One Wounded in Evans Ave. Incident

June 22, 2020 |

By Staff Reports | Posted in: Crime and Police News

(Updated June 22, 11:30 a.m.)

An unidentified 41-year-old woman is in critical condition at a local hospital following a shooting Sunday night on Evans Avenue.

Allegheny County police said McKeesport police responded to a report of a shooting just after 10:30 p.m. to the 700 block. The victim was suffering from gunshot wounds to the back, arm and leg, a county police spokesperson said, and was hospitalized.

On Monday, county police homicide detectives said the victim was sitting on her porch with other individuals when a man with a mask covering his face walked towards the residence and opened fire, striking the victim.

 
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Police Seek City Woman in Slaying

June 21, 2020 |

By Staff Reports | Posted in: Crime and Police News

A McKeesport woman is being sought by Allegheny County police in connection with a fatal shooting early Thursday morning.

It was the second homicide in the city in less than four days.

Gabrielle Parker (above), 33, is charged by county police with homicide and carrying a firearm without a license.

 
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Superintendent: Woman’s Death Was Suicide

June 16, 2020 |

By Staff Reports | Posted in: Crime and Police News

Carrying signs that said “Black Trans Lives Matter,” demonstrators marched through Downtown McKeesport on June 12. (Kevin Kino video for Tube City Almanac)


The Allegheny County superintendent of police said Monday that a woman who was found dead May 26 outside her apartment on Sinclair Street committed suicide.

County police Superintendent Coleman McDonough said there is no evidence of foul play in the death of Aaliyah Johnson, 32.

In a prepared statement, McDonough said county police generally do not release details of a death investigation “unless there is a related crime or suspicion of a crime,” but because of the intense interest surrounding Johnson’s death, they were making an exception.

 
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West Mifflin Man Killed in City Shooting

June 16, 2020 |

By Staff Reports | Posted in: Crime and Police News

A West Mifflin man died Monday night after three men opened fire on him at the Crawford Village housing complex.

The Allegheny County medical examiner’s office said George A. Brosey, 54, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Allegheny County police Lt. Venerando Costa said the shooting happened outside Building 47.

Police said survelliance video shows Brosey walking up the steps of an acquaintance’s apartment just before 11:30 p.m. when he is approached by a man wearing a light-colored hooded sweatshirt, who walks from between the 47 and 48 buildings.

 
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Police Log: Contractor Accused of Fraud

June 10, 2020 |

By Staff Reports | Posted in: Crime and Police News

• Arrest records published here were provided by the McKeesport Police Department.
• Not all arrest records are published.
• An arrest does not mean the person identified has been convicted of a crime.
• All people arrested are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

 
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Man Held Without Bail in Stabbing Death

May 27, 2020 |

By Staff Reports | Posted in: Crime and Police News

A McKeesport man is being held without bail in the Allegheny County Jail in connection with a stabbing at a Downtown apartment building.

Jeffrey S. Leisten, 52, is charged by county police with homicide, burglary and robbery in the death of Gordon Danielson Jr., 57, at McKeesport Downtown Housing, 523 Sinclair St.

A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for June 10 before Allegheny County Judge Kim Berkeley Clark.

 
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Downtown Death Not Considered Suspicious

May 27, 2020 |

By Staff Reports | Posted in: Crime and Police News

A city woman died after falling or jumping from a ninth-story window at the Midtown Towers apartments, Allegheny County police said.

Aaliyah Johnson, 32, was pronounced dead at the scene in the 500 block of Sinclair Street at around 8:21 a.m. Tuesday, said county police Lt. Venerando Costa.

A passerby discovered Johnson’s body on the sidewalk and called McKeesport police.

 
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$119K Federal Grant Supports City Police

May 22, 2020 |

By Staff Reports | Posted in: Crime and Police News, McKeesport and Region News

A U.S. Department of Justice grant will provide more than $119,000 to McKeesport to help support police operations during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The grant from the federal Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding program was announced this week by U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady in Pittsburgh.

The public safety funds can be used for the most pressing needs of state and local law-enforcement agencies, including new hiring and overtime pay, training, personal protective equipment and supplies and medical needs of prisoners.

 
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FBI Thanks W.O. Police Officer for Assistance

May 21, 2020 |

By Richard Finch Jr. | Posted in: Crime and Police News, White Oak News

White Oak police Officer Gregory Smith has been commended for his help investigating a bank robbery in December.

At Monday’s council meeting, Mayor Ina Jean Marton read a letter from FBI Supervisory Special Agent Timothy Wolford commending Smith for providing “exceptional assistance” in assisting the FBI during the investigation of the Dec. 14, 2019 robbery of the PNC Bank in White Oak.

The investigation led to the indictment March 3 by a federal grand jury of Chezeq Morgan, 26, of Monroeville, on robbery charges.

 
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Man, 57, Stabbed at Downtown Residence

May 18, 2020 |

By Staff Reports | Posted in: Crime and Police News

A city man who appeared to have been stabbed multiple times was found dead Sunday evening inside his apartment at the former YMCA of McKeesport, Downtown.

The Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office has identified the victim as Gordon Danielson Jr., 57.

Police were called to McKeesport Downtown Housing, 523 Sinclair St., just after 6 p.m. Sunday and discovered Danielson dead inside his apartment.

The Allegheny County police homicide unit is investigating. No further details were released.

 

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