ALTOONA, Pa. — The U.S. Marshals Service and the Altoona Police Department arrested a man wanted in connection with shooting and killing an IUP student last fall.
Police said they found out Terrion Gates was in the Altoona area and he was taken into custody Friday without incident.
Gates was wanted for shooting and killing 20-year-old Jayden Wright of Pittsburgh in the parking lot of the Carriage House Apartments on Oakland Avenue in October. Wright was taken to the Indiana Regional Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.
Gates was one of four suspects police were searching for in connection with the murder. He was extradited to Indiana County for arraignment.
Just before 11:00 a.m. on Thursday morning, police, fire, and EMS were called to a home in 5800 block of Black Street for a report of an unconscious woman at the home.
HOMESTEAD, Pa. —Some Pittsburgh area residents are getting debit cards they didn’t ask for from banks they don’t belong to.Customers of Chase Bank are being told it could be an identity theft issue.
“The consumer should also fill out the bank’s ID theft form so that the bank removes the account from its records and shares the information with reporting agencies,” Chase Bank told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 in a statement.
Pittsburgh, West Mifflin and Upper St. Clair police have put out notices that they’ve gotten reports of unsolicited debit cards being opened in residents’ names.
Cindy McGovern lives in Clairton. Multiple people in her office also got cards.
“There have been at least 30 people in that bank today, OK? There are people from all, many of the municipalities, many of the Mon Valley people, many of them South Hills people,” McGovern said.
Upper St. Clair Police says, aside from Chase, they’ve gotten reports that people have received cards from MetaBank and Go2Bank.
Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 heard back from Go2Bank Wednesday evening. They said they send mailers with cards that are clearly labeled as advertisements and have not received direct reports of any issues. The company is investigating if they’ve been impacted.
MetaBank has not yet responded to a request for a statement.
Pittsburgh police says people are encouraged to contact the bank, the three main credit reporting agencies and your local police department.
Pittsburgh City Council moved forward Tuesday with a temporary ban on evictions during the emergency created by the coronavirus pandemic.
The legislation, spearheaded by Councilwoman Deb Gross, with support from Mayor Bill Peduto’s administration, and several city activists, was unanimously approved, but only after extensive discussion among council members. They debated whether the law can be enforced.
“The administration agrees that protecting vulnerable tenants during the pandemic is vitally important and will continue to work with Council — as well as county, state, and federal partners — to protect residents from eviction proceedings,” Peduto spokesman Tim McNulty said.
BRIDGEVILLE (KDKA) — A 26-year-old man is facing numerous drug charges in connection with the largest single-day heroin bust in Bridgeville Police history following a recent traffic stop.
Charges have been filed after a missing man’s body was found wrapped in plastic outside of a home in Pittsburgh’s Brighton Heights neighborhood in December.
Police have charged 51-year-old Janet Winbush with criminal homicide and abuse of a corpse in connection with the disappearance and death of Deric Davis.
Police found his body while they were checking out a duplex on California Avenue.
PITTSBURGH — Community Bank, retail arm of CB Financial Services Inc., on Tuesday said it plans to consolidate six branches.
Four are located within the 10-county Pittsburgh metro where Community Bank ranks No. 17 by deposit market share. It is targeting June 30 for the closures.
They are:
Monongahela to be consolidated into Rostraver
Perryopolis to be consolidated into Uniontown and Rostraver
Police are investigating a shooting on Pittsburgh’s North Side.
Police temporarily closed East Ohio Street near Middle Street as a precaution after, sources tell KDKA, a gunfight outside of North Shore Teez. Sources told KDKA that a witness saw a teenager standing in the doorway of the business, and someone starting shooting at the teen, who fired back before running out a backdoor of the business.
When law enforcement arrived on the scene, they discovered buildings and a vehicle in the area were hit by gunfire, police say.
Police say they were later alerted to a gunshot victim on the 1500 block of Monterey Street. He was taken to a local hospital in stable condition with gunshot wounds to the leg.
PITTSBURGH — A stolen car ended up stuck between two houses on Mount Washington.
Police said the car was stolen from McKeesport and ended up stuck between the homes on Ruth Street just a few blocks from PJ McArdle Roadway and the Liberty Tunnel.
Investigators said a towing company and insurance company were working with the owner to remove the car.
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The Allegheny County Health Department ordered the Boston Market in Shadyside to close after it was deemed an imminent health hazard.
An inspector found standing water at the front cook line, employees were walking on cardboard to pass through areas and the restaurant was cited for sanitation and pest issues.
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Good morning. i expect to see a couple of snow showers popping up at times on radar through the day today with highs slightly warmer than yesterday’s 27 degrees we hit for a high. Morning lows will be near 20 degrees.
The next chance for impactful weather comes in on Saturday night.
In some Pittsburgh neighborhoods, snow doesn’t create a winter wonderland. It creates treacherous road conditions that too often go unplowed and untreated.
Following Wednesday night’s snowfall, City Councilman Anthony Coghill received five or six calls from residents who were concerned about snow-covered roads.
“That’s a walk in the park,” Coghill said, explaining that he received closer to 200 calls complaining about road conditions following a snowstorm last Christmas.
“I get phone calls every time it snows,” he said.
Coghill represents the 4th District, which encompasses Beechview, Bon Air, Brookline, Carrick, Mt. Washington and Overbrook — all hilly neighborhoods. Snow removal, he said, is a major concern for his constituents.
“I know it’s a problem,” he said. “We just need more resources.”
Employees at Ocean Treasures in the North Hills are raising money to help their co-workers following a four-alarm fire in Pittsburgh’s South Side neighborhood on Monday.
General manager Jennifer Butler told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 that Willis Hurt and Evan Russell learned about the fire while at work on Monday. They had just moved into the building in January, according to Butler.
“They’re in better spirits today and you know I’ve told them we started the GoFundMe so that we can try to do more,” she said. “If one of us is in need of something then we need to be there to help each other.”
Butler organized the page. She shared their story and listed what they need.
Two of my employees lost everything in the fire on East Carson Street on 2/8/2021. All they have are the clothes on their back. We are looking to raise money to help them get back on their feet and start over again. Anything will help. They had just moved in a month before the fire. They need clothes, shoes, furniture, a new place, and more if you are not able to donate money and would like to donate in other ways please contact us. They just moved in 1 month to the day of the fire. They are originally from Ohio and have no family in the area. We are a small family owned and operated business in Pittsburgh. If you have any other questions please contact one of our Ocean Treasures Stores in either Ross Twp or Wilkins Twp.
The goal is $5,000.
On Tuesday, crews worked to tear down the more than 150-year-old building brick-by-brick.
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A man was killed and two firefighters were injured after a fire broke out at a home in Pittsburgh’s Allentown neighborhood.
Pittsburgh firefighters were battling a fire with heavy smoke at a home on Knox Avenue Tuesday afternoon. Pittsburgh Public Safety sent out an alert asking people to avoid the area.
The biggest issue fighting the fire was that the stairway to the second floor collapsed. Firefighters had to use a ladder to try to get to the man stuck on the second floor, but did not get to him in time.
Chief Darryl Jones says unfortunately firefighters found that man dead on the second floor. They can’t yet say how many people lived in the home, but know one woman did manage to escape.
Side streets were snow-covered in Pittsburgh on Tuesday morning.
Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 reporter Chandi Chapman found snow still covering roads on the South Side at 4 a.m.
Pittsburgh’s Department of Public Works said they were plowing and salting streets across the city with 45 trucks on the roads and drivers working 12-hour shifts.
Police say the shooting happened Monday night. The victim was found inside a vehicle that hit a utility pole on the 4400 block of Davison Street around 9 p.m.
PITTSBURGH —Part of a historic building in Pittsburgh’s South Side neighborhood collapsed as firefighters battled a massive 4-alarm fire for several hours on Monday.
Public Safety officials said East Carson Street between 10th and 12th streets will be closed overnight.
Officials said the building, located in the 1100 block of East Carson Street, is considered structurally unsound by the Department of Permits, Licenses and Inspections.
Public Safety Director Wendell Hissrich said the building will be demolished on Tuesday if it doesn’t come down on its own Monday night.
Pittsburgh fire Chief Darryl Jones said no one was injured in the fire and no one is missing. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
The building was home to the South Side Chamber of Commerce offices, a barbershop and six apartments.
Witnesses said the man approached the counter with a gun and pointed it at workers, demanding money from the register.
Police said that during the robbery a shot was fired into the wall past the employees and that the robber then took money from the register and ran away.
PITTSBURGH —A man has died after being struck by a train Saturday morning.Pittsburgh police responded to a call for a person struck by a train in the area of S. 6th Street near Color Park around 10:45 a.m.
A 21-year-old Shaler man who admitted to damaging a Pittsburgh police car during the Downtown riots over the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis was sentenced Wednesday to one day in U.S. custody and six months in a halfway house.
U.S. District Judge Arthur Schwab imposed that term on Brian Bartels and also ordered him to pay $1,000 in restitution. The six-month sentence will be served as part of a three-year term of probation.
Bartels had previously pleaded guilty in September to obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder.
U.S. prosecutors wanted jail time for Bartels but his lawyer asked for probation.
Law enforcement said Bartels kicked in the windshield of a cruiser and then spray-painted a letter A on it during the May 30 protests. His actions spurred on a crowd to further violence that led to the car being burned and other damage.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Shaun Sweeney said in sentencing papers that Bartels spray-painted the car “in the presence of an agitated crowd” and then smashed parts of the vehicle “in order to make it unusable by the officers who were trying to prevent civil disorder.”
He said Bartels did not directly assault any officers but obstructed them by damaging their car.
Joseph Otte, Bartels’ lawyer, said his client had accepted responsibility for his actions, meeting less than two days later with investigators to explain what he did.
PITTSBURGH — A clerk suffered head injuries and another man was stabbed during an altercation Tuesday morning inside a gas station in Pittsburgh’s East Liberty neighborhood, police said.
Police were called about 8 a.m. to the Sunoco Gas Station on North Highland Avenue, across from Obama Academy.
Officers were able to speak with the clerk, who suffered wounds to his head from a “blunt instrument,” according to police. He was taken to a hospital in stable condition.
Another man suffered stab wounds. He was found on a sidewalk not far from the gas station. He was taken to a hospital in critical condition.Investigators have not said what led to the altercation.
This comes days after the district said it is looking into possibly delaying the return of in-person classes until April.
The virtual public meeting lasted over three hours with more than 70 speakers voicing their concerns and support for a return to the classroom in February.
With coronavirus cases still high, board president Sylvia Wilson proposed the resolution to delay the hybrid return until April 6 last week.
Many teachers backed the proposal.
Students are currently set to return to a blend of in-person and online instruction on Feb. 8.
Some parents are becoming increasingly frustrated in the face of another delay, worried that their children are falling behind.
“The PPS school board’s decision to continue with virtual only learning has wreaked havoc on my child’s social and emotional development, on our family’s finances and our family in general,” one parent said during Monday’s meeting.
Others pleaded with the district to at least start small, asking to bring in younger students or those who are struggling the most with virtual learning.
“Let’s choose one group and get started. Please, please don’t delay the return of school until April 6. It’s going to be so messy getting kids back to school during this pandemic. But let’s accept the messiness and just start trying,” one parent said.
The board will vote on the delay during a board meeting on Wednesday. If approved, a hybrid schedule would begin on April 6.
After Tony Moreno retired from the Pittsburgh police in 2018, he intended to move to Florida.
But Moreno, 51, of Brighton Heights, said he had ideas about how the city could be improved. He looked for someone to share them with, someone who could run for office.
“I started seeing how drastically Pittsburgh was changing in policy and demographics and I didn’t like it,” Moreno said.
“I have a dislike for politics,” Moreno said. But after 24 years on the force, working in what he called a “broken system,” he decided to run for mayor.
“I can’t leave Pittsburgh worse than when I got here,” said Moreno, who is originally from Whittier, Calif, the boyhood home of President Richard Nixon.
ALTOONA, Pa. — The U.S. Marshals Service and the Altoona Police Department arrested a man wanted in connection with shooting and killing an IUP student last fall.
