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Crime & Courts
A Pittsburgh woman is accused of throwing items and punches at police in Butler. Shawndia Shame Devaughn, 31, was charged Tuesday, March 10, by Butler police with felony...
March 12, 2026 Local News
A Pittsburgh police detective who lives in Butler County is charged with felony aggravated assault following a bar fight he was involved in while off duty. Richard L. Di...
March 12, 2026 Local News
A 34-year-old man is accused of stealing $1,200 through a fraudulent wire transfer at Walmart in Cranberry Township. Luci Motreanu, 34, was charged Friday, March 6, by Cr...
March 12, 2026 Local News
A Butler County Common Pleas Court judge denied a motion to release a man who has been jailed for nearly two years for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman and a second ...
March 11, 2026 Crime & Courts
A Cranberry Township man is accused of beating a couple in his apartment. Derek James Cowan, 35, was charged Monday, March 9, by Cranberry Township police with two felon...
March 11, 2026 Local News
CHICORA — Erik Cupps occasionally shook his head Tuesday, March 10, during a preliminary hearing in which the prosecution detailed evidence allegedly connecting him to bu...
March 11, 2026 Local News
A Shippenville man is accused of telling a Slippery Rock University police officer he would “shoot her between her eyes.” Xavier Scott Van Tassel, 20, was charged Saturda...
March 10, 2026 Local News
A Michigan man was sentenced to probation Monday, March 9, in Butler County Common Pleas Court and ordered to register with Pennsylvania State Police as a Megan’s Law off...
March 10, 2026 Crime & Courts
A Butler man is accused of attempting to burglarize a residence in the 300 block of West Brady Street. Bruce Lee Stennett, 37, was charged Thursday, March 5, by Butler p...
March 10, 2026 Local News
A former Riverview Intermediate Unit teacher has been sentenced to 84 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release after pleading guilty to violating feder...
March 07, 2026 Crime & Courts
Additional charges filed against another man
March 07, 2026 Local News
The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts: Adams Twp Feb. 19 — Cheryl B. Binstock, 72, of Mars, was charged with misdemeanor ...
March 07, 2026 Local News
A woman was charged with stalking after she returned by Uber to a residence she had been ordered to leave by Adams Township police, who had given her a courtesy ride to t...
March 07, 2026 Local News
A Butler man is accused of stealing jewelry from a Butler Township home when working in the home for a moving company. Fredrick Eldwin Hodgkins, 67, was charged Wednesda...
March 06, 2026 Local News
A wrong-way driver on Interstate 79 in Cranberry Township is facing charges of driving under the influence following a Jan. 18 two-vehicle crash. Michele L. Dannenmuelle...
March 06, 2026 Local News
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