February 12, 2023 7:58 am
COKEBURG, Pa. (WPXI)— A man accused of assaulting a 4-year-old girl was arrested in Washington County. Pennsylvania State Police say they went to a house on Washington Street in Cokeburg Borough at around 8:25 p.m. on Saturday to arrest 33-year-old Matthew Mance. Authorities say Mance was wanted for assaulting the child. 26-year-old Shalee Schnore answered the door when police arrived. Police say when they asked if they could search the home but say Schnore told them Mance was not there. When troopers were able to search the house they found Mance’s phone in a bed in the upstairs bedroom. They say they took the phone to Schnore and told her she needed to tell them where Mance was hiding but she continued to tell them he was not there. Eventually, troopers said they found Mance hiding inside a small closet. He was allegedly covered under boxes and clothing. Troopers said Mance refused to come out of the closet when they told him to so an officer tased him. Mance and Schnore were both arrested. Schnore was taken into custody for hindering the arrest and Mance faces multiple charges of aggravated assault.
February 12, 2023 4:20 am
CHARLEROI, Pa. (WPXI) — A man and woman are facing a combined 50 felony charges after police say they were allegedly handing out guns to known gang members illegally. Micha Craig, 22, and Asia Dezarn, 23, are facing a laundry list of gun charges after an investigation that started with a traffic stop in September 2021. According to the criminal complaint, Charleroi police found two guns on a man that they say were bought by Asia Dezarn. The complaint goes on to say Dezarn was interviewed by police and she gave them multiple stories including not remembering buying the guns and later saying she lost them. Months later, in May 2022, police searched a home on Third Street in Charleroi. According to the complaint, police found “neatly stacked manufacturers’ firearm boxes” that were empty in a bedroom closet. Dezarn told police all were lost or stolen and added there is a hole in her front door that people know about and they can reach through and open the door. That’s when police said they were given information the pair had been buying parts and building so called “ghost guns” that have no serial numbers. They were also told Dezarn had been buying guns at a number of locations and the pair had been giving or selling the guns to known gang members in Monessen. Both are waiting on preliminary hearings.
February 11, 2023 4:38 am
ISKENDERUN, Turkey (AP) — More than a dozen additional earthquake survivors have been pulled from the rubble alive in Turkey. They include six relatives who huddled in a small air pocket and a desperate teenager who grew so thirsty that he drank his own urine. Two frightened sisters were comforted by a pop song as they waited for rescuers. The unlikely rescues come more than four days after Monday’s 7.8-magnitude quake brought down thousands of buildings in southern Turkey and northern Syria. The survival stories offered fleeting moments of joy amid a catastrophe that has killed nearly 24,000 people, injured at least 80,000 others and left millions homeless.
February 11, 2023 4:37 am
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Years before a Memphis police officer pulled Tyre Nichols from his car on Jan. 7, the officer was accused of taking part in the savage beating of an inmate at a county prison. The 2015 assault of the inmate was so disturbing, 34 other prisoners signed a letter to the corrections director. The warning is the clearest indication yet that one of the five officers involved in the beating of Nichols had an event in his past that should have raised concerns before he was hired as a police officer. Nichols died three days after the beating.
February 11, 2023 4:36 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva have met at the White House and reflected on how their nations were tested in their respective battles to preserve democracy. The meeting Friday featured Biden declaring that democracy ultimately “prevailed” over the far-right mobs that stormed their governments’ halls of power in an attempt to overturn election victories. Biden defeated incumbent Donald Trump in a fraught 2020 race. In Brazil’s recent election, Lula, the leftist leader of the Workers’ Party, squeaked out a win against incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, who earned the nickname “Trump of the Tropics.” Both victories were later tested by mob attacks.
February 11, 2023 4:35 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. military fighter jet has shot down an unknown object flying off the northern coast of Alaska. That’s according to White House officials Friday. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby says the object was flying at about 40,000 feet and posed a “reasonable threat” to the safety of civilian flights. Kirby says President Joe Biden ordered the military to down the object, which the spokesman described as roughly the size of a small car. That’s much smaller than the massive suspected Chinese spy balloon downed by Air Force fighter jets Saturday off the coast of South Carolina.
February 11, 2023 4:33 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump have in recent months turned over to federal investigators additional documents with classified markings as well as a laptop belonging to a Trump aide. That’s according to a person familiar with the situation, who spoke to The Associated Press on Friday night. The lawyers also provided investigators with an empty folder with classified markings, according to the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.
February 11, 2023 4:32 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has called for parents to elect and fire school principals. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has banned instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade. And Nikki Haley, the former United Nations ambassador who is expected to announce her White House bid next week, is among the cadre of contenders who have taken aim at critical race theory. In the opening stages of the Republican presidential primary, lessons for school children are emerging as a critical flashpoint.
February 11, 2023 4:31 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The subpoena to former Vice President Mike Pence is a milestone moment in a Justice Department special counsel investigation. But that doesn’t guarantee he’s going to be testifying before a grand jury anytime soon. Pence is the latest former Trump administration official to be subpoenaed as part of the investigation into efforts by Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. But he’s also the highest-ranking official known to have been summoned and the action, sets the stage for a potential clash over executive privilege that could test or at least delay the Justice Department’s ability to get from Pence the testimony it believes it needs.
February 11, 2023 4:28 am
MCKEESPORT, Pa. — Funeral arrangements for fallen McKeesport Police Officer Sean Sluganski have been announced. Sluganski’s family will receive friends at John F. Slater Funeral Home on Sunday, Feb. 12 from noon to 8 p.m. and Monday, Feb. 13 from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. A funeral Mass will be held for Sluganski at St. Albert the Great, Blessed Trinity Parish on Tuesday, Feb. 14 at noon. Anyone wishing to attend the funeral Mass is asked to meet at the church. The procession is expected to impact traffic in the area. According to a traffic advisory, a large contingent of officers and police vehicles will come into the South Hills starting around 7 a.m. Tuesday. The procession route from the funeral home to the cemetery will go through McKeesport, starting on Brownsville Road. The procession will continue on to Route 51 South to Lebanon Church Road and across the Mansfield Bridge. The procession will then make a left onto W 5th into McKeesport and make a right onto Walnut, a left on Eden Park Boulevard and a left onto E 5th. The procession will return from McKeesport the same way and continue down Lebanon Church Road to Jefferson Memorial Cemetery. Road closures and significant delays are expected between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Tuesday. Those needing to travel the above roads during those times should take an alternate route.
