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A Uniontown couple is behind bars after narcotics agents reported finding heroin and crack cocaine in their home where three children live with their parents.
Source: Police: Drugs found in Uniontown home where 3 children live | Local News | heraldstandard.com
An illegal casino was invaded on Wednesday in Steubenville. It happened on 4244 Sunset Boulevard. Officials say they had been hearing complaints about the illegal casino for a while, so the police department called on the Ohio Casino Control Commission to help them with the investigation. They were able to seize several illegal slot machines. “Numerous citizens have complained about this,” Steubenville City Manager Jim Mavromatis said. “These are lengthy investigations — and they take time.
Source: Several illegal slot machines seized from Steubenville business | WTOV
Authorities have not released details about what happened at either location. There is a heavy police presence in the area.
Sources said one of the victims was able to get to a second location on South 5th Street.
The injuries do not appear to be life-threatening and there is currently no word on any suspects, sources said.
Police were at the scene for several hours on Tuesday. Authorities have not released details about what happened at either location.
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Source: Two people shot in Jeannette, sources confirm
A Jeannette man arrested on consecutive nights last week holding several thousand dollars and large quantities of heroin and crack cocaine was deemed to be “a danger to society” by a judge and ordered held in the county jail without bail.
District Judge Wayne Vlasic of Monessen made the notation in court documents when he refused to set a bond for Duran E. Foster, 25, on multiple drug distribution and possession charges.
Vlasic arraigned Foster after state troopers searched his Division Street home on Friday, seizing 14 bricks of heroin, more than one ounce of crack cocaine, 21 anxiety pills, multiple cell phones and $4,348.
Source: Jeannette man jailed following heroin, crack cocaine arrests on consecutive nights | TribLIVE.com
Indiana Borough Police have arrested a teenaged girl and acquired an arrest warrant for a 20-year-old man in connection with the fatal shooting of a Pittsburgh man who was found early Saturday in a parking lot.
Isabella Marie Edmonds, 17, was arraigned late Saturday on multiple charges of homicide, robbery and two counts of criminal conspiracy in connection with the shooting that killed Jaedyn Khadim Ma Wright, 20, of Pittsburgh, according to online court dockets. Edmonds, who will turn 18-years-old Oct. 24, is charged as an adult.
Police have also charged Isaiah A. Moore of Philadelphia with identical complaints, plus a theft charge, in connection with the shooting. Investigators are looking for Moore.
Police said they are trying to identify two other possible suspects who were in the area at the time of the shooting and were observed on security video running from the Carriage House East apartment complex.
Anyone with information is asked to call borough police at 724-349-2121.
Source: Indiana County DA: Teen arrested, 3 sought in fatal shooting of Pittsburgh man | TribLIVE.com
About 11:44 p.m., police said, they received a call for a man down in the 3100 block of Buena Vista Terrace SE, which intersects 30th Street.
Police said they found a man who had been shot; he was pronounced dead on the scene.
Authorities later identified the victim as Kevin Eaton, 38, of Northeast Washington.
Homicides have increased 16 percent in the District this year.
Source: Man fatally shot in Southeast Washington’s Buena Vista neighborhood – The Washington Post
Five people were shot — one fatally — across the city Wednesday and Thursday, according to police.Most recently, a 25-year-old man was blasted in the stomach
Five people were shot — one fatally — across the city Wednesday and Thursday, according to police.
Most recently, a 25-year-old man was blasted in the stomach on the grounds of the Gun Hill Houses on Magenta Street in the Bronx just before 2:30 a.m. Thursday, cops said.
He was taken to NYC health + Hospitals/Jacobi with non-life-threatening injuries and is described as highly uncooperative, according to police.
Nearly three hours earlier, a 32-year-old man was struck in the ankle on Ralph Avenue near East 76th Street in Canarsie.
The shooter took off, heading north on Ralph Avenue, in a white Honda Civic sedan, with damage on the side doors, police said.
The victim was taken to Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center. It is unclear whether he was the intended target.
On Wednesday afternoon, Manuel Valarezo, 33, was gunned down on Post Avenue near Academy Street in Inwood during some type of altercation around 4:45 p.m., cops said.
Source: 4 injured, 1 killed across NYC in latest grisly shootings
An armed suspect has targeted men and women walking or jogging alone at night from the West Adams district to Westchester, authorities said Thursday.
The suspect drove a gray truck and was armed with a gun, which he fired during at least two of the incidents.
The suspect has mostly taken cellphones, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
The neighborhoods where the robberies occurred include Mar Vista, West Adams, Picfair Village, Westchester, Mid-Wilshire, Carthay Circle, Beverly Grove, Fairfax, Crestview, Faircrest Heights, and Palms, police said.
Police warned residents in the area to consider the following: • Always be alert to your surroundings and the people around you; • Try to stay in well-lit areas; • Don’t walk alone at night and always avoid areas where there are few people; • Be careful when people stop you for directions, always reply from a distance, and never get too close to the car; • If you feel you’re being followed, walk to a well-populated area; • Don’t resist. Give up your property, don’t give up your life; • Report the crime to the police, try to describe the attacker accurately.
A detailed description of the suspect was not disclosed.
Source: Armed robber targeting walkers, joggers in West LA
GREENSBURG, Pa. — Police arrested a man after a large heroin bust in Westmoreland County.
Chyrone Rodgers, 32, of Greensburg, was arrested after officers served a search warrant at a home on Broad Street on Wednesday.
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Source: Police arrest man after large heroin bust at Westmoreland Co. home
Special agents from the U.S. Postal Service raided a home in Baldwin, confiscating what neighbors say were eight bags of suspected undelivered mail.
The group of about 40 people attempted to storm the Champigny-sur-Marne station, about nine miles southeast of central Paris, according to Reuters.Police posted a video showing fireworks going off in the direction of the station. The assailants failed to gain entry but managed to heavily damage the station and nearby cars, officials said.
No one has yet been arrested for the attack.
“Violent attack last night on the police station of Champigny with mortar shots and various projectiles. No police officer was injured,” the Paris police headquarters tweeted Sunday.
Source: French mob attacks police station with fireworks, metal bars | Fox News
A Fayette County woman caring for two mentally challenged men is accused of leaving them in her SUV for more than an hour while she played video poker inside a Westmoreland County store.Samantha Kay White, 46, of Dawson, was charged Thursday with neglect of a dependent care person and reckless endangerment by Smithton Police in connection with the Sept. 28 incident.
Washington (CNN)Thirteen people were charged Thursday in an alleged domestic terrorism plot to kidnap Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, federal and state officials announced.
The alleged scheme included plans to overthrow several state governments that the suspects “believe are violating the US Constitution,” including the government of Michigan and Whitmer, according to a federal criminal complaint.Six people were charged federally with conspiracy to kidnap, and seven other people, associated with the militia group “Wolverine Watchmen,” were charged by the state, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced.“The individuals in (state) custody are suspected to have attempted to identify the home addresses of law enforcement officers in order to target them, made threats of violence intended to instigate a civil war, and engaged in planning and training for an operation to attack the capitol building of Michigan and to kidnap government officials, including the governor of Michigan,” Nessel said at a press conference.
Source: Gretchen Whitmer: 13 charged in plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer – CNNPolitics
The Pittsburgh Public Schools board has embarked on a focus on student arrests and involvement with the juvenile justice system by hiring a consultant to disaggregate its data on police calls for service, arrests and citations involving district students.
From the 2015-2016 school year through the 2019-2020 school year, Pittsburgh students were arrested by school police more than 2,500 times and a recent report by Black Girls Equity Alliance identified the district as the largest source of referrals for black girls in the county.
The board hired RMC Research Corporation at its legislative meeting Wednesday, at a cost of $17,000, to disaggregate the police data by year and student characteristics including gender, grade, age, race, Individualized Education Plan status and English language status. It will also identify the location, officer and offense category.
Source: Pittsburgh Public School board hires consultant to analyze student arrest data – Pittsburgh Current
A stolen calligraphy scroll said to be worth millions has been found in Hong Kong, after it was cut in half.
Thieves had stolen the scroll by Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong from an art collector’s home in a burglary last month.
They then sold it at a fraction of its value. It was apparently cut up as the 2.8m-long (9ft) scroll was deemed too long to display, said Hong Kong police.
The original owner says the artwork’s value has been “definitely affected”.
The scroll contains stanzas of poetry handwritten by the founder of the People’s Republic of China. Its owner has claimed it is estimated to be worth around $300m (£230m), though it is not known how the valuation was obtained.
Source: Stolen Mao Zedong scroll ‘worth millions’ found cut in half – BBC News
Demonstrators marched in Wauwatosa, Wis., Wednesday night to protest the decision not to charge a police officer in the killing of a Black 17-year-old youth in February.
Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm said Wauwatosa Police Officer Joseph Mensah acted in self-defense by shooting Alvin Cole after police responded to a disturbance at a shopping mall. In a 14-page letter addressed to Wauwatosa Police Chief Barry Weber, Chisholm presented details of the investigation into the incident and the reasons for his decision not to charge Mensah.
Chisholm said the investigation found that Cole had a stolen 9mm pistol which he displayed at the Mayfair Mall during an argument with another person. Chisholm said when police arrived and encountered Cole in the parking lot, he ran from officers, discharged the gun, refused to surrender it and was then fired on by Mensah.
“In this case,” concluded Chisholm, “there is sufficient evidence that Officer Mensah had an actual subjective belief that deadly force was necessary and that belief was objectively reasonable. I do not believe that the State could disprove self-defense or defense of others in this case and therefore could not meet the burden required to charge Officer Mensah.”
Source: Protesters March Against Decision Not To Charge Officer In Wauwatosa, Wis., Death : NPR
Police are investigating the robbery of a Dollar Bank.
Source: Police Investigating Dollar Bank Robbery At Penn Hills Shopping Center – CBS Pittsburgh
The shooting happened a little after 8 p.m. on the 7200 block of Mingo Street.
Pittsburgh Public Safety said police first responded to a ShotSpotter alert in that area.
A short time later, the two men showed up at a Pittsburgh-area hospital.
Both were last listed in stable condition.
No arrests have been announced.
Source: Two men show up at the hospital after being shot in Pittsburgh
Multiple people were shot and killed on Monday after police responded to a “possible hostage situation” at a house in Oregon’s capital of Salem, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
The department issued a press release on Monday saying that officers arrived at a house in the early afternoon with a “trained negotiator” from the sheriff’s department.
Police added that after arriving, “shots were fired,” resulting in “multiple fatalities during this incident, including that of the suspect.” The statement said that no deputies were injured in the confrontation.
Source: Multiple people shot in Oregon after police respond to ‘possible hostage situation’ | TheHill
Computer systems for Universal Health Services, which has more than 400 locations, primarily in the U.S., began to fail over the weekend, and some hospitals have had to resort to filing patient information with pen and paper, according to multiple people familiar with the situation.
Source: Major hospital system hit with cyberattack, potentially largest in U.S. history
The Minneapolis Police Department is investigating claims by right-wing activist group Project Veritas that individuals tied to Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., engaged in illegal ballot harvesting before the election.
“We are in the process of looking into the validity of those statements,” a department statement read on Monday. “No further information is available at this time on this.”Project Veritas’ latest video lit up social media as it came just weeks before a presidential election that is expected to see a surge in absentee or mail-in voting. In Minnesota, the issue has come under judicial scrutiny as Republicans and Democrats battled over a measure that would limit the number of ballots a third party could hold for others.
Source: Minneapolis police investigating alleged ballot harvesting scheme by Omar associates | Fox News
TURTLE CREEK, Pa. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the shooting death of a man near Pittsburgh by a woman after a domestic altercation that lasted for hours.
Allegheny County police said officers and paramedics in the borough of Turtle Creek were called to the home shortly after 5 a.m. Saturday and found the man shot multiple times. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The county medical examiner’s office identified him as 24-year-old Nigel Broadus.
Police said the 28-year-old woman told them the man refused to leave her home at about 2 a.m. Saturday and she was repeatedly assaulted and held against her will for about three hours. Police said he threatened to kill her and began looking for her firearm, but she was able to retrieve the weapon and fired as he came toward her.
Source: Man shot, killed by girlfriend after domestic altercation near Pittsburgh | WKBN.com
The FBI has arrested the founder of a Black Lives Matter group in Atlanta on fraud and money laundering charges.
Sir Maejor Page, 32, was accused Friday of misappropriating $200,000 in donations he solicited through Facebook on behalf of Black Lives Matter of Greater Atlanta, Fox 5 Atlanta reported Friday.Page was released on bond after appearing before a judge via video. He did not immediately return messages Saturday from Fox News.
The shootings occurred sometime before 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at Brook Street and Broadway, a supervisor with MetroSafe confirmed to WDRB News. Schroeder said the officers were responding to South Brook and East College streets on reports of a shooting and a large crowd in the area when they were shot.
One of the officers is undergoing surgery, and the other is alert, LMPD interim Chief Robert Schroeder said.
RUFFS DALE, Pa. — A woman has been charged with first degree murder and criminal homicide in the shooting death of her boyfriend Sunday night inside her Westmoreland County home.
According to police, Meghan West, 29, invited Andrew Pristas, 30, to the Valley High Mobile Home Park in Ruffs Dale.
Just before midnight, the two got into an argument over something on West’s phone. She ran into a bedroom and locked herself inside. According to police, she grabbed a gun and fired a warning shot through the door.
West claims that Pristas continued to try to break down the locked door before she fired a second round into the door, which struck him.
“She went outside the door and realized he was laying there in a pool of blood, initiated a 911 phone call and she did render some medical aid,” said Trooper Steve Limani of the Pennsylvania State Police.
West was denied bond.
Source: Woman shoots, kills boyfriend inside her Westmoreland Co. home, police say
Pennsylvania Lottery officials on Monday warned people not to fall for the scam, which has been occurring for the past several weeks.
Source: Pennsylvania Lottery Officials Warn Of Mega Millions Scam
An unidentified shooter who opened fire at a Pennsylvania shopping mall remained on the loose Sunday morning, hours after dozens of police vehicles surrounded the building and officers rushed in to assess the scene and evacuate shoppers taking shelter in various stores.
A gunman who opened fire inside a Pennsylvania shopping mall remained on the loose Sunday morning, hours after dozens of police vehicles surrounded the building and officers rushed in to evacuate frightened shoppers.
The shooting happened at Lehigh Valley Mall in Fullerton, Pa., shortly before 5 p.m. Saturday. No injuries were reported.Four shots were fired in the lower level near a sporting goods store, Whitehall Township Police Chief Michael Marks said.
“The responding officers needed to get into the mall and make sure there was no active gunfire occurring at the moment,” Marks said Saturday night, according to WFMZ. “As far as our secondary operations right now, that’s just making sure that the mall is empty and we were able to account for everybody employed or at least at the mall at that point.”
Source: Gunman opens fire inside Pennsylvania mall, no injuries reported | Fox News
LARIMER, Pa. —
Pittsburgh police officers responded to a report of a man involved in a domestic dispute at a residence on the 600 block of Lenora Street around 9 p.m.
When officers tried to make contact with the man, he refused to exit the home.The man was arrested on an outstanding warrant for an unrelated domestic incident.
Source: SWAT called to Pittsburgh’s Larimer neighborhood after domestic dispute
Greensburg Police doing a routine check of a man asleep in the driver’s seat of his car in a store parking lot Thursday wound up arresting him for illegal possession of 47 bricks of heroin, a plastic bag of cocaine, several hundred Xanax pills and multiple strips of Suboxone.
Patrolman Kerry Dieter said he also confiscated $11,996 that Brandon E. Carter, 35, of Charleroi, was carrying.
Carter is charged with four counts each of illegal possession and delivery of a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance, illegal possession of a firearm, possession of a firearm without a license, possession of drug paraphernalia, receiving stolen property and public drunkenness. He was ordered by District Judge Chris Flanigan held in the county prison after failing to post $50,000 bond.
Paul Peirce is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can contact Paul at 724-850-2860, ppeirce@triblive.com or via Twitter .
A manhunt was underway early Saturday in Rochester, N.Y., after a shooting at a backyard party left at least two people dead and 14 wounded, according to reports.
Source: Rochester shooting ‘like the Vietnam War’ leaves at least 2 dead, 14 wounded: reports | Fox News
