The lawyer for a McKeesport man convicted of first-degree murder at a New Stanton motel is accusing prosecutors of misconduct during a 2016 trial. Attorney Chris Rand Eyster said prosecutors failed to adequately disclose key information regarding pending federal charges against an eyewitness. The eyewitness testified that she saw Christopher
An Erie man is in Westmoreland County Prison, accused of asking to have sex with a woman and her daughter, who is now 9 years old. Timothy James Colcombe, 36, is accused of sending multiple messages to the girl’s mother’s cellphone between August 2021 and November 2022 that included sexual
The Pennsylvania Superior Court on Friday again affirmed the murder conviction of a former University of Pittsburgh neuroresearcher imprisoned for fatally poisoning his wife, a renowned neurologist. Robert Ferrante, 75, is being held at the State Correctional Institution at Houtzdale, where he is serving a mandatory life sentence for the
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A former Allegheny County 911 dispatcher pleaded on Monday guilty to lying about her husband’s whereabouts as federal agents searched for him in connection with a murder-for-hire plot.
Janine Lanese, 47, of Pittsburgh’s Overbrook neighborhood, will be sentenced on the misdemeanor count by U.S. District Judge Cathy Bissoon on Sept. 22.
According to the prosecution, federal agents attempted, in December 2017, to arrest Lanese’s husband, Brad Lanese, on murder-for-hire charges. She claimed he wasn’t home.
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Ross commissioners tapped two former elected officials to fill a vacant board seat and the newly-created position as assistant township manager.
The township received applications to fill the Ward 2 seat vacated last month by Steve Korbel from two residents Chris Rand Eyster, who works as a criminal defense attorney and previously served as a commissioner; and Matthew DeReno, a technical writer who founded the Across Ross social media page.
Eyster was appointed to fill the post by a unanimous vote and was sworn in by West View District Judge Richard Opiela during the Feb. 1 virtual meeting. Eyster will complete the remainder of Korbel’s term, which runs through 2022.