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A SWAT team was called to Banksville Road in Pittsburgh’s Beechview neighborhood and several people were detained Wednesday after an investigation into a reported abduction led police to two hotels, according to the Pittsburgh Department of Public Safety.
Officers responded to a 911 report of an abduction in progress on the 300 block of Bausman Street in the city’s Knoxville neighborhood just before 3 p.m.
Police soon located a vehicle connected with the reported abduction near 1000 Banksville Road, about two miles from Bausman Street, and called the SWAT team.
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A story on the challenges of addressing snow issues in District 4.
During the snowstorm that hit Pittsburgh in late December, she recalled, “We got home from running a quick errand and lo and behold there was a giant pile, like a snow bank, in the middle of the street blocking us off from our driveway.” It was moved the next day – but after 31 years of living in the neighborhood, Bradley said that too is unusual.
Bradley lives towards the end of Elmbank Street, which “doesn t get very much attention generally,” Bradley said. “We have a lot of hills over here and sometimes it impedes our abilities to get out of our house.”