Tony LaRussa stories, Page 19
Police: Fawn man who called officers about suspicious noise faces felony gun charge, DUI
A Fawn Township man who called police because he heard a suspicious noise outside his house was accused of drunken driving and illegally carrying a gun after state troopers responded to the scene, according to investigators. Jeremiah David Heller II, 32, of the 200 block of Haas Lane was charged...
Online fundraiser set up to help 3 young daughters of slain New Kensington man
An online fundraiser has been set up to help the three young daughters of a New Kensington man who was found shot to death in the parking lot of his apartment building. The GoFundMe page was established for the children of James Michael Hayes, 31, who was found shot to...
Apollo police accuse convicted felon of pointing gun at woman, felony charges filed
Apollo police accused a man whose criminal history prohibits him from possessing a gun with pointing a pistol at a woman and threatening her. Roberto J. Santiago-Cruz, 35, of the 300 block of Pennsylvania Avenue was charged with a felony count of illegal possession of a firearm along with reckless...
Police: Apollo man who served prison time for hitting 5-year-old faces felony charges for similar incident
An Apollo man who served four years in state prison for strangling a 5-year-old has been accused of hitting a 10-year-old in the face so hard that bruises were still visible two days later. Leland Joseph Latscha, 31, of Thorn Street was charged with felony counts of endangering the welfare...
Richland man already facing gun charge arrested after cops say pistol was in car at police station
A man accused of stealing a pistol from the Dunham’s sporting good store in Richland where he worked faces a second felony charge after Northern Regional Police said he posted a photo of himself on social media posing with a rifle. Zackary Allen Hill, 19, of the 3600 block of...
County housing authority plumber 1 of 2 men charged with assaulting customer at Sheetz in Harrison
A customer at the Sheetz in Harrison suffered broken ribs and a punctured lung when he was attacked by two men while he was waiting for his food order to be filled, according to authorities. One of the two men arrested in the incident, Corey Edmund Borczuch, 30, of the...
Vigil held to remember victim of fatal New Kensington shooting; pleas made for witnesses to ID killer
A small group gathered Wednesday near the scene of last week’s fatal shooting in New Kensington to remember the victim and call on the person who killed him to surrender to authorities. James Michael Hayes, 31, was found shot to death Friday in the parking lot behind Kensington Arms Apartments...
Harrison man out of jail on bond accused of using crutch to assault hospital police officer
A Harrison man who was out of jail on bond after being accused of aggravated assault was accused of using a crutch to assault an Allegheny Valley Hospital officer who, police say, tried to stop him from driving while intoxicated. Brandon Heath Gregurich, 29, of the 900 block of Jefferson...
Police: 16-year-old from South Strabane admits to shooting stepfather outside mall entrance
A Washington County man had to undergo lifesaving surgery after his 16-year-old stepson admitted to shooting him in the stomach and leg with a stolen gun early Monday, according to authorities. Samuel Brian Hoy, 16, of the 100 block of Floral Hill Drive in South Strabane was charged with felony...
Police: Ford City man faces 51 felony counts after child porn shows up on work computer synced to home laptop
A Ford City man previously convicted of distributing child pornography faces dozens of felony counts after, investigators say, a sexually explicit photo of an underage girl appeared on a work computer that was synced to a laptop in his home. Matthew J. Lightcap, 40, of the 300 block of Third...
Kiski Township officers accuse woman of drunken driving with 2 toddlers, infant in vehicle; felony charges filed
Kiski Township police accused a woman of driving drunk with her three young children in the vehicle when she failed three field sobriety tests after jumping the curb. Officers responding to a report of a single-vehicle crash shortly after 8 p.m. Dec. 1 said they found a Nissan Juke SUV...
New Kensington man accused of dealing crystal meth, having illegal guns after home raided
Lower Burrell police accused a man of dealing crystal meth and having illegal guns after police raided a home in New Kensington. Daniel Allen Laws, 54, of the 1100 block of Constitution Boulevard was charged with two counts of illegal possession of a firearm and a count of possession of...
New Kensington man faces up to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to federal child porn charges
A New Kensington man could spend decades in prison after pleading guilty in federal court to distributing child pornography, authorities announced. Robert Pacek, 51, pleaded guilty Tuesday, Dec. 6, to seven counts of distributing images of children being sexually abused using a website on the Tor network, according to a...
Vandergrift man accused of slapping 3-year-old in face so hard it left a hand-shaped welt
Vandergrift police accused a man of repeatedly slapping a toddler in the face so hard that it left a handprint and a bruised and swollen welt. Timothy John Turner, 47, of Franklin Avenue in Vandergrift, was charged with a felony count of aggravated assault of a child under the age...
Pine-Richland students pile on the presents with 6 bus loads of donated toys
When a local radio station launched its annual Stuff-A-Bus drive by asking organizations help collect Christmas gifts for needy children by filling a bus with toys, members of Pine-Richland’s student government took up the challenge. But instead of filling up just one vehicle, they delivered six school buses laden with...
Richland man accused of stealing pistol faces multiple felony charges
An employee at the Dunham’s sporting goods store in Richland was arrested after he was recorded on video surveillance stealing a pistol from a storage room, according to authorities. ZackaryAllen Hill, 19, of the 3600 block of Crestview Drive in Richland, was charged by Northern Regional Police with felony counts...
Allegheny Township man suffered head, back injuries when struck by tree limb
An Allegheny Township man was injured when part of a tree fell on him Saturday afternoon, according to authorities. Police Chief Duane Fisher said the 69-year-old man, who police did not identify, was helping a neighbor trim tree limbs at a home in the 100 block of Lynn Lane at...
Harrison police investigate report of 13-year-old posing on TikTok with firearm; video taken down
A video of a Harrison teen posing with what appeared to be a firearm has been removed from the TikTok social media platform after police investigated a report about the incident, according to authorities. The 13-year-old boy from the Sheldon Park neighborhood actually was posing with a toy firearm, police...
Lower Burrell detectives accuse man of selling cocaine during 2 undercover operations
A Washington Township man was accused of being a cocaine dealer after an undercover investigation by Lower Burrell police. Keith Brian Banichar, 32, of the 600 block of Edgewood Road was charged with four felony counts of possession of drugs with the intent to deliver and two counts of drug...
Woman accused of punching Tarentum officer faces felony charge
Tarentum police accused a woman of punching an officer in the back of the head while he was trying to arrest a man who was fighting outside a bar. Brianna Hooper, 24, of the 800 block of Kenneth Avenue in New Kensington was charged with a felony count of aggravated...
Domestic dispute in New Kensington leads to drug charge, 2 warrant arrests
A New Kensington man was arrested after officers responding to a call for a domestic incident said they found evidence of drug dealing in the home he shares with his mother. Aquay Omar Mitchell, 22, of the 1200 block of Taylor Avenue was charged with a felony count of possession...
Police: Arnold man arrested after parole agent spots stamp bags during home visit
Arnold police arrested a man after his parole officer reported she saw evidence of drug dealing when she visited his home, according to his arrest papers. Vernon Allan Daniels Jr., 34, of the 1900 block of Ridge Avenue was charged with three felony counts of possession with the intent to...
Building the Valley: Coffee shop debuts in Vandergrift on the heels of successful ‘sister’ site in Freeport
If you had to pick a day to hold the grand opening for a new shop serving up steaming hot cups of fresh-ground coffee, a cold blustery one might just be the ticket. The whipping wind sending light snow dancing through the streets of Vandergrift’s business district on Friday, Nov....
Hundreds report seeing fireball streak across sky in Pa. and 11 states, CanadaVideo
The sky over the Pittsburgh region Thursday night was mostly obliterated by clouds, according to the National Weather Service. But anyone casting their gaze to the heavens around 7:30 p.m. and was lucky enough to catch a break in the clouds was treated to a spectacular light streaking across the...
Police: Man critically injured after being stabbed in neck during Beltzhoover fight
A man was stabbed in the neck during a fight early Friday in Pittsburgh’s Beltzhoover neighborhood, according to a police spokesman. Officers from the Zone 3 station responded to the 700 block of Montooth Street shortly after 5:30 a.m., police said. Emergency responders found a man with a stab wound...
