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Dunbar man pleads guilty to third-degree murder in domestic abuse case

A Dunbar man pleaded guilty to third-degree murder in the 2021 beating death of his longtime girlfriend. Thomas Leroy Dean, 51, entered the plea on Wednesday, acknowledging he assaulted Amy Jo Craig in November 2021, which led to her death five months later. “He was an abusive ...

Fayette DA to seek death penalty in alleged murder-for-hire

The Fayette County district attorney will seek the death penalty against a Uniontown man accused of paying a teenager to kill someone. Based on the charges filed against Calvin Huffman, 37, of Uniontown, District Attorney Mike Aubele cited three reasons to seek a death sentence: that Huffman ...

Police Beat Aug. 13

CHARLEROI Drug charges: Morris James Jones, 22, of Clairton, is charged by Charleroi Regional Police with possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and carrying a firearm without a license. According to the criminal complaint, police stopped Jones at about 9:45 a.m. Saturday ...

Belle Vernon man pleads guilty to bank robbery charges

A Belle Vernon man pleaded guilty in federal court this week to charges he robbed a Monessen bank in 2021. According to a press release from the Department of Justice, Dylan Adams, 29, entered guilty pleas to charges of bank robbery and attempted bank robbery on Wednesday. The charges stem ...

Suspects in fatal shooting turn selves in to police

Two Washington men accused in the fatal shooting of one teen and wounding another earlier this month turned themselves into police Sunday. Both Windale Barfield Jr., 19, and Karon Whitlock, 20, were taken into custody without incident, according to state police public information officer ...