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Law enforcement honored with annual LEAD awards
In terms of sheer volume, the Jamal Stoner cocaine ring ranks among the region's largest narcotics distribution networks. Agents said Stoner, who is under... → Read More
Meadville man charged with assaulting police during Capitol insurrection
A Crawford County man is the latest Western Pennsylvania resident to be charged in connection to the Capitol insurrection. Mikhail Edward Slye, 32,... → Read More
Beaver County man indicted on federal child porn, sex trafficking counts
Mark Kriss, 64, of Freedom, is charged in federal court with receipt of material involving the sexual exploitation of a child and attempted child sex trafficking → Read More
Freed from prison in 1979 murder case, Beaver County man sues cold case police unit who put him there
A former small-town councilman in Beaver County who won a new trial in 2020 after spending a decade in prison for a 1979 murder he insists he did not commit... → Read More
Former nurse practitioner admits to writing illegal prescriptions for Adderall, healthcare fraud
A former nurse practitioner who ran psychiatric clinics in East Liberty and Wilkins admitted Tuesday to writing illegal Adderall prescriptions while suspended. Larry... → Read More
Ex-Washington County couple to plead guilty in Capitol insurrection
The owner of a Washington County woodworking business and his wife are set to plead guilty Monday in the District of Columbia to charges of storming the... → Read More
Feds want up to 8 years for man who named Pittsburgh FBI agents in online threats
Federal prosecutors say an accused Islamic extremist should go to prison for up to eight years for threatening Pittsburgh FBI agents who were investigating... → Read More
Once praised, sisters who ran home health care companies head to U.S. prison for massive Medicaid ripoff
Back in 2017, the City of Pittsburgh gave Arlinda Moriarty a special proclamation for → Read More
Judge orders ‘pink hat lady’ from Mercer County confined pending Capitol riot trial
Prosecutors asked that Rachel Powell be monitored by GPS but didn't take into account the fact that there are no cell towers where she lives. → Read More
U.S. seeks to prevent Uniontown welder from claiming self-defense in Capitol riot
Federal prosecutors say Peter Schwartz of Uniontown was an aggressor who attacked police with a chair and pepper spray during the Capitol insurrection... → Read More
Feds now want ‘pink hat lady’ confined to home pending Capitol riot trial
Because there are no cell towers where she lives for GPS monitoring, the U.S. now wants the “pink hat lady” confined to her rural Mercer County... → Read More
Ex-Washington County jail guard pleads guilty to role in New Jersey-supplied coke ring
A former Washington County jail guard indicted as part of an FBI takedown in 2020 pleaded guilty last week to his role in a cocaine conspiracy. Andrew... → Read More
Mexican national charged in Pittsburgh with possession of 10,000 fake oxycodone pills
Eduardo Rosario Acosta Montoya is in U.S. custody and faces proceedings this week in U.S. District Court, where he is charged with possession with intent to deliver fentanyl. → Read More
Fentanyl-dealing Hazelwood Mob gang member gets a dozen years in federal prison
A violent drug-dealing criminal from Glen Hazel associated with the Hazelwood Mob gang was sent to federal prison for more than 12 years on Wednesday following... → Read More
Judge orders GPS monitoring for ‘pink hat lady’ accused of violence during Capitol riot
The Mercer County woman is charged with smashing a window at the Capitol with a pipe and barking instructions in support of Donald Trump's election lies → Read More
Pittsburgh man charged federally with soliciting child for sex released on home detention
Over the objections of federal prosecutors, a federal judge on Wednesday ordered the release of a Pittsburgh man with autism who was arrested by the FBI... → Read More
Texas fraudster gets prison for stealing $4 million from Pennsylvania low-income meal programs
The first of a trio of Texas criminals who ripped off a Pennsylvania meal program for poor children of some $4 million to buy themselves fancy cars and... → Read More
Pittsburgh man, 21, latest to be charged in Capitol insurrection
A Pittsburgh man has been charged in connection with the Capitol insurrection. Thomas Carey, 21, who is from New York but was living in the Oakland area,... → Read More
Bridgeville man pleads guilty in Capitol breach
Ken Grayson of Bridgeville pleaded guilty today to breaching the U.S. Capitol in support of Donald Trump’s election lies. Grayson, 53, became a federal... → Read More
Inmate father of Penn Hills drug boss gets 5 years for behind-bars role in running coke ring
The incarcerated father of a Penn Hills drug dealer who ran one of the largest cocaine rings ever prosecuted in Western Pennsylvania was sentenced Tuesday... → Read More