An East McKeesport man was charged with aggravated assault for allegedly punching his girlfriend in the face in the front yard of a South Union Township home Tuesday.
State police said Tony R. Leasure, 30, and Nicole Toth, no age or address listed, were driving to a gas station around 11:30 p.m. when they started arguing because she did not take him to buy drugs.
At some point during the argument, police said, Leasure threw Tothâs phone out of the window, and she stopped the car to retrieve it.
While she was out of the vehicle, he drove about 30 feet onto Grandview Terrace, according to court paperwork.
A Hopwood man shot by police in 2018 after advancing toward them with a blade in his hand pleaded no contest two of the four charges lodged against him.
On Thursday, Kenneth Dwayne Shaffer Jr., 31, entered pleas to simple assault and recklessly endangering another person before Fayette County Judge Joseph M. George Jr.
A no contest plea is treated the same as a guilty plea for the purposes of sentencing, but allows a defendant to tell the court they will not contest the charges lodged against them instead of admitting guilt.
In exchange for the plea county prosecutors dropped charges of aggravated assault and resisting arrest.
A Washington County man waived 11 charges for Fayette County Court at his preliminary hearing Wednesday.
Kevin Alan Williamson, 33, of California was charged with attempted homicide after he allegedly shot a .22-caliber pistol into the front door of 305 Clover Street in Brownsville on June 16, hitting Ella Williamson, 62, and putting her in critical condition.
Court paperwork did not say how or if Kevin Williamson and Ella Williamson are related.
Kevin Williamson is charged with attempted homicide, discharge of a firearm into occupied structure, aggravated assault, carrying a firearm without a license, recklessly endangering another person, and six other charges.
He continues to be held at Fayette County Prison without bail. His formal arraignment is scheduled for June 17 before Judge Nancy D. Vernon.
A Grindstone man was charged with aggravated assault after he allegedly fought state troopers who were trying to arrest him for two felony warrants on Sunday.
Trooper Charles Hassenfeldt sustained a neck injury during a struggle with Edger Franklin Yoders II, 26, at 132 Center St. in Redstone Township, according to court paperwork.
Police came into contact with Yoders after they were called to a one-vehicle crash on Church Street in Redstone Township around 11:40 a.m. While they were there, an emergency responder told troopers that Yoders, who was at the crash scene, may have active warrants. After checking, police said they found Yoders was wanted in Fayette and Washington counties on unspecified felony charges.