Greensburg Man Jailed For Threatening Children

A Greensburg man is in custody after police say he threatened five Greensburg Salem High School Students while they were waiting for their bus to school early Thursday morning. According to our partners at WPXI, Greensburg Police were called to the intersection of West Otterman Street and North Hamilton Avenue just before 7 a.m. Thursday. They said Troy Konieczny came out of his house on West Otterman Street with a fire poker with three knives attached to it. Police say Konieczny grabbed one of the students waiting for the bus and put the weapon under his arm and told him to hold it, and referred to the student with a racial slur. From there, police say Konieczny tapped another student on the shoulder and messed with her backpack. Another student ran to her home nearby for a parent, who stayed with the students until they were safely on the bus. The school district sent a letter to parents praising the work of the students. This isn’t the first time police have dealt with Konieczny. In October 2022, he was arrested after police said he smashed cars with a claw hammer and then threatened to kill neighbors because they didn’t come to his party. In both incidents, police said Konieczny smelled strongly of alcohol. Konieczny remains in the Westmoreland County Prison.