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Suspected middleman in Rostraver strip mall killing waives homicide charges

The alleged middleman in the murder-for-hire plot at a Rostraver Township shopping plaza more than three years ago waived his preliminary hearing and will now stand trial along with the co-defendant accused of ordering the hit. Tuan M. Dang appeared Monday before District Judge Wayne Vlasic in ...

Uniontown man gets 20 to 40 years for 2022 murder

A Fayette County man was sentenced to 20 to 40 years in prison Friday after pleading guilty to third-degree murder in connection with a fatal shooting in Uniontown. Terrell Jones, 36, of Uniontown, pleaded guilty to the third-degree murder of Samantha Hardin outside of McPattonÎÞëÊÓÆµ™s Pub on ...

Murder for hire

Melvin Pike of Uniontown met his match at the end of a shotgun while his 11-year-old daughter looked on in a Canton Township gymnastics studio. When names like "Snooky," "Codfish," and "No Legs" surfaced 13 years later, it was clear that the case had all the markings of a mob hit. On April ...

Two charged with killing Uniontown man

Two Fayette County residents are accused of killing a 71-year-old man whose body was found bound and covered in blanket near railroad tracks in North Union Township. Terry Newland, 58, and Alysha Riggans, 30, conspired to kill their roommate Ralph Brown for four days before Brown's body was ...

Suspect in Uniontown homicide apprehended in Maryland

The suspect in a Uniontown homicide was taken into custody Friday morning in Baltimore. Police had been searching for Braedon Dickinson, 18, of Connellsville since Feb. 5, when he allegedly fatally shot Lemaur Thompson. Fayette County District Attorney Mike Aubele declined to specify why ...