CASA for Kids Inc. was established in 2002 and is one of only 25 Court Appointed Special Advocates programs serving counties in Pennsylvania.The organization was founded based on the findings of a feasibility study initiated by a group of concerned citizens, child welfare agencies and Judge ...
The manager of a Washington County-based drug treatment clinic faces federal drug and fraud charges.Christopher Handa, 47, of Pittsburgh, was charged by a four-count indictment a federal grand jury returned March 21. Federal prosecutors allege he and others conspired to create and submit ...
A Washington County judge held a Pittsburgh defense attorney in contempt Thursday following his failure to appear two weeks earlier to represent a client in a proceeding.Judge Valarie Costanzo also ordered Christopher Urbano, 41, to pay a $200 fine during the unusual proceeding.She’d ordered ...
A Midway man was convicted on child rape and other charges stemming from allegations he sexually abused two girls at a home in Mt. Pleasant Township.A Washington County jury convicted Steve Czako, 45, Thursday of charges including rape, aggravated indecent assault, indecent assault of a victim ...
A former Smith Township funeral director was ordered to spend almost four years under county probation officials’ supervision after she admitted to forging a client’s signature on an insurance document and commingling funds she’d received from dozens of clients with her own ...
Two lawyers said Thursday a settlement is imminent in the dispute over the bill arising from the partial demolition of the downtown Washington apartment building that caved in last summer.City solicitor Steven Toprani said he expects a resolution soon to the legal wrangling set in motion July ...
