Wilkinsburg News

The following cases recently were heard by District Judge Kim M. Hoots in Wilkinsburg: Aaron Tipton, 20, of Penn Hills was held for court on charges of carrying a firearm without a license, kidnapping for ransom, robbery, simple assault, unlawful restraint, reckless endangerment and two counts of criminal conspiracy.

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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court today reinstated rape and kidnapping charges against a Wilkinsburg man who was released in 2009 after spending a year in jail without trial because of a paperwork mishap.

Legislation introduced in Pittsburgh City Council today would pay $42,500 to settle a pair of lawsuits stemming from accidents.

The following cases recently were heard by District Judge Kim M. Hoots in Wilkinsburg: Neel James West, 34, of Wilkinsburg waived his right to a preliminary hearing on two counts of simple assault, one count each of resisting arrest and following too closely in a vehicle.

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PITTSBURGH - A local doctor pleaded guilty in court Tuesday morning as part of a plea deal after being accused of illegally distributing prescription drugs.

May 9 Police received a complaint that a credit card was used fraudulently to place an order for Dominos Pizza.

May 14 Nikkia Bostick was pulled over for an expired registration and was found to have several warrants out of Turtle Creek.

The following case recently was heard in Wilkinsburg's Magisterial District Court.

A Pennsylvania man charged with attacking a police officer during protests against NATO on Sunday will remain in Cook County Jail in lieu of $250,000 bond.

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A missing 15-year-old Shaler township girl was located early Thursday morning and is now being treated at UPMC Mercy Hospital.A Ryann Tillman has been missing since May 7, when she did not show up for classes at Shaler Area High School in the morning, her father said.

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May 7 Police responded to a report of a burglary on Lacrosse. While the resident was in the home on a computer in the kitchen, someone entered through an unlocked front door and took a purse off of a living room table.

The father of a missing 15-year-old girl said he thinks there's a chance his daughter is being held against her will.

First, she helped turn blight into beauty on a Wilkinsburg street dotted with vacant buildings.

WILKINSBURG - A grieving mother makes a public plea for the killer of her son, 17-year-old Michael Rashad Mone-Parotte, to come forward.

April 28 Police responded to seven cases of car break-ins in which various items were stolen and several car windows were smashed out.