroner says
A woman found dead Tuesday morning inside a portable toilet at a construction site on the Washington & Jefferson College campus likely died of a drug overdose, the Washington County Coroner’s Office said in a release. The coroner’s office identified the woman as Margaret Esther Tinglum, 30, of Hermitage. The...
Former VFW national commander from Robinson remembered as hero
When he became national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in 2015, John A. Biedrzycki said it was time for the group to regain its relevancy. “The old-boys network and the days of the old barroom commanders have come and gone,” Biedrzycki said at the 2015 VFW convention in...
