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DA won’t seek death penalty against one of two Donora homicide suspects

The Washington County district attorney’s office will no longer seek the death penalty against one of the two homicide defendants charged in the 2021 shooting that killed a Donora convenience store worker. Deputy District Attorney John Friedmann filed paperwork Thursday that the prosecution ...

Suspect in Uniontown homicide apprehended in Maryland

The suspect in a Uniontown homicide was taken into custody Friday morning in Baltimore. Police had been searching for Braedon Dickinson, 18, of Connellsville since Feb. 5, when he allegedly fatally shot Lemaur Thompson. Fayette County District Attorney Mike Aubele declined to specify why ...

More charges filed against Fayette parents charged with killing 9-year-old girl

The Fayette County foster parents charged in the death of 9-year-old Renesmay Eutsey are facing additional charges after another child at the home was hospitalized for malnourishment caused by conditions a physician described as “torture.” The 6-year-old boy was among four other children ...

Greene homicide suspect granted new attorney

A Waynesburg man accused of intentionally providing tainted drugs that led to a fatal overdose last year will get a new attorney. In a letter to the court, Jake Finogle, 25, had requested his attorney Marissa Stewart be replaced due to a “massive conflict of interest.” Stewart also filed a ...

Man sentenced in 2024 Redstone Township homicide

The family of Shawn “Sonny” Hriscisce had one word Monday morning for the man who killed their son, nephew and brother and refused to meet their gaze in court. “Coward,” Hriscisce’s mother, Christina Campbell, told Sylvester Conaway, 57, at his sentencing in Fayette County Court of ...

Rostraver homicide suspect has Washington County case dismissed

The suspect in the homicide of a Rostraver Township woman had a separate criminal case in Washington County thrown out after the alleged victim refused to testify. Felony charges including robbery, burglary and criminal trespassing against Dorian Coral Jeri-Greene were dismissed at his ...