Wilkinsburg News

There were so many places the mistake could have been spotted -- from the Wilkinsburg police officer who headed the rape investigation, to the criminal court clerk who never received the paperwork, to the prosecutor who never got the case file, to the victim advocate who never asked how the case was progressing, to the fail-safe that failed.

Wilkinsburg police seized over 200 marijuana plants Saturday after receiving a tip about a grow house.

A Wilkinsburg man who was accused of kidnapping and raping a woman at knifepoint has been released from the Allegheny County Jail due to a paperwork issue that saw him spend more than a year in jail while no action was being taken on his case.

Allegheny County prosecutors said they started a criminal investigation into a paperwork glitch that led a judge to dismiss charges against a rape suspect, and today will appeal the judge's order to free the Wilkinsburg man.

Share + Dec 2, 2009 11:59 pm US/Eastern Click to enlarge 1 of 1 David Bradford, 30, of Wilkinsburg, was released from the Allegheny County Jail because a judge said the suspect's right to a speedy trial was violated.

Police said a body was found in Wilkinsburg Monday morning. The medical examiner was called to the scene just after 9:30 a.m. The body was found along Princeton Boulevard, investigators said.

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A man was found slain this morning in Wilkinsburg. The body of Kristopher Campbell, 29, of Penn Hills was found around 7:30 a.m. by a passerby among the brush off Princeton Boulevard near Hill Avenue.

Police in Wilkinsburg were called to the intersection of Princeton Boulevard and Penn Avenue after the body of a man was found Monday morning.

One of the most frustrating commutes in the region can be the stop-and-start trip through Oakland to Downtown Pittsburgh, and one feature of the Port Authority's overhaul would offer a welcome alternative.

Adam Brandolph can be reached via e-mail or at 412-765-2312. Ways to get us About 30 people holding signs and distributing fliers outside UPMC's Downtown headquarters protested today against the health system's announcement that it would close its Braddock facility at the end of January.

Penn Hills cornerback Cullen Christian announced Tuesday that he plans to play for Michigan starting next fall.

Family and friends gathered Monday night to remember a Wilkinsburg High School student.

Allegheny County sheriff's deputies last night located and arrested a fugitive wanted for sexually assauting a child who fled during a hearing earlier this week.

Elected officials in two east suburban communities approved formal resolutions opposing a plan by the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center to close its hospital in Braddock.

The Allegheny County Sheriffa TMs Office is searching for a fugitive wanted on suspicion of raping a child.

A 26-year-old Pittsburgh man has been convicted of kidnapping and killing a 17-year-old girl and her friend after what prosecutors described as a failed ransom plot.

Classes were cancelled today for nearly 500 students at Wilkins Elementary School in Churchill because of a broken water line.

Wilkinsburg officials are fighting a company's request to house up to 108 adult inmates at what is a juvenile facility.

Authorities broke up a cocaine ring which funneled more than $200,000 worth of the drug into Allegheny County each month, state Attorney General Tom Corbett said today.