The attorney for a homicide suspect on Monday argued that his client’s nominal bail should be reconsidered by a Fayette County judge. County Senior Judge Gerald R. Solomon was asked by assistant public defender Michael Aubele to reconsider the motion he made to deny nominal bail for Christopher C. Shellhammer, age 31, of McClellandtown. Shellhammer…
Continue reading ›A man from Monongahela Township who is waiting to go on trial for allegedly raping a preteen girl over two years ago has been accused of raping another girl during that time. Additional child rape charges were filed last week by state police against Matthew S. Perry, age 40, of 197 Hartley Road, after the…
Continue reading ›Mercer County District Attorney Miles Karson has been found guilty by a jury of 10 crimes, and not guilty of one. One of the charges he was found guilty of was obstruction. Two charges that Carson faced were dismissed. Karson had been accused of misusing his position as district attorney to change the outcome of…
Continue reading ›A man from McMurray was jailed after he allegedly broke into a Peters Township home in early January. The man is accused of stealing guns, electronics, power tools, and more than $7000 in jewelry. The man, identified as Noah Aloysius Farkas, age 27, of 123 Elm Grove Drive, was allegedly seen by several of the…
Continue reading ›State police pursued a stolen car on Interstate 79 early Wednesday morning. The high-speed chase began near Waynesburg and ended when the car crashed in Washington County. State police attempted to stop the vehicle at around 2 AM, according to state police Trooper Robert Broadwater. Officers on patrol in Franklin Township had run the vehicle’s…
Continue reading ›A Chartiers Township man has been charged by state police with beating his girlfriend over the weekend. The alleged attack was carried out in front of the couple’s two-year-old child at their home. An arrest warrant was signed on Saturday by District Judge Gary Havelka. The warrant charges Damon C Bey of Griffith Avenue, age…
Continue reading ›A man in Washington Township is accused of solicitation for inviting two alleged prostitutes to a motel room he had rented in Rostraver Township. Dennis Edward Kuskie, age 46, is the alleged suspect. He accused the two women of stealing $1,500 from him at about 11:30 PM on November 17. Each of the women is…
Continue reading ›Another robbery has occurred in the area, this time at a bank in the Tylerdale area of Washington. At about 4 pm on November 30th, police were called to Washington Financial Bank at 98 E. Wylie Ave. The robber was already gone by the time the first officer arrived a few minutes later, according to…
Continue reading ›A man from Bobtown was jailed, charged with raping a 14-year-old girl in the woods in October. The girl is reportedly autistic. Sean Michael Hoffman, age 20, of 254 Duff Street, was charged by state police with sexual assault, statutory sexual assault, corruption of minors, and rape. The child reported the alleged abuse on October…
Continue reading ›In Canonsburg, a young man was arrested and charged with robbery. Allegedly, he netted several hundred dollars on Saturday from a convenience store. Apparently, Zion Filby, age 18, told police that he went to seven hills convenience with a large knife. He said he demanded money from a clerk. Police were called at about 6:15…
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