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A Brighton Township woman is charged after she allegedly overdosed and left drug paraphernalia within reach of her 9-month-old baby. Police said they found two uncapped syringes and a burnt spoon within inches of the baby’s crib. 27-year-old Ashley Smiley is charged with endangering the welfare of children. Police and emergency responders went to the home on Dutch Ridge Road after a report of a heroin overdose. When they arrived, Smiley’s boyfriend was performing CPR on her. Medics administered Narcan, and she regained consciousness. According to a criminal complaint, Smiley’s boyfriend said she had injected heroin in the bedroom, which they share with their child. Police say that drug paraphernalia was in reaching distance of the baby’s crib, and an uncapped syringe was found in a trash basket in the room. Smiley was then transported to Heritage Valley-Beaver emergency room for further treatment and evaluation. She is scheduled to appear for a preliminary hearing on April 10th.
New details are being released regarding a deadly shooting in Aliquippa. Officers were called to Wade Street Sunday night for a report of gunshots. According to Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano, they found the victim – identified as 45-year-old Renae Johnson – lying in the street near a van, which had the driver side door open. Police say she had been shot in the chest. The police chief said yesterday he believes the woman was homeless. Aliquippa police, along with Beaver County sheriff’s deputies yesterday canvassed the neighborhood by going door-to-door and searching parts of the woods. An autopsy was performed last night and more information is expected today.
As a major winter storm began to move into the Northeast, many people in Beaver County and in the city of Pittsburgh awoke this morning asking, ” Where’s the snow?” The same powerful nor’easter that’s expected to bring a foot or more of snow to eastern Pennsylvania and points along the mid-Atlantic delivered nothing to our area. This morning, Beaver County Radio newsman Pat Septak spoke with Lee Hendricks of the National Weather Service and asked him why so many forecasters got it wrong this time. Hendricks called it a “complicated situation” that caused the snow to miss us. But he warned our listeners: Don’t expect Beaver County to dodge the snow for much longer. He expects to see more widespread snowfall this afternoon.
The Ellwood City School Board is against eliminating property taxes in Pennsylvania. State lawmakers are considering a proposal to eliminate property taxes and make up the lost revenue through higher income and sales taxes. The school board has approved a resolution to oppose the bill.
The PIAA has decided to postpone the scheduled PIAA Baskteball Playoff Games for Tuesday and Wednesday of this week due to the snowstorm that is expected Monday night and Tuesday.
The games have been rescheduled for Thursday of this week with sites and times to be later announced.
Police are investigating the shooting death of a woman in Aliquippa late last night. According to Beaver County emergency officials, the shooting occurred in the 14-hundred block of Wade Street and was reported shortly before 11 p.m. When officers arrived at the scene, they found the woman lying in the street near a minivan. No arrests have been made.
Two men, including one from Ambridge, are dead and a woman was critically injured following a domestic related incident that occurred Saturday night in the 400 block of Bausman Street in the Knoxville section of Pittsburgh. 47-year-old Joseph Goldmsith of Pittsburgh and 46-year-old Christopher Dancy of Ambridge were pronounced dead at 7:41 p.m., according to Pittsburgh police. The Allegheny County medical examiner’s office ruled Dancy’s death a homicide and said Goldsmith killed himself. Police say a 37-year-old woman was hit in the chest and leg and taken to UPMC Mercy in critical condition.
Police in Shenago Township have accused a New Castle man with giving a 15 year old girl alcohol and raping her. 23 year old Cody Myers is being charged with rape, statutory sexual assault, corruption of minors along with a number of other charges. The alleged incidents took place from December of 2015 until January of 2016. Myers was arraigned and placed in the Lawrence County Jail on 10 thousand dollars bond.
An overturned tractor-trailer blocked the right lane of northbound Interstate 79 this morning in Robinson Township. Emergency crews were called shortly after 3 a.m. to mile marker 63 at the Coraopolis ‘S’ bend. Traffic was periodically stopped while crews worked to remove the tractor-trailer. There were no reports of injuries. The truck was carrying 38,000 lbs. of soy milk, which will have to be loaded onto another truck. Both lanes reopened shortly after 6 this morning, but delays continue as the tractor-trailer remains off to the side of the road.