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Program Uses Technology To Track Convicted Sex Offenders
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A test program that uses technology to track convicted sex offenders has been declared a success by some, but others are giving the program mixed reviews. “I hate what I did; I...
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Zappala: More Arrests Of Corrections Officers Possible
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Just one day after a local prison guard was charged with allegedly targeting and sexually assaulting convicted sex offenders, new allegations are coming to light. According to...
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DA Concerned Over Parole Officer Procedure
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The Allegheny County District Attorney said he is not happy with the way parole officers attempted to take a suspect into custody on Monday. It ended with an officer being dragged...
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District Attorney Voices Concerns About Local Club
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala has new concerns about a local club where a shooting took place two weekends ago. On Tuesday, Zappala and Pittsburgh City...
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DA Preparing To Try Armored Truck Heist As State Homicide Case
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — He’s accused of stealing more than $2 million and shooting and killing his co-worker, but Ken Konias says it all happened in self-defense. Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen...
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Couple Accused In Abuse Case Allowed To Visit Biological Children
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala on Tuesday explained the prosecutor’s office concern about child visitation in the case of a couple accused of child abuse. The...
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D.A. Will Not File Charges Against Mother In Zoo Tragedy
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The Allegheny County District Attorney said he will not pursue criminal charges against a woman whose son was killed at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium earlier this month....
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Former Zoo Employee Weighs In On Tragedy
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A former Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium employee who has been interviewed by police in this month’s deadly accident at the African painted dogs exhibit is speaking out about...
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Twins’ Mother Facing Charges In Deadly Fire
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The mother of 3-year-old twin boys killed earlier this month in a fire at their North Braddock home is now facing charges in connection with the case. Delawna Berran-Lett told...
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Zappala On Larimer’s Woman’s Death: Police Actions Not Consistent With Training
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Allegheny County’s top prosecutor says he has concerns about the way Pittsburgh Police handled the case that ended in the shooting death of a Larimer woman on New Year’s Eve. But...
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Citizens Police Review Board To Discuss Larimer Shooting, South Side Chase
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh’s Independent Citizen Police Review Board is set to hold a meeting this evening. They are expected to discuss two recent incidents involving police officers’ actions that...
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Security Changes Being Put In Place 1 Year After Western Psych Shooting
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — It’s been one year since terror struck at Pittsburgh’s Western Psychiatric Institute when a gunman opened fire. Out of that tragedy, many questions arose. Why did this happen? And...
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Mother Of 8-Year-Old Sexual Assault Victim Outraged, Demanding Accountability
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Prosecutors are now charging a teenage boy who is accused of sexually assaulting a young female patient at Western Psych. Meanwhile, the girl’s mother is demanding accountability....
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Husband Arrested, Charged In Doctor’s Cyanide Poisoning Death
PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) — Detectives searched his house and his laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh, and now after months of speculation, Dr. Robert Ferrante – a University of Pittsburgh professor...
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Medical Researcher Accused In Wife’s Death Arrested In W. Va.
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Dr. Robert Ferrante, a prominent UPMC researcher, was arrested Thursday evening by state police in West Virginia after his car was stopped when police executed a rolling traffic...
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Father, Son Accused Of Ripping Off Business, Gambling Money Away
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Surrounded by family, 44-year-old Joseph Kocott and his 25-year-old son, Joe, surrendered to a magistrate in Penn Hills Wednesday morning. They’re charged with deception and...
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D.A. Calls Armored Truck Guard’s Jailhouse Tattoos “Cold-Blooded”
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Last month it was revealed that over the summer police executed a search warrant for Kenneth Konias while he was in jail. They wanted to see the tattoos he made, allegedly in jail....
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Head Start Program Working To Keep Crime Down At Duquesne Housing Complex
DUQUESNE (KDKA) — The Head Start program at Duquesne Place in the Hilltop Parkview Manor housing complex in Duquesne hosts some of the more than 600 kids who live in the complex. They are now learning...
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Allegheny County D.A.: Munhall Homeowner Won’t Face Charges In Shooting
MUNHALL (KDKA) — Allegheny County District Attorney Steve Zappala delivered the news to John Rozgonyi himself Tuesday. The Munhall man won’t be facing charges after last week’s shooting outside his...
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Testimony To Begin In Trial Of Armored Truck Heist Case
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Jury selection was expected to resume today in the case of an armored car guard who is accused of killing his work partner and stealing more than $2 million. However, the trial for...
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