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EVANS CITY — Charges against a Pittsburgh man accused of raping an unconscious woman in Evans City were held for a higher court following a preliminary hearing Wednesday,...
April 18, 2024 Crime & Courts
EVANS CITY — A man who had 50 animals seized from his Connoquenessing Township home saw dozens of charges added to the case against him following a preliminary hearing We...
April 18, 2024 Crime & Courts
The Butler County Drug Task Force charged three Butler residents with drug possession offenses Wednesday, April 17, after serving a search warrant Tuesday with members of...
April 18, 2024 Crime & Courts
EVANS CITY — A Slippery Rock man charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection to a fatal August 2022 collision involving two garbage trucks in Adams Township waive...
April 18, 2024 Crime & Courts
CRANBERRY TWP — Today, through human trafficking, 5.4 out of every 1,000 people in the world are victims of slavery, and no corner of the world is left untouched, accordi...
April 17, 2024 Community
The following items have been collected from various police departments and district courts: Butler March 25 — Kaleb S. Rock, 30, of Butler, was charged with misdemeanor...
April 17, 2024 Police Reports
Three women have been accused of taking more than $13,000 in makeup products from Ulta Beauty in one trip, according to charges filed by Cranberry Township police. Natas...
April 17, 2024 Crime & Courts
The following items have been collected from various police departments and district courts: Adams Twp March 19 — Sarah L. Rodney, 38, of Mars, was charged with two coun...
April 16, 2024 Crime & Courts
A man has been accused of raping an 18-year-old woman at a home in Concord Township last year, according to charges filed by state police Monday, April 15. Logan L. Bows...
April 16, 2024 Crime & Courts
A Butler woman was accused of pushing a police officer and a Children & Youth Services employee Friday, April 12, according to charges filed by Butler Township police. J...
April 16, 2024 Crime & Courts
Sunnyview Rehabilitation and Nursing Center has been sued by the families of two patients, alleging the patients died last year after getting unnecessary insulin injectio...
April 15, 2024 Crime & Courts
A Chicora woman is accused of sideswiping a vehicle and hitting a man as he removed items from its back seat last month, according to charges filed by city police. Abiga...
April 13, 2024 Crime & Courts
Two dogs and six cats were seized from a Butler Township home and one person was charged after police found them in deplorable conditions, according to police. Phillip K...
April 13, 2024 Crime & Courts
The following defendants were sentenced Wednesday, April 10, by Judge William Shaffer: James D. Criner, 43, of Frametown, W.Va., was sentenced to serve no less than six ...
April 12, 2024 Crime & Courts
In the first quarter of the year, state police denied 3,776 people the purchase of firearms, which is over 1,000 more than had been denied last year at this time, accordi...
April 12, 2024 Crime & Courts
A Butler man was accused of stalking a woman and refusing to leave her Bruin home after entering without permission, according to charges filed by state police Wednesday,...
April 12, 2024 Crime & Courts
An East Brady woman who pleaded guilty to driving drunk and causing a crash in Chicora that sent three people to the hospital two years ago was sentenced Wednesday, April...
April 11, 2024 Crime & Courts
A former treasurer and fire instructor with the Sarver Volunteer Fire Company has already paid the $147,310 in restitution he was ordered to pay Tuesday when he was sente...
April 10, 2024 Crime & Courts
What started as a courtesy ride Slippery Rock borough police gave to a local man resulted in an officer being punched in the face, a Taser deployment and charges filed Mo...
April 10, 2024 Crime & Courts
The following defendants were sentenced Wednesday, April 9, in Common Pleas court by Judge Joseph Kubit. Edgar E. Branch, 22, of Freedom, was sentenced to pay $3,339 in r...
April 10, 2024 Crime & Courts
CHICORA — A Boyers man accused of sexually assaulting a girl over the course of three years waived his preliminary hearing and saw his bond reduced Tuesday, April 9. Jerr...
April 10, 2024 Crime & Courts
PENN TWP — When the new and improved traffic signal comes online at the Airport Road intersection, it may have one more feature than originally planned. At their monthly ...
April 09, 2024 Crime & Courts
A New York man was jailed in lieu of $40,000 bond Saturday after he was arrested for allegedly forcing his way into a woman’s Cranberry Township apartment and taking her ...
April 09, 2024 Crime & Courts
A Valencia man is facing another charge of changing the odometer reading on a car he sold. Adams Township police on Monday, April 8, charged Brian C. Frazin, 52, with fel...
April 09, 2024 Crime & Courts
The most serious charge against a Butler man, who was charged with threatening to kill a woman, was withdrawn and he waived his preliminary hearing Monday. A felony count...
April 09, 2024 Crime & Courts
County detectives accused two women of dealing drugs after 341 stamp bags of suspected fentanyl and several grams of crack cocaine were found in a purse after a traffic s...
April 06, 2024 Crime & Courts
The following defendants were sentenced Thursday in Common Pleas Court by Judge Timothy McCune. Michelle E. Pergal, 51, of Pittsburgh, was sentenced to serve 60 months of...
April 06, 2024 Crime & Courts
Within the span of one week, police said a Butler County man pointed a gun at three people, including a Butler woman, an Allegheny County police officer and a juvenile. D...
April 05, 2024 Crime & Courts
Killer on death row since 2002
Killer on death row since 2002
April 04, 2024 Crime & Courts
The following items have been collected from various police departments and district courts: Adams Twp March 15 — Joseph R. Caratelli, 58, of Ambridge, was charged with ...
April 04, 2024 Police Reports
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