Local Stories for February 2012
Stories for Wednesday, February 29
Judge denies Sandusky's request for 2-month delay
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- The judge in Jerry Sandusky's 52-count child sex-abuse case is rejecting a defense attorney's request for a two-month delay in the expected mid-May start of trial. Judge John Cleland issued an eight-page order Wednesday that said pushing back the trial will only be done as a ...
Girl, 10, suffers concussion after getting attacked walking home from bus stop
A local mother is upset after she said her 10-year-old daughter was attacked after getting off her school bus in Clairton. Laura Farmer said her daughter got off the bus and was walking down Gary Avenue toward her home when she was attacked by an 11-year-old boy. Farmer said her ...
Target 11 investigates rising gas prices
Gas prices have jumped up for the third week in a row, leading many of people wondering why. There’s talk that gas prices could hit $5 per gallon this summer. Target 11 Consumer Investigator Robin Taylor wanted to know what the experts think so she called her sources. I talked ...
Local man out $2K after falling for 'grandparents scheme'
PITTSBURGH -- John Barleman told Target 11 consumer investigator Robin Taylor he got a call from someone claiming to be his grandson. The person on the phone told Barleman he was arrested for drug possession in Peru and needed the money to get out of jail, so Barleman wired $2,400 ...
FBI agents raid Bentleyville pharmacy
The FBI conducted a raid on a Bentleyville pharmacy Wednesday morning that’s been owned by the same man for over 20 years. According to officials, about 10 agents showed up at Kuzy’s Drug Store on Main Street around 9 a.m. with a search warrant. Around noon, the agents could still ...
Monroeville landowner upset after $20K property reassessed to $239K
MONROEVILLE, Pa. -- A Monroeville landowner is upset over the value his lot was reassessed at recently. Joseph Knapp told Channel 11 News he paid $20,000 for 2.1 acres of land in 2008 but Allegheny County is saying the land is worth $239,000 instead. Knapp said he appealed an assessment ...
Men accused of destroying cerebral palsy patient's wheelchair waive prelims
SCOTTDALE, Pa. -- Several families, including the mother of a boy with cerebral palsy, were in court on Wednesday to face two teenagers accused of breaking into their vehicles last week in Scottdale. Investigators said Dylon and Christopher Prolenski were charged in a weekend crime spree that included burglarizing several ...
Man accused of assaulting 3 with mantle clock references Hulk Hogan
A preliminary hearing for the man accused of assaulting three people, including his mother, with a mantle clock was delayed Wednesday. Seth O’Donnell is facing assault charges after the alleged attack at a home in North Huntingdon last week. Channel 11’s Courtney Brennan tried to talk with O’Donnell after the ...
Official: Ohio school shooting suspect says he stole uncle's gun
CHARDON, Ohio -- An official said the teenage suspect in the deadly Ohio school shooting told authorities he stole the gun he used from his uncle. A law enforcement official familiar with the case said the weapon was bought legally in August 2010 from a gun shop in Mentor, Ohio. ...
Opening statements start Orie corruption retrial
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Republican state Sen. Jane Orie's defense attorney told a jury that his client is too smart to have committed some of the stupid crimes attributed to her by county prosecutors. Orie is being retried on campaign corruption charges because her first trial last year ended in a ...
Medical Examiner IDs body found in Penn Hills woods
Police have identified the man whose body was discovered in a wooded area in Penn Hills Tuesday afternoon. According to Channel 11’s news exchange partners at TribLIVE, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the man as Stewart Paton, 53, of Penn Hills. Officials said a neighbor walking a dog ...
Man accused of stealing safe containing $20K in Rochester
The Rochester Police Department has released a photo of a burglary suspect accused of stealing a safe containing almost $20,000. According to police, Tariq Taylor is accused of breaking into a house on Oct. 18, 2011, through the back door while the family wasn’t home. Officials said a witness saw ...
Woman carjacked in Wilkinsburg park and ride lot
WILKINSBURG, Pa. -- Police said a woman was carjacked in a Port Authority park and ride. Investigators said the incident happened around 7 a.m. in the Wilkinsburg lot. The victim said a man wearing a black hooded sweatshirt held her at gunpoint for her car and money. Police ...
Aliquippa dairy to resume bottling milk after two bacteria shutdowns
WEST ALIQUIPPA, Pa. (AP) -- A family-owned Aliquippa dairy will start selling milk through the dairy's store on Thursday after twice shutting down last year because of Yersinia bacteria that health officials said sickened at least 16 people. The 180-year-old Brunton Dairy in Beaver County voluntarily stopped bottling milk from ...
Gusty winds, hail expected in surrounding areas
PITTSBURGH --A surge of warm air ahead of a fairly strong late-winter cold front may trigger showers and thunderstorms across the area through Wednesday night. WEATHER: CURRENT WEATHER CONDITIONS Some of the storms could be strong with damaging wind gusts and large hail. The storm is part of the same ...
Lawrenceville coffee shop worker tries to lock robber inside
PITTSBURGH -- Workers at a coffee shop in Lawrenceville tried stopping a robbery attempt by locking the robber inside of the building Tuesday night. Police said the robbery attempt happened at Crazy Mocha. Workers said the man walked into the shop and asked to use the bathroom. Afterward, he told ...
Wrong way driver killed in crash with FedEx truck on I-70
WESTMORELAND COUNTY, Pa. -- A Georgia man was killed in a crash on Tuesday night on Interstate 70 in Westmoreland County. Police said Robert Cunningham, of Athens, Georgia, was driving the wrong way in the westbound lanes of the Interstate in North Belle Vernon when his sport utility vehicle struck ...
Stories for Tuesday, February 28
McKeesport officer witnesses man shoot dog; Dog survives
MCKEESPORT, Pa. -- A McKeesport officer said he witnessed a man pull out a gun and shoot a dog in an alleyway on Monday night. Investigators said around 10:30 p.m. a patrolling officer saw 21-year-old Elmer Harbert pull the gun on the dog near Craig Street. Tracy Fry said she ...
Consumer alert: 'Free Trials' aren't always free
PITTSBURGH -- "Free" offers are incredibly enticing, and you might ask yourself, "What have I got to lose?" But Americans are losing millions of dollars to deceptive marketing. Target 11 Consumer Investigator Robin Taylor uncovers the dangers. Whether it is whiter teeth, a flatter stomach or shinier hair, these offers ...
Don't test your luck: Police to enforce dry St. Patrick's Day parade
PITTSBURGH -- Pittsburgh police said people who are planning on attending the city's St. Patrick's Day parade downtown shouldn't try to drink alcohol along the route. Officers said no booze is permitted along the parade route. If violators are caught, a zero-tolerance rule is in effect that will send the ...
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