Wednesday, February 13, 2013
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 …
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Break-ins occurred in McCandless, Franklin Park, Ross, Pine, Ohio and Moon townships.
When Brian Flesher met with police at the beginning of December, he told them he wanted to get everything out in the open so he could begin to get help for his drug addiction, according to a criminal complaint. "Everything" included burglaries at homes and a business in McCandless, Franklin Park, Ross, Pine, and Ohio townships, court documents state. The 26-year-old Pittsburgh man now sits in the Allegheny County Jail, unable to post bail, facing a multitude of burglary, theft, receiving stolen property and criminal conspiracy charges. Flesher also is charged in Moon Township with stealing jewelry from a Shafer Road home. In nearly every burglary, Flesher kicked in a side or rear door to gain entry into the home; he told police he …
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Brian James Flesher, of Pittsburgh, also is charged in a burglary in Moon Township.
A 26-year-old Pittsburgh man charged with burglarizing a McCandless home and stealing jewelry worth thousands of dollars waived his preliminary hearing Wednesday before Magisterial District Judge William K. Wagner. Brian James Flesher is charged with felony counts of burglary and theft for the Nov. 26 burglary at a Perrymont Road home. The residents returned home that afternoon to find their rear kitchen door kicked open, according to the criminal complaint. They reported a jewelry box with $3,385 in jewelry was missing, police said. Detectives from Ross Township, Franklin Park Borough and Ohio Township questioned Flesher about a string of burglaries that included crimes in their respective jurisdictions, Lt. Donald J. O'Connor of the …
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 …
Friday, September 23, 2011
Latest case against rheumatologist brings to 21 the number of women who have testified against him.
A former patient of Dr. Thomas Tyma testified Friday that the rheumatologist groped her during an office visit at Jameson Hospital South Campus in New Castle. The New Castle woman was the 21st female patient to testify against the doctor this year in the courtroom of Magisterial District Judge Regis Welsh Jr., who ordered the doctor to stand trial on the charges of indecent assault and harassment. Tyma has pleaded not guilty. The court case was transferred from Lawrence County to Allegheny County, where Tyma already is scheduled for a Jan. 9 trial on multiple charges of indecent assault and harassment in the Court of Common Pleas. Northern Regional, McCandless and New Castle police departments filed the cases against the 54-year-old doctor…
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Preliminary hearing set for June 24.
Dr. Thomas Tyma is scheduled for a June 24 preliminary hearing on new charges of indecent assault and harassment that were filed last week with Northern Regional Police Department. The 54-year-old rheumatologist, who formerly practiced at Allegheny North Arthritis Center in Wexford, has been accused of touching female patients inappropriately during examinations, according to police reports. Altogether, the Sewickley resident is facing 21 charges of indecent assault and 20 charges of harassment in several cases in Allegheny and Lawrence counties. In previous preliminary hearings, Tyma pleaded not guilty, and his attorney, Stanton D. Levenson, argued that the doctor was doing routine rheumatological examinations. The women are not …
Friday, April 8, 2011
Altogether 17 women have testified that the Wexford rheumatologist touched them inappropriately.
Two more women testified Friday that Dr. Thomas Tyma touched them inappropriately during examinations, bringing to 17 the number of women who have testified against the Wexford rheumatologist. After a half hour of testimony and arguments, Magisterial District Judge Regis Welsh Jr. ordered Tyma to stand trial in Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. A formal arraignment is scheduled for May 26. Friday's preliminary hearing brought to three the number of hearings over which Welsh has presided since January regarding the 54-year-old doctor, who is a Sewickley resident. The women are not identified because they are alleged victims of sexual assault. Tyma is charged with indecent assault and harassment in each of the cases; he has pleaded …
Michelle Smith
12:43 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
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