Friday, April 19, 2013
Got medication left over from a forgotten ailment? Dispose of them safely during National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day.
Police will collect unused, unwanted prescription drugs from people who no longer want or need them as part of the National Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, April 27. Several drop off points will be located around the Pine-Richland community. Medications may be dropped off between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. at Northland Public Library, located at 300 Cumberland Road in McCandless. Police will arrange for safe disposal of the unwanted drugs. Allegheny County Police also will collect unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs and other medications from 10 to 2 p.m. at the North Park County Police Station, located at 700 West Ridge Drive. The local collection drive is part of the national Drug Take-Back Day organized across the country by the …
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey Manning will consider the request Thursday.
A Franklin Park couple accused of physically abusing and starving two children they adopted from Ethiopia in March are asking again to be reunited with their biological children, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported. Douglas Barbour, 33, and his wife, Kristen Barbour, 30, of Cole Road, Wexford, are charged with two counts each of endangering the welfare of children and one count each of aggravated assault. Douglas Barbour, a Pennsylvania Deputy Attorney General, is also charged with simple assault, court documents show. Barbour has been suspended from his state job without pay, Attorney General Linda Kelly said in a statement after the couple's arrest Oct. 4. Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey Manning has delayed ruling on the …
Friday, February 22, 2013
Levi Staver is charged with criminal homicide.
The preliminary hearing for Levi Daniel Staver, who is charged with stabbing his grandmother to death at their Richland Township home, has been postponed. Originally scheduled for Friday, the hearing has been postponed until June 7 before Judge Donna Jo McDaniel, according to court documents. Staver, 26, is in the Allegheny County Jail; his bail request was denied. Staver stabbed his grandmother in the back Tuesday morning as she and his grandfather were sitting at the kitchen table eating breakfast, Northern Regional Police Chief T. Robert Amman said. Staver lived with his grandparents and mother at the home in the 3900 block of Gibsonia Road (Route 910). Visitation services for his grandmother, Connie (McCall) Johnston, will be held …
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Levi Staver is in the Allegheny County Jail, awaiting a hearing Friday.
The 26-year-old Richland man charged with killing his grandmother told police he was sitting at the computer in his bedroom when the archangel directed him to “kill the witch”, according to a criminal complaint. Levi Daniel Staver is charged with criminal homicide for Tuesday’s stabbing death of his grandmother, Constance Johnston, at their Richland Township home. According to the criminal complaint, Staver told detectives that he made the sign of the cross, got dressed like a soldier, took a sword and said, “This thing has got to go”. Allegheny County detectives said Staver used a large, black bowie knife, not a sword, the complaint states. Staver was quoted as saying that if the archangels want him to do something, he does it, the …
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3900 Gibsonia Rd, Gibsonia, PA
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Levi Daniel Staver, 26, is in the custody of Allegheny County Police.
A 26-year-old man stabbed his grandmother to death Tuesday morning at their Richland Township home, Northern Regional Police Chief T. Robert Amman said. Levi Daniel Staver was outside the home in the 3900 block of Gibsonia Road (Route 910) when police arrived about 9:40 a.m. and took him into custody, Amann said. Staver's grandmother, Constance Johnston, 76, was dead on the living room floor where she had collapsed, the police chief said. Staver had come up from the basement and stabbed his grandmother in the back as she and his grandfather were sitting at the kitchen table eating breakfast, Amann said. When asked about motive, the chief said Allegheny County Police are interviewing Staver at the county station now. Staver's grandfather …
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3900 Gibsonia Road, Gibsonia, PA
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Douglas and Kristen Barbour, through their attorney, have repeatedly denied the charges filed by Allegheny County Police.
The preliminary hearing for a Franklin Park couple accused of physically abusing and starving two children they adopted from Ethiopia in March has been postponed again. Douglas Barbour, 33, and his wife, Kristen Barbour, 30, of Cole Road, Wexford, are charged with two counts each of endangering the welfare of children and one count each of aggravated assault. Douglas Barbour, a Pennsylvania Deputy Attorney General, is also charged with simple assault, court documents show. Barbour has been suspended from his state job without pay, Attorney General Linda Kelly said in a statement after the couple's arrest Oct. 4. The couple was to have appeared Tuesday before Leetsdale District Court Judge Robert Ford, but that hearing has been postponed…
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Allegheny County police say the investigation into the alleged incident on Sept. 10 remains open.
More than a month after a 17-year-old girl was reportedly assaulted while jogging in North Park, Allegheny County police say they can't prove, at least not yet, that a crime was ever committed. "As of right now, we can't substantiate the claim that this girl was attacked," said Lt. Jeffrey Korczyk of the Allegheny County police. "Her injuries were consistent with a fall." The incident was reported Sept. 10 around 5:30 p.m. on Lake Shore Drive in the vicinity of J.C. Stone Field in North Park, police said. "The report is of a young female jogging in the area when an unknown assailant put a bag over her head and carried her a short distance into a wooded area where she was able to get free and flee," according to a statement from Allegheny …
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Anyone with any information is encouraged to contact Allegheny County Police at (412) 473-1251 or 911.
Allegheny County Police are seeking information about an assault on a female jogger in North Park about 5:30 p.m. Monday. The incident was reported on Lake Shore Drive in the vicinity of J.C. Stone Field in North Park, police said. "The report is of a young female jogging in the area when an unknown assailant put a bag over her head and carried her a short distance into a wooded area where she was able to get free and flee," according to a statement from Allegheny County Police. Anyone with information or if anyone was in the area at the time of the incident is encouraged to contact Allegheny County Police at (412) 473-1251 or 911. "The public is advised that there is no need to be alarmed, but as always should be aware of your …
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Pearce Mill Road, Allison Park, PA
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Thursday, December 29, 2011
Authorities say Joann Angel may be driving a dark-blue Chrysler Sebring convertible with a black roof.
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Thursday, December 29, 2011
Allegheny County and Etna police are seeking information and help in locating Joann Angel, 51, who has been missing for days. Angel is white, has blonde hair, is 5 feet 3 inches tall, weighs about 115 pounds, and has a thin build. Police said she was last seen in Etna on Dec. 17, although she may have been in North Huntingdon on Wednesday. Angel may be driving a late-model dark-blue Chrysler Sebring convertible with a black convertible top and bearing Pennsylvania license HMW-8034. Anyone with information about Angel’s whereabouts is asked to contact the Allegheny County Police general investigations unit at 412-473-3000 or Det. William Newman at 412-473-1276.
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437 Butler St, Pittsburgh, PA
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Drugs can be dropped off from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the North Park station.
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Do you have unwanted prescription drugs in your medicine cabinet? Are you wondering what to do with them? You can take them to the Allegheny County Police Station in North Park from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday -- it is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. The North Park station is at 700 West Ridge Drive in Allison Park. Click here for other drop-off locations. "More than 7 million Americans currently abuse prescription drugs, according to the 2009 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s National Survey on Drug Use and Health," states the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's website. "Each day, approximately, 2,500 teens use prescription drugs to get high for the first time according to the Partnership for a …
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700 W Ridge Rd, Allison Park, PA
Allegheny County Police Station in North Park
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Susan M.
11:42 pm on Saturday, February 23, 2013
Greg, Obviously this young man has some serious mental health issues. Why would you call him a coward? I think we all need to fight for mental health programs so that our neighbors, who are ill, can find the care that they need. Why hide the problems? more ›