New Kensington police have filed charges against the survivor of a Sunday gun battle in which a 16-year-old was killed. Dylan James Walmsley, 19, is charged with the felony offense of carrying a firearm without a license and two misdemeanor firearms offenses. Court records give Walmsley’s home address as Leechburg.
The mother of a 25-year-old man arrested in a failed robbery of a Penn Township convenience store Wednesday told investigators she thought it was “weird” when he asked for a covid-19 mask before entering the store. After putting on the mask, the woman’s son, Jaime T. Shipley, exited his mother’s
“I told you this would happen. I told you not to run your mouth,” Victor F. Steban said as he stood over Jacob Erdeljac, taunting the dying man. Steban, 53, had just ambushed Erdeljac, 40, and his girlfriend, Mara Casale, 27, outside the home they shared in Penn Township, according
Westmoreland County voters in November will officially elect new magisterial district judges to preside over courts based in Derry, Penn Township, Unity and Youngwood. But it appeared from early election returns that three of the four races had already been decided. Each district had contested races Tuesday in which candidates
Four of five district judge seats up for grabs in 2021 will have contested primaries in May.
Meanwhile, just one countywide race the Republican primary for the clerk of courts office will be contested this spring.
Barring candidate challenges, the May 18 primary ballots appear set. The deadline to file nominating petitions expired Tuesday. Elections Bureau Director JoAnn Sebastiani released the names of candidates for county offices after the deadline. A full list of candidates, including those seeking municipal offices and school district seats, could be released today, she said.
There will be contested primaries in four district judge races where no incumbents are seeking reelection.