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Mon Valley pair charged in three-county bar burglary spree

State police on Wednesday charged a man and woman from the Mon Valley in connection to a 2023 three-county spree of bar burglaries, including one in which an ATM machine was stolen and found dumped in the Monongahela River. David Alan Rice, 33, of Charleroi, and Stephanie Denise Hankle, 30, of ...

Former Uniontown treasurer sentenced to up to 10 years behind bars for theft

The former treasurer of Uniontown was sentenced to 21 months to 10 years in prison on Tuesday for stealing more than $100,000 from city taxpayers. Fayette County President Judge Steve P. Leskinen acknowledged that Antoinette Louise Hodge’s actions were “motivated by gambling,” but ...

State police thwart alleged scammers attempt to steal $28K

Two men are accused of impersonating employees from the Walmart fraud department in an attempt to coax over $28,000 from an Upper Tyrone Township man. Harshil Chandreskumar Patel, 23, and Harsh Prakashbhai Parekh, 23 allegedly told the 75-year-old man that he was under investigation for ...

California man accused of stealing $130K from local club

California police arrested a man Monday on charges stemming from the theft of more than $130,000 from a club’s games of chance machines. Police charged Timothy Hoffman, 63, of California, earlier this month with felonies of theft by deception and deceptive business practices. Online court ...

Washington police investigating theft of purse during Mass

Washington police are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a woman who is accused of stealing a purse during Sunday Mass at a local church. According to a post on the police department’s Facebook page, the theft occurred while the unidentified female churchgoer was at Communion ...