Friday, January 18, 2013
Brian Flesher is accused of committing a string of local burglaries, including one in Moon Township.
Ross Township police have charged Brian James Flesher, 26, and Garrett William Lucas, 24, both of Pittsburgh, in three separate burglaries late last year. Flesher, who is on parole in connection to a Lawrence County burglary, has been charged with committing a string of Pittsburgh-area burglaries, including one on Shafer Road in Moon Township. Moon Township Police said a woman and her 13-year-old daughter on December 5 arrived to their township home and saw Flesher's car parked in their driveway. Flesher ran from the house carrying a jewelry box and drove off in the car, according to a criminal complaint. Police caught Flesher later that day in Pittsburgh with the help of the teen, who snapped a photo of the man's car. He has since been …
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
The man was charged Dec. 5 with stealing a jewelry box.
A Pittsburgh man who police said burglarized a home on Shafer Road waived his right to a preliminary hearing Tuesday in Coraopolis District Court. Brian Flesher, 26, is charged with burglary, criminal mischief, theft by unlawful taking and receiving stolen property after police said he kicked down a door on Shafer Road and stole a jewelry box. The home's owner and her teenage daughter arrived home on Dec. 5 to find Flesher's vehicle parked in their driveway. The teen snapped a photo of the car's license plate, which police used to track him down near his Brighton Heights home. The man fled from Shafer Road following the burglary. Flesher was arrested just 45 minutes after the break-in occurred, said Moon Police Chief Leo McCarthy. He …
Friday, December 7, 2012
A Pittsburgh man has been charged in connection to a Shafer Road burglary.
A Moon Township teenager helped authorities nab a burglary suspect after she snapped a photo of the man's car, police said. Police Chief Leo McCarthy said a woman and her teenage daughter arrived home at about 2:45 p.m. Wednesday and discovered a strange car parked in their Shafer Road driveway. The teen took a photo of the car's license plate. The women said a man then ran from inside the home, carrying a wooden jewelry box, and drove off in the car, McCarthy said. McCarthy said 45 minutes later the burglary suspect, 26-year-old Brian James Flesher, was in police custody. Police traced the license plate number from the photo to the owner of the vehicle's home on Oswald Street in Pittsburgh's Brighton Heights neighborhood. A Moon …
Thursday, January 12, 2012
The National Weather Service advises motorists to use caution as temperatures plummet Thursday evening.
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Thursday, January 12, 2012
Don’t let today’s warmish temperatures fool you, snow is on the way for the Greater Pittsburgh area, including Butler County. The Moon-based National Weather Service at 1:30 p.m. Thursday issued a winter weather advisory from 9 tonight until 6 p.m. Friday for all of western Pennsylvania. Strong winds and snow showers are expected overnight Thursday into Friday. Winds are predicted to be southwest at 20 to 25 mph with gusts of more than 40 mph possible. Weather forecasters are calling for an accumulation of 1 to 3 inches of snow overnight. The snow is expected to continue falling Friday, mainly before 2 p.m., with new accumulations of 1 to 2 inches possible, according to the weather service. Rain showers will begin falling before 10 p.m. …
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Forecasters are promising 1 to 4 inches of snow by late Tuesday.
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Tuesday, December 27, 2011
And here we thought we'd end the year with a practically snow-free December. While it was a green Christmas for folks in the Greater Pittsburgh region, weather forecasters are promising the rain falling across the area today will turn into the white stuff by late Tuesday evening. The National Weather Service in Moon Township has issued a winter weather advisory from 7 p.m. Tuesday to 4 a.m. Wednesday for all of Western Pennsylvania, including Butler, Allegheny, Washington and Westmoreland counties. A large storm system will push rain into the area Tuesday morning and could turn from a mix of rain and snow into snow, particularly in counties in the Interstate 80 area, the advisory said. The weather service said snow accumulation of 1 to 4 …
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Friday, July 8, 2011
The system will help the service detect weather activity.
The National Weather Service in Moon is enhancing its Doppler radar system to better detect tornadoes and other weather activity. The weather service's Shafer Road offices soon will carry advanced dual polarization radar technology that will enable it to more accurately monitor flooding, heavy rainfall and improve hail detection. The technology will allow meteorologists to detect the presence of airborne tornado debris and better track tornado location. "It will give us a better understanding of what we're dealing with and where to locate tornadoes after touchdown," said Lee Hendricks, a meteorologist with the Moon bureau. It is the most significant upgrade to the nation's weather radar network since Doppler radar was introduced to the …
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