(Moon Twp., Pa.) An arrest warrant has been issued for 25 year old Anoosh Almas. He is wanted on homicide charges relating to the killing of his 28 year old cousin Junaid Akhlas from Beaver who was found shot to death in the trunk of his car Tuesday Afternoon at the old Texaco Station on University Blvd. in Moon Twp.
Almas is described as a South Asian male, 5′7″ in height, 210lbs in weight, medium build.

Reports said that after Almas killed his cousin he rented a hotel room nearby where police found a bag of bloody clothes in the garbage that a lyft driver told them he put there and then he went to the airport and boarded a plane to Cancun, Mexico.

Almas faces charges including tampering with/fabricating physical evidence, receiving stolen property, criminal homicide and abuse of a corpse among others.

Keystone State News Connection

July 22, 2021

Emily Scott

HARRISBURG, Pa. – With federal investment, a proposal to connect 30 million homes in the United States to solar energy could have a big impact in addressing climate change, reducing inequity and rebuilding the economy hit by the pandemic.

That’s according to a new report from researchers behind the “30 Million Solar Homes Initiative.”

The report found with the right policies in place, a solar program of this size would be comparable to closing 48 coal-fired power plants for a year, and lead to $69 billion in energy savings over the next five years.

Report coauthor Katie Kienbaum – senior researcher at the Energy Democracy Initiative at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance – said it also would create 1.7 million jobs across the country.

“The jobs potential is really just huge from rooftop and community solar systems,” said Kienbaum. “It takes a lot more people to scramble on rooftops, put those solar panels up, versus building them in a huge field. And that would also, you know, happen in communities across the country.”

Pennsylvania could grow its solar-powered housing stock by one million with federal support and see 6,000 megawatts in new solar capacity, according to the report.

Joan and George Rittenberger live in western Pennsylvania, a region historically known as coal country. The retirees, who come from a family of miners, joined their local solar co-op and had panels installed last year.

Joan Rittenberger said for them, it’s about making sure they leave a good place to live for their grandchildren.

“You know, we really need to get on the ball and start doing things,” said Rittenberger. “Because there’s going to be a lot of places that, I think, are going to be not good places to live. It’s going to be too hot, too wet; the water’s rising, forest fires. So, we’re hoping to leave it a little better when we’re gone.”

The campaign is calling for $500 billion in federal investment for local solar and clean energy projects. Its policy package includes a goal to use 75% of those funds for clean energy that benefits marginalized communities.

By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s high court has dealt a blow to victims of child sexual abuse who are trying to revive their otherwise outdated claims. The court on Wednesday tossed a lawsuit by a woman whose earlier legal victory had given hope to other victims who sued in the wake of a landmark report that documented decades of child molestation within the Catholic church in Pennsylvania. The court says the two-year statute of limitations for plaintiff Renee Rice began to run in 1981. That’s when Rice says she was last assaulted by a priest from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown. The priest has denied the allegations.

Pennsylvania decertifies county’s voting system after audit
By MARC LEVY and MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s top election official has decertified the voting machines of a small southern county that disclosed that it had agreed to requests by local Republican lawmakers and allowed a software firm to inspect the machines as part of an “audit” after the 2020 presidential election. The action by Acting Secretary of State Veronica Degraffenreid almost certainly means that Fulton County will have to buy new voting machines or, as it did in the May primary election, lease new ones. Degraffenreid notified Fulton County officials in a letter Wednesday that the inspection by a firm with “no knowledge or expertise in election technology” violated state law.

(Beaver, Pa.) Sheldon Jeter Jr. was sentenced Wednesday morning to life in prison without parole for killing a childhood friend and roommate Tyric Pugh. Jeter was convicted of the May 2020 killing of Pugh. Earlier in the day a judge denied Shelton Jeter Jr’s lawyers motion for a mistrial. Jeter was convicted by a jury for the May 2020 murder of his lifelong friend and roommate Tyric Pugh.

The defense asked for a mistrial over what they are calling two acts of misconduct by a juror.
The alleged misconduct is that juror number three never revealed that she lived next door to Rachel DelTondo. DelTondo was murdered in front of her parents’ house on Mother’s Day in 2018, and Jeter was a person of interest in that case.
The defense also alleged that the juror violated the judge’s instructions and discussed the case with her father after the judge repeatedly told jurors not to discuss the case even with family members.

(Beaver, Pa.) A Beaver County judge has denied Shelton Jeter Jr’s lawyers motion for a mistrial. Jeter was convicted last month by a jury for the May 2020 murder of his lifelong friend and roommate Tyric Pugh.

The defense asked for a mistrial today over what they are calling two acts of misconduct by a juror.
The alleged misconduct is that juror number three never revealed that she lived next door to Rachel DelTondo. DelTondo was murdered in front of her parents’ house on Mother’s Day in 2018, and Jeter was a person of interest in that case.
The defense also alleges that the juror violated the judges instructions and discussed the case with her father after the judge repeatedly told jurors not to discuss the case even with family members.

Today’s sentencing hearing will continue, and we will let you know as soon as Jeter is sentenced.

(Butler, Pa.) Pa State Police in Butler are reporting today that they have charged an unidentified 35-year-old man from Newville, Pa with Reckless endangerment after Troopers say he drove his Kia through a crowd of people at the Butler Fair Grounds on July 3, 2021, around 5 PM. The release states that the suspect did not hit anyone, and he was placed under arrest and charged with recklessly endangering another person, simple assault by physical menace, and disorderly conduct. The suspect is currently being lodged in the Butler County Jail awaiting his preliminary hearing.

(Pulaski Twp., Pa.) Fire Crews in New Brighton are on the scene of a fire in Pulaski Twp. this. Beaver County Emergency Services said the fire is at 3308 Sunflower Road which is Zirat Auto Electric. Dispatch told Beaver County Radio that crews were starting to be released from the scene as of 7:55 AM.. Please avoid the area while crews are working on the scene. A listener reported that New Brighton Police have Sunflower Road currently block at the intersection with Penn Ave. Stay tune to Beaver County Radio as we will update you as the story continues to develop.

 

 

(Beaver, Pa.) Sheldon Jeter Jr is scheduled to be sentenced in Beaver County Court today. Jeter was convicted by a jury of the murder of his life long friend and room mate Tyric Pugh in May of 2020.
According to reports the defense is expected to ask for a mistrial today over what they are calling two acts of misconduct by a juror.
The alleged misconduct is that juror number three never revealed that she lived next door to Rachel DelTondo. DelTondo was murdered in front of her parents house on Mother’s Day in 2018, and Jeter was a person of interest in that case.
The defense also alleges that the juror violated the judges instructions and discussed the case with her father after the judge repeatedly told jurors not to discuss the case even with family members.