June 22, 2019 |
By Jason Togyer | Posted in: Crime and Police News
A McKeesport man is charged with criminal homicide after police said he shot and killed someone who was dating his ex-girlfriend.
Marcus Acie-Griffin, 36, was arrested Saturday morning following a police chase through McKeesport and Dravosburg that ended with a crash in the Morton Plan section of West Mifflin.
The victim, Kaine A. Williams, 34, was pronounced dead late Friday night at the scene of the incident in the 1800 block of Sumac Street, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office said.
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June 21, 2019 |
By Staff Reports | Posted in: Crime and Police News
A Port Vue woman has been sentenced to six years in federal prison for her role in a narcotics ring that moved large amounts of heroin from New Jersey to the Mon-Yough area, U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady said Thursday.
Krystle Barretto, 33, also faces four years' probation under the sentence handed down by U.S. District Judge Cathy Bissoon in Pittsburgh. Barretto pleaded guilty to federal narcotics charges in February.
Prosecutors allege that along with her fiancee, Jarran Bell, 38, of Port Vue, Barretto was heard on wiretaps conspiring to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin.
Federal authorities allege that Barretto arranged for approximately 25,000 stamp bags of heroin to be transported from Paterson and Union, N.J., to the McKeesport area.
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June 20, 2019 |
By Staff Reports | Posted in: Crime and Police News
A Churchill man who was tearing down an abandoned house on Jenny Lind Street has been charged by McKeesport police with firearms violations.
Davon Parms, 45, faces a preliminary hearing Monday before Magisterial District Judge Eugene Riazzi Jr. in McKeesport on charges of unlawful possession of a firearm, discharging a firearm into an occupied structure, carrying a firearm without a license, simple assault and recklessly endangering another person.
He is currently free on his own recognizance.
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June 12, 2019 |
By Staff Reports | Posted in: Crime and Police News, Duquesne News
More than 30 people --- many from the Mon Valley --- were rounded up early Wednesday morning by FBI agents and local police and arrested on federal drug charges related to trafficking cocaine, heroin, crack cocaine and firearms.
In a prepared release, U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady said a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh has issued three separate, but related indictments which were unsealed this week.
Brady said that charged by federal prosecutors in a conspiracy to possess and distribute heroin, cocaine and crack between August 2018 and May of this year are:
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June 04, 2019 |
By Staff Reports | Posted in: Crime and Police News
(UPDATED after publication.)
Two people, including a 17-year-old, face charges after police say they opened fire on one another following a fight at the Harrison Village housing complex on Monday afternoon.
A third woman who is accused of giving a handgun to one of the shooters also faces charges, and Allegheny County police are looking for a fourth person who fled the scene.
A 22-year-old man whose name was not released was hospitalized with a leg wound, police said.
The shooting came 24 hours after Ciquann Dudley Jr., 17, of McKeesport was found shot dead in the 1300 block of Tube Works Alley, about two blocks away.
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June 03, 2019 |
By Staff Reports | Posted in: Crime and Police News
A McKeesport teenager was found dead Sunday afternoon after a shooting in the city's Third Ward.
The Allegheny County medical examiner's office said Ciquann Dudley Jr., 17, was pronounced dead at the scene of the shooting in the 1300 block of Tube Works Alley.
Allegheny County police said he had been shot multiple times. His death has been ruled a homicide.
Friends and family said Dudley was a student at McKeesport Area High School. He is the second student killed in less than a month.
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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 28, 2019 |
By Richard Finch Jr. | Posted in: Crime and Police News, McKeesport and Region News
McKeesport Area School District officials have approved the hiring of a police chief and police officer for the 2019-20 school year.
At last week’s school board meeting, school directors also voted to approve a $55,000 annual salary for the police chief and $50,000 for a police officer. School Directors Mindy Sturgess and David Donato left the meeting prior to the vote.
Currently, the district contracts with the City of McKeesport for a school resource officer.
“This is no reflection on our current SRO, who has done an outstanding job for many years,” said Mark Holtzman Jr., district superintendent. “It's an opportunity to have our own police department and save some money down the road.”
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May 24, 2019 |
By Staff Reports | Posted in: Crime and Police News
UPDATED to clarify that the shooting did not involve the prom.
A McKeesport teen-ager was killed early Friday morning in a shooting on Pittsburgh's South Side, less than a week before she was to graduate from high school.
Morgan Dunston, 18, died at UPMC Mercy Hospital, Uptown, of injuries received in the incident, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office said. An online fundraising campaign has been created to help the family to defray funeral expenses.
Dunston was a senior at McKeesport Area High School, and friends said she was leaving a dance when the shooting occurred. Although McKeesport held its senior prom Thursday night, Dunston did not attend, said Kristen James, district spokeswoman.
"This young lady was an active student within our high school who was slated to graduate next week," said James, who called the shooting "senseless."
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May 16, 2019 |
By Staff Reports | Posted in: Crime and Police News, Duquesne News
A Philadelphia man died after being shot multiple times Wednesday night at a home in Duquesne.
Ivan Walls, 45, was pronounced dead at a Pittsburgh hospital nearly three hours after the incident, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office said.
In a prepared statement, Duquesne police said the incident happened inside a house in the 1100 block of Karl Avenue just before 7 p.m.
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