Author Archives: Cindy Perino
NEW KEN MAN FACING MULTIPLE CHARGES
A New Kensington man is facing criminal troubles for alleged acts committed against a woman that authorities say he had previously assaulted. Zachery Hickman was on probation when reports say he broke...
May 21, 2024
NORTH HUNTINGDON MAN FACES MULTIPLE CHARGES
A North Huntingdon man faces charges of criminal solicitation, child pornography and other crimes connected with an incident in January. The Trib reports that 21-year-old Michael McFarland is accused ...
May 21, 2024
HOMER CITY WOMAN GRANTED LENIENCY FOR CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFTS
A Homer City woman who police claimed was the ringleader of a series of catalytic converter thefts was granted leniency by a Westmoreland County judge and orders her to serve seven years of probation....
May 21, 2024
NEW KEN MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CHARGES
A man from New Kensington pleaded guilty to a charge of simple assault in one case and ransacking her home in a second. The Trib reports that 22-year-old Jamar Al Gee, Jr., entered the pleas as part o...
May 21, 2024
WOMAN KILLED IN BOLIVAR FIRE
An 84-year-old woman was killed and her husband was burned in a fire in Bolivar this morning. Westmoreland County Coroner Tim Carson confirmed that 84-year-old Joanna Policichio was found dead inside ...
May 21, 2024
TREE OF LIFE SHOOTER NOT GETTING NEW TRIAL
Tree of Life synagogue shooter Robert Bowers is not getting a new trial. A federal judge denied a request from defense attorneys to hold new hearings on Friday. Bowers' lawyers argued that prosecutors...
May 20, 2024
NATIONAL SAFE BOATING WEEK
The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission is sharing some reminders in recognition of National Safe Boating Week. PFBC is looking ahead to this coming weekend's busy Memorial Day holiday and urging bo...
May 20, 2024
GREENSBURG POLICE ARREST MAN ACCUSED OF HITTING PEDESTRIAN AND FLEEING
Police in Greensburg are reporting the arrest of a man they say hit a pedestrian and fled the scene. The accident dates back to December when a 76-year-old woman was hit near South Main and West Third...
May 20, 2024
MAN CHARGED WITH TRYING TO MAIL COCAINE TO CALIFORNIA
Police have charged a man with trying to mail about two pounds of cocaine from New Kensington to California. The Trib reports that 33-year-old Jonathan Booher was arraigned on Friday on charges of pos...
May 20, 2024
NEW KEN POLICE LOOKING FOR MAN ACCUSED OF ROBBING AT&T STORE
Police in New Kensington are looking for a man accused of robbing an AT&T store Friday evening. The Trib reports that county public safety officials were called to the store on Tarentum Bridge Road ar...
May 20, 2024
