June 6, 2025 4:55 am
ALLEGHENY COUNTY, Pa. — (WPXI) – A TSA agent at Pittsburgh International Airport is accused of stealing money from a passenger. Allegheny County police say a passenger reported missing money just before 4 p.m. on Wednesday. TSA agent Richard Bruce, 39, is suspected of intentionally taking the money during a security screening, police say. He has been charged via summons with one misdemeanor count of theft by unlawful taking and one misdemeanor count of receiving stolen property. Allegheny County police questioned Bruce after reviewing the surveillance video. They found a wad of cash in his pocket and counted nine twenty-dollar bills. Investigators say Bruce told them that he must have forgotten that the money was in his pocket when he returned the wallet to the victim. Bruce has been put on administrative leave.
June 6, 2025 4:50 am
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A fast-moving fire erupted in Philadelphia at a transit bus lot filled with dozens of decommissioned vehicles. The Thursday morning blaze did not cause any injuries, but it burned for nearly two hours before it was declared under control. Authorities say 40 Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority buses were engulfed in flames. The cause of the blaze remains under investigation. The city’s Public Health Department inspectors collected samples to assess air quality and the potential for any threat. Citing an abundance of caution, the agency warned nearby residents to stay indoors if possible.
June 6, 2025 1:11 am
Washington City Council took on several personnel moves during their June voting meeting. The biggest move was to approve a grievance settlement with the International Association of Fire Fighters. The action is centered on previous actions in April where two city fire fighters were terminated and two others faced lesser disciplinary actions. City of Washington Fire Chief Chris Richer was unable to offer any comment on the settlement, or the circumstances surrounding the incidents, citing the necessity to have all parties sign off on the agreement. He said detailed information would be available once all documents are signed and fully executed. In two subsequent actions following the authorization, retirements of two fire fighters were accepted. Richer did acknowledge that those retirements are related to the grievance settlement. In other personnel moves, Police Corporals Brad Resnick and Rodger Frazee were promoted to Sergeant. Officers Bill Dennison and Nick Powell were promoted to Corporal. Public works also had a promotion where Dennis Amon was hired to fill the position of Public Works Street Superintendent. In day to day business, council authorized the City Controller to pay off the $1.3 million Tax Anticipation Note early.
June 5, 2025 2:15 pm
June 5, 2025 12:36 pm
WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – A Wheeling attorney has been indicted for allegedly fraudulently handling client funds and using client funds to conduct unlawful monetary transactions. Paul J. Harris, 62, of Wheeling, was indicted on June 3rd for mail fraud, wire fraud, bank fraud, and unlawful monetary transactions related to his allegedly fraudulent and unlawful handling of client funds between approximately April 2014 and June 2025. Harris faces up to 20 years in federal prison for each of the mail and wire fraud counts, up to 30 years in federal prison for each of the bank fraud counts, and up to 10 years in federal prison for each of the unlawful monetary transaction counts. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jarod J. Douglas and Jennifer T. Conklin are prosecuting the case on behalf of the government, and the matter was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation.
June 5, 2025 10:50 am
(WPXI) – MCKEESPORT, Pa. — A man’s body was found in a McKeesport creek on Wednesday evening. Allegheny County 911 officials tell Channel 11 that emergency crews were sent to near Walnut Street and Long Run Road around 7:30 p.m. Officials on scene later confirmed to us that a body was found over a hillside. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the man on Thursday morning as 60-year-old Jeffrey McKenzie. On Wednesday, the Allegheny County Police Department says Versailles Borough police received a report of a missing man around 7:15 p.m. Versailles and McKeesport police started looking for him, then found his body in Long Run Creek. McKenzie’s body was removed from the creek. The recovery was challenging as emergency crews were dealing with a steep hillside with a ledge that led to the creek, which we saw them rappelling down. It’s unclear how he ended up in the creek. Allegheny County detectives are investigating.
June 5, 2025 10:42 am
(WPXI) – MURRYSVILLE, Pa. — An attorney who was involved in a police standoff over the weekend in Westmoreland County has died. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office released a report Thursday morning that Robert C. Klingensmith, 61, died on Wednesday following a self-inflicted injury. Police showed up to arrest Klingensmith at his office on Old William Penn Highway in Murrysville on Saturday. He was charged with allegedly stealing more than $300,000 from a deceased client’s estate from 2021 to 2024. Klingensmith reportedly shot himself during the standoff with police. Viewer video shows the moments that tense standoff ended. He appeared to ignore police commands to get on the ground, and he was tased.
June 5, 2025 7:41 am
The man accused in a Rostraver murder in April has been transferred to the Westmoreland County Prison, and is set to face a judge next week. Dorian Jeri-Greene appeared for a preliminary hearing in Washington County by video Wednesday morning. He was charged in a Donora incident in February and was arrested in Florida last month on those charges. According to court documents, Jeri-Greene broke into his ex-girlfriend’s home by destroying a door frame. Police said he strangled the woman before running out of the home with a hatchet. In court Wednesday, the victim told the judge she no longer wanted to move forward with the prosecution and refused to testify. So, the district attorney dropped the charges against him in that case. But, Jeri-Greene is still behind bars. Westmoreland County Deputies picked him up from the Washington County Jail and brought him to the Westmoreland County Prison after those charges were dropped. Jeri-Greene is accused of killing Jennah Seibert in her Rostraver home in April. Police said he walked nearly three miles from Monongahela, hid behind a shed on Seibert’s property, and waited for her fiancé, Bryan Murray, to leave for work. Police said he shot Seibert in her bed, stole jewelry, and left. They tracked him to a home in Florida after searching pawn shops across several states, and finding the stolen jewelry at a pawn shop in Tampa. Jeri-Greene is set to face a judge for the murder of Seibert at a hearing set for Monday at 1 p.m.
June 5, 2025 5:14 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s big bill is likely to unleash trillions in tax cuts and slash spending, but also spike deficits by $2.4 trillion over the decade and leave some 10.9 million more people without health insurance. That’s according to a new analysis released Wednesday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The findings are raising political stakes for the GOP’s signature domestic priority. Senate GOP Leader John Thune said after a meeting with Trump at the White House that they’re committed to getting it done. Republican leaders are determined to muscle the package through Congress by Trump’s July Fourth deadline. But billionaire Elon Musk is trashing the package, posting “Kill the bill,” and Democrats are piling on their own opposition.
June 5, 2025 5:13 am
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — At least five people, including a one-year-old child, were killed in a Russian drone strike on the northern Ukrainian city of Pryluky overnight, regional governor Viacheslav Chaus said Thursday. Six more people were wounded in the attack and have been hospitalized, Chaus said. According to him, six Shahed-type drones struck residential areas of Pryluky early Thursday morning, causing severe damage to residential buildings. Hours later, seventeen people were wounded in a Russian drone strike on the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv early Thursday, including children, a pregnant woman, and a 93-year-old woman, regional head Oleh Syniehubov wrote on Telegram.
