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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Eighteen-year-old Saniyah Gates now faces charges after being taken into custody on Friday for carjacking and crashing in Pittsburgh. According to Pittsburgh police, they were called to the 1100 block of Federal Street for reports of a carjacking just before 6 p.m. on Friday. This occurred in the Central Northside neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Police officers tracked a vehicle as it was crossing the Rachel Carson Bridge before a felony traffic stop was attempted by Port Authority Police of Pittsburgh officers and Pittsburgh Police Zone 1 officers at 7th Street and Penn Avenue. Gates escaped the scene and allegedly struck a police vehicle from the Pittsburgh Police Zone 2 at the intersection of Grant Street and hit the outside of the Omni William Penn Hotel at the intersection of Oliver Avenue and William Penn Place. Police confirm that a Port Authority of Pittsburgh police officer tased Gates before she was taken into custody. There were no reported injuries and this incident is continuing to be investigated by Pittsburgh Police Zone 1. A preliminary hearing for Gates is scheduled for October 23rd, 2025. Gates has charges including theft by unlawful taking, damage to property, reckless endangerment and fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer.