SOUTH UNION TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) – Police are looking for suspects after a safe with more than $12,000 inside was stolen from the Shogun Hibachi Steakhouse in South Union Township.
Police said in a press release they’re continuing to investigate the burglary that happened last month at the restaurant on Mall Run Road.
According to police, two people broke into the restaurant, took a small black safe, then ran.
Troopers said there was $12,200 in the safe, and the door was also damaged in the burglary.
Police said the investigation is ongoing. They didn’t provide descriptions of the suspects.
Pittsburgh police are investigating a reported robbery of a pizza delivery driver who told police he was then forced into the trunk of his own car and driven an unknown distance before being left in the back of the vehicle.
According to Pittsburgh Public Safety, the delivery driver told police he stopped his vehicle around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday in the area of the 900 block of Phoenix Street when three armed men approached him and stole money, his car keys, wallet, cell phone and shoes.
A Greensburg man is accused of breaking into a Latrobe store and stealing $4,240 worth of lottery tickets and cigarettes, according to a criminal complaint. Patrick S. Barry, 35, who told a judge he is homeless during his arraignment Tuesday, is charged with burglary, theft and criminal trespass.
The women, who allegedly had a toddler with them, were taken into custody after police said they took 73 bottles of perfume from Nordstrom at Ross Park Mall.
Stephanie Hopkins, of Pittsburgh, and De Siree Riley, of McKees Rocks, were taken into custody after allegedly taking 76 bottles of perfume from Nordstrom at Ross Park Mall.
Ross Township police were called around 7:30 p.m. Thursday for a report of a retail theft. An officer was given a description of the women, who reportedly had a toddler with them, and of the car Hopkins was allegedly driving.
According to the complaint, the officer attempted to conduct a traffic stop but Hopkins fled.
Hopkins is charged with two counts of retail theft, endangering the welfare of children, possessing an instrument of crime, fleeing or attempting to elude an officer, driving with a suspended license, failure to stop at a red light and reckless driving.
Riley is charged with two counts of retail theft and possessing an instrument of crime.
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Police said they responded to a 911 call on Halloween night for two kids who say they were robbed at gunpoint of their candy. This happened around 6:45 p.m. on Halloween night near Carrick Plaza along Brownsville Road. Police say they’re investigating whether the weapons were real or not.
The woman allegedly left the wallet in a bus lobby bathroom before leaving the casino.
According to the complaint, Norma Buchwach of Pittsburgh allegedly picked up a wallet that was accidentally left on the seat of a slot machine and took $1,000 cash and a voucher worth $305. She then allegedly left the wallet in a bus lobby bathroom before leaving the casino. Another patron turned the wallet in to security.
A Salem man was arrested Sunday on theft charges after state police said they found a missing farm tractor worth $15,000 parked at his home, according to court papers. Gary A. Lauffer, 54, told troopers that he took the tractor from a nearby dairy farm to do work on his property.
He didn’t have permission to use or take it, according to court papers.
A serial number found on the farm tractor at Lauffer’s property matched that of one given to investigators by Turner’s officials. The tractor also had a Turner’s sticker on its hood, police said.
Damian Rivers, 47, is facing multiple charges involving thefts.
Police said they recently questioned Rivers about items reported stolen or missing from apartments at Walnut Crossings, where he worked as a maintenance man.
Police said during that questioning, Rivers admitted to taking the items and then selling them at a local pawn shop.
Police said Rivers told them the thefts began back in the summer.
As of early Wednesday morning, Rivers had not yet been arraigned on the charges in this case.
A homeless man from Oregon was ordered to serve up to six years in prison for the burglary of a Greensburg church five days before Christmas in 2020.
Timothy Lansdale, 57, pleaded guilty Monday to felony charges of burglary and for failing to register with the state police as a convicted sex offender.
Lansdale broke into the Otterbein United Methodist Church on College Avenue in the morning hours of Dec. 20, 2020, police said. The sound system was dismantled, microphones were damaged, an internet router was disconnected and electronic equipment used with the organ and keyboard was strewn about, authorities said.
According to court records, police found cigarette butts and ashes around the building. Eight gift cards and a CD player were taken.
An East Huntingdon woman is accused by police of taking $13,500 from the YWCA Thrift Shop in Greensburg while she worked there, according to court papers.
Amy S. Yemc-Gera, 53, was in charge of making nightly deposits, police said. She is charged with theft and receiving stolen property.
An accountant for the YWCA told police that 43 cash deposits between May and August were missing after organization officials noticed a missing deposit earlier this month. YWCA officials said on each occasion Yemc-Gera was working and in charge of depositing the cash, according to court papers.
Officials told authorities that after the missing deposit was discovered, they contacted Yemc-Gera about the situation and she claimed to have misplaced the money, but found it and took it to the bank. There was never any record of a deposit, police said.
She worked there for two years. It was unclear if she was still an employee.
Police are investigating a bank robbery that happened Friday morning in Brookline.
The man suspected in the robbery presented a note that demanded money and threatened to use a firearm, police said. He also verbally threatened to use a gun, but police said no firearm was seen.
Police said he left with an undisclosed amount of money. The Pittsburgh Bureau of Police’s violent crimes unit is investigating the incident.
WILKINSBURG, Pa. — A former Borough of Wilkinsburg Finance Department employee has been arrested after police said he stole a debit card from the branch.
An investigation began in July after the borough finance director noticed a debit card was missing from the department.
Wilkinsburg police detectives said 26-year-old Terrell Fields was in possession of the missing card.
Police arrested Fields on Center Street in Pitcairn.
Fields appeared in court at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday morning and was arraigned on charges of theft by unlawful taking, access device fraud and identity theft.
Officers said Fields had two other warrants from Westmoreland and Allegheny counties.
Thieves in Southern California stole millions of dollars worth of gems and jewelry from an armored vehicle last week, officials said.
Brandy Swanson, a director at the International Gem and Jewelry Show in San Mateo, south of San Francisco, said the stolen rarities were estimated to be more than $100 million.
Dana Callahan, a spokeswoman for Brink’s security, confirmed the merchandise was loaded into one of their trucks following the show on July 10 and that it was robbed on its way to Los Angeles.
Swanson said 25 to 30 bags were stolen from the truck and that 18 victims reported sizable losses following the robbery.
Callahan, however, disputed the estimated figure.
“According to the information the customers provided to us before they shipped their items, the total value of the missing items is less than $10 million,” Brink’s said in a statement. “We are working with law enforcement, and we will fully reimburse our customers for the value of their assets that were stolen, in accordance with the terms of our contract.”
Like something out of an action movie. $100 million of jewelry stolen in Southern Cali.
ALLEGHENY COUNTY — Police say an arrest has been made in connection with four separate armed robberies throughout Allegheny County, including two where someone was shot.
32-year-old Eric Jones of Pittsburgh’s East Hills neighborhood, was identified as the person responsible for all four robberies as a result of collaborative effort.
According to a criminal complaint, Jones’ robbing spree began on March 6 at Fox’s Pizza Den in Oakmont. Police said Jones made off with cash after shooting the owner, 34-year-old Greg Scampone.
PITTSBURGH — Imagine running to the grocery store after work to grab a few items, only for the place to be robbed in broad daylight and during peak hours. That’s what happened at the Giant Eagle on Murray Avenue.
“Yes, I’m afraid,” said Juda Kohenbash.
Kohenbash lives in Squirrel Hill and said yesterday’s robbery has him on edge.
At about 5:30 p.m. Monday, a man wearing a yellow hoodie went into the Giant Eagle on Murray Avenue. He said he had a weapon – but no one saw it.
The man demanded money from the register and then ran off. Police wouldn’t say how much he got. Regardless, it’s unnerving for people who live here.“
Pamela’s closed down, Eat N Park closed down. This neighborhood has become like a ghost town,” said Kohenbash.
A 66-year-old man who won money at a Pittsburgh casino was assaulted and robbed early Tuesday morning by someone who followed him to his Aspinwall home, police said.
In a statement, Allegheny County police said the man arrived at a hospital with injuries to his face and head, and that he reported being pistol-whipped by a woman who demanded cash.
“Through their investigation, detectives learned that the suspect followed the victim to his residence after the suspect observed the victim redeem winnings at the Rivers Casino on Pittsburgh’s North Shore. The suspect made off with approximately $1,500 from the victim’s pocket,” police said in a statement.
Police identified the suspect as 28-year-old Jaimeca Johnson, of Forest Hills, and said she was detained in Forest Hills at about 9:30 a.m.
PITTSBURGH — A man was robbed at knifepoint early Monday morning in Pittsburgh’s Mount Washington neighborhood, police said.
The man told officers he believes he was followed from an ATM at Shiloh Street and Virginia Avenue before he was robbed about 12:15 a.m. at Bailey Avenue and Cushman Street.
The man’s wallet and cellphone were taken, police said.
No arrests have been made, but police said it is believed two men are responsible for the robbery.