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Pittsburgh man charged with murder in fatal Menallen Twp. crash

A Pittsburgh man who allegedly caused a fatal two-vehicle crash in Menallen Township last August while under the influence of narcotics has been charged with third-degree murder. James Eugene Temple, 45, had been behind the wheel of a Dodge Ram driving southbound on Route 51 north of Laurel ...

East Millsboro man accused of criminal homicide argues rights were violated

The attorney for an East Millsboro man accused of fatally stabbing another man last January argued that his constitutional rights were violated during a police interrogation and anything he said should be suppressed. Fayette County Assistant Public Defender Gregory Kunkel, who represents ...

Masontown police file charges in 2011 cold-case murder

A “pristine” cigarette butt left at the scene of an unsolved murder in Fayette County has led to police filing a homicide charge against a Merrittstown man. Masontown police charged Frank Timothy Campbell Jr., 37, Wednesday for the murder of 35-year-old Leon Mickens Jr., of Masontown, on ...

District attorney addresses violence in Fayette County

Approaching the midpoint of 2024, Fayette County has already exceeded the number of homicide investigations than at the same point last year. District Attorney Mike Aubele has taken on seven homicide cases during his first five months in office. In 2023 there had been five cases by ...

Connellsville man sentenced to 20-40 years in wife’s murder

A 71-year-old Connellsville man will most likely spend the rest of his life in prison after a Fayette County judge sentenced him to 20 to 40 years for shooting and killing his wife. Charles Lenn Sok pleaded guilty to third-degree murder last month in the death of Debra Sok, 56, on July 2, ...