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TV Report: D.A. Probing Police Evidence Room

By Staff Reports
The Tube City Almanac
October 01, 2024
Posted in: Crime and Police News

A Pittsburgh TV station reported Tuesday that investigators from the Allegheny County district attorney’s office are probing whether money has gone missing from the evidence room at the McKeesport police station.

In a report aired at 5 and 6 p.m., WPXI-TV reported that county investigators were notified by city police officials following an internal audit of the evidence room.

WPXI cited unnamed sources with knowledge of the investigation. A message left by Tube City Almanac for the Allegheny County district attorney’s office seeking to confirm or deny the report was not immediately returned.

In September, a former McKeesport police detective was charged by state investigators with the possible misuse of more than $1 million in dues money from the Fraternal Order of Police lodge in West Homestead.

Joseph A. Osinski, 55, of Haler Heights is charged by the state Attorney General’s office with theft by unlawful taking, theft by deception, receiving stolen property, dealing the proceeds of illegal activity, access device fraud and misapplication of entrusted property.

Osinski served as financial secretary of the lodge from 2012 to April 2024, according to a criminal complaint. The attorney general’s office alleges that money began to be misused in 2019.

Last week, Osinski waived his right to a preliminary hearing and remains free on $50,000 bond pending formal arraignment on the charges Nov. 13 in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court. He had been a police detective for more than 20 years prior to his abrupt retirement just before news of the state investigation became public.

Another McKeesport police detective has been on leave following a medical emergency in September. City officials have declined comment about his condition, asking the media and residents to “respect this officer and his family’s privacy at this time.”

The McKeesport police department is one of the few city or borough police agencies in Allegheny County, outside of the City of Pittsburgh police bureau, to maintain a full-time detective unit.

According to sources who have spoken to the Almanac on background, Allegheny County detectives have been assisting McKeesport police with cases in the wake of Osinski’s arrest and the other officer’s health concerns.

Originally published October 01, 2024.

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