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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Four Copper Thefts Reported Recently in Whitehall

Also, a man leaving Princess Lanes was turned over to constables for an outstanding warrant.

Copper Thefts Copper thieves have hit Duquesne Light's Elwyn Power Station in Whitehall Borough three times this month, Whitehall police Deputy Chief Richard M. Danko said. As with similar Jan. 20 and Jan. 4 reports, Duquesne Light corporate security personnel contacted Whitehall police this past Saturday to report that one or more people had recently broken into the power station on Earlsdale Road and removed copper wiring. Most recently removed was ground wire in 20-to-25 different places, often in areas of high voltage, Danko said, and a spool of copper wire weighing approximately 500 pounds. The spool is valued at around $5,000, Danko said, while the other copper taken is valued between $1,000 and $2,000. Police are investigating the …

In this Article:

Borough of Whitehall Municipal Complex (Administrative Offices and Outdoor Recreation), Whitehall Police Department, Man Sets Off Own Smoke Alarm, Hit with Marijuana Charge, and 3 more ›

Margaret French

8:52 am on Monday, February 4, 2013

Not that I would ever rob anywhere but if I were, I would rob a classy place vs. a non classy place.   more ›

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Man Sets Off Own Smoke Alarm, Hit with Marijuana Charge

And five other stories in these Whitehall Borough police notes.

Marijuana Alarm Whitehall Borough police responded to a smoke alarm at 4348 Seton Dr. at around 6:39 p.m. on Jan. 15 only to find that the homeowner's marijuana smoke admittedly had caused the alarm, Whitehall police Deputy Chief Richard M. Danko said. The home's alarm notifies local police when it is triggered. When police arrived at 4348 Seton, they met the homeowner—William J. Korach, 33—at his doorway and detected an odor of marijuana coming from the house. Korach said that the alarm was false, but upon further investigation, police located a small amount of marijuana and some drug paraphernalia that Korach said was his, Danko said. The deputy chief said that Korach admitted to smoking marijuana and that that's what set off his alarm. …

In this Article:

Borough of Whitehall Municipal Complex (Administrative Offices and Outdoor Recreation), Whitehall Police Department, Whitehall Fire Company, and 3 more ›

Vinnie Valle

11:37 am on Friday, January 25, 2013

Smoking odors, are the hardest odors to eliminate, why do they hang, around when the sources of the odors are no longer there? The offensive smells you associate with odor is almost always gases released from their sources. These invisible gases attach onto floating air molecules, which drift with the air currents in the room. Over time some dissipate and others most notably smoking and urine …   more ›

Man Charged with Stealing Woman's Underwear, Socks in Whitehall

Jozo Grgic told a judge the story, police Deputy Chief Richard Danko said.

In a classic case of putting your foot in your mouth, Whitehall Borough police are charging Jozo Grgic, 52, of Whitehall, with theft, harassment and creating a false fire alarm after Grgic admitted to stealing a woman's underwear and socks in the Wallace (Prospect) Park area, Whitehall police Deputy Chief Richard M. Danko said. While appearing as a defendant during a Jan. 16 summary trial related to a separate harassment case involving the same woman, Grgic, who lives at 1651 Skyline Dr., Apt. 24, said in front of District Magistrate David J. Barton that he pulled a fire alarm at 1651 Skyline on Dec. 24 so that people would leave that building in order for him to steal items that the woman had left in its laundry room, according to Danko. …

In this Article:

Borough of Whitehall Municipal Complex (Administrative Offices and Outdoor Recreation), Wallace Park (Prospect Park), Whitehall Police Department, and 1 more ›

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9:04 am on Wednesday, March 20, 2013

BaldwinGrad85 you hit it on the nail about Baldwin Borough Police. I am glad Whitehall Police investigates all cases no matter how big or small. Stealing is stealing no matter if it is money, property or underwear.   more ›

William Murphy Back in Jail, Charged with 8 Baldwin Burglaries

Police arrested Murphy at a motel on Route 51 in Jefferson Hills.

William Joseph Murphy III is accused of burglarizing eight Baldwin Borough homes—and attempting to burglarize two others—leading to an arrest by Baldwin police on Thursday at a motel on Route 51 in Jefferson Hills Borough, police Chief Michael Scott said. Until recently, Murphy, 28, lived in the 600 block of Blossom Drive in Baldwin. He is accused of stealing items from the homes of four neighbors in that same block in south Baldwin—including one home twice—Scott said. The three other burglaries happened on nearby Elaine and Norma drives, and on Elderslee Road in central Baldwin. The eight burglaries for which he is being charged all occurred since October 2012, Scott said. That does not include incidents on Jan. 4 or 16 in which residents…

In this Article:

Baldwin Borough Municipal Complex, Baldwin Borough Police Department, William Murphy III Charged with Burglary, Other Offenses, and 2 more ›

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11:28 am on Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Suzie not everyone is blaming the mother or brother. He needs help and only he can seek it for himself. Being in jail will not solve his problem, he needs to go to rehab and to fight the demons but this is a decision that only he can make on his own.   more ›

Friday, January 18, 2013

Laptop Stolen from Car on Rolling Rock Road

The device is valued at almost $1,400.

A woman from the 800 block of Rolling Rock Road in Baldwin Township has reported to police that a laptop was stolen from her vehicle sometime between 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 10 and 9 a.m. on Jan. 11. The victim said that she thought that she had locked her car prior to the theft but now believes that she didn't, Baldwin Township police Chief Terrence P. O'Brien said. The car was parked in her driveway at the time of the theft. She has valued the laptop at $1,381. Read through other Baldwin Township police items here.  --- Follow the Baldwin-Whitehall Patch on Facebook and Twitter. Sign up for the daily Baldwin-Whitehall newsletter.

In this Article:

Baldwin Township Municipal Building (Administrative Offices) and Baldwin Township Police Department

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

10-Year-Old Burglarizes Whitehall Apartment

And four other stories in these borough police notes.

10-Year-Old Burglar Whitehall police Deputy Chief Richard M. Danko said that a 10-year-old boy is to blame for burglarizing an apartment in the 1600 block of Skyline Drive in Whitehall Borough's Wallace (Prospect) Park area. Police went to that residence at around 9:39 p.m. on Friday to find glass from a broken window on the apartment's floor and its tenant complaining that some Xbox gaming equipment had been stolen. Police investigated the theft in that immediate area, conducted interviews and determined that the 10-year-old, who lives on nearby Parkline Drive, was to blame. The stolen items were returned to their owner that same night, and because of the boy's age, Danko said, no juvenile allegations will be filed against him. Teen …

In this Article:

Whitehall Police Department, Borough of Whitehall Municipal Complex (Administrative Offices and Outdoor Recreation), Wallace Park (Prospect Park), and 3 more ›

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9:17 am on Wednesday, January 16, 2013

They need to charge the parents for this. A 10 year old is to young to be charged in the juvenile system.   more ›

St. Gabriel School Burglary Caught on Tape

The Whitehall Borough break-in was recorded by security cameras.

A person has been charged with two counts each of burglary, theft and criminal trespass at St. Gabriel of the Sorrowful Virgin School in Whitehall Borough after stealing two TVs and a radio from the school over its Christmas and New Year's break. The thefts were discovered on Jan. 3—the day that students returned from break—according to a letter sent from school Principal Barbara Sawyer to students' parents and guardians. The letter states that the burglary was able to be captured by security cameras, and through an investigation done by the Whitehall Police Department, a suspect was identified and arrested on Jan. 4. St. Gabriel Pastor John R. Haney has requested that the arrested not be identified, but Haney said that the person is not a…

In this Article:

St. Gabriel of the Sorrowful Virgin Church and School, Borough of Whitehall Municipal Complex (Administrative Offices and Outdoor Recreation), Whitehall Police Department, and 1 more ›

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

UPDATE: Becks Run Firemen Charges

Novak and Bonetti will have a pretrial conference at the Allegheny County Courthouse on Feb. 15.

UPDATE: The result of Novak and Bonetti's formal arraignment is a pretrial conference at the Allegheny County Courthouse scheduled for Feb. 15.  ...  District Judge Robert Wyda waived for court on Friday all 24 combined charges against Becks Run firefighters Leonard "Len" Novak and Stephen Bonetti, pushing their case onto a formal arraignment at the Allegheny County Courthouse on Jan. 8. Wyda, the magistrate for Upper St. Clair Township and Bethel Park, oversaw Novak and Bonetti's preliminary hearing because District Judge John N. Bova of Baldwin Borough has recused himself from their case. A judge may recuse him or herself from a case should he or she feel a conflict of interest with any of the participating parties, or have some other …

In this Article:

District Magistrate Office, District Judge Robert C. Wyda (in Upper St. Clair Patch), Baldwin Borough Municipal Complex, Judge Bova Recuses Himself from Becks Run Fire Case, and 3 more ›

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FF19

1:56 pm on Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Watcher is spot on. The one involved in the Option case got their hands smacked and only had to pay back a portion that they actually stole.   more ›

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Drugs, DUI, Knife Charges for Brentwood Man

And a theft-from-vehicle report in these Baldwin Borough police notes.

Multiple Charges for Brentwood Borough Man A Baldwin Borough police officer stopped motorist Samuel James Fullerton on Kirk Avenue in Pittsburgh's Carrick neighborhood at around 2:35 a.m. on Dec. 19 for driving erratically on Becks Run Road and other nearby streets, according to a police report. The vehicle being driven by Fullerton, 31, of Beechdale Street in Brentwood Borough, also had what appeared to be fresh damage to it, and according to the officer, Fullerton admitted that he was recently involved in a traffic accident but failed to stop to report it. The officer smelled alcohol coming from Fullerton and put him through field-sobriety and breath-analyzer tests, which he failed, before arresting him and taking him to Jefferson …

In this Article:

Baldwin Borough Municipal Complex, Baldwin Borough Police Department, and 1 Charge Against Brentwood Man Withdrawn, 4 Others Waived for County Court

Sasafras Jackson

12:12 pm on Thursday, January 3, 2013

Mr. Fullerton, I commend you vehemently. Rather than play the proverbial “criminal lying game”, you admitted to recently drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana. Good for you to recognize that your goose had been cooked (if I may be so bold). This reminds me of the time that Uncle Helix was so inebriated, we were able to make him admit that he wears lady pants. Haha…lol….never again did he drink …   more ›

Monday, December 17, 2012

Multiple Theft-from-Vehicle Cases Reported in Baldwin

And a telephone scam alert in these borough police notes from the past week.

Money Taken from Vehicle on Castleview Drive A Baldwin Borough resident contacted Baldwin police at around 8 a.m. on Friday complaining that someone had recently entered an unlocked vehicle while it was parked on the street in front of his residence, according to a police report. The resident—from the 2800 block of Castleview Drive—said that the entry occurred sometime overnight and that a Ziploc bag containing $20 worth of change was taken from the vehicle. Police are investigating. Money Taken from Vehicles Along Lechner Lane A Baldwin Borough resident came into the Baldwin police station at around 2:30 p.m. on Thursday complaining that someone had recently entered two unlocked vehicles while they were parked in his driveway, according …

In this Article:

Baldwin Borough Municipal Complex and Baldwin Borough Police Department

stefanie coll

7:26 am on Thursday, January 3, 2013

my vehicle was robbed on gardenville rd. last week they stole an ipod and two cd cases oh also some change.not to mention our house was robbed last december with no help from baldwin p.d. never even made it in the patch.   more ›

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