Tom Davidson stories, Page 36

Police said a woman caught on camera urinating on potatoes at a West Mifflin Walmart appeared to be drunk when she walked into the store, according to a criminal complaint filed against her. About $200 worth of potatoes were tainted by the urine, police said in a criminal complaint. The...

A 31-year-old Mt. Lebanon man was sentenced Wednesday to 21 to 42 years in prison for the 2017 death of his 4-month-old daughter. Allegheny County Judge Randal Todd previously found Joseph Gazzam guilty of third degree murder and Gazzam pleaded guilty to one count of recklessly endangering another person and...

A Wilkinsburg man who told police he doesn’t know why he strangled his wife to death in 2016 was sentenced by an Allegheny County judge Tuesday to 10 to 20 years in prison. Judge Thomas E. Flaherty also ordered Richard Katilius to receive mental health treatment while behind bars. Katilius,...

The former University of Pittsburgh researcher convicted in 2014 of poisoning his wife with cyanide is asking for a new trial. Robert Ferrante is claiming his attorneys provided an ineffective defense, according to a petition filed July 18 in Allegheny County court. Ferrante, 70, is serving a life sentence at...

A 33-year-old Carrick man convicted in four robbery cases was sentenced Tuesday to 30 to 60 years in prison by an Allegheny County Judge. Frederick Pryor told police he suffers from depression, can’t get a job and lacks money so he robs businesses, according to a criminal complaint filed against...

Penn Hills officials are looking for answers from Peoples Gas about why it took the company so long to shut down a ruptured gas line that fed a fire that destroyed a shopping center along Frankstown Road. The gas company said it was hampered at the Churchill Center Plaza fire...

A Pittsburgh police officer suffered multiple deep cuts to his head Sunday night when he tried to subdue a Squirrel Hill resident who was upset about neighbors playing guitars and drums in their front yard, authorities said. The man, Charles C. O’Leary, 48, had complained about people playing music at...

Three off-duty Allegheny County sheriff’s deputies are being credited with subduing and detaining a man who authorities said was drunk when he flailed a knife inside a woman’s car Sunday at an Ohio convenience store. Deputies Michael Frost, Sean Green and Randy Roberts, along with their significant others, were on...

Penn Hills officials are looking for answers from Peoples Gas about why it took the company so long to shut down a ruptured gas line that fed a fire that destroyed a shopping center along Frankstown Road. The gas company said it was hampered at the Churchill Center Plaza fire...

Jagoffs beware. Pittsburgh’s Kindness Zones may be expanding, according to Mayor Bill Peduto. The zones were added May 23 at 23 areas across Downtown and on the North Side to honor Fred Rogers’ legacy as part of statewide 143 day festivities honoring the Latrobe native who will be portrayed on...

Lead levels in Pittsburgh’s water system are decreasing but remain above federal thresholds, according to the latest test results released Friday by the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority. PWSA said the drop indicates an additive the authority started using in April that coats lead pipes to prevent them from contaminating...

New screens at Port Authority of Allegheny County’s T stations will show when the next train will be arriving. The 55-inch screens were installed this week at stations on the North Side and Downtown that show real-time arrival times, according to Port Authority spokesman Adam Brandolph. “The goal here is...

The thump thump thump of basketballs on the the gym floor wasn’t heard by all. Nor were the squeaks of shoes, or the sweet swish of a ball sliding through the net. But there was no way tell which kids could hear and which couldn’t as they ran up and...

A 3-year-old boy suffered head injuries after falling from a second-story window Thursday afternoon in the Hill District, Pittsburgh police said. Police said the boy’s mother and grandmother were in the home in the 600 block of Watt Street when it happened. The boy was taken to UPMC Children’s Hospital...

The Beechview man facing more than 30 neglect charges after police seized nearly three dozen animals, mostly reptiles, from his home is a respected professional in the reptile world who knows how to care for them, his attorney said. Mark A. McGowan, 44, waived a preliminary hearing Thursday in Pittsburgh...

Two people were injured in a crash between a motorcycle and a delivery truck just before noon Thursday on Becks Run Road in Baldwin, Allegheny County police said. The motorcycle was traveling up Becks Run Road when the FedEx truck, going down the road, turned left into its path, police...

Four passengers were hurt when a car crashed into a Port Authority bus Thursday morning in Pittsburgh’s East Hills neighborhood, officials said. The 77-Penn Hills bus was inbound at about 8:45 a.m. at Frankstown Road and Eymard Street when a car crashed into the driver’s side of the bus, pushing...

A Washington man caught driving without a license plate fled state police for about a mile early Thursday, hitting multiple parked vehicles and two houses, according to police. Troopers were on patrol on Fayette Street and Baird Avenue in Washington County’s Canton Township when a white GMC Sierra Denali without...

Pittsburgh International Airport’s cargo business is getting a boost thanks to a commitment from a Sri Lankan company that’s shipping its goods with Qatar Airways Cargo, the Allegheny County Airport Authority announced Wednesday. The company, EFL, is making the airport a cargo distribution point using Qatar Airways. EFL is using...

Two of three people accused of killing a Wilkinsburg woman in 2018 to rob her of her tax refund pleaded guilty Tuesday to their part in the crime, according to the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office. A third man is awaiting trial in the case. Keiauna Davis, 27, was shot...

A Detroit jury Monday found Khari Mosley, the husband of Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner, not guilty of misdemeanor charges in connection with a reported March fracas at a hotel there. Mosley, 53, of Pittsburgh’s Point Breeze neighborhood, was found not guilty of charges of disorderly conduct and disturbing the...

A woman was hurt when she was struck by a vehicle Monday morning while exiting a Port Authority bus in Pittsburgh’s Manchester neighborhood, city police said. The woman, who was not identified, was getting off the bus shortly before 8 a.m. on Chateau Street at Rush Street, police said. She...