Brackney News

Things began going badly for Andrew Lee from the instant Judge Kelly Bigley questioned his assertion that he needed protection from Pittsburgh police Cmdr.

A high-ranking Pittsburgh Police Bureau official was served with a protection-from-abuse order by a man who said they used to date, but an Allegheny County Civil/Family Division judge threw it out on Thursday and said it should have never been filed in the first place.

PITTSBURGH - While cigar store owner Andrew Lee testified, Zone 1 Pittsburgh Police Commander RaShall Brackney was sequestered behind a glass door, prohibited to having face-to-face contact with Lee, speaking through a spokesperson.

A high-ranking official in the Pittsburgh Police Bureau was served with a protection-from-abuse order by a former boyfriend who says she has threatened him on more than one occasion.

Jason Cato is a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review staff writer and can be reached at 412-320-7936 or via e-mail. Pittsburgh SWAT team leaders on Saturday night negotiated a peaceful resolution to an hours-long standoff with a man believed to be mentally disturbed and heavily armed inside his Lawrenceville residence, a police official said.