A Jeannette man on Thursday was convicted of first-degree murder for killing his friend, who police say was gunned down on a city street two years ago. After four days of testimony and nearly four hours of deliberations, a Westmoreland County jury rejected a defense argument that Stuart Ali was
A Unity man who killed a Derry Township woman in her bed when he fired four shots into her home will serve up to 42 years in prison. Nathan J. Quidetto, 23, pleaded guilty Monday to a lesser charge of third-degree murder in connection with the July 20, 2020, shooting
Jeffrey Mark Fondrk told a jury Thursday that as his wife lay unconscious on the floor of their Hyde Park home, he extracted a gate from under her body and stepped over her to pour a glass of Pepsi and did so again to sit on a sofa and watch
Chaos was the word that 24-year-old Jeffrey Dakota Fondrk used to describe his upbringing. He told a Westmoreland County jury on Tuesday how he would wear headphones and seclude himself in his bedroom and play video games while his parents abused alcohol and fought and argued nearly every day. “I
A Westmoreland County judge has rejected the appeal filed by former Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Felipe Vazquez who was convicted last year in the sexual assault of a 13-year-old Scottdale girl. Common Pleas Court Judge Scott Mears, in a 78-page opinion released Monday, ruled evidence presented during a four-day trial in