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"Suspicious person" at center of massive Cranberry Township search found dead
CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) -- A man is dead after a massive search in Cranberry Township prompted a shelter-in-place order for all residents on Tuesday afternoon, police said. The police chief said Cranberry Highlands Golf Course employees called after they saw a broken down car with weapons inside and a man who wasn't quite coherent on Turfgrass Drive off of Freshcorn Road."Our officers arrived there a short time later. The vehicle was unoccupied and there were weapons in the vehicle," Cranberry Township Police Chief Kevin Meyer said. "As they were going through the vehicle and securing the contents and getting ready...
'Our entire building was trashed': Pittsburgh all-stars cheer gym vandalized, left with thousands of dollars in damage
PITTSBURGH — A cheer gym in Pittsburgh was vandalized Monday morning and left trashed, according to the owner. Kathy Long, owner of Fire and Ice Allstars, said Pittsburgh police are investigating the Monday morning break-in. Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 reached out to police on Tuesday for the latest on...
Two bodies found in Moon Township's Montour Run Creek Friday
MOON TWP. ― Police report bodies of two men were found floating in the Montour Run Creek on Friday afternoon. According to first responders, the call of a body located in a Moon Township portion of the creek was first received shortly after 4 p.m. June 28. As divers worked to recover the body from around 6 feet of water, they soon found a second body nearby in a portion of the creek that was around 10 feet deep.
Man Flown To Hospital After I-79 Crash
A man was flown to a Pittsburgh trauma center after a crash that shut down I-79 for hours last night. The accident happened just before 8 p.m. in the northbound lane of I-79 in Muddy Creek Township. State police did not reveal any identities but say the driver of a...
11-year-old's phone call from inside burning home leads to his rescue
INGRAM, Pa. — An 11-year-old boy's phone call from inside his burning home led to his rescue Monday night in Ingram Borough. Firefighters with Pittsburgh's Bureau of Fire, which is contracted to cover the area, responded to Leslie Street around 10:45 p.m. and found the boy's mother outside. "The...
Suspected DUI driver faces homicide by vehicle charges in Pittsburgh crash that killed woman
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A driver has been charged with homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence stemming from a crash in March that killed a 60-year-old woman.Sydney Richardson is facing several charges in connection with the deadly crash, including DUI, reckless driving, homicide by vehicle, homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence and involuntary manslaughter. The crash happened on March 11 on East Carson Street in Pittsburgh's South Side Slopes neighborhood.Mary Alice Bendick died at the hospital after the crash, which happened around 1 p.m. The criminal complaint said Richardson was behind the wheel of a pickup truck...
Missing MOM AND Infant: Sheilyn Morales, Edgar Tejax
Sheilyn Tejax Morales and her 6-month-old son, Edgar Marques Tejax, were last seen in Beechview around 2 p.m. on July 1, according to the release the following night. Sheilyn is described as 4 feet, 7 inches tall with brown eyes, and dyed brown hair. She was last seen wearing a blue jacket, distressed blue jeans, and black and white sneakers.
Gun found at Pittsburgh airport security checkpoint during busy travel week
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- TSA officers at the Pittsburgh International Airport said they found a man's loaded gun inside his wife's carry-on bag during a busy holiday travel week. Transportation Security Administration officers stopped the West Virginia couple at a security checkpoint after finding a .22 caliber handgun loaded with five bullets in the wife's bag. She told officers she didn't know it was in there and that it belonged to her husband. He was traveling with her and confirmed it was his, officers said. He faces a stiff federal financial penalty for having a gun at a checkpoint, the TSA said. Allegheny...
Hoax bomb threat sent to Tree of Life synagogue, site of deadly 2018 shooting
Pittsburgh police are investigating a hoax bomb threat that was made Tuesday to the Tree of Life synagogue, which was the scene of a hate-fueled attack in 2018 that left 11 people dead, a spokesperson said. Exact details of the emailed threat Tuesday morning were not disclosed by police, but...
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