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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Washington County, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Pittsburgh reported via release yesterday that twenty-six-year-old Jacob Jancart of Weirton, West Virginia was charged after causing a single-vehicle crash in Washington County yesterday morning. At 8:35 a.m., Jancart was traveling east on Clinton Frankfort Road and lost control while negotiating a left curve after hitting a utility pole support wire and a water line meter housing in front of a residence. The vehicle of Jancart rested in the front yard of the residence. There were no reported injuries. 

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – A United States Postal Service employee works outside a post office in Wheeling, Ill., Dec. 3, 2021. Four environmental groups that want the U.S. Postal Service to buy more electric delivery vehicles are suing to halt further purchases. The lawsuit, filed Thursday, April 28, 2022, in federal court in California, asks a judge to order the Postal Service to conduct a more thorough environmental review before moving forward with the next-generation vehicle program. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) The U.S. Postal Service is hosting one of its largest career fairs in years tomorrow in Pittsburgh. This event will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Pittsburgh Postal Employee Development Center, which is located at 1001 California Avenue in the city’s California-Kirkbride neighborhood. District leadership will be attending the fair to answer questions and provide insight into immediate openings within the region of Pittsburgh. Positions are available in delivery, mail processing and retail. People seeking a job can view listings and can apply online by clicking here.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Pittsburgh reported via release yesterday that a two-vehicle crash occurred in Allegheny County on Friday afternoon. At 12:52 p.m., a driver was traveling on I-79 South in Collier Township and a crash occurred between the driver and sixty-two-year-old Janet Lee of Sewickley. Lee was not injured and it is unknown if the other driver involved in this crash was injured. 

(File Photo of Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Cars)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Robinson Township, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Pittsburgh reported via release yesterday that a single-vehicle crash occurred in Robinson Township on Tuesday morning. At 4:58 a.m., the driver hit a small metal table in the road on 610 I-376 East. There were no injuries.  

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Robinson Township, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Pittsburgh reported via release yesterday that twenty-two-year-old Mohit Mohit of Fort Wayne, Indiana was charged after causing a single-vehicle crash in Robinson Township on Sunday morning. At approximately 6:55 a.m., Mohit was driving on I-79 North and lost control when negotiating a right curve. The vehicle of Mohit went off of the road and overturned onto its passenger side. Mohit was transported to Allegheny General Hospital because of an injury with an unknown severity. 

(Caption for Photo: The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission held an open house on Wednesday night where members of the community received updates on the ongoing Mon-Fayette Expressway project that plans to connect Route 51 to Interstate 376. Credit for Photo: Photo Courtesy of KDKA Photojournalist Gerome Williams)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Pennsylvania Turnpike officials held an open house event last night for community members to get updates about the ongoing Mon-Fayette Expressway Project. The open house was held at the Holiday Inn Express hotel in West Mifflin where developers discussed plans for the third section of the southern portion of the project which will extend the expressway from Route 51 in Jefferson Hills to the Parkway East in Monroeville. According to developers, the goal of the project is to ultimately have a way to quickly travel from the West Virginia state line to the east side of Pittsburgh. The first section of the expressway that goes from Route 51 in Jefferson Hills to Camp Hollow Road in West Mifflin is expected to be open to traffic around the end of 2026.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(West Mifflin, PA) An arrest warrant has now been issued for a former Denny’s employee from Pittsburgh after officials said he exposed himself in front of customers earlier this week. According to the criminal complaint, West Mifflin police allege Zachary Ryan Hiles acted inappropriately in view of bystanders. When three female customers sat down to eat at the Denny’s restaurant in West Mifflin on Lebanon Church Road on Sunday, Hiles, according to police, made comments to them, then proceeded to sit in a chair in front of the bathroom where he could clearly see the victims. That was when investigators say that he began touching himself while staring at them. Hiles was fired from his position at the West Mifflin Denny’s and he is awaiting arraignment on multiple charges which include indecent exposure and harassment.  

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Green Tree Borough, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Pittsburgh reported via release yesterday that thirty-three-year-old Benjamin Wessell of Pittsburgh was charged for tailgating in Green Tree Borough on Tuesday afternoon. At 3:30 p.m., Wessell was driving on Ramp 8035 going to I-376 East and hit the vehicle of twenty-six-year-old Patience Wiemelt of Beaver Falls after Wiemelt yielded to traffic. Wessell had a suspected minor injury and Wiemelt was transported to UPMC Mercy Hospital because of an injury with an unknown severity. 

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – Police tape is used in Chester, Pa., Wednesday, May 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

(AP) A former Pennsylvania police officer charged with sexually assaulting two young girls more than two decades ago was killed early Wednesday during a gunfire exchange with police who recognized his vehicle and confronted him, according to Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele.

Francis Connell Collier, 38, who resigned in December from the Morton Police Department in suburban Philadelphia after being placed on leave because of the investigation, was fatally shot at 3:48 a.m. in Bala Cynwyd, near his home.

A criminal complaint filed Tuesday in Delaware County accused Collier of child rape, endangering the welfare of children and related sex offenses. The victims were under the age of 13 at the time.

Collier failed a polygraph in early December and told a detective afterward “that he ‘never intentionally touched the girls inappropriately,’” police wrote in the probable cause affidavit.

Lower Merion Township officers on patrol knew Collier was facing criminal charges and saw him returning to his car, Steele said in a release.

“When they confronted him, Collier fired at the officers, who returned fire, fatally wounding Collier,” Steele said.

Morton police said Collier was put on unpaid administrative leave when prosecutors informed the department of the investigation in December. He resigned on Dec. 19, the department said in the statement posted online.

The affidavit says the two victims had seen social media photos of Collier with children and were both concerned to learn he was a member of a child abuse task force.

“The Morton Police Department is deeply troubled by the serious allegations against a former officer,” the department’s statement read. “The conduct described in the charges is profoundly disturbing and wholly inconsistent with the standards and values expected of those who serve our community.”

Collier did not have a defense lawyer on file, according to court officials.