CRIME & SAFETY
Missing woman from Pittsburgh area presumed dead in central Pennsylvania
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A missing woman from the Pittsburgh area is believed to have died by homicide, police in central Pennsylvania said.The Susquehanna Township Police Department said Tracy Scanlon's missing person case has become a homicide investigation, according to a news release on Friday. Police said Scanlon, who was from Allegheny County, had been missing since late February."There has been no contact with Tracy's family or friends since this time," Susquehanna Township police said in Friday's news release. Police said Scanlon, also known as Tracy Zalenski, was last seen leaving a wine and liquor store in Harrisburg, adding that she was...
Charges filed after woman sets fire to ex-boyfriend's belongings, causing another home to catch fire
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - A woman is now facing charges after she admitted to police to intentionally setting fire to a home on Friday. Police were called to a home on Grape Street on Friday night and once they arrived, they found that the front porch had been set on fire. The flames ultimately spread from the porch to an adjacent home. Once firefighters arrived to battle the flames, two firefighters were hurt during the incident when the porch roof ended up collapsing. One firefighter sustained an injury to their ankle while the other suffered a back injury. The tenant of the home, identified as Lunae Mockabee-Mitchell told police that she lit her ex-boyfriend's belongings on fire after they had an argument. She was taken into custody and is now facing charges of aggravated arson and criminal mischief.
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.
Dozens of rejected Pittsburgh police officer candidates given second chance to join recruit class
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey and the city's public safety director say dozens of rejected police officer candidates will be given a second chance to join an upcoming recruit class. The city rejected 23 police candidates on psychological grounds, but now all 23 are being invited back for a new evaluation and a second chance to become police officers. Faced with retirements and officer flight, the city is in dire need of new police recruits. But the rejections of such a high number on psychological grounds raised concern in the mayor's office. "It's a big concern and that's why we started...
Two Men with Rifles Accused of Stalking Woman in Hospital Parking Lot
CRANBERRY TWP., Pa. (EYT) — Two local men are behind bars for allegedly stalking a woman with long rifles in the parking lot of UPMC Northwest. Court records show the UPMC Police Department filed criminal charges against 46-year-old Scott William Baker and 71-year-old Jon Robert Siennick, both of Oil City, in District Judge Patrick Lowrey’s office on Tuesday, April 30.
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...
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