Thursday, March 21, 2013
Slow down, police will be ticketing.
PennDOT and the South Fayette and Cecil Township police departments held a news conference and enforcement event Tuesday on Route 50 in South Fayette Township to highlight the first wave of the aggressive-driving campaign that began on Monday, March 18. More than 350 municipal police forces, with the Pennsylvania State Police, are participating in aggressive-driving activities through April 28. Police will concentrate enforcement efforts on roadways known to have a high number of aggressive-driving crashes. Aggressive driving includes risky behaviors such as speeding, running red lights and stop signs, tailgating or improper passing. According to PennDOT data, preliminarily in 2012, there were 6,725 aggressive- driving crashes in …
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
The latest from the office of Magisterial District Judge Robert Wyda.
An Outback server is accused of using a customer's credit card number to purchase gas and food at the restaurant later that night. Christopher J. Shore, 29, of 892 Maplewood Dr., Castle Shannon, is charged with one count of access device fraud. The alleged victim told Upper St. Clair police that she and her husband charged their meal at Outback on March 1 and later discovered the card had been used to charge a second meal with the restaurant that night for $40. She also told police there was a second unauthorized charge for $20 at a Marathon gas station in Castle Shannon. According to the criminal complaint, the investigator's attention focused on the server, Shore, who voluntarily went to the police station to discuss. Police stated that …
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Police said they've had at least 16 cases of "sick" raccoons staggering around the area in the past month.
The number of “sick” raccoons moving into Bridgeville and South Fayette has community leaders worried about the spread of disease by the wild animals. “Something is obviously wrong because I’ve never seen this many calls for sick raccoons,” Bridgeville police Chief Chad King said. King said he his police department has received 16 or 17 calls in the past two months for raccoons that appear to be disoriented or diseased. They don’t necessarily have rabies, King said, but could have “a dozen other diseases.” No one has been injured from any raccoons, although one apparently bit a Bridgeville resident’s pet. The animal tested negative for rabies and is doing fine. He urged people to stay away from the animals and call 911 if they notice …
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
The latest from the office of Magisterial District Judge Robert Wyda.
The preliminary hearing for a North Huntingdon man accused of crashing into three vehicles in Upper St. Clair while driving a limo was continued on Monday. Upper St. Clair police charged Robert J. Romano, 61, of 10253 Garnet Lane, North Huntingdon, PA 15624, with three counts of accident involving damage to attended vehicles; one count of driving while operating privilege is suspended or revoked; one count of passing in a no-passing zone; one count of driving within single lanes; and one count of reckless driving. According to a criminal complaint filed with district Judge Robert Wyda's office, police stated Romano was driving a black limo on Aug. 21 when he sideswiped three attended vehicles on McMillan Road near Painters Run Road. Police…
Jim
5:36 pm on Thursday, March 21, 2013
Also, I haven't heard of any accidents attributed to "aggressive driving between Bridgeville and Cecil on 4 lane 50 recently. Driving fast isn't aggressive driving. more ›