A Somerset County man was arraigned last week on charges of vehicular homicide for a 2021 wreck in Bullskin Township that left two people dead.Thomas Edward Wiencek, 62, of Stoystown is charged by state police with felonies of homicide by vehicle, aggravated assault by vehicle, and misdemeanors ...
The former Fayette County man who showered pepper spray onto police officers protecting the U.S. Capitol has received the longest prison sentence thus far of any defendant convicted in the Jan. 6 riot.Peter Schwartz was sentenced Friday afternoon by U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington, ...
Brownsville police charged a man Wednesday with felonies related to the alleged sexual assault of a juvenile.Herbert Spencer Espanol Jr., 59, of Brownsville faces charges of indecent assault and corruption of minors.According to the criminal complaint, Espanol inappropriately touched a preteen ...
Police arrested a Connellsville man Tuesday, accused of shooting a woman in the leg.Mark Anthony Martucci, 48, faces a felony gun charge and several misdemeanors of simple assault, terroristic threats, reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct.According to the criminal complaint, police were ...
State police arrested a Uniontown man Tuesday following a high-speed chase that started in West Virginia.Dylan Matthew Pickrel, 27, faces felony charges of fleeing an officer and flight to avoid apprehension, as well as multiple summary traffic violations.According to the criminal complaint, at ...
State police in Uniontown are offering a $5,000 reward for information in an unsolved Dunbar Township homicide.Notice of the reward was posted on the Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers website Tuesday.John David Watson Jr., 14, disappeared in May 1974 while running errands for his mother. His body was ...
