CRIME & SAFETY
Coroner called to scene of lawnmower accident in East Hempfield Twp.
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — The coroner was called to the scene of an accident Wednesday after a man became trapped underneath a lawnmower in East Hempfield Township. According to emergency dispatch, the call came in at around 12:31 p.m. for an incident on Oreville Rd. Crews were on...
Sewickley woman convicted in fatal head-on Arona Road crash
Dawn Coyne’s two daughters embraced outside of a Westmoreland County courtroom Thursday after the woman police said caused the crash that resulted their mother’s death was convicted of vehicular homicide and 16 other charges. Ahna L. Malik, 44, of Sewickley was handcuffed and taken to prison to await...
Man found shot to death inside home of suspect who pulled gun on pastor identifed
Early Monday morning, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner's office identified the man found shot to death in that home as Derek Polite, 56, of North Braddock, a relative of Bernard Polite.
Motorcycle driver dies in crash near UPMC Mercy
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- A motorcycle driver has died following a late-night crash near UPMC Mercy Hospital last night along the Boulevard of the Allies. Pittsburgh Police say that the crash involved the motorcycle and another vehicle.Medics at the scene performed CPR on the motorcycle, but the man, later identified as 33-year-old Donte Hairston, died at the hospital. The driver of the other vehicle refused medical attention.A second vehicle was also hit during the crash but no one was hurt.The Collision Investigation Unit is handling the investigation into the crash.
Driver in fatal crash intended to sell drugs found in car, prosecutors claim
A Sewickley Township woman told investigators two days after she was involved in a fatal crash that she intended to sell the drugs that investigators found in her car’s center console. “Oh, wow. There was a lot of stuff in that car,” Ahna L. Malik said in a recorded...
Westmoreland home damaged in fire
Crews fought a house fire in the 100 block of Lentz Road in Westmoreland. According to Westmoreland County 911, the call came in around 3:45 a.m. for a report of a house fire. The home was occupied but there is no word on injuries at this time. The fire has been put out with some damage to the back. This is a developing story. Check back for updates as more information becomes available.
No Verona police officers were on the clock when 2 crimes happened
VERONA, Pa. (KDKA) -- A shortage of police officers in a small Allegheny County borough is beginning to cause some concern to residents.Right now, Verona borough said they have two full-time officers and three part-time officers but confirmed to KDKA-TV it's not enough to be considered as fully staffed.The borough manager, Stefanie Woolford, said they're working to fill the positions, but until they make more hires, they have to lean on state police to answer the call when they don't have any officers on duty.That's exactly what happened last month when two crimes happened on the same day, without any...
'It's happening here in Pittsburgh': Pennsylvania ranks 9th in new cases of human trafficking
PITTSBURGH — It is estimated there are more than 49 million people enslaved in the world and that human trafficking generates $150 billion in illegal profits every year, according to the International Labor Organization. In the most recent federal human trafficking report, Pennsylvania ranks ninth in the nation for...
2 people injured when bus crashes into building in Washington County
Two people are injured after a Freedom Transit Bus crashed into a building on 11th Street and Garr Street in Charleroi Thursday morning. SEE PICTURES FROM THE CRASH HERE There were 10 people on the bus when the crash happened. The two injured passengers were taken to the hospital, but their injuries are not life-threatening. “They were crying, they were upset. They were all sitting along that wall there,” neighbor Lisa Shulnes said. “They had the paramedics checking them all out. They all seem like they were in pretty good shape, nothing serious.”
Pittsburgh’s gay police chief is stopping crime and living proud (exclusive)
Pittsburgh in the late 1980s and 1990s wasn’t known as an LGBTQ+ stomping ground — regardless of what you might have seen on Queer as Folk. After I graduated from college, I worked briefly in the Pittsburgh area and usually met my friends in downtown Pittsburgh for happy hours. I would get drunk, I’d sneak away from them, and go to a gay bar. I have no idea how I found what I think was the only gay bar in the city. I couldn’t remember the name of the bar until recently. But I do know one night, I went down the wrong way on a one-way street buzzed, and a cop car, with lights blazing, met me head-on.
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