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Beaver County District Attorney Dave Lozier, alongside Beaver County Behavioral Health and Not One More, will host a recovery celebration and public naloxone distribution from 5 to 7 p.m. May 20 at P.J. Caul Memorial Park, located at 11th St. and Merchant in Ambridge.
Organizers have 85 “leave behind” bags that include Narcan to treat an emergency opioid overdose. The event’s organizers will have a table for residents to ask questions, and the Rev. Laneer Fisher, of Greater Miracle Ministry, will attend and offer a few words.
All attendees are asked to adhere to Pennsylvania Department of Health masking orders and maintain social distancing protocols.
Lozier warns of “sophisticated” scams targeting residents
From Staff Reports
Scammers claiming to be Publisher’s Clearing House representatives are targeting Beaver County residents in higher numbers, District Attorney Dave Lozier warned on Monday.
Older adults and other vulnerable populations are often at the receiving end of these scams, designed to separate victims from large sums of money. As early as last Thursday, a county resident received an official-looking letter and fraudulent $10,000 check from a well-known company.
These letters often claim the person has won money from the fabricated “International Lotto Commission.” If the person calls the phone number listed on the letter, scammers ask for personal information or promise to pay advances on the “winnings,” Lozier said.
Son charged in New Sewickley Twp. man s death
NEW SEWICKLEY TWP. A 57-year-old Massachusetts man is accused of strangling his 83-year-old father to death in Beaver County.
Michael Miklaucic is charged with criminal homicide after police said he confessed to killing his father, John Miklaucic, in the elder man’s New Sewickley Township home Tuesday morning.
Police Chief Ronald Leindecker said John Miklaucic recently lost a substantial amount of money in a Publishers Clearing House-like scam, and Michael Miklaucic had driven from Plymouth, Mass., to help his father repair the damage.
The scam was reported to police days earlier, but, around 8 a.m. Tuesday, police said Michael Miklaucic called 911 and told dispatchers he strangled his father. Officers arrested the man at a Fezell Road home and found his father dead inside.
BEAVER Local prosecutors could consider capital punishment in the case of an Ambridge mother accused of killing two of her children.
Krisinda Bright, 48, of Ambridge, is charged with two counts of criminal homicide after investigators say she admitted to shooting and killing 16-year-old Jeffery Bright and 22-year-old Jasmine Cannady at a Maplewood Avenue home last month.
If Bright’s first-degree homicide charges are held over by a district judge, Beaver County District Attorney Dave Lozier’s office will meet with case investigators to discuss if her alleged actions are punishable by death under Pennsylvania statutes. Bright’s preliminary hearing is tentatively scheduled for May 3.