[naviga:h3]Optometrist pleads guilty to fraud[/naviga:h3]

PITTSBURGH — A New Jersey optometrist with several Pearle Vision centers in Pennsylvania has pleaded guilty to billing insurance companies for services he did not provide.

Vincent Gamuzza, 31, of Hazlet, N.J., pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to health care fraud.

Prosecutors say Gamuzza billed one company for medical services he did not provide from December 2015 through July 2016. They say he also billed another company for eye exams that were never performed.

Gamuzza operated a New Jersey eye clinic and ran 11 Pearle Vision centers throughout Pennsylvania, including several in the Pittsburgh area.

He is scheduled for sentencing in January.

[naviga:h3]Fight with fire crews gets man probation[/naviga:h3]

GREENSBURG — A man accused of fighting with firefighters who were trying to put out a blaze at his smoke-filled home in 2016 has been ordered to spend two years on probation.

Donald Panepinto Jr., 48, was sentenced after pleading guilty Monday to five counts of reckless endangerment as well as obstructing emergency services.