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Judge Rob Wyda

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Wesley Spectrum Student Charged With Having Pain Pills in School

The latest from the office of Magisterial District Judge Robert Wyda.

A Wesley Spectrum Academy student is facing a drug possession charge after police said he was found with three Tylenol with codeine pills at school on Jan. 19. Zachary Michael Scalise, 18, of 70 Noblestown Road, Carnegie, waived his preliminary hearing to court on Monday. According to the criminal complaint filed by Upper St. Clair police, school staff reported Scalise was acting impaired, checked his wallet and discovered the pain pills. Scalise would not tell police how he acquired them. The pills were sent to a crime lab for a positive ID, according to police. Continued The case against Zachary Scott Jones, 24, of 2621 Rossmoor Dr., Upper St. Clair, was continued on Monday in district Judge Robert Wyda's courtroom. Zachary Jones is …

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Brother Framed in South Hills Village Theft Case

The latest from the office of Magisterial District Judge Robert Wyda.

More than a month after his first scheduled preliminary hearing, the man accused of stealing a wrench and a watch from the South Hills Village Sears faced district Judge Robert Wyda. In October, the man who police believed to have stolen the $100 worth of goods insisted to the judge that he was not the right suspect, even though he had the same name and personal information given to Sears Loss Prevention employees. The judge and a constable decided to ask one of the employees to text a picture of the suspect arrested, which is kept in the Sears Loss Prevention files. The picture was not of the man standing in front of the judge; it was his brother. Constables eventually arrested Anthony James Thomas Jr. while he was on his way to another …

Bonnie Gavlak

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