Man arraigned on charges he brought a cane containing 17-inch blade into W. Pa. courthouseGREENSBURG, Pa. — A western Pennsylvania man has been charged with bringing a prohibited offensive weapon into a county courthouse: a cane that included a sheathed 17-inch knife blade. Carl Miller Jr., 47, said he bought the cane at a flea market and didn’t know it could be pulled open and contained the blade. Miller was freed on bond after his arraignment Thursday. Pa. man accused of neglect in death of disabled mom whose cigarette set oxygen supply on fireGREENSBURG, Pa. — A western Pennsylvania man has been charged with neglecting his disabled mother who weighed just 70 pounds when she died of burns caused when her cigarette caught her oxygen supply on fire. Allegheny Energy unit to issue $600 million aggregate principal of senior unsecured notesGREENSBURG, Pa. — Allegheny Energy, a utility, said Wednesday that a subsidiary will issue $600 million aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes. Pa. bank robbery suspect nabbed while counting loot after handing smiley-face note to tellerGREENSBURG, Pa. — Police said they caught a bank robbery suspect who was counting the loot as he walked away from a western Pennsylvania heist in which he had handed a teller a polite demand note, complete with a smiley face. Husband, wife jailed for smuggling $2.1 million in scrap silver from Pa. plant in lunch boxesGREENSBURG, Pa. — A husband and wife have been jailed for smuggling $2.1 million worth of scrap silver out of a western Pennsylvania plant in their lunch boxes. Fifty-two-year-old Pamela Shermenti and 57-year-old William Shermenti, of Loyalhanna Township, will begin serving their sentences July 6. A Westmoreland County judge on Monday sentenced the wife to one to two years in the county jail; her husband will serve nine to 23 months. |