CRIME & SAFETY
Just an Hour from Wheeling: Man kidnapped girlfriend, drove to Nevada desert, suffocated her, pretend to be her and lived at her residence
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Pennsylvania man who authorities say killed his girlfriend in a Nevada desert has been convicted. A jury in U.S. District Court in Nevada on Wednesday found John Matthew Chapman, 44, guilty of one count of kidnapping resulting in death, court records show. He faces life in prison at a sentencing […]
Drug suspect released by Judge Orenstein back in Allegheny County
A New York resident arrested last September after being caught with a large amount of suspected fentanyl and cocaine has been returned to Allegheny County after he failed to appear a bail modification hearing.
Pennsylvania nurse pleads guilty to killing nursing home residents with insulin
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Heather Pressdee, the Pennsylvania nurse charged with killing multiple nursing home residents and trying to kill more than a dozen others, pleaded guilty in court Thursday morning. Pressdee pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree murder and 19 counts of criminal attempt to commit murder in connection with lethal and potentially lethal doses of insulin to 22 patients at facilities in four counties. She was sentenced to three consecutive life sentences for the first-degree murder charges and 380 to 760 years of consecutive incarceration for the other charges. Pressdee was charged last May with the deaths of two patients and...
Woman scammed out of nearly $30K by caller pretending to be with Allegheny County Sheriff's Office
MUNHALL, Pa. (KDKA) -- A woman was scammed out of nearly $30,000 by someone who called and pretended to be from the Allegheny County Sheriff's Office, officials said. According to the sheriff's office, the victim was called last Monday by someone who identified themselves as Commander Leo O'Neill, who oversees the courts division, and told her she had active arrest warrants for failure to appear and contempt of court. The sheriff's office said the caller ID made it look like the call was actually coming from them. The scammer told the victim to take money out of the bank and go to...
2 siblings plummet from window of Pa. apartment where tenants complained about maintenance
Two young siblings in Allegheny County are in stable condition after falling three stories from an apartment window Monday afternoon, county police said. A 6-year-old boy fell out of the window first, then his 3-year-old sister went to look out the window and fell 30 feet, too, White Oak EMS Chief Paul Falavolito told WPXI-TV.
SWAT team, multiple police departments respond to shooting in Swissvale; man hospitalized
A man was hospitalized Wednesday afternoon after being shot in Swissvale, Allegheny County Police reported. An Allegheny County 911 dispatcher said police were sent to the 7500 block of Roslyn Street shortly after 3 p.m. First responders located a man suffering from two gunshot wounds. He was transported to an...
Gov. Shapiro, once Pa.'s top cop, backs inmate's appeal of life sentence for felony murder
Pennsylvania’s governor, once the state’s top law enforcement officer, is supporting an Allegheny County man’s appeal of his life sentence for second-degree murder without parole. Gov. Josh Shapiro took the unusual step last week of filing a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of inmate Derek Lee because he...
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