Thursday, March 28, 2013
Joshua DeNinno, of Moon Township, is accused of taking money from a Pittsburgh-based charity.
A man from Moon Township accused of stealing more than $61,000 from the charity Pittsburgh Planned Giving Council will face a trial on charges of theft and misapplication of trust. Joshua DeNinno, 34, of Fernvue Drive, is accused of stealing the money from the charity, which "promotes charitable estate planning," beginning in 2009. The Allegheny District Attorney's office has charged DeNinno with moving money from the charity's bank account to his own, according to court records. The charity discovered discrepancies in its accounting in 2011, and reported the fraud to police. DeNinno worked as a volunteer treasurer for the organization and was using funding from the organization to pay for personal expenses. DeNinno, who appeared in …
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Police found a man passed out in a Mooncrest home, neglecting a 4-year-old in his care, according to court records.
A Moon Township man discovered drunk and sleeping while a four-year-old girl in his care was unattended in a bathtub will stand trial on charges of child endangerment. Peter Weaver, 31, is accused of neglecting the child on March 21, when a bus driver reported to police that he could not drop off a 7-year-old girl at the home because no one answered the door. The bus driver said he could see a small child running in the home, but no one answered the door. When police arrived at the Oak Drive home, they found the 4-year-old, crying, naked and soiled, sitting inside an empty bathtub. Weaver was sleeping in his underwear in another room. It took police several attempts to wake him. The children's mother left them in Weaver's care that day, …
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Police say a boyfriend and his girlfriend conspired to threaten a witness in connection to an alleged Mooncrest armed robbery.
Update: A preliminary hearing for Mandy Gumm has been continued until March 26. A Pittsburgh woman faces a preliminary hearing today in Coraopolis on charges she threatened a woman who was expected to testify against her boyfriend in court. Mandy Gumm, 26, contacted a woman in Moon Township and threatened to harm her if she testified against Gumm's boyfriend, 23-year-old Brandon Brown, of Pittsburgh, police allege in a criminal complaint. Police did not release the name of the victim involved in the incident. Moon Police charged Brown with an early morning armed robbery in January. Police said Brown pointed a gun at a cab driver's head in Moon Township's Mooncrest neighborhood and demanded cash. The driver fled and was unharmed in the…
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Moon Police say one of the men pointed a gun at the cab driver's head, demanding money.
Two Pittsburgh men accused of robbing a cab driver at gunpoint in Moon Township's Mooncrest neighborhood are heading to trial. Brandon Brown, 23, and Lyndard Grace, 23, each appeared Tuesday in Coraopolis District Court in connection to the incident. Moon Police said the men were riding in a Yellow Cab taxi early on Jan. 23, when Brown pulled a silver Raven Arms revolver and pointed it at the cab driver's head, demanding money. The cab driver unbuckled his seatbelt and ran toward Thorn Run Road, where he contacted police on his cell phone, according to a criminal complaint. Brown and Grace were held for court following a preliminary hearing Tuesday on charges including robbery, aggravated assault, reckless endangerment and receiving …
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
The woman was charged by Moon Township Police in 2012.
Charges have been dismissed against a Moon Township woman accused of defrauding a senior citizen whom she befriended. Jeanette Nolte, 44, was arrested in November on charges of accessing a 63-year-old woman's bank account to obtain a debt card and using it to make fraudulent purchases at Moon and Coraopolis-area businesses. Police said the victim was in poor health at the time of the alleged incident. Charges of access device fraud and theft by deception facing Nolte were dismissed Tuesday in Coraopolis District Court, according to court records. Brian Francis DiCenzo, 30, of Oakdale, who was charged in Moon Township with drug possession in August, waived his charges to court Tuesday. A formal arraignment is scheduled for April 15, …
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Police said William Bosley carried a gun and more than 40 stamp bags containing heroin into a Moon Township hotel.
A Penn Hills man will face trail on charges he brought heroin and a gun into the Crowne Plaza hotel in Moon Township. Moon Township Police said 20-year-old William Bosley was in possession of a 9 mm Smith and Wesson handgun and more than 40 stamp bags containing heroin on New Year's Day at the Thorn Run Road hotel. Bosley appeared Tuesday in Coraopolis District Court. Hotel staff called police on Jan. 1 after Bosley's girlfriend, 19-year-old Phalonda Pollard, ran into the hotel lobby, claiming Bosley held a gun to her head after a fight in their room. Pollard later recanted her story. Hotel staff requested that police evict the couple from the hotel. After police escorted the pair to their room to collect their belongings, they …
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
A Kennedy Township man is accused of possessing hundreds of pornographic images of pre-teen girls.
A Kennedy Township man will face a trial on charges he stored and shared hundreds of pornographic photos and videos depicting pre-teen girls on his personal computer. Jeffrey Guzzo, 47, was charged by Moon Township Police in January with disseminating child pornography, possession of child pornography and possession of obscene and other sexual materials, according to court records. Guzzo appeared Tuesday in Coraopolis District Court and waived his right to a preliminary hearing on the charges. A formal arraignment is scheduled for March 28. Police were conducting an investigation into the dissemination of child pornography, when they traced an Internet protocol address back to Guzzo. Investigators said the IP was sharing lewd files via …
Thursday, January 31, 2013
A 47-year-old man is charged with owning and sharing lewd images and videos of children, according to court records.
A Kennedy Township man is slated to face a preliminary hearing in Coraopolis on charges he stored pornographic videos and images of children on his computer. Jeffrey Guzzo, 47, of Helen Street, is charged with disseminating child pornography, possession of child pornography and possession of obscene and other sexual materials, according to court records. In a criminal complaint, Moon Police Officer Reginald Humbert wrote he was conducting an investigation in November into the dissemination of online child pornography. Humbert located an Internet protocol address, later identified as belonging to Guzzo, that was sharing pornographic material via the BitTorrent file sharing network. Police were able to download images shared through the …
Saturday, January 19, 2013
A woman charged with acting as a prostitute in Moon Township appears in Coraopolis District Court.
An Ohio woman charged with prostitution following a Moon Police sting has waived her right to a preliminary hearing. Desiree Owens, 22, of Dayton, appeared Tuesday in Coraopolis District Court. She is charged with misdemeanor promoting prostitution and possessing instruments of crime. A felony charge of promoting prostitution was withdrawn. The woman was arrested on Dec. 3 at the Motel 6 on Thorn Run Road after police said she agreed to meet with an undercover police officer to have sex in exchange for money, according to a criminal complaint. Owens agreed to have sex with the officer for a total of $300, according to police. The woman advertised escort services in the area on the classifieds website BackPages.com, police allege. …
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Thursday, January 10, 2013
A man accused of stealing lottery tickets from a Moon Township business appears in Coraopolis District Court.
A former employee of the Smoke Stack in Moon Township waived his right to a preliminary hearing Tuesday on charges that he entered the business overnight to steal lottery tickets. Raymond Forrester, 23, of Oakdale, left his job at the tobacco shop in November, but used a security code to access the store 15 times after leaving his job, stealing dozens of lottery tickets valued at more than $1,100, police said in a complaint. Forrester appeared Tuesday in Coraopolis District Court. Staff members at the Smoke Stack reported multiple overnight break-ins at the business, but the building, located off Carnot Road, showed no signs of forced entry. Forrester was caught on surveillance video entering the store. Moon Police arrested him in …
Lynn
8:24 pm on Thursday, April 4, 2013
The child's mother lied about everything, she didn't hire him she's sleeping with him and used him as a babysitter. She should be the one there looking at for being a bad mother and a horrible person more ›