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A Farmington man is in custody on child pornography charges. Police recovered multiple images from the phone of Gary Phares Jr., 39, as the result of an investigation last month by state police in Uniontown and the state police’s Computer Crime Unit, according to charging documents. Phares is charged with possessing child sexual abuse material. Judge Nathan Henning set Phares’ bond at $100,000 Friday. He was lodged in the Fayette County jail. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for Aug. 26.
Charges were filed Thursday against a Uniontown man accused of aggravated assault after an alleged attack on another man that police said left him unconscious for two days. Richard Saluga, Jr., 23, is charged with aggravated assault, simple assault and recklessly endangering another person. John Gamble was not awake, cognitive or able to eat until Aug. 9, two days after he was brought to WVU Medicine Uniontown Hospital, a nurse told police. When initially taken to the hospital on the night of Aug. 7, the man was treated as a stroke patient due to his medical assessment, court documents said. The criminal complaint did not list an address for Gamble. Four days after he was ...
The mother of a Greene County infant who was physically and sexually assaulted by the baby's father is going to trial on charges of child endangerment. Prosecutors said Kyliene Rhome, 25, of Washington Township, knew about the suspected abuse by the child’s father, Zachary Bryte, before she took her month-old son to the hospital in June 2025. After Judge Jeffrey Grimes declined a request for another continuance in the case Wednesday, Rhome opted to go to trial. Greene County Prosecutor Brianna Vanata said she had been negotiating a plea offer with the defense for several months as the case was being continued. As of Wednesday morning, an offer of one to three years of state prison ...
A Greene County man was sentenced to 5 to 10 years in prison on child pornography charges Wednesday. Jacob Rex, 20, of Crucible, will serve consecutive sentences for possessing child sexual abuse material and distributing film of child sex acts. They are being served concurrently with a sentence on separate charges for distribution, corruption of a minor and criminal use of a telecommunications facility. Rex must also register as a Type II offender under Megan’s Law. In December, TikTok alerted a national tip line to four videos Rex had uploaded on the app, including one of a girl appearing to be between 5 and 7, according to court documents. Investigators later traced the IP ...
Families in Washington County and surrounding areas whose loved ones are living with autism now have a new center they can turn to for support. Merakey, which is one of the nation's largest providers of special education and human services, held an open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony ...
PITTSBURGH — There were plenty of circumstances that would have hindered the Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC from coming out of strong in Saturday’s match against rival Charleston in USL Championship play at F.N.B. Stadium. The Hounds received their 2025 championship rings for winning their ...
BEALLSVILLE — Kayden Smith knew he had some tough competition ahead of him Friday morning in the TriCADA Golf Tournament at Nemacolin Country Club, but the Laurel Highlands senior didn’t allow that to intimidate him in finishing as runner-up in the annual event. Smith shot a two-over-par ...
The 51st season of the Fayette County Baseball League ended with Carmichaels earning its 15th championship under manager Dickie Krause and the Copperheads reaped plenty of hardware in the aftermath. FCBL president Ryan Encapera revealed award winners for the 2026 campaign, and the ...
For months, President Trump and his administration have been fixated on one issue. Unfortunately, it has nothing to do with ending the war in Iran or with the affordability of groceries and gasoline. The president’s primary goal this spring and summer has been the passage of the Safeguard ...
As it would for the typical U.S. Census taker, the work of counting bears in the woods starts with a clipboard and a blank piece of paper. Armed with this equipment — along with bear spray and, perhaps more importantly, tick repellent — a team of researchers has been fanning out to ...
