Tony LaRussa stories, Page 4

A New Kensington man who was charged with selling fentanyl and cocaine nearly 18 months after his home was raided is scheduled to appear before a district judge. Christoper Simmons, 36, of the 1100 block of Constitution Boulevard was detained during a Dec. 30, 2021, raid by a team of...

A Brackenridge man who police say violated a court order to stay away from his estranged girlfriend when he hid in the back seat of her car and terrorized her has been ordered to stand trial. On Oct. 16, state police charged Zeya Icquise Dixon, 26, of the 100 block...

New Kensington police accused a man of injuring two officers while resisting arrest after a traffic stop and then bringing drugs into the jail where he was being detained. Michael Paul Beer, 32, of the 1000 block of Cleveland Avenue in Brackenridge was charged with felony counts of aggravated assault...

A man who New Kensington police say admitted to smoking marijuana and then invited an officer to search him has been ordered to stand trial in Westmoreland County on drug charges. Brandon Allen Iapalucci, 30, of the 200 block of South Good Street in Jeannette was charged with a felony...

State police accused a Parks Township man who gathered with family members to make funeral arrangements for his father of firing a shot at a woman in the group after they began arguing. Jeffrey Lynn Walker, 38, of the 1200 block of Ridge Road was charged Oct. 2 with a...

A New Kensington man accused of giving his father’s name when a trooper pulled him over in late 2021 and found an illegal pistol in the vehicle has been ordered to stand trial. Aaron Brandon Lingard, 34, of Peach Court was charged by New Kensington police with felony counts of...

A man was accused of being a drug dealer after agents raided an apartment in New Kensington and then his home in Brackenridge and found nearly 13 ounces of cocaine along with packaging material and paraphernalia. Chaz Terryl Wilburn, 41, of the 800 block of Brackenridge Avenue was charged with...

A Brackenridge woman is accused of trying to break through a bedroom door with a kitchen knife so she could stab a man after he threatened to report her to child protective services. Haley Rain Rakes, 22, of the 1000 block of Broadview Boulevard was charged with a felony count...

A Hempfield man accused of seriously injuring a motor­cyclist when he crashed into his bike in New Kensington was taken into custody nearly a year after charges were filed. Yahor Ramanau, 20, of the 800 block of College Avenue was charged Nov. 4, 2022 with a felony count of aggravated...

A Harrison man and his adult grandson face multiple felony charges after state agents accused them of downloading and sharing child pornography. Agents with the state Attorney General’s Office charged Thomas Franklin Vincent Jr., 63, of Garfield Street with 31 felony counts that include sexual abuse of children and criminal...

A Freeport man who police say was caught in the act of burglarizing a home after the owner showed officers video of him breaking in and loading items into garbage bags has been ordered to stand trial. James Cornman III, 33, whose last known address was in the 800 block...

A Carnegie Mellon University police officer whose photograph once welcomed visitors to the department’s website has been accused by Frazer police of switching tags to lower the price of merchandise she bought at the Walmart store in the Pittsburgh Mills complex. Ashley Dawn Polka, 31, of the 100 block of...

More than a dozen organizations have organized a ‘Day of Action for Palestine’ rally this afternoon in Oakland. The rally is scheduled for 3 p.m. at the intersection of Bigelow Boulevard and Forbes Avenue. “Israel is currently carrying out a massacre of historic proportions against Gaza and all throughout Palestine,...

An Ohio man is accused of keeping two women and a teen captive in a Monroeville motel for at least four months and forcing them to work as prostitutes. Donte LaShawen Cole, 38, of Euclid, Ohio, was charged Thursday with 19 felonies — eight counts of human trafficking, six counts...

The city steps near the outbound Armstrong Tunnel that lead from Second Avenue to the Boulevard of the Allies will be closed for about two months starting Monday, according to the Allegheny County Department of Public Works. Pedestrians can detour around the closed stairway by using Second Avenue, Ross Street...

Police are investigating the death of an inmate at the state prison in Fayette County. James Jarzenski Jr., 43, was found unresponsive in his cell Saturday and later pronounced dead by paramedics, according to state prison officials. Jarzenski, who had been in the prison since January 2021, was serving 13-...

Northern Regional Police charged a man with rape after a Pine woman told them he slapped her in the face when she repeatedly refused his advances and then forced her to have sex. Tassy Fils-Aime, 32, of the 300 block of Bingham Street in Mt. Washington was charged with felony...

West Deer police arrested a Vandergrift woman after she told them she left her two toddlers unattended because she thought her estranged father broke into the basement to harass her. Ashley Dawn Miller, 25, of the 100 block of Custer Avenue was charged with two felony counts of endangering the...

Pennsylvania U.S. Sen. John Fetterman took some swipes at his colleagues in Washington, D.C., during a Wednesday appearance on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” The interview included discussions about his health issues and the challenges facing the United States. Oh, and confirmation that he’s “a Sheetz guy.” Wearing his...

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Thursday, Oct. 12: Police say elderly Homewood woman was sexually assaulted Pittsburgh police are investigating a sexual assault of a Homewood woman in her 80s. She was reportedly assaulted early Saturday morning at a home on the 500 block...

Allegheny County Police arrested a Uniontown man after he was stopped Tuesday with an illegal gun at the main security checkpoint at Pittsburgh International Airport. It was the 36th gun seized this year at the airport and breaks the annual record for the number of guns found in carry-on bags,...

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Wednesday, Oct. 11: Flags ordered to fly at half-staff for Israeli victims Gov. Josh Shapiro on Tuesday issued an order that the U.S. and Pennsylvania flags on all public buildings and grounds be flown at half-staff this week in...

An elderly Washington County man died after crashing the dune buggy he was driving, according to authorities. Pennsylvania State Police said Steve Mox Jr., 88, of Bentleyville was driving a dune buggy in the 200 block of Caldwell Road at about 9 p.m. Friday and it went off the road...

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Tuesday, Oct. 10: Teen shot during fight in Ross, 4 others in custody Police said they took five teenagers in custody after one of them was shot during a fight early Tuesday morning. Officers responding to a report of...

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Monday, Oct. 9: 2 women injured by gunfire in Sheradan Two women suffered non-fatal gunshot wounds Sunday evening in Sheraden. Pittsburgh police from the Zone 6 station responded to a three-round Shotspotter alert in the 3100 block of Ashlyn...