A 64-year-old Pittsburgh woman was arrested last week after she was accused of getting two boys drunk and sexually assaulting them. Police said they were called around 9 p.m. on Wednesday about a burglary in progress and when they arrived, they found two boys who appeared to be highly intoxicated, KDKA reported. “The juveniles were …
A 4-month-old baby boy died in a Pittsburgh hospital on Saturday after he was brought in with four days earlier with signs of severe trauma. The baby’s father, 28-year-old Seth Williams, was charged with aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of children before the infant’s death, but a Pittsburgh Police spokesperson told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette …
A Pennsylvania woman has been charged with murder in the death of her 3-year-old granddaughter in Pittsburgh. Denise Johnson, 56, was arrested Sunday and charged with homicide, aggravated assault, abuse of a corpse, and corruption of a minor, WTAE reported. The complaint says that Ayla Miller’s injuries did not appear to come from “everyday accidents.” …
A Pennsylvania truck driver was found guilty Friday of gunning down 11 Jewish worshippers in Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018 and wounding seven more people — five of them police officers — before police shot him and ended the rampage. The jury in the federal trial deliberated for five hours over two days before returning guilty …
Jury selection begins Monday in the trial of Robert Bowers, a Pennsylvania truck driver accused of killing 11 Jewish worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018. Bowers faces 63 counts, including obstruction of free exercise of religion resulting in death and hate crimes resulting in death, in the federal trial. Bowers, 50, could be sentenced …
Human remains found in Pittsburgh last weekend have been identified as those a woman who disappeared in January 2020. Kaylene Oehling, 20, was last seen at a friends house on January 9, 2020, when she left to meet someone. She was expected to return but did not, and she was supposed to babysit younger siblings …
Eight more people were wounded in the shooting, and five were injured trying to flee the second story party.
A Pittsburgh woman has been jailed and her two young children are in critical condition after she allegedly stabbed them Friday morning. Police said that a man showed up at the Zone 2 station at about 7 a.m. Friday with his 3-year-old son, who was suffering from stab wounds, KDKA reported. Emergency medical personnel took …
Two four-year-olds died from gun violence in Pennsylvania’s Alleghany County on Monday, including one who was shot and killed by a 6-year-old sibling. Police said the sibling shooting took place at about 5:30 p.m. in Penn Hills, KDKA reported. They did not say what led to the shooting. Allegheny County homicide detectives are investigating; neither …
Pittsburgh police have asked for the public’s help finding a missing and endangered woman who hasn’t been seen since very early Wednesday morning. Tonya Prevade, 37, is described as 5 feet 6 inches tall and about 185 pounds. She has brown hair, blue eyes, and a distinctive “Blue Dermal” on her right cheek, Pittsburgh police …
A mother and her 12-year-old son are missing from the West End in Pittsburgh. Toni Baker, 41, and her son Najeh Taylor are said to be “vulnerable” by Pittsburgh police. Baker is described as 5 feet 6 inches tall and about 150 pounds with brown eyes. Taylor is 4 feet 5 inches tall and 110 …
A 6-year-old girl was rushed to a Pittsburgh hospital in critical condition Thursday after she was shot in the abdomen. The Pittsburgh Public Safety Department said that officers were initially alerted by ShotSpotter to gunfire on Lawndale Street at about 6:20 p.m. and then a 911 call about a child shot a few blocks away …
