Story by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano
(Aliquippa, Pa.) Aliquippa Police were dispatched by 9-1-1 at 4:33 a.m. last Friday, September 10, 2021, for a burglar alarm at the Dollar General Store at 601 Franklin Avenue . . When enroot they were advised by dispatch that the defendant, caught on the security camera a female , often mistaken as a male had knocked in a glass panel on the right front entry door.. The security company advised that the female, Taniya Nytese Pugh, 25 , had a donation box containing funds for literacy.
She was charged with 2 counts of burglary, 2 counts criminal trespass, 1 count criminal mischief , 2 counts criminal trespass,.
At 7:59 a.m. police were dispatched to Uncommon Grounds Cafe, 380 Franklin Avenue for a burglary that occurred overnight., Pugh was again identified. Owner Herb Bailey reported his glass front door was smashed out. Approximately $60 in cash, and $15 in change was taken from the register, and a laptop was taken.Pugh was identified on video surveillance. At 9:08 a.m. officers were dispatched to Demenel’s Bar, 728 Franklin Avenue,by owner Earl Trump , the front window was busted out. and some change was taken from the register.
At 9:20 a.m. she was spotted sitting on a bench at Eleanor Roosevelt Apartments, 740 Sheffield Avenue., she’s on the defiant trespass list for the complex. She saw officers approach, , began fleeing, and was taken into custody. She’s charged with 2 counts of burglary, , 2 counts criminal trespass, , 1 count criminal mischief,, 2 counts criminal trespass.
She is lodged in the Beaver County Jail on $25,000 cash bond.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Monday, September 27, 2021 at 8:45 a.m. in Beaver County Central Court..