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PITTSBURGH, Pa. – A resident of New Brighton, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to federal drug and firearm charges, United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today.
Chad Antoine Lindsay, 35, pleaded guilty to one-count of possession with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine base, in the form commonly known as crack; a quantity of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine; and a quantity of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl. Lindsay also pled guilty to one-count of possessing a firearm in furtherance of that drug trafficking crime, before United States District Judge Christy Criswell Wiegand.
According to admissions made during Lindsay’s plea hearing, on June 17, 2025, a resident of New Brighton, Pennsylvania called 911 related to Lindsay damaging her home. The caller reported that Lindsay deals drugs and that he was moving the drugs out of the house into his vehicle.
Authorities attempted a traffic stop of Lindsay as he drove his vehicle shortly after it departed the 911 caller’s residence. Lindsay fled in the vehicle before crashing. A search warrant executed upon the vehicle resulted in the seizure of two loaded handguns, over 40-rounds of ammunition, two cellular phones, drug packaging material, over $4,000, about 43 grams of cocaine base, in the form commonly known as crack, about 343 grams of cocaine, and about 10 grams of fentanyl. Following the search, authorities determined that one of the handguns recovered from Lindsay’s vehicle was reported stolen.
At the time Lindsay possessed the loaded handguns, he had previously been convicted of eight (8) felonies. Under federal law, felons are prohibited from the possession of firearms and ammunition.
Judge Wiegand scheduled sentencing for June 23, 2026. The maximum penalty for the drug trafficking crime committed on June 3, 2022, is a term of imprisonment of at least ten (10) years and a maximum of life, as well as a $10,000,000 fine. The maximum penalty for possessing a firearm in furtherance of that drug trafficking crime is a term of imprisonment of at least five (5) years and a maximum of life, which must be served consecutively to the sentence imposed on the drug trafficking crime. There is also a maximum fine of $250,000. Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the actual  sentence imposed is based upon the seriousness of the offenses and the prior criminal history, if any, of the defendant.
Pending sentencing, Judge Wiegand ordered Lindsay remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshal Service.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Dave Sunday speaks to the audience in the Forum Auditorium across the street from the Capitol after taking the oath to become Pennsylvania’s next attorney general, Jan. 21, 2025, in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(North Huntingdon, PA) According to a release in North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania from Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday’s office, Sunday joined law enforcement partners to announce an increase in firearms seizures in January by Office of Attorney General narcotics agents in southwestern Pennsylvania, illustrating the increased risks posed to police by drug traffickers. The Office of Attorney General’s Bureau of Narcotics Investigation, which was assisted by federal, state, and local partners, seized 41 firearms in Pennsylvania’s Region 5 last month during the course of drug trafficking investigations. Agents believe that total to be a single-month high in Region 5, which includes Allegheny, Fayette, Somerset, and Westmoreland counties. Agents also seized more than 12 pounds of cocaine, a pound of crack cocaine, and more than 63,000 doses of fentanyl, along with quantities of heroin and marijuana in those investigations. So far, nine people have been arrested in connection to about 20 cases that involved illegally-possessed firearms. The total number of firearms that were seized in the region for the year has climbed to 48. Most of the recoveries of firearms happened outside of Pittsburgh and the two biggest seizures happened in Fayette and Somerset counties, where ongoing investigations remain regarding those guns. Sunday was joined at a press event today by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Homeland Security Investigations, Pennsylvania State Police, Fayette County District Attorney Michael Aubele, Somerset County District Attorney Tom Leiden, Westmoreland County District Attorney Nicole Ziccarelli, and numerous municipal police departments.

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Noah Haswelll, Beaver County Radio News

(Ambridge, PA) According to a release in Ambridge from State Representative Rob Matzie’s office, Matzie praised today the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission’s (PUC’s) decision to review its rail safety regulations, saying the commission will consider some of the same safety measures in his own rail safety bill that passed the House. The PUC’s action that occurred on Friday that granted a motion for proposed rulemaking, offered by PUC Commissioner Kathryn Zerfuss, mirrors the call of Matzie for stronger state regulation of rail safety, which is a move he says is needed in the absence of better federal oversight. Matzie explained: “I applaud Commissioner Zerfuss and the PUC for taking the reins on rail safety, and I’m glad the commission plans to focus on some of the same reporting, oversight and equipment issues I call for in my rail safety legislation. With thousands of miles of rail running through our region and federal regulations falling short, time is of the essence. We can’t afford to wait for another East Palestine.” Matzie also stated that the experts of the PUC will review rail safety regulations with respect to five areas, which includes the proper functioning of wayside detectors that are trackside sensors that warn when train cars are overheating because of problems that can cause derailment. That equipment is one focus of H.B. 1191 from Matzie, which was adopted by the House Consumer Protection, Technology and Utilities Committee by a large, bipartisan margin in December of 2025 and is awaiting a vote by the full House. Similar legislation that was sponsored by Matzie passed the House in 2023, but never received a vote in the Pennsylvania Senate.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – Rev. Jesse Jackson gestures to a friend in the balcony at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 15, 2013. The church held a ceremony honoring the memory of the four young girls who were killed by a bomb placed outside the church 50 years ago by members of the Ku Klux Klan. At right is U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) According to a release in Harrisburg from Governor Josh Shapiro’s office, Shapiro ordered today that United States and Commonwealth flags on all Commonwealth facilities, public buildings, and grounds across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to fly at half-staff on Saturday, March 7th, 2026, in honor of Reverend Jesse Jackson who passed away on Tuesday. This tribute will coincide with the last day of memorial services scheduled for Reverend Jackson, who was a civil rights activist and Baptist minister who championed the civil rights movement. He made countless visits to Pennsylvania, advocating for labor rights and civil rights across the state, from Pittsburgh and Erie to Harrisburg and Philadelphia throughout his life of service. In October of 2024, on one of his last visits to the Commonwealth, Reverend Jackson was hosted by the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus, and while in the Capitol, he was recognized by the General Assembly for founding the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, which advocates for civil rights, economic equality, social justice and voting rights.

Shapiro made a post on X on the day of Jackson’s passing on Tuesday and said:

“Rev. Jesse Jackson was a change maker, a boundary breaker, and a passionate and unrelenting crusader for civil rights, equality and opportunity. To be around him felt like you were experiencing history. It was an honor to share the pulpit with him back in September of 2016 at Sharon Baptist Church in West Philly. I hung on his every word and could feel how much his presence meant to the congregation. Lori and I are praying for his wife Jacqueline, his family, and everyone he inspired over the years. May the memory of Rev. Jesse Jackson be a blessing.”

All Pennsylvanians are invited to participate in this tribute to honor the late Reverend Jackson and the flags shall remain lowered until sunset on March 7th, 2026.

SCOTT TADY

BRADENTON — Sure, it’s super early, but the Pittsburgh Pirates are off to a fine start, winning their first three spring training games.

In Monday’s interview with Beaver County Radio, Pirates broadcaster Greg Brown talked about the team’s solid early going, the quest to fill out the starting rotation, and the legacy of the late-Bill Mazeroski.

Here’s Brown’s interview from Feb. 23:

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Findlay Township, PA) PennDOT District 11 announced that a shoulder and lane restriction on I-376 in Findlay Township is underway today. From 8 A.M. to 3 P.M., a shoulder and single lane restriction will occur on I-376 in each direction between the Moon (Exit 50) and Airport (Exit 53) exits as needed as PennDOT crews will conduct guide rail repair work there.

(Credit for Photo: Photo Courtesy of KDKA Photojournalist Brian Smithmyer)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) Allegheny County Police are investigating after a woman was found shot to death inside an apartment at the Broadmoor at Penn Center in Wilkins Township. According to police, county dispatchers were first notified that a woman was found shot in an apartment at the building along Penn Center Boulevard shortly after 3 a.m. today. Police stated that when officers responded to the scene, they found the woman who had been shot was unresponsive. The woman, who has not been identified, was later pronounced dead at the scene. Detectives from the Allegheny County Police Homicide Unit are now investigating what led up to the deadly shooting and anyone with information about it is asked to call the County Police Tip Line at 1-833-ALL-TIPS. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Authorities announced on Friday that a teenager from Detroit, Michigan who is wanted for shoplifting nearly 100 times at Walmart stores across the country was arrested in the Pittsburgh area. According to the Westmoreland County District Attorney’s Office, eighteen-year-old Andrew Reed was arrested in the parking lot of the Walmart in North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, on Thursday after police were called to the Walmart on Mills Drive for a theft in progress that day. Investigators note that they believe he’s responsible for a cross-country retail theft spree that spanned multiple states. North Huntingdon Police confirm that an employee saw a man trying to make a fraudulent purchase at a self-checkout. Employees intercepted Reed, and he left the store without the merchandise, which police state was worth more than $2,100. The Westmoreland County District Attorney’s office expressed that police identified Reed after they stopped him in the parking lot and Reed was responsible for 97 separate incidents in the loss prevention database of Walmart, totaling over $146,000 before he was arraigned on charges of retail theft, theft by deception, criminal use of a communication facility and trespassing. North Huntingdon police claimed they learned Reed had several active warrants across the United States and had been “trespassed indefinitely” from Walmart in Indiana, Florida and Arkansas. He was denied bail.