A judge on Monday rejected guilty pleas for two Monessen men charged separately in unrelated cases involving allegations of illegal gun possession and assaults against police officers. Westmoreland County Common Pleas Court Judge Christopher Feliciani told prosecutors that both men had lengthy criminal records involving similar offenses and the proposed
The most serious charge connected to a 2018 drug overdose death was dismissed Wednesday against a New Kensington man. Gust R. Stone, 42, was sentenced to 10 years of probation on a felony drug charge after prosecutors agreed to drop a drug delivery resulting in death offense. Stone pleaded guilty
Shawden L. Ross told a Westmoreland County judge Friday he understood the pain his victim’s family members experienced as he endured the same kind of loss. Ross, 36, of Pittsburgh was ordered to serve 20 to 40 years in prison for the third-degree murder of 27-year-old Lamont Simmons on April
A Greensburg man convicted earlier this year of failing to disclose a prior conviction before volunteering at a middle school musical production was ordered Tuesday to serve one year on probation. After a trial in January, Brad Geyer, 40, was convicted of one misdemeanor count of not complying with the
A Westmoreland County judge on Thursday ordered a competency exam for a Penn Township man accused in a double homicide following his removal from a courtroom after shouting obscenities and insults at a sheriff’s deputy. Neal M. Hubish, 41, was in the courtroom for a few minutes before he grew