Tom Davidson stories, Page 39
Ex-Pitt researcher Robert Ferrante, convicted in wife’s cyanide poisoning, seeks new trial
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...
Carrick man gets up to 60 years in prison for October 2016 robberies
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 manager slams Peoples Gas for response to plaza fire
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...
Pittsburgh police officer injured responding to dispute over loud music
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...
Off-duty Allegheny County deputies credited for disarming knife-wielding man in Ohio
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 manager slams Peoples Gas for response to plaza fire
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...
Mayor tweets he’d like to expand Pittsburgh’s Kindness Zones
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...
Pittsburgh lead levels in water drop as PWSA claims orthophosphate working
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...
Time for an upgrade: T stations to show when next train is coming
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...
Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf teams up with community for basketball camp
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...
Police: 3-year-old falls from second-story window in Hill District
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...
Attorney says Beechview alligator owner knows how to care for reptiles
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...
2 hurt in crash involving motorcycle, FedEx truck in Baldwin
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...
4 hurt in Port Authority bus crash in East Hills
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...
Police: Washington County man flees traffic stop, crashes into 2 houses
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...
Slain Pittsburgh police Officer Calvin Hall remembered as a peacemakerVideo
Pittsburgh police Officer Calvin Hall lived to make a difference. In death, he was remembered as someone who did so daily through his work and the way he lived. Even though he wasn’t wearing a uniform when he was shot, an important part of the uniform was something he never...
Man charged in fatal shooting of Pittsburgh officer Calvin HallVideo
There are no words Eugenia Hall-Miller can say to comfort her mother. “Her heart has been ripped out of her,” Miller said Monday, during a respite from a daylong visitation for her slain brother, Pittsburgh police Officer Calvin Hall. “And I have to watch her suffer every day for the...
Qatar Airways adds cargo customer at Pittsburgh International Airport
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...
Pittsburgh gears up for Vintage Grand PrixVideo
With 760 horsepower, the 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 sounded like one fierce animal when it fired up Wednesday in Market Square to help celebrate the 37th Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix. The event takes place this weekend in Schenley Park. Paul Bucet, Ford’s regional manager for sales and service, described...
2 charged in killing Wilkinsburg woman for tax refund plead guilty
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...
Allegheny Co. Controller Chelsa Wagner’s husband not guilty in Detroit scuffle
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...
Police: Woman hit by vehicle after getting off PAT bus on North Side
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...
Pa. attorney general seeks support in tracking guns used in crimesVideo
Pittsburgh’s police department and the federal prosecutor based in the city threw their support Friday behind a Track and Trace program designed to combat gun violence by keeping better track of guns in Pennsylvania. The program launched out of Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s office aims to track guns that...
Butler County woman stopped with gun at Pittsburgh International Airport
A Butler County woman was stopped Wednesday with a loaded 9 mm handgun in her carry-on bag at the Pittsburgh International Airport, according to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). The woman was a Petrolia resident, the TSA said. There were six bullets in the gun, including one in the chamber....
McKeesport woman gets life sentence for smothering 17-month-old son
A McKeesport woman was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for suffocating her 17-month-old son because she thought her boyfriend was cheating on her. Christian Clark, 24, won’t be eligible for parole, according to the sentence handed down by Allegheny County Judge Edward J. Borkowski, who also tacked on an...
