Archive for the 'Crime' Category

Safe Neighborhood Networks meeting to focus on 311 ‘How-to’s’

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

DATE: Saturday, March 20, 2010
TIME: 9 am – 11 am
LOCATION: PCRG Conference Room 1901
Centre Ave, Suite 200
Sponsored by PCRG, the goal of Safe Neighborhood Networks is to bring neighborhood public safety activists together to share strategies, discuss root causes of crime across communities, receive training from public safety experts, and build safe communities from [...]

Support CAPA student brutalized by police

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

I guess I’ve been so wrapped up in zoning and mudslides lately, that I haven’t been paying enough attention to other news. I hadn’t absorbed the gravity of what happened to a CAPA high school student on January 11th while he was walking between his mother and grandmother’ house until this week. If you’re unaware [...]

Safe Neighborhoods Network Quarterly Meeting

Monday, December 14th, 2009

Join the Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group Tuesday, Dec 15th as individuals from neighborhoods across the city gather to discuss how they can work together to address safety issues.
Safe Neighborhoods is a collaborative network of block watches across Pittsburgh. Sponsored by PCRG, our goal is to bring neighborhood public safety activists together to share strategies, discuss root causes of crime [...]

Yes, it’s even happening in Shadyside

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

Not to single out Shadyside, but I think the unfortunate incident that happened there last week illustrates the point some of us have been trying to make about not boycotting Foodland or never leaving your homes after dark. A man robbed the Rite-Aid smack in the middle of Walnut Street at 4:30pm last Thursday. I [...]

Three suspects arrested in Beltzhoover slaying

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

From the PG:
Three suspects have been arrested in the robbery and killing last week of a Beltzhoover man on his front porch.
City police have charged Joseph Gainer, 17, of Mount Washington; Aaron Phillips, 18, of Mount Oliver; and Andrew James Samuels, 18, of Beltzhoover, in the death of Albert “A.J.” Bock.
Police said Mr. Bock and [...]

Foodland shooting suspects caught, victim lives

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

According to the PG and other media outlets, the shooting victim struck today at 3pm outside the Foodland will be ok. Three suspects were caught in Dormont. READ MORE.

Safe Neighborhoods

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

I know we’re all very G-20 focused this week, but I got an e-mail that I thought was important to share in light of the alleged criminal activity that everyone has been discussing on the message boards. It’s regarding a Safe Neighborhoods Network meeting taking placed this weekend. I don’t know much about the group, [...]

Because they were women

Thursday, August 6th, 2009

What happened in Bridgeville on Tuesday evening affects all of us. Even if you didn’t know anyone that was killed or injured, maybe you knew someone that was a LA Fitness club member and happened to be there that night. Or luckily, not there. If you have no direct connection, the idea that someone can [...]

Latest on fire at Olympia Park

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

Arson squad investigating fire at Duquesne Heights park
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The city arson squad yesterday was investigating a fire at Olympia Park in Duquesne Heights late Sunday night that damaged the main building, which houses a day care center. The fire department estimated the damage at $50,000.
Detectives said they believe [...]

Retaliation or not, it’s still racism

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

Mt. Washington mom finds noose-tied doll scrawled with son’s initials
As ssb70 noted in a comment, WPXI.com reported that a Mt. Washington mother called 911 after finding a doll hanging from a noose attached to the hood of her car on Monday morning. When she looked closely at the doll, she noticed that its face [...]