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McDonald woman accused of scamming mother

State police accused a woman this week of defrauding her mother out of $1,400. Erica Bardell, 42, of McDonald, allegedly convinced her mother that she was being held against her will and needed the money to be released, state police said. Bardell's mother, a 70-year-old resident of Summerhill ...

Washington police investigating credit card fraud

Washington police are asking for assistance in identifying two men accused of using credit card numbers belonging to people outside of the country. According to police, officers were called shortly before 7 p.m. to a business in the 600 block of Jefferson Avenue. Police did not identify the ...

Hodge sentenced to up to 10 years for theft from church association

“How hard is it to say ‘I’m sorry’?” Fayette County Judge John Wagner asked the question as people walked out of the courtroom following Wednesday’s sentencing hearing for Antoinette Hodge. Hodge, 55, a former Uniontown treasurer who had chaired the board of trustees for the ...

Man jailed in $500,000 theft from Bentleyville company

Bentleyville police charged an Allegheny County man Friday in connection with the theft of more than $500,000 from a local forklift dealer. William F. Rohan is accused in court documents of stealing parts from his employer, TruPar America in Bentleyville, and selling them in a scheme dating ...

Former Monessen Fire Department president charged in theft case

The former president of Monessen Fire Department No. 1 is facing accusations he stole more than $31,000 from the agency and then failed to pay the money back. Monessen police on Wednesday charged Stephen Anthony Gaydos III, 49, of Monessen, with felonies of theft by unlawful taking, receiving ...