State police have settled a federal lawsuit filed by a Bentleyville woman who claimed she was subjected to an invasive strip search following a routine traffic stop along Interstate 70 in Washington County nearly three years ago. Holly Elish had accused state police Trooper Brian Rousseau of ordering her to undergo the strip search by […]
A Trinity High School parent was charged Thursday after being accused of biting the arm of a Washington police officer. Kimberly Margaret Kingan, 45, of Canton Township, faces a felony charge of aggravated assault and a misdemeanor of resisting arrest. According to the criminal complaint, Kingan was at the school Thursday for a meeting concerning […]
The preliminary hearing scheduled this afternoon for Washington County Controller April Sloane, who is charged with neglecting her dog and allegedly causing its death, is being delayed. The hearing that was set to begin at 1 p.m. at District Judge Michael Manfredi’s office in North Strabane is being continued to a later date and will […]
The defense attorney for the Greek Orthodox priest accused of stealing more than $117,000 from his church in North Strabane said his client is currently working on a plan to repay the money. George Frank Athanasiou declined to comment as he left the courtroom upon a brief appearance Monday before District Judge Michael Manfredi, but […]
Washington County Controller April Sloane was arrested Tuesday on felony animal cruelty charges in connection with the death of her dog, Thor, who police said died of neglect last month inside her North Strabane Township home. North Strabane police filed the animal abuse charges after they said a necropsy of Thor showed the dog died […]