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The parents of a 4-month-old girl in Chartiers Township are facing charges after the infant tested positive for fentanyl. Chartiers Township police charged Darrell Lee Diaz, 39, and Katrina Marie Post, 31, on Tuesday with a felony of endangering the welfare of children. According to the criminal complaint, on Nov. 24 Post took the child to UPMC Washington Hospital due to the child being lethargic and sleeping more than normal. There was fentanyl in the baby's system, and she became alert after receiving a small dose of Narcan. The baby was transported to UPMC Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh. Charging documents state that Post told investigators she had left the baby with Diaz that ...
Three Indianapolis men are accused of conspiring to steal money by breaking into cash machines 27 times across southwestern Pennsylvania over a three-month period. Charges were filed against the three men — Kavon Carter, 24; Demarkis Bartlett, 28; and Tony Edwards, 22 — in Fayette County Wednesday. Between December 2024 and February 2025, they allegedly committed 27 burglaries across Fayette, Greene, Washington, Allegheny, Erie, Butler and Venango counties. Police said the restitution needed to cover the thefts and damages would be more than $83,000, with the dollar amounts of multiple burglaries still to be determined, according to the complaint. Their alleged criminal ...
Volunteers from the Washington Rotary Club will assist with recycling of empty bottles and jars Saturday, March 7, from 9 a.m. until noon at the Log Cabin Drive entrance to the Washington Park recycling center. Only glass bottles and jars are accepted, but color does not matter and lids and labels are acceptable. No other types of glass, including mirrors, light bulbs, window glass or ceramics, are permitted. Rotary members assist with glass recycling on the first Saturday of each month through November, but glass may be recycled any Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. by entering the recycling area at the Wheeling Street entrance. Plastic caps and lids are no longer being ...
A Carnegie man who helped to facilitate the purchase of drugs for an acquaintance that later killed the other man nearly six years ago pleaded guilty to a lesser charge Wednesday after he cooperated with investigators to help them catch the dealer. Duane Berry Jr., 33, appeared in the Washington County Courthouse before President Judge Valarie Costanzo and pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy with intent to deliver and was immediately sentenced to serve three years on probation. Berry had been facing more serious charges of drug delivery resulting in death in the fatal overdose of 32-year-old Bradley Remerowski in Washington on Sept. 30, 2020, but he cooperated with the ...
A federal jury this week decided in favor of an SCI-Greene inmate who said he had been subjected to cruel and unusual punishment after being held in solitary confinement for 50 days in a section reserved for mentally ill inmates. Maurice Able, 43, filed suit in the Western District of Pennsylvania in 2018. Able, who is serving a life sentence for murder, also said prison staff had shown deliberate indifference by depriving him of necessities and outside recreation, as well as failing to turn over legal material to him in a timely fashion. After more than six hours of deliberation Monday, the jury found Able had proven his claims against Candice Lackey, the unit supervisor at SCI ...
State police charged a man Tuesday for fleeing a traffic stop and then jumping out of his moving vehicle last month. Robert Steven Fuller, 32, of Washington, faces felony charges of fleeing or attempting to elude an officer, escape and flight to avoid apprehension. Police also charged him with misdemeanors of evading arrest, resisting arrest, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, reckless endangerment, obstruction and disorderly conduct. According to the criminal complaint, shortly after 11 p.m. Feb. 13, a state trooper tried to pull over Fuller in the 1000 block of Summerlea Avenue, Washington, for suspended vehicle registration. Charging documents ...
Brandon Lawless has been busy checking off boxes this season. The Jefferson-Morgan boys basketball coach has guided his senior-laden team to its finest season since 2000 and it has snapped several droughts along the way. The 2025-26 Rockets have accomplished for the first time in 26 years: A ...
CALIFORNIA – The Shepherd University men’s basketball team is adept at slowing the pace of a game to that of a world class chess match. Patience is taught at the PSAC’s only non-Pennsylvania institution along with jump shots, rebounding and defense. In the PSAC quarterfinals Wednesday ...
The Pittsburgh Pirates traded relief pitcher Kyle Nicolas to division-rival Cincinnati in exchange for utility man Tyler Callihan Wednesday night. Nicolas is currently with team Italy preparing for the World Baseball Classic. He has a career 4.68 ERA over 98 innings in the majors. Callihan made ...
I am only 18 months away from turning 80, and truthfully, the way things are going, if seven more of my classmates pass away, I could end up being the valedictorian of my high school class. One thing I’ve consistently observed in life is the ongoing display of consistency that humankind ...
Lori Sepich smoked for years and sometimes skipped taking her blood pressure medicine. But she never thought she'd have a heart attack. The possibility "just wasn't registering with me," said the 64-year-old from Memphis, Tennessee, who suffered two of them 13 years apart. She's far from ...
