Crime
(Photo by Notyourbroom, creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons)
September 3, 2024, 3:42 pm
Community reacts to attack on Jewish students at Pitt
Law enforcement does not believe incident to be a hate crime
By David Rullo
Samantha Woll, president of the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue in Detroit, welcomes attendees to the congregation’s centennial celebration and groundbreaking on a major renovation project, Aug. 14, 2022. (Andrew Lapin/Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
December 14, 2023, 8:44 am
Suspect charged with murder in death of Detroit synagogue president Samantha Woll
No facts to suggest suspect knew Woll personally
By Jacob Gurvis
Author Alan Geik’s parents, Lou and Reba Geik, foreground, pose for a photo at a penny arcade with the mobster Benny Kassop and his mistress Sylvia Lorber, perhaps in the 1940s. (Courtesy Alan Geik)
January 6, 2023, 10:40 am
‘Married to the Mob,’ but under a chuppah: Book details a Jewish family’s crime ties
Instead of scrapping their way up from New York’s Jewish enclaves into retail and the professions, Geik’s family joined a criminal counterculture. 
By Jon Kalish
A memorial outside the Tree of Life*Or L'Simcha synagogue after the massacre. (Photo by Jim Busis)
June 30, 2022, 10:20 am
Trial of 10/27 accused shooter likely to begin next spring
Judge said trial will probably start between March and June of 2023
By Toby Tabachnick
(Image by luctheo from Pixabay)
June 23, 2022, 12:12 pm
Former JCC employee arrested on charges unrelated to work there
Nicholas Gindele is being held in jail awaiting his preliminary hearing.
By Toby Tabachnick
Pittsburgh police have seized many items found in Andrew Clinton's home. Photo by David Rullo.
April 26, 2022, 2:08 pm
Police make arrests, identify some stolen property in separate crimes
Jewish community targeted by Christian Williams, Andrew Clinton
By David Rullo
April 25, 2022, 10:05 am
Jewish Pittsburgher killed in an act of violence in California
23-year-old was living on the West Coast since graduating from Chapman University
By David Rullo
Andrew Clinton (Allegheny County Police photo)
April 11, 2022, 11:51 am
Police seek information on Squirrel Hill resident Andrew Clinton
He has worked as a handyman and done odd jobs for Jewish community members
A local news station broadcasts a flyer during a period in 2021 when Quintez Brown, a Louisville activist suspected in a shooting attack on a Jewish candidate for mayor, went missing, June 22, 2021. (YouTube via JTA)
February 15, 2022, 1:27 pm
Police arrest civil rights activist in murder attempt on Jewish candidate for Louisville mayor
Suspect was prominent in Black Lives Matter protests
By Ron Kampeas
(Photo by Sora Shimazaki via Pexels)
July 15, 2021, 11:30 am
Israeli man sentenced for 2004 rape of teenager in Dormont
The accused fled Pittsburgh after he was released on bond. He was apprehended by Israeli police in 2017.
(World brief file photo)
January 23, 2020, 9:41 am
Local bookseller and former library staffer plead guilty
Caliban owner reaches plea agreement
By Adam Reinherz
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