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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Monroeville, PA) Thirty-four-year-old Jamal Brooks of Aliquippa was found guilty yesterday of shooting a Monroeville police officer during a reported armed robbery in Monroeville last year. According to court documents, Brooks was accused of shooting Monroeville Police Sgt. James MacDonald on Janaury 4th, 2024, when the officer was called to a possible armed robbery at the Crumbl Cookie in the Miracle Mile Shopping Center. The police report states that Brooks opened fire on MacDonald which hit MacDonald in the elbow and hip when MacDonald stopped Brooks because the description of the suspect matched Brooks. Police confirm Brooks had two handguns on him when he was taken into custody after the shooting occurred. A date for the sentencing of Brooks has not been set yet, but Brooks was guilty yesterday of assault on a police officer, illegal possession of a firearm, aggravated assault and attempted homicide.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(South Fayette Township, PA) Thirty-seven-year-old Travis Brown of Monroeville died yesterday morning at the scene of a crash that occurred that morning on I-79 in South Fayette Township. Brown was driving northbound on I-79 at 3:15 a.m. and hit a vehicle that was stopped and then the driver side of Brown’s vehicle hit a second vehicle that was parked. Brown’s passenger, twenty-eight-year-old Carlie Olwell of New Kensington, was taken to UPMC Mercy Hospital because of a suspected serious injury. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Twenty-three-year-old Derek Johnson Jr. of Pittsburgh died at Allegheny General Hospital following a late-night crash on Tuesday on I-279 in Pittsburgh. Johnson was driving his motorcycle on I-279 South at 11:58 p.m. on Tuesday when he lost control, overturning it. Johnson slid his motorcycle into the vehicle of forty-year-old Kevin Deily of Pittsburgh. The vehicle of Deily was in the right lane of I-279 when this crash occurred.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A sixteen-year-old suspect was charged on Wednesday in connection with a shooting that occurred at the Ross Park Mall in Pittsburgh on September 30th, 2025 which injured one person that night. This teenage boy faces charges of gun charges, aggravated assault and reckless endangerment and he shot another teenager who showed up to Allegheny General Hospital after shots were fired. According to a criminal complaint, the teen at the hospital shot told investigators they had been shot while walking in the Ross Park Mall parking lot near the Dick’s Sporting Goods House of Sport. The teenager who was injured shot back and police confirm the two teenagers attend the same school. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of the suspect, and it is unclear if the teenager that was hurt in this shooting at the Ross Park Mall will face charges. This morning, Ross Township Police Chief Brian Kohlhepp noted two more juveniles who were actively shooting during the incident are being criminally charged. Kohlhepp also stated that one of those two juveniles is in custody, while both the other and the main suspect are still at large.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Pennsylvania State Police at the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh reported via release yesterday that twenty-seven-year-old Noah Trombetto of Duquesne was arrested on October 5th, 2025 for disorderly conduct at the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh early that morning. Trombetto and twenty-nine-year-old Elijah Swain of Pittsburgh engaged in an argument at Flipt restaurant at 1:25 a.m. Trombetto continued his loud arguing and did not leave despite security telling him to leave and he resisted arrest from security when security tried to escort him out of the casino. Trombetto then fell on the floor and resisted attempts to be restrained by security when security tried to restrain him until Pennsylvania State Police arrived at the scene and arrested him. Trombetto was compliant with the Pennsylvania State Police when they arrested him. Trombetto was released without incident to his fiancé and he will receive filed citations by mail. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A SWAT situation occurred yesterday in the Middle Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh and a wanted woman was taken into custody as a result of it. According to Allegheny County dispatchers, emergency crews responded to the 100 block of Erin Street at 4:47 p.m. yesterday. Police confirm that a woman that had outstanding warrants barricaded herself inside a house on Erin Street and the woman surrendered without incident. SWAT units received a call to help out with this incident. The identity of the woman who was apprehended is unknown at this time.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Aliquippa, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver reported via release today that an Aliquippa man was arrested for harassing an unidentified woman from Aliquippa. This incident occurred on Highland Avenue on October 8th, 2025 and thirty-one-year-old Ahmed Elkhatib harassed the thirty-eight-year-old female victim there at 6:41 p.m. that night. Elkhatib was arrested for his actions.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver, PA) Several topics including safety were discussed at the Beaver County Commissioners’ work session this morning at 10 a.m. at the Beaver County Courthouse in Beaver. “How does Beaver County safeguard their residents from violent attacks?” was a question that was asked to the Beaver County Commissioners during the audience participation segment of the session. Beaver County Solicitor Garen Fedeles responded by saying the Beaver County has “an ESU unit that is second-to-none, compared to other counties in the area, ours is much more tactically advanced, much more organized, and we can say for the residents of Beaver County, we have an elite unit that’s available that if something like that were to happen.” Beaver County Commissioner Chairman Dan Camp also mentioned that the Beaver County Commssioners have recently invested this past year in hiring one person full-time that focuses on training at certain places like schools, fairs and businesses so if something like an active-shooter event occurs in Beaver County In other business, Commissioner Jack Manning talked about two siginificant and successful recent events in Beaver County. The first event Manning talked about was the inaugural Beaver County EdFest that Manning and several thousands of people, mostly teachers, attended at the Community College of Beaver County Dome in Monaca on Monday. This event celebrated teachers and education professionals in the county for their work. Manning also talked about he and Commissioner Tony Amadio attending a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new additions to the Pittsburgh International Airport and their new terminal will open sometime before the Thanksgiving travel starts there. Manning also said that the Pittsburgh International Airport “has a big impact on Beaver County, because it again it solidifies our geographic position for economic development.” Fedeles also mentioned that in terms of the November 4th, 2025 election in Pennsylvania, 12,259 mail-in ballots were both printed out and requested. 5,594 of those mail-in ballots have been returned and that percentage of those ballots returned was the second-highest percentage in the state of Pennsylvania at 45%. Beaver County Recreation and Tourism Director Tony Caltury also mentioned that a three-day event, the Beaver County Kennel Club’s Autumn Barkfest dog show, which will take place at the Brady’s Run Ice Arena in Beaver Falls from Friday, October 17th through Sunday, October 19th from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on those days, which has over 600 entries for dogs to be shown in front of professional judges to try to win their specfic contests.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Aliquippa, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver reported via release today that twenty-five-year-old Taevaughn Goodnight of Baden was apprehended yesterday for being the suspect of a shooting in Aliquippa that night which killed twenty-four-year-old Gevod Tyson. This shooting occurred at approximately 9:05 p.m. at 1117 Wade Street. Goodnight and an unidentified twenty-one-year-old woman were reported to be involved in this incident and were stopped by the City of Aliquippa Police Department on Franklin Avenue. After interviews were held with the two suspects and witnesses, Goodnight admitted that he engaged in an altercation with Tyson and was present at the address on Wade Street. Goodnight shot once with his firearm which hit Tyson in his right thigh when Goodnight got involved in a physical altercation with Tyson. Tyson was pronounced dead a short time later at Heritage Valley Sewickley at 9:15 p.m. Meanwhile, Goodnight and the female suspect escaped the scene in his vehicle. However, Goodnight was still taken into custody by Aliquippa police and Beaver County District Attorney Nate Bible approved a criminal homicide charge for him. Goodnight is now in the Beaver County Jail without bail and an investigation into this shooting is on-going.