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Thursday, January 3, 2013

South Hills Woman Wanted for Fraud, Thefts

Amanda Krull, 23, is known to frequent Whitehall, Brentwood, Carrick and Brookline.

Pittsburgh police and other local law agencies are looking for a South Hills woman accused of theft and writing bad checks. And her name may be very familiar to Baldwin-Whitehall folks. Amanda Krull, 23, who, while a Brentwood Borough resident in April, was charged by Whitehall Borough police with one count each of theft by deception, prohibited acts in charitable solicitation and soliciting without a permit, is currently wanted by the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, West Mifflin Borough police and the Allegheny County Sheriff's Office. According to a report by Pittsburgh police Zone 6 detectives, Krull has multiple prior arrests for theft-related crimes, including going door-to-door to collect money for a fake charity, as was the case in …

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Robert Edward Healy, III

6:35 pm on Thursday, January 10, 2013

UPDATE: Krull found. - http://patch.com/A-0YPZ   more ›

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

New State Rep. Erin Molchany Sworn-in at Capitol

Molchany represents part of Whitehall Borough and all of Baldwin Township.

Erin Molchany began her first term as a state representative on New Year's Day with a swearing-in ceremony at the state Capitol in Harrisburg. Molchany, a Democrat who bested Republican Chris Cratsley in November's general election, will represent Pennsylvania's 22nd House District, which includes part of Whitehall Borough and all of Baldwin Township. In a statement released on Tuesday, Molchany said that there is much to be done in her district and that the opportunity to speak for that community is humbling. "As I have done before, I again pledge tireless dedication and my deepest commitment to serving everyone in my district," she said. "There is so much to do. I'll be there with you and hope you'll be there with me." In addition to …

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Court Updates: Baldwin Township DUIs & Four Whitehall Incidents

Judge Barton's office is at Caste Village.

The following results are from recent hearings held in the Caste Village office of Magistrate David J. Barton of District Court 05-2-17:   Baldwin Township Charges           Whitehall Borough Charges          --- Follow the Baldwin-Whitehall Patch on Facebook and Twitter. Sign up for the daily Baldwin-Whitehall newsletter.

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Baldwin Twp. Commissioner Is New Green Tree Police Chief

Bob Downey takes that post on Jan. 14.

Although he plans to remain on the Baldwin Township Board of Commissioners, Baldwin Township resident Bob Downey will resign as the chief of police at California University of Pennsylvania to become the newest chief of the Green Tree Borough Police Department on Jan. 14. The Green Tree Council officially selected Downey, 56, on Monday night from a field of 41 applicants, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. Baldwin Township residents elected Downey, a Democrat from Crestline Drive, to a four-year term on their board of commissioners in November 2011. Downey first joined the board as an appointee in May 2009 to fill a vacancy before being elected that fall to fill a two-year term. He was born and raised in Pittsburgh's North Side area, but …

Prada Mani

11:49 am on Monday, April 22, 2013

Would Mr. Bob Downey like to visit the University of Nigeria? i mean a change of environment would be good for him..... http://www.unn.edu.ng/   more ›

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Man Gets Probation, Restitution Sentence for Prospect Park Burglaries

Also, an update from a November heroin operation and more Judge Barton news.

The following results are from recent hearings held in the Caste Village office of Magistrate David J. Barton of District Court 05-2-17:   Whitehall Borough Charges                     Baldwin Township Charges Read here.  --- Follow the Baldwin-Whitehall Patch on Facebook and Twitter. Sign up for the daily Baldwin-Whitehall newsletter.

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11:40 am on Friday, November 30, 2012

Thank you Whitehall Police for getting drugs off our streets, handling burglaries and domestic situations besides arresting people for DUI's.   more ›

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Baldwin Township Assault Charge Withdrawn

Also, an update from a February Facchiano Contracting break-in and more Judge Barton news.

The following results are from recent hearings held in the Caste Village office of Magistrate David J. Barton of District Court 05-2-17:   Baldwin Township Charges               Whitehall Borough Charges Read here.  --- Follow the Baldwin-Whitehall Patch on Facebook and Twitter. Sign up for the daily Baldwin-Whitehall newsletter.

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Unsolved Cases: Nicole Lynn Bryner's Body Never Found

The mother said that her daughter had been abducted on the South Side, but later, the mother's boyfriend confessed to burying the toddler in Brookline.

The image of a little girl on a grocery shopping trip with her mother—then, suddenly, gone ...  That's what many folks imagined in March of 1982, when Melody Childs Thomas told police that her daughter, Nicole Lynn Bryner, 3, had been abducted from a shopping cart at the Giant Eagle supermarket on the South Side of Pittsburgh. Though there were extensive searches, no trace of Nicole was ever found. Then, in 1986, Timothy Widman, Childs Thomas' boyfriend at the time, allegedly confessed that he had punched Bryner, accidentally killing her. He told police that he and Childs Thomas buried the body in a wooded area along Timberland Avenue in Pittsburgh's Brookline neighborhood. Police searched unsuccessfully for the body. Without it, …

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Caste Village Giant Eagle Robbery Leads Area Police on Search

A man is charged again with doing something for the second time in just over a year.

A man with a history of stealing from the Giant Eagle in Whitehall Borough's Caste Village is charged with doing the same thing again after he led police from Whitehall and Castle Shannon boroughs, and Bethel Park, on a search for him through Whitehall on Saturday. Brenton Fawcett, 37, of 353 Brookline Blvd., was arrested that day and taken to the Allegheny County Jail on charges of robbery, receiving stolen property, retail theft and defiant trespass for stealing DVDs and other merchandise from Giant Eagle at around 1:03 p.m., Whitehall police Chief Donald R. Dolfi said. (UPDATE: The robbery charge was withdrawn on Nov. 13.) Dolfi explained that the trespass charge stems from a restriction placed on Fawcett from entering that Giant Eagle …

Charles n charge

8:20 pm on Thursday, November 8, 2012

I betting he has one of those Obama phones. Yep!   more ›

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Charges Dropped in Baldwin Township Pills Case

And 10 other recent court results from the township. All 11 concern drugs and/or alcohol.

The following results are from recent hearings held in the Caste Village office of Magistrate David J. Barton of District Court 05-2-17:   Baldwin Township Charges                       Whitehall Borough Charges Read here.  --- Follow the Baldwin-Whitehall Patch on Facebook and Twitter. Sign up for the daily Baldwin-Whitehall newsletter.

Friday, October 12, 2012

Man Arrested for DUI on Dewalt Drive

Incident occurred on Friday night, Oct. 5.

A Baldwin Township police officer stopped motorist Todd Rebholz, 39, of Chelton Avenue in Pittsburgh's Brookline neighborhood, for failing to obey a stop sign at the intersection of Dewalt Drive and Highview Road at around 9:11 p.m. on Oct. 5, police Chief Terrence P. O'Brien said. According O'Brien, the officer smelled alcohol coming from Rebholz's breath. Rebholz then failed field-sobriety tests and was arrested and taken to St. Clair Hospital for a blood test—results pending—before being released. Rebholz is charged with suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol. Read through other Baldwin Township police items here.  --- Follow the Baldwin-Whitehall Patch on Facebook and Twitter. Sign up for the daily Baldwin-Whitehall …

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