July 08, 2019 |
By Staff Reports | Posted in: Crime and Police News, North Versailles Twp. News
A Penn Hills woman faces a preliminary hearing July 18 in connection with a shooting Saturday inside the North Versailles Twp. Walmart.
Rojanai Germaine Alston, 22, is charged by Allegheny County police with aggravated assault and attempted homicide. Court officials said Alston is free on $25,000 bond pending the hearing before Magisterial District Judge Roxanne Eichler.
Alston is accused of shooting a 25-year-old woman inside the store's electronics department just after 9:30 p.m. The victim, whose name has not been released, was hospitalized in critical condition, police said.
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June 30, 2019 |
By Richard Finch Jr. | Posted in: North Versailles Twp. News
During May, North Versailles Twp. police department received 890 calls, made 27 arrests and housed eight inmates from East McKeesport and nine from Turtle Creek, commissioners reported at their June 20 meeting.
Firefighters answered 40 calls during May.
Also at the June 20 meeting, commissioners voted to approve payments in the amount of $2,967.38 to West Wilmerding VFC from the 2018 Fire Tax Money and $27,886.35 for Crestas VFC from the 2018/2019 Fire Tax Money, Commissioner Russell Saula said.
The amount approved for Crestas VFC includes an annual loan payment for a fire truck in the amount of $24,835.33, according to Saula.
Commissioners voted 7-0 to approve $800 for the purchase of a camera to be placed in the dispatch center.
June 24, 2019 |
By Richard Finch Jr. | Posted in: North Versailles Twp. News
North Versailles Twp. officials are getting closer to tearing down five buildings as part of their 2019 demolition project.
In February, commissioners initiated the legal process and began to solicit quotes for asbestos inspections. Condemnation hearings were held April 25.
None of the owners appeared at the condemnation hearings and no one objected to the township recommendations to raze and condemn the structures, township solicitor Greg Evashavik said at the May 16 meeting.
Commissioners by 7-0 vote awarded a contract for $58,275 to DJ Demolition of Braddock to demolish five structures.
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May 29, 2019 |
By Richard Finch Jr. | Posted in: North Versailles Twp. News
Paving on four streets in North Versailles Twp. should be completed in mid-June.
At this month's commissioners meeting, Township Engineer Dave Gilliland said work will be wrapped up shortly on Old Farm Road, Mahoning Avenue, Crestas Road and Girard Avenue. The 2019 paving project will probably begin in July, Gilliland said.
Commissioners also approved a resolution presented by board President Frank Bivens to authorize the township manager to execute agreements pertaining to paving projects on U.S. Route 30.
Bivens said the project on Route 30 will start in Forest Hills and come all the way out to the county line.
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May 29, 2019 |
By Richard Finch Jr. | Posted in: Crime and Police News, North Versailles Twp. News
North Versailles Twp. commissioners posted the monthly reports for the police and fire departments.
During March, North Versailles police department received 728 calls, made 23 arrests and housed five inmates from East McKeesport and eight from Turtle Creek. Firefighters answered 49 calls during March.
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May 24, 2019 |
By Richard Finch Jr. | Posted in: North Versailles Twp. News
A Greensburg Pike resident told North Versailles Twp. commissioners last week that she feels like a prisoner in her own home because of work being done on a neighbor's house.
“I get no peace and quiet in my house, he is pounding, moving ladders and tools late into the evening,” Lisa Didiano said at the May 16 meeting.
She claimed that work on the two-bedroom duplex is being done by the owner's husband without proper permits.
Commissioners said they understand Didiano’s frustration and recommended that she call the police if the neighbor is creating a disturbance.
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May 15, 2019 |
By Staff Reports | Posted in: Crime and Police News, North Versailles Twp. News
A Braddock man is wanted by Allegheny County police in connection with a shooting Tuesday night in West Wilmerding.
Melvin McCane Jr., 36, is charged by county police with aggravated assault, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person and carrying a firearm without a license. Police said he is considered armed and dangerous.
The victim, a 45-year-old man whose name was not released by police, was in stable condition at a hospital.
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May 15, 2019 |
By Richard Finch Jr. | Posted in: North Versailles Twp. News
North Versailles Twp. commissioners have approved acceptance of a $60,000 grant for police car and intersection cameras.
At the commissioners' April meeting, commissioners voted 6-0 to accept the grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development. Commissioner Tracy Yusko was absent.
The grant was obtained with with assistance of state Rep. Brandon Markosek, D-Allegheny.
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May 15, 2019 |
By Submitted Report | Posted in: Crime and Police News, Duquesne News, North Versailles Twp. News
Allegheny County police have named a suspect in connection with a shooting on Route 837 in Duquesne that sent a motorist to the hospital.
In a prepared statement, county police Sgt. Venerando Costa said Tarone T. Jones (above), 39, of North Versailles Twp. is wanted in connection with the shooting May 3 of a 30-year-old man near the intersection of Route 837 and Grant Street.
On Tuesday, a warrant was issued for Jones' arrest by Magisterial District Judge Scott Schricker. Jones is charged with aggravated assault and attempted homicide.
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May 14, 2019 |
By Jason Togyer | Posted in: McKeesport and Region News, North Versailles Twp. News
Celebrating a gift of $75,000 to the Wilmerding Community Center from Allegheny Petroleum Products Co. are CEO Jim Kudis and President Barb Kudis, state Rep. Brandon Markosek, Wilmerding Community Center board member Peter McGinty, Wilmerding Mayor Greg Jakub and state Sen. Jim Brewster. (Submitted photo courtesy Allegheny Petroleum Products Co.)
An effort to reopen the former YMCA in Wilmerding has gotten a big boost from a local business.
Allegheny Petroleum Products Co. has pledged $75,000 over three years to the new Wilmerding Community Center Inc. The gift was announced Friday.
Organizers are hoping the former YMCA will reopen this August --- on or about the one year anniversary of its closure.
Barb Kudis, president of Allegheny Petroleum, says the company hopes its gift spurs other donations. The 32-year-old company has been headquartered in Wilmerding for all but five years of its existence.
"We're a big supporter of the community," she says. "We have a lot of employees in the area, and the Wilmerding area has been a good partner of ours for many years."
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