Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Dameian Lee Williams, 41, is on probation after 5 1/2 years of incarceration, police said. A woman traveling with him faces charges too.
A call to Northern Regional Police about a suspicious man wandering around houses in a Pine Township neighborhood turned into a four-hour search in the snow and dark that ended with the arrest of a man who is on probation, according to a criminal complaint. Dameian Lee Williams, 41, of Jeannette, was charged with misdemeanor counts of loitering and prowling at night; theft from a motor vehicle and criminal conspiracy after the search that began about 1:30 a.m. Feb. 6 in the 400 block of Pinkerton Road. Because of the fresh snow, officers saw tracks that led from the road to several homes throughout the 300 and 400 blocks, police said. The caller also told them the man had entered a vehicle, the criminal complaint states. As the officers …
Where does Santa live? A dorm room? I think not.
The moral of the story is: If you want a blow-up Santa in your dorm room, go out and buy one. A former La Roche student found out the hard way that doing otherwise can cost you $447. The young man, who was 18 at the time of the incident in December, appeared Wednesday before Magisterial District Judge William K. Wagner on a misdemeanor charge of receiving stolen property after a stolen blow-up Santa was found in his dorm room. The commonwealth reduced the charge to a summary count of disorderly conduct, and the judge imposed a $300 fine plus $147 in court costs. Here's what the criminal complaint filed by police has to say about the incident: It all started late Dec. 4 when another student (we'll call him Grinch) came to the room of this …
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Tyler Gazdik, 19, ordered to stand trial.
A Gibsonia teen served as a lookout and a distraction as his friend burglarized two homes on Ben Miller and Elgro roads in Richland Township in the latter half of 2012, according to testimony from a police detective Wednesday. Tyler Gazdik, 19, is charged with working with the late Stephen Hudec, 20, to burglarize those homes. He also told police he acted alone to take copper pipes and wire coils from a Grubbs Road home in Richland, Hampton Detective Robert Kirsopp testified. Magisterial District Judge William K. Wagner ordered Gazdik to stand trial on burglary, receiving stolen property, criminal conspiracy and criminal trespass charges. The district attorney's office withdrew some charges and added others at Wednesday's hearing. Gazdik …
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Edward, Keith and William Hohman along with Shawn Graham face charges.
Four men charged in the Dec. 27 attempted break-in of a Wallace Road home in Pine Township were in court Wednesday for preliminary hearings. William Allen Hohman, 29, of Butler, and Shawn Graham, 34, of Lyndora, waived their preliminary hearings before Magisterial District Judge William K. Wagner. Hearings for Edward Eric Hohman, 30, of Russelton, and Keith Hohman, 22, of Butler, were postponed until Jan. 16. Graham was released; the three Hohmans remain in the Allegheny County Jail. What happened? The resident of the Wallace Road home called 911 around 2:30 p.m. to report that a man was trying to kick in his door, according to the criminal complaint. The resident later identified William Hohman as that man, court documents state. Hohman …
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Cases against Matthew McDonald, Travis Hallam and David Piatt advance to Allegheny County Common Pleas Court.
Cases against three men charged in the November robbery of the BP convenience store and gas station in Wexford advanced Wednesday to the Allegheny County Common Pleas Court. Following a preliminary hearing, Magisterial District Judge William K. Wagner ordered Matthew McDonald, who is charged with being the gunman during the holdup, to stand trial. Co-defendants Travis Hallam, 19, and David Piatt, 21, waived their cases. Both Washington, PA, men are charged with criminal conspiracy. McDonald is charged with robbery, criminal conspiracy and theft. The BP is located along Route 910 in Marshall Township in the T-Bones shopping plaza near the I-79 interchange. Formal arraignments are set for Feb. 20. A fourth man charged in the case—Charles …
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Tyler Gazdik, 19, is charged with burglary, conspiracy and theft.
A Richland teen was arraigned Thursday on charges related to a rash of burglaries in the Pine-Richland area. Tyler Gazdik, 19, of Gibsonia, was arraigned by Magisterial District Judge William K. Wagner on nine felony burglary and conspiracy charges. He also is charged with theft, a misdemeanor. Gazdik was released from the Allegheny County Jail on a $5,000 bond. He is charged with conspiring with 20-year-old Stephen Hudec to burglarize homes on Richland, Elgro and Ben Miller roads in Richland Township as well as a Pine Township home on Summit Circle, the criminal complaint states. In addition, Gazdik is charged with entering a home on Grubbs Road and stealing copper, the complaint states. Hudec appeared before Wagner on Wednesday, but his …
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Matthew McDonald and Charles Clark were arraigned through live streaming on the Internet before Magisterial District Judge William K. Wagner.
Two Washington County men charged in the robbery of a BP in Wexford were arraigned by live streaming over the Internet Thursday morning and bail was set at $50,000 each. Matthew McDonald, 19, and Charles Edward Clark, 21, appeared separately via webcam from the Washington County Jail before Magisterial District Judge William K. Wagner, whose courtroom is in McCandless. Wagner asked both men if they had received a written criminal complaint stating the charges against them, to which they answered yes. McDonald is charged with felony counts of robbery and criminal conspiracy and a misdemeanor charge of theft in the Nov. 13 robbery of the BP gas station and convenience store in T-Bones plaza along Route 910 near the Interstate 79 ramps in …
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Ronald Nelson also faces bank robbery charges in Pittsburgh.
Ronald Nelson—who has confessed to robbing banks to pay off drug dealers—waived his preliminary hearing Wednesday on the charge of robbing the First National Bank in McCandless, according to court documents. The 49-year-old Pittsburgh man, who appeared before Magisterial District Judge William K. Wagner, is charged with robbing the bank at 1701 Duncan Ave. on the morning of Oct. 4. Nelson also is charged with robbing the Fifth Third Bank in the East Liberty area of Pittsburgh twice—in August and again on Oct. 15, according to the criminal complaint. In the McCandless case, Nelson gave a note to a teller that stated, “Give me the money, I have a gun”, the criminal complaint states. He then said loudly “Don’t move, don’t move” to others in …
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Mark Doncic is held for court on six felony charges, including statutory sexual assault and corruption of minors.
A man charged with having sexual relations with a 15-year-old Pine Township youth he met through a Craigslist ad has been ordered to stand trial by Magisterial District Judge William K. Wagner. Mark Doncic, 52, of Castle Shannon, was held for court Wednesday on six felony counts—statutory sexual assault, corruption of minors, aggravated indecent assault, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and two counts of unlawful contact with a minor. He pleaded not guilty through his attorney, Stanton D. Levenson. The FBI also is investigating Doncic and intends to prosecute its case in federal court, according to a criminal complaint. The FBI referred information about the encounter between Doncic and the 15-year-old to Allegheny County Police …
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
The 29-year-old Mars man is charged with stealing jewelry.
The preliminary hearing for a 29-year-old man charged with burglarizing a Pine Township home was postponed until Oct. 17. Matthew Lohr, of Mars, was scheduled to appear Wednesday before Magisterial District Judge William K. Wagner. Lohr is charged with felony counts of burglary, receiving stolen property and theft. Northern Regional police charged Lohr with the Sept. 13 burglary of a home on Old State Road in Pine, during which jewelry was stolen and pawned at Treasure Chest in Richland Township, according to the criminal complaint. He also faces multiple charges in Mars and Zelienople. In the Mars case, 14 drug-related charges and 1 count of recklessly endangering another person were held for court Tuesday at a preliminary hearing before …
Michelle Smith
12:43 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
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