Sunday, May 12, 2013
William Murphy III remains in jail and charged with an array of offenses.
William Joseph Murphy III, who has been charged with multiple counts of burglary, criminal trespassing, theft and receiving stolen property stemming from late 2012 and early 2013 incidents, is facing a non-jury trial that starts on May 16, according to an online docket sheet. The alleged south Baldwin Borough burglar remains in the Allegheny County Jail on $50,000 bail. Officers from multiple police departments detained Murphy at a Blossom Drive home on Jan. 4 as part of a burglary investigation in the area, according to Baldwin police Chief Michael Scott. The Baldwin-Whitehall Patch captured the detainment on video. Join Patch for more community news or join us on Facebook and Twitter.
40.438787
-79.997136
437 Grant St, Pittsburgh, PA
Allegheny County Courthouse
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40.43476
-79.99244
950 2nd Ave, Pittsburgh, PA
Allegheny County Jail
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013
The alleged south Baldwin burglar remains in jail and charged with an array of offenses.
A pretrial conference awaits William Joseph Murphy III, the alleged south Baldwin Borough burglar who remains in the Allegheny County Jail, according to an online docket sheet. Murphy, who has been charged with multiple counts of burglary, criminal trespassing, theft and receiving stolen property stemming from late 2012 and early 2013 incidents, will have a pretrial conference at the Allegheny County Courthouse on April 26—the result of his March 18 formal arraignment. Officers from multiple police departments detained Murphy at a Blossom Drive home on Jan. 4 as part of a burglary investigation in the area, according to Baldwin police Chief Michael Scott. The Baldwin-Whitehall Patch captured the detainment on video. --- Follow the Baldwin…
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-79.997136
437 Grant St, Pittsburgh, PA
Allegheny County Courthouse
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40.43476
-79.99244
950 2nd Ave, Pittsburgh, PA
Allegheny County Jail
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Monday, March 4, 2013
Steven Kowalski was sentenced to 3-to-6 years in prison after stealing $150,000 worth of items from Providence Point residents in 2011.
The Providence Point security guard accused of stealing $150,000 worth of items from residents in 2011 pleaded guilty last week. Steven Kowalski, 49, of 681 Elaine Dr. in Baldwin Borough, pleaded guilty on Feb. 28 to 16 counts of felony burglary charges and nine charges of receiving stolen property. He was sentenced to 3-to-6 years in prison and faces another 10 years of probation. Kowalski was accused of burglarizing numerous apartments in the Scott Township retirement home and taking jewelry, fine silverware and plate settings. The thefts began in late October 2011 and ramped up in early December when residents reported seven thefts in 10 days. Investigators identified Kowalski after a resident came home and found a security guard in her…
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500 Providence Point Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA
Providence Point
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
And three other stories in these Whitehall police notes.
Theft The caretaker of the property at 3091 Provost Rd.—formerly home to the Whitehall Country Club and to Rising Sun Martial Arts—reported at around 11:30 on Thursday that three sheds on the property had been entered into and that approximately 30 feet of copper pipe was missing, Whitehall Borough police Chief Donald R. Dolfi said. Also, several fixtures from the property's restrooms had been taken. The caretaker had not been at the site in several weeks, Dolfi said. The incident is under investigation. Whitehall Man Charged Whitehall police responded to the 1600 block of Parkline Drive in the Wallace (Prospect) Park area at around 5:58 p.m. on Feb. 12 for a report of a disturbance, Dolfi said. When officers arrived at the scene, they …
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-79.994746
3091 Provost Rd, Pittsburgh, PA
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-79.968024
1600-1700 Parkline Dr, Pittsburgh, PA
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-79.978899
Whitehall Police Department
100 Borough Park Dr, Pittsburgh, PA
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Monday, February 18, 2013
Police say that a Providence Point security guard is responsible for a rash of burglaries and thefts at a Scott Township retirement home in 2011.
UPDATE: Kowalski will have a non-jury trial at the Allegheny County Courthouse starting on Feb. 28. ... Scott Township police say that a Providence Point security guard was responsible for a rash of burglaries and thefts at that retirement home in 2011. Steven Kowalski, 49, of 681 Elaine Dr. in Baldwin Borough, already has been charged with two counts of burglary along with receiving stolen property and theft after police said that they arrested him when he showed up for his evening shift on May 31. Investigators said that they received a break in the case earlier that morning when a resident came home to find her deadbolt unlocked and a man hiding behind a chair in her apartment. Police said that Kowalski put a cushion over his face and…
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-80.088889
500 Providence Point Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA
Providence Point
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Several felony theft charges have been dropped against Matthew Jankowski.
UPDATE: Jankowski will have a non-jury trial at the Allegheny County Courthouse starting on March 5 (continued to May 1). ... Several charges have been dropped against a mechanic accused of ripping off the Collier Township auto repair shop where he worked. Investigators withdrew three felony theft charges and four misdemeanor theft counts against Matthew R. Jankowski, 30, of Whitehall Borough, before his Oct. 15 preliminary hearing. However, Jankowski, who once served as the vice president of Baldwin Independent Fire Company No. 1, waived to trial three felony charges of theft by deception at his preliminary hearing before District Judge Maureen McGraw-Desmet. Collier Township police alleged that Jankowski, a former assistant manager at …
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-80.13556
295 Millers Run Rd, Bridgeville, PA
Magisterial District Court 05-2-21
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Sunday, February 17, 2013
Len Novak and Stephen Bonetti are charged with misusing approximately $25K from the Pennsylvania firemen's relief fund.
A pretrial conference on Friday for Leonard "Len" Novak and Stephen Bonetti has resulted in a non-jury trial for the two men. The trial is scheduled to begin on April 22 at the Allegheny County Courthouse. In August, the Allegheny County District Attorney's Office charged Novak and Bonetti, chief and deputy chief, respectively, of the Becks Run Volunteer Fire Department in north Baldwin Borough, with misusing approximately $25,000 from the Pennsylvania firemen's relief fund over an approximately five-year period. According to an affidavit, investigators believe that Novak and Bonetti misappropriated the money by using it instead for personal expenses, including the cashing of checks at C.J. Chugs bar on Custer Avenue and Dean's Beer …
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437 Grant St, Pittsburgh, PA
Allegheny County Courthouse
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Also, a 10-year-old is charged with stealing a fire extinguisher, and one other Whitehall police story from this past week.
Public Drunkenness Charge After Police Claim Disobedience A Whitehall Borough police officer on patrol stopped at the Sunoco/APlus gas station and convenience store along Route 51 at around 12:53 a.m. on Friday. When the officer walked into the store, he observed a man arguing with a clerk in what appeared to be an intoxicated state, Whitehall police Deputy Chief Richard M. Danko said. The officer advised the man—John Mallon Kearns, 21, of 541 Elaine Dr. in Baldwin Borough—not to get into his car in his current condition and drive away, but Kearns responded to the officer with vulgarity and dismissiveness, Danko said, and tried to get into his car anyway. The officer prevented Kearns from doing so and arrested him in the store's parking …
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-79.967419
1600 Skyline Dr, Pittsburgh, PA
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-79.965722
1661 Skyline Dr, Pittsburgh, PA
Skytop Village
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-79.97981
Sunoco/APlus
4639 Clairton Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA
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1837013
/locations/8797013
40.35093
-79.978899
Whitehall Police Department
100 Borough Park Dr, Pittsburgh, PA
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Tuesday, February 5, 2013
And three other stories in these borough police notes.
Theft from Vehicle Whitehall Borough police received a call from a resident of the 3200 block of Longwood Drive on Friday. The resident reported that, sometime during Thursday night or Friday morning, somebody went into his unlocked vehicle while it was parked in his driveway and removed 15-20 $1 bills and some personal keys, Whitehall police Deputy Chief Richard M. Danko said. The theft is under investigation. There have been numerous theft-from-vehicle cases reported recently in Whitehall and Baldwin boroughs. "Note to all readers," Danko said on Jan. 15, "lock your cars." Marijuana Possession A Whitehall police officer spotted a suspicious vehicle leaving Wallace (Prospect) Park at around 8 a.m. on Wednesday and stopped the vehicle on …
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Wallace Park (Prospect Park)
1450 Maple Dr, Pittsburgh, PA
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Whitehall Police Department
100 Borough Park Dr, Pittsburgh, PA
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40.374053
-79.989103
3200-3300 Longwood Dr, Pittsburgh, PA
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-79.969278
1595 Bevan Rd, Pittsburgh, PA
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Wednesday, January 30, 2013
William Murphy remains charged with an array of south Baldwin crimes.
District Magistrate John N. Bova granted the withdrawal of three charges against William Joseph Murphy III at a preliminary hearing at Bova's Wallace Building office on Tuesday. Withdrawn were both charges of receiving stolen property and one charge of the illegal sale or transfer of firearms, all stemming from a Jan. 4 incident in Baldwin Borough. But also from that incident, one charge each of burglary and trespassing have been waived for Allegheny County Court, where Murphy is scheduled to appear for a formal arraignment on March 18. Likewise, one charge each of trespassing and burglary from a Jan. 16 incident in Baldwin have been waived for county court on March 18. In addition, 28 other Baldwin charges against Murphy—all since Oct. 1 …
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-79.964193
Wallace Building
41 Macek Dr, Pittsburgh, PA
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40.43476
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950 2nd Ave, Pittsburgh, PA
Allegheny County Jail
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Robert Edward Healy, III
12:06 pm on Tuesday, May 21, 2013
He is still in jail, yes. more ›