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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Sixty-eight-year-old Henry Caparelli of Pittsburgh, a former Emergency Operations Center Manager for Allegheny County and the City of Pittsburgh is accused of sexually assaulting a child who was in his care. He is charged with multiple counts of aggravated indecent assault, as well as a count of unlawful contact with a minor, along with two counts of indecent assault of a person less than 13 years old, including a count of endangering the welfare of children and two counts of corruption of minors. According to a criminal complaint, a victim wrote the allegations in the notes app on her phone and a parent discovered it. The allegations were then reported to the police and an investigation began. Police state that Caparelli is accused of spanking the victim, watching pornography in her presence and touching her over and under her clothing on multiple occasions. Investigators note that they interviewed the victim at UPMC Children’s Hospital Child Advocacy Center in September of 2025. The victim told an interviewer she kept what happened in her notes app because she did not want to talk about the situation out loud. Caparelli spent almost 20 years with the city of Pittsburgh in emergency operations. He left that position and worked with Allegheny County as the emergency operations center communications manager from 2010 to 2014. Court documents show that Caparelli was arrested by Pittsburgh police and arraigned on Monday. He was released yesterday on unsecured bail. Caparelli is scheduled to appear in court on March 18th, 2026. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A video on Sunday recently showed a rat running around the beer taps at The Urban Tap, a bar on the South Side of Pittsburgh. The owner of the gastropub and draft house posted a statement on social media yesterday after the video went viral, saying that this was “unacceptable.” The owner went on to say that the Allegheny County Health Department inspected the business and the building and that “maintaining a clean and safe environment is our responsibility, and I take that seriously.” The Allegheny County Health Department’s inspection report from Monday says there is no pest infestation. However, the report said rodent droppings were found in multiple places, including behind the beer tap tower, in the basement, and under the stairs leading to the basement.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A fifty-two-year-old man from Statesboro, Georgia has been charged with homicide after police say he hid a body under an eighteen-wheeler in the Carrick neighborhood of Pittsburgh. The body was found on Monday behind the former Shop n’ Save store along Amanda Street at around 8:30 p.m. Court paperwork confirms Steven Thomas has been charged with abuse of a corpse, criminal homicide and tampering with evidence. Police stated in a criminal complaint that investigators determined that the man died of blunt force trauma to the head. Court documents also reveal Thomas admitted to having a confrontation with the victim inside his home on February 27th, 2026. Thomas said the victim was standing in the living room yelling obscenities at him, and he eventually pushed the victim backwards, causing him to fall. He told police he believed the victim hit his head off the wall or stair climber. According to the criminal complaint, Thomas was scared when he saw the victim was not breathing. He told police he put his body in a travel duffel and put him in the back of a car and dumped the body under the semi-trailer, which is near the home of the victim. The preliminary hearing for Thomas is set for March 13th, 2026. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) The City of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, along with three officers and a commander, were named in a recent lawsuit stemming from the arrest of a man with autism that occurred in February of 2024. According to the lawsuit, Kevin Dunn went for an afternoon walk in his West End neighborhood when he was suddenly surrounded by police cars. The complaint stated that officers Seth Tessmer, Jordan Price, and Anthony Rosato allegedly tried to detain Dunn before he ran to his aunt’s front porch nearby. The document expresses that is where police wrestled Dunn to the ground and used a taser on him, “without any rational justification.” Dunn was later taken to the hospital and released without any charges. The supervisor of the three officers, Commander Raymond Rippole, was also sued. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) An annual Lunar New Year parade in Pittsburgh has now been canceled amid concerns that ICE agents may target parade attendees. According to Maria Cohen, the executive director of the Squirrel Hill Urban Coalition, her organization, alongside the Pittsburgh chapter of the OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates, made the decision as ICE officers have ramped up actions throughout the country. It also comes after two men were recently detained by immigration enforcement officers in Pittsburgh. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Ambridge, PA) The owner of Maple Restaurant in Ambridge is asking for the help of its community in identifying the person who smashed through the front door and stole from the cash register at 1:28 a.m. on Monday. Surveillance video that was shared by the business shows a brick smashing through the front door. A man in a red hoodie then jumps through the window and shatters the rest of the glass before getting up and cleaning out the cash register before leaving. People who live nearby are asked to check their doorbell cameras for anything that could be helpful toward the investigation. According to the manager of Maple Restaurant, Nicole Thompson, the suspect got away with less than $1,000.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Police patrols at Pittsburgh religious institutions are going to be increasing because of the recent messages that were antisemitic which were broadcast over law enforcement communication channels in the city. An investigation is underway into the death threat against Mayor Corey O’Connor on Monday over police communication channels that began again yesterday from what is believed to be a pro-Nazi group. The investigation is mainly focused on a robotic voice that proclaimed the hateful message, which also included Nazi songs praising the former Nazi leader of Germany, Adolf Hitler.  

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Pennsylvania State Police are investigating after a resident of the Pittsburgh-area was scammed out of over $5 million by people pretending to be the Federal Trade Commission. According to a public information release report from Pennsylvania State Police, the U.S. Secret Service notified troopers in Greensburg about a fraud investigation on February 24th, 2026. The victim stated that they first responded to text messages regarding a PayPal transaction. This response then led to the victim being contacted again by a person who claimed to work at the Federal Trade Commission. Officials expressed that the victim was first asked to provide cash and was then later asked to purchase gold bars. The transaction occurred in the Unity Township area. Secret Service and the Pennsylvania State Police are asking any victim that has had similar circumstances, regardless of a completed transaction, to call 724-832-3288. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to a WARN notice filed with the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, over 100 employees will be affected as the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette plans to close in May. Yesterday, the notice stated the closing, which is said to take place on May 4th, 2026, will affect 171 employees. The notice is listed as a “closure,” and is not listed as a layoff. The filing confirms that the notice also lists the address of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette as 300 Corliss Street in the Sheraden neighborhood of Pittsburgh, not the address of its former longtime office on the North Shore. The website of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania expresses that the WARN Act protects communities, families, and workers, while mandating that employers give a 60-day notice before closing plants or conducting mass layoffs. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County radio News

(Monaca, PA) According to a recent release from the Community College of Beaver County (CCBC), the Monaca school is proud to launch its Strategic Transfer Excellence Plan (STEP) through the Aspen–AASCU Transfer Intensive (Cohort 4). This is a national partnership which will support community colleges and four-year institutions as they implement proven reforms that help more students efficiently transfer and complete their bachelor’s degrees on time.