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GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Fifty-two bottles of well-aged whiskey disappeared between his lips, police said, and now it's time for a western Pennsylvania man to settle up. John Saunders, the former live-in caretaker of a Pittsburgh-area mansion, faces criminal charges for allegedly drinking more than $100,000 worth of the owner's whiskey. Owner Patricia Hill found nine cases of whiskey hidden in the walls and stairwell of the century-old Georgian mansion built by coal and coke industrialist J.P. Brennan after she bought it in 2012. The Old Farm Pure Rye Whiskey was produced in the early 1900s by the nearby West...

Woman Guilty After Microwaving Fake Penis At Store Fake Penis Holds Urine For Drug Test POSTED: 8:45 am EDT September 15, 2006 MCKEESPORT, Pa. -- The case of the fake male organ is now closed. A man and woman who asked a Pennsylvania convenience store clerk to microwave a fake penis have settled disorderly conduct charges A woman named Leslye Creighton, 41, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct charges in connection with the incident last February at a convenience store near Pittsburgh. The incident began when Creighton's friend, Vincent Bostic, 31, filled a fake penis with his urine, which Creighton planned...

A woman who ran away as a teenager and lived for a decade with a school security guard sued the city and school district Thursday, claiming that they failed to fully investigate her disappearance. Tanya Nicole Kach, 24, came forward March 21 and told police that she had been living in Thomas Hose's house for 10 years. Kach told police that Hose, 48, kept her in a bedroom in the small, two-story home where he lived with his parents. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh, claims police and city officials involved in the case were incompetent. It...

Vernetta Geric won't soon forget the 911 call she received about the squirrel in the tree. ~snip~ The caller said she needed a police officer right away. "What's the problem?" said Geric, 46, of East Pittsburgh. "I have a large tree in my backyard ... there's a squirrel stuck in the tree." "Ma'am, this is a squirrel? In a tree? What's the problem?" "It's been there for about an hour. It's crying; it needs help. There's a problem," the caller insisted. "Ma'am, sorry, but this isn't necessarily a police issue. It's a wild animal, sitting in a tree. It's supposed...

(KDKA) A pregnant Steelers fan is not letting the birth of her baby get in the way of the Super Bowl celebrations. She convinced her doctor to induce her early, so she'll be home in time to watch the Super Bowl with all of her friends. Baby Alexandria is just a blurry image of a baby right now, but she'll enter the world with a wardrobe of Steelers clothes, her birth scheduled around the Super Bowl. “The Super Bowl is like Christmas,” said Carrie Welling, of New Kensington. “The fact that the Steelers are going - that's what you live...