A Lower Burrell man accused of injuring his 11-year-old son by dragging him down a staircase and across a parking lot to his car has been ordered to stand trial. Richard John Acierno, 41, of the 2800 block of Edgecliff Road faces a June 15 arraignment in Westmoreland County Common
A 15-year-old boy who is one of seven people charged in connection with a fatal shooting last summer in New Kensington will be prosecuted as a juvenile. After what was described in court records as an emergency hearing, Westmoreland County Common Pleas Court Judge Christopher Feliciani on Tuesday transferred the
A Hempfield man accused of fathering two children with two teen girls was ordered to serve up to 23 months in jail for sex offenses. Tristan M. Huffine, 23, pleaded guilty in March two incidents of statutory sexual assault in connection with allegations from 15-year-old girls in Hempfield and Connellsville
A North Huntingdon man was ordered to serve up to two years in prison for an assault he claimed he didn’t commit. Tracy Steele Painter, 60, was sentenced Monday to state prison after he was convicted in absentia following a nonjury trial last month in connection with what police said
A man who tried to disarm a police officer as he was being discharged from a Greensburg hospital did so in an attempt to end his own life, his lawyer said. “My client grabbed the pistol to have the officer shoot him. He wanted to commit suicide by officer because