Westmoreland County Special Courts Administrator Christopher Haidze used to get a call every few months from District Judge Charles Conway, asking for a way to send digital reminders to defendants about their court dates. “My answer was always the same: ‘They’re working on it,’ ” Haidze said. Conway retired last
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Two men who met on the dating app Grindr face assault charges after they got into a fistfight and bit each other after hooking up at one of the men’s houses, according to a criminal complaint.
New Kensington police charged Ryan Christopher Grabigel, 40, of New Kensington with aggravated assault and Dustin Lee Cramer, 30, of Pittsburgh with simple assault in connection with the Dec. 11 incident. Police filed the charges Tuesday.
Grabigel is free on $25,000 unsecured bond while awaiting a Feb. 8 preliminary hearing before District Judge Jason Buczak in Washington Township. Online court records for Cramer hadn’t been updated as of Wednesday afternoon.
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A New Kensington man has been charged with aggravated assault after city police say he chased and hit a woman with a hammer and threatened to kill her last week, according to a criminal complaint.
Ryan Christopher Grabigel, 40, is free on $10,000 bond while awaiting a preliminary hearing before District Judge Jason Buczak in Washington Township. A date for the hearing had not been set as of early Tuesday afternoon.
Grabigel was arrested the day of the incident, which took place at his Edgewood Road home on Dec. 16, police said. He was released from Westmoreland County Prison the following day after posting $10,000 bail.