Welles, Target 11 Investigator
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Target 11: Should Local Rip-off Artist Pay Victims?
A local businessman who ripped off more than 100 people of the American Dream doesn't think he should pay them back.Jim Platts, who used to own Easy Realty solutions, had a restitution hearing today in Allegheny County Court.But since he is serving a two and a half year federal prison ...
Target 11 Gets Promise of Action
Second Avenue Rear in Hazelwood is caving in and people who live along the street are concerned.The problem is, the wall that's supposed to be holding up the road above CSX railroad tracks is crumbling.Louise Seaman, who has lived on the street for 62 years, says, "If a train goes ...
Target 11: Homeowners Say No To Convicts
Target 11's Karen Welles has learned the state is looking to place 1,000 additional soon-to-be-released or paroled state prison inmates in transitional facilities also known as halfway houses.Right now there are about 3,000 convicted criminals in the community corrections system, and plans to place 200 more in Lawrence county are ...
Couple Says Google Committed Crime In Photographing Their Home
Not everyone wants their home on Google "Street View" for all to see. Some are fighting it in civil court. But a Butler County couple thinks their case is a crime.The way Mike Smith sees it, "A person's home is his castle. You should have a right of privacy as ...
Tiger Ranch Update: Video Shows Seized Cats Four Months Later
Four months ago hundreds of cats were removed from the Tiger Ranch Cat Sanctuary near Tarentum.The ranch owner, Linda Bruno, was charged with hundreds of counts of animal cruelty.But what has happened to the animals?Because the Tiger Ranch cats were sick and dying, they've been under quarantine at the former ...
Jailed For 20 Years, Man Still Trying To Prove Innocence
He spent nearly 20 years in prison for a crime he claims he didn't commit, but he's out now and talked only to Target 11's Karen Welles.William Brothers was convicted of robbing a jewelry store in New Castle in 1988.Police said a man pulled a gun on the shop's owner ...
Target 11 Goes Undercover To Track Stolen Scrap Metal
Scrap metal is fetching high prices and many thieves are stealing copper and other metals to make a quick buck , prompting many to call for new restrictions on the sale of scrap metal.Target 11 investigator Karen Welles took hidden cameras into local scrap yards to find out more about ...
Niece Who Sold Aunt's Possession On eBay In Court
Last year, Target 11's Karen Welles first reported on 82 year-old Betty Ranallo.Ranallo told Welles her niece Robin McKitrick sold Ranallo's prized possessions, including Lenox crystal cats, on eBay without her permission.When Target 11 exposed McKitrick, she changed her eBay user name from robinispoor to gotohellold lady.eBay users around the ...
Target 11 Goes With State Police On Underage Drinking Raid
Police call this time of year the "underage drinking season."After-prom parties and graduations mean more and more underage kids are getting ahold of booze.You have to be 21 to buy alcohol in Pennsylvania, so where are they getting it?Target 11's Karen Welles went bar-hopping undercover with Pennsylvania State Police Liquor ...
Sick Cats Came To Tiger Ranch From Several States
There was public outcry all across the country after a raid at the Tiger Ranch cat sanctuary in March.That was when investigators found more than 700 cats, many sick and dying, on the 27-acre facility in Tarentum.So where did all of those cats come from?An investigation by Target 11's Karen ...
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