May 06, 2021 |
By Staff Reports | Posted in: Crime and Police News, White Oak News
Two people face child abuse and assault charges after school officials and White Oak police said they found two children handcuffed in the back seat of their car.
According to court records, Richard Hayes, 37, of Mt. Oliver is being held in the Allegheny County Jail without bail, while his girlfriend, Natosha Bell, 26, of Rankin is free on $50,000 bond. Hayes faces a preliminary hearing May 19 before Magisterial District Judge Richard G. King, while Bell faces a preliminary hearing June 30.
The two children who were restrained in the car, ages 7 and 10, and a third child, age 11, are now in the emergency care of Allegheny County Children, Youth and Families, said county police Inspector Michael Peairs.
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April 29, 2021 |
By Staff Reports | Posted in: Crime and Police News
A McKeesport man is being held in the Allegheny County Jail in connection with a fire in Christy Park that police said was deliberately set.
Jesse Henderson, 23, is jailed in lieu of $25,000 bond pending a preliminary hearing May 10 before Magisterial District Judge Eugene Riazzi. He was arrested Tuesday.
Police said McKeesport firefighters were dispatched to a home in the 2200 block of Walnut Street on the afternoon of April 19 for a reported structure fire.
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April 29, 2021 |
By Staff Reports | Posted in: Crime and Police News
A Pittsburgh man was charged with aggravated assault, recklessly endangering other persons and reckless driving after McKeesport police allege that he deliberately caused a three-car wreck in the East End in an attempt to injure himself.
Carl E. Taylor, 30, of Lawrenceville faces a preliminary hearing May 10 before Magisterial District Judge Eugene Riazzi. He is currently being held in the Allegheny County Jail in lieu of $10,000 bond.
City police said they were dispatched to the area under the McKeesport-Duquesne Bridge during evening rush hour on April 20 for a report of a three-vehicle crash with injuries.
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April 28, 2021 |
By Staff Reports | Posted in: Crime and Police News
The death of a woman whose body was found just off Versailles Avenue early Sunday morning is not considered suspicious, investigators said.
The Allegheny County medical examiner’s office said the body of Myra Huff, 36, of Duquesne was discovered just before 7 a.m. near the intersection of Versailles Avenue and Park Street. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Allegheny County police Lt. Venerando Costa said Huff’s death does not appear to have been a homicide and may have been an overdose. Investigators are awaiting a report from the medical examiner’s office, he said.
April 16, 2021 |
By Staff Reports | Posted in: Crime and Police News, Duquesne News
A Clairton man died following a crash early Friday morning near the intersection of North Second Street and Route 837 in Duquesne.
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim as Ralpheal Franz Greene, 30. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Allegheny County police said Greene was thrown from the vehicle following the crash. An unidentified juvenile passenger in the car was taken to the hospital and was reportedly in stable condition.
County police homicide detectives and the Collision Reconstruction Unit are investigating. Anyone with information about the crash is being asked to call the county police tip line at 1-833-ALL-TIPS. Callers can remain anonymous.
April 09, 2021 |
By Submitted Report | Posted in: Crime and Police News
A McKeesport man faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to a charge of possession of child pornography.
Michael Brooks, 54, also faces a fine of up to $250,000, said a spokeswoman for acting U.S. Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman in Pittsburgh.
Brooks entered the plea before U.S. District Judge Marilyn J. Horan. Sentencing is scheduled for July 27.
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March 24, 2021 |
By Staff Reports | Posted in: Crime and Police News
A city man was arrested Wednesday in connection with a March 2020 shooting near the former site of George Washington school.
Kiesean Brown, 20, has been charged by Allegheny County police with attempted homicide and is being held in the Allegheny County Jail in lieu of $250,000 bond, court officials said.
Tony Griffith, spokesman for the Allegheny County sheriff’s office, said Brown was taken into custody without incident.
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March 19, 2021 |
By Staff Reports | Posted in: Crime and Police News
Two city men have been charged in connection with a joint drug investigation by McKeesport police, county detectives and federal agencies.
Terrance L. Yarbrough, 28, and Obadiah L. Williams, 45, face formal arraignment in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court on April 15. Both men waived their right to a preliminary hearing this month before Magisterial District Judge Eugene Riazzi.
McKeesport police said a joint task force including city officers, agents of the federal Drug Enforcement Administration and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, and the Allegheny County district attorney’s office and the sheriff’s office raided a home in the 1900 block of Craig Street early on the morning of Aug. 4.
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February 26, 2021 |
By Staff Reports | Posted in: Crime and Police News
Nick Janosek of C&D Towing & Recovery looks over the damage as crews prepare to remove a vehicle that crashed into a building in Dravosburg on Thursday. (Photo courtesy C&D Towing & Recovery)
A 52-year-old West Mifflin man was injured Thursday when his SUV went off of Richland Avenue and crashed into a storefront in Dravosburg.
Residents of the apartments above the building at the corner of Fourth Street and Richland have been evacuated until an engineer determines whether the structure is safe, officials said. That determination is expected some time next week.
The Salvation Army was at the scene Thursday helping the residents. Fourth Avenue is currently closed.
McKeesport police Capt. Chris Halaszynski said the driver, whose name has not been released, was northbound, heading up Dravosburg Hill just before 12 noon when the SUV left the road and went through the front of the building, winding up almost against the back wall.
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February 16, 2021 |
By Staff Reports | Posted in: Crime and Police News
Allegheny County police are investigating a one-car crash in Dravosburg late Friday night that led to the death of a Clairton man.
Alex K.A. Brown Jr., 41, was pronounced dead at a hospital early Saturday morning, the Allegheny County medical examiner’s office said.
Emergency personnel said one person was ejected from the car, which rolled over.
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