A man accused of throwing an improvised explosive device onto a Lawrenceville street last year did not set out to hurt anyone, his attorney said, but was most likely carrying out a “drug-fueled, ill-conceived prank.” Charles Baker, 35, of Lawrenceville, pleaded guilty Thursday to three federal counts, including possession of
A West Deer man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for robbing a Family Dollar store and a Butler County bank last summer. Matthew Milliron, 40, pleaded guilty to two related counts in March. He was sentenced Monday by Senior U.S. District Judge Arthur J. Schwab. Prosecutors
Christopher Casamento earned $95,000 as the director of emergency management at the University of Pittsburgh. It was a job he went to school for and loved. But he lost it and more when he stole more than 13,000 pieces of personal protective equipment from the stockpile that he oversaw to
A New Jersey man who admitting throwing a firecracker toward police officers during the 2020 protests Downtown over the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis will serve two years in federal prison. Nicholas Frank Lucia, 27, of Long Beach Township, was sentenced via video conferencing on Wednesday by U.S. District
PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, United