Scott lawyer who broke bad gets prison for dealing meth
James France has an Ivy League education and practiced corporate law at two of the biggest firms in Pittsburgh. But by 2015, federal investigators said, he was also a large-scale methamphetamine dealer…
Old family friends become killer and victim, leading to prison for Braddock man
Cecil Foreman’s family had a longtime relationship with the Kelleys. They all grew up together and had remained friends for decades. Foreman considered 22-year-old Michael Kelley…
His prison sentence was 60-150 years. But Native American Efrain Hidalgo is finally free
Efrain Hidalgo Jr. sat in front of the television at his sister’s house while the rest of his family went out to run some pre-Super Bowl errands. Just relax and watch TV…
Dealer’s new sentence spurs release
A Buffalo, N.Y., man convicted of trafficking heroin in Blair County in the late 1990s is being released from state prison in light of a 12-to-24 year sentence handed down…
Coppolo cleared of ‘rule violations’ by state disciplinary board
A petition alleging repeated misconduct was filed by the state Office of Disciplinary Council against Thomas Coppolo, former Elk County district attorney and current…
Western Pennsylvania Prosecutor Makes His County an Epicenter for the Death Penalty
In February 2021, two men wearing masks entered a convenience store in Donora, Pennsylvania, and shot the clerk, Nicholas Tarpley, six times. Months later, police arrested…
Defense attorneys: Washington County DA seeking death penalty for political reasons
Defense attorneys in a Washington County homicide case are moving to disqualify the appointed district attorney amid allegations that he is misusing the death penalty for political gain…
Attorneys ask for judge to ‘disqualify’ DA from prosecuting Donora homicide case
Attorneys for three co-defendants charged in the shooting death a worker at a Donora convenience store in 2021 are asking a judge to remove the Washington County district…
Greene County judge to consider accusations of negligence against DA Russo
Greene County District Attorney David Russo appeared at the defendant’s table Tuesday morning for a hearing to determine if there is enough evidence to investigate…
Driver ordered to stand trial in Connellsville Township crash that killed teen girl
State police identified the vehicle involved in a hit-and-run crash that killed a teenager in Connellsville Township earlier this year after finding ice cream…
Violent city felon wounded in 2022 shootout gets 10 years for machine gun possession
A Garfield felon caught with a gun equipped with a switch to make it an automatic is headed to federal prison for a decade on a count of possession of a machine gun…
Mercer drug dealer who sold fentanyl and coerced sex from customers goes to prison for 15 years
Mercer County drug dealer Joshua Peters, who sold fentanyl and cocaine, coerced sex from female customers and tried to hide from federal agents, is headed to federal prison for 15 years…
Ex-secretary of Mercer County township sentenced to 100 days for stealing $150k to buy nipple covers, fitness tracker, other items
Taxpayers in little Jackson Township in Mercer County, population 1,181, were justifiably angry that some of their hard-earned money went to pay for “silicone nipple covers…
Greensburg man ordered to trial on 3 counts of attempted homicide in apartment shooting
A former Greensburg man testified Thursday that he was with his girlfriend and her brother as they were entering their apartment on June 20 when two teenage boys followed them inside and began shooting…
Teen charged in Greensburg shooting denied bail reduction
A Westmoreland County judge on Tuesday rejected a defense request to reduce a $200,000 cash bond that has kept an 18-year-old man in jail since he was charged last month with three counts of attempted murder in connection…
485 Allegheny County jail inmates released over virus fears
The Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas has released nearly 500 inmates from incarceration as part of its ongoing efforts to reduce the at-risk jail…
Homicide conspiracy charge dismissed in Republic murder-for-hire case
A Fayette County judge dismissed a charge of conspiracy to commit homicide lodged against a Republic woman who allegedly tried to hire a man to kill her husband…
Teen pleads guilty to homicide in Baldwin Borough over pot deal
Nathan Lee, 17, admitted to killing Nathan Assad, 17, in 2017 and will be sentenced to prison on Feb. 21 for third-degree murder…
Dueling claims of malice, self-defense mark closing arguments in Brentwood murder trial
On Monday, jurors will begin deliberating the homicide case against Daevon Plowden in the May 2016 shooting death of Tamar Taylor…
Ex-Homestead funeral home owner — Pa.'s oldest inmate — seeks new murder trial, sentence
William Welsh, 94, was convicted in 2014 of third-degree murder for killing his friend, William Menni…
Jailhouse informants said to be key to charge in Northview Heights homicide case
It took Pittsburgh police detectives nearly a year after interviewing Samuel Mitchell to charge him with killing “Big Mike” Wilson in Northview Heights in May 2014…