Police: Bank caught scam, Pa. county not out money
Tuesday | via Centre Daily Times
State police say a bank got wise before a western Pennsylvania county lost any money from $53,000 worth of forged government checks cashed at eastern Pennsylvania Wal-Mart stores. Comment?
Tuesday | via WFMJ-TV Youngstown
An attorney for a baby sitter of a 1-year-old boy found dead in a Cincinnati apartment says his client gave the toddler ibuprofen and put him to bed after he fell down some steps. Comment?
Police: Bank caught scam, Pa. county not out money
Tuesday | via KRMG-AM Tulsa
State police say a bank got wise before a western Pennsylvania county lost any money from $53,000 worth of forged government checks. Comment?
1 Killed In Armstrong Co. Crash
Tuesday | via CBS Local
According to state police, the accident happened on Route 422 near Dunbar Airport Lane in Kittanning around 5:30 a.m. The coal truck burst into flames upon impact and the driver also caught on fire. Comment?
W. Pa. man charged with abuse found dead
Tuesday | via WTKT-AM Harrisburg
The Indiana Gazette reports that 36-year-old Theodore Amick of Indiana, Pa. was found dead Saturday of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, in a remote area about 110 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. Comment?
Monday May 28 | via WTAJ
Indiana police are on the lookout for a missing man. Theordore Amick was last seen on the 23rd May at 4:30pm at his residence in White Township in Indiana County. Comment?
Woman killed in crash identified
Monday May 28 | via Butler Eagle
Dorothy Lynn LaVan, 55, of Indiana, Pa., died when the sport utility vehicle she was driving eastbound about 5:15 a.m. hit a coal truck in Kittanning Township about 5 miles east of Kittanning, state police said. Comment?
Walmart scammers using forged county court checks
Friday May 25 | via WTAE-TV Pittsburgh
State police say more than two dozen phony checks fabricated using account information from a western Pennsylvania county courts office have been cashed for about $53,000 at various Walmart stores in eastern Pennsylvania. Comment?
Forged Indiana County court checks cashed at Walmarts
Friday May 25 | via ThePittsburghChannel
State police say more than two dozen phony checks fabricated using account information from a western Pennsylvania county courts office have been cashed for about $53,000 at various Walmart stores in eastern Pennsylvania. Comment?
Giant begins beer sales at York store
Friday May 25 | via ABC 27
The company said Friday it has opened the doors to its new Beer Garden and Eatery, which offers both eat-in and take selections of food as well as up to two beers at a table and up to two six-packs to go. Comment?
Forged county court checks cashed at Wal-Marts
Friday May 25 | via WHP-TV Harrisburg
State police say more than two dozen phony checks fabricated using account information from a western Pennsylvania county courts office have been cashed for about $53,000 at various Wal-Mart stores in eastern Pennsylvania. Comment?
Forged Pa. county court checks cashed at Wal-Marts
Friday May 25 | via WFMJ-TV Youngstown
The State Highway Patrol is kicking off a new program to train truck drivers to watch for signs of potential crimes and safety threats while they're traveling Ohio roadways. Comment?
Forged county court checks cashed at Wal-Marts, incl...
Friday May 25 | via Pocono Record
State police say more than two dozen phony checks fabricated using account information from a western Pennsylvania county courts office have been cashed for about $53,000 at various Wal-Mart stores in eastern Pennsylvania. Comment?
Animal lover leaves $860K to 2 Pa. humane groups
Tuesday May 22 | via WFMJ-TV Youngstown
A federal judge has sentenced an Ohio man to just over six years in prison after he and his wife pleaded guilty in a plot to ship money to a Mideast terrorist group. Comment?
Michigan crime labs struggle to meet standards
Monday May 14 | via Detroit News
Michigan's seven State Police crime labs could lose their accreditation this summer, potentially casting doubt on forensic evidence used statewide in prosecutions ranging from drunken driving to homicides. Comment?
Johnstown man arraigned for throwing items from over...
Monday May 14 | via The Daily American
One of five men charged with throwing propane tanks, flower pots and a television from the Carpenters Park Road overpass onto traffic on Route 219 nearly a year ago showed up for a preliminary arraignment Monday. Comment?
Pennsylvania man pleads guilty to lesser charges
Thursday May 10 | via The Elizabethton Star
He had been charged with attempted aggravated statutory rape.Johnson will serve 30 days in the Carter County Jail and 18 months of probation, which can be transferred to the state of Pennsylvania, where he drove from on April 30, 2011.The man's arrest came when the alleged victim's father blocked Johnson's vehicle at a Carter County intersection. Comment?
W. Pa. Wal-Mart worker accused of $500,000 coupon scam
Thursday May 10 | via Erie Times News
Wal-Mart officials told state police in Indiana that a Homer City woman may have stolen "at minimum $500,000" over the past two years in a coupons-for-cash scheme at its store near Blairsville. Comment?
Woman, 52, beaten to death in North Philly
Wednesday May 9 | via Philly.com
A woman made a ghastly discovery late Tuesday night when she walked into her sister's North Philadelphia home and found her 52-year-old sister slumped on the couch, dead of severe blunt-force head trauma. Comment?
24-year-old sophomore found dead in IUP dorm room
Sunday May 6 | via WFMJ-TV Youngstown
Authorities say a recent hip surgery patient using a walker was swept away and drowned in southeast Ohio when rising water stalled her vehicle. Comment?