Defense Rests In State Sen. Orie Trial
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The defense rested its case in the corruption trial for State Sen. Jane Orie. On Tuesday, Orie went through cross examination. Prosecutor Lawrence Claus asked Sen. Orie whether any...
View ArticleJesse Ventura Talks Corruption, Politics
PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA) – Former wrestler and Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura has always been outspoken, and in his new book, “63 Documents The Government Doesn’t Want You To Read,” he says...
View ArticleJust How Corrupt Are Our Politics Today?
PITTSBURGH (NEWSRADIO 1020 KDKA) — Mike Pintek was joined on NewsRadio 1020 KDKA by Eric Epstein, coordinator of Rock the Capital. They talked about the corruptness of politics and give plenty of...
View ArticleState Sen. Orie Resigns Seat Ahead Of Sentencing
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – After being convicted of using her taxpayer funded staff for political work, State Sen. Jane Orie resigned her seat today. She has served as an elected official from the North Hills...
View ArticleOrie Sentenced To Prison For Corruption Conviction
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Former State Sen. Jane Orie was sentenced to two-and-half to 10 years in prison after being convicted in a corruption trial in March. Orie was found guilty on 14 of 24 counts,...
View ArticleCounty Launches Probe Into Shuman Center Allegations
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – When kids are arrested or convicted of crimes in Allegheny County many of them wind up at the Shuman Center. It’s supposed to be a place not just to detain the kids, but to...
View ArticleEx-Employees Testifiy At Judge Orie Melvin’s Preliminary Hearing
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – State Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin’s preliminary hearing on nine criminal counts began Monday in Pittsburgh. Melvin is charged with using state-paid staff to run for...
View ArticleOpinion: Scandals Outweigh Obama’s Reelection In Chicago
One would think that the top political story of the past week in Chicago would naturally be the reelection of Chicago’s political native son, President Barack Obama. As anyone from Chicago can...
View ArticleFederal Grand Jury Investigating Pittsburgh Police Chief
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The KDKA Investigators have learned a federal grand jury is investigating corruption allegations against Pittsburgh Police Chief Nate Harper. Sources tell KDKA Investigator Marty...
View ArticleJury Selection Begins In Orie-Melvin Trial
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Jury selection is now underway in the corruption trial for suspended Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie-Melvin and her sister, Janine. Orie-Melvin huddled with defense...
View ArticleChief Harper Expected To Return To Work Amid Corruption Allegations
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Pittsburgh Police Chief Nate Harper is expected to return to work today, even as a federal grand jury is investigating him for possible corruption. Chief Harper took time off last...
View ArticleTestimony Continues in Orie Melvin Trial
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The corruption trial of suspended State Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin and her sister Janine Orie continued Monday. Prosecutors called Jamie Pavlot to testify against...
View ArticleTestimony Resumes In Orie Melvin Corruption Trial
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The corruption trial of Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin and her sister, Janine Orie continues Tuesday. Key witness, Jamie Pavlot, the ex-chief of staff for former State Sen....
View ArticleProsecutors: Taxpayers Cheated Over $30K By Orie Melvin Campaigns
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The corruption trial for suspended State Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin resumed Thursday morning. Prosecutors estimate that taxpayers were cheated out of $27,702.68 in state...
View ArticlePittsburgh Police Chief Under More Scrutiny
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh Police Chief Nate Harper is coming under more scrutiny after an outside business interest is questioned. Sources say Harper’s future as Pittsburgh’s police chief is...
View ArticleMayor Denies Misusing Funds, City Controller Requests Records
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – An ex-bodyguard for Mayor Luke Ravenstahl is saying the mayor knew about the alleged slush fund that is the focus of an investigation revolving around misuse of funds. Our news...
View ArticleAllegheny County: Reform Needed At Shuman Juvenile Detention Center
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The mission of the Shuman Center is to rehabilitate troubled youth; but after a seven-month investigation, Allegheny County has concluded that it is center itself that is need of...
View ArticleHarper Indicted On Public Corruption, Failure To Pay Taxes
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Former Pittsburgh Police Chief Nate Harper has been indicted by a federal grand jury on five counts of public corruption. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney David Hickton at...
View ArticleFormer U.S. Attorney Weighs In Harper Indictment
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Posh restaurants like The Capital Grille are just some of the places where investigators say former Pittsburgh Police Chief Nate Harper spent more than $30,000 of taxpayer money. In...
View ArticleFormer East Washington Police Chief Sentenced To 11 Years
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Former East Washington Police Chief Donald Solomon was sentenced to 11 years in jail for violations of the federal Hobbs Act. FBI surveillance tape helped put him there. One of...
View ArticleMayor’s Former Bodyguard Prepares To Testify Before Grand Jury
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Lawyers for Mayor Luke Ravenstahl’s former bodyguard spent the day preparing for his testimony Tuesday, before a grand jury. Fred Crawford is expected to testify in the morning....
View ArticleDecision Nears In Former Turnpike CEO Corruption Case
HARRISBURG (KDKA) — We should know by tomorrow who among the former leadership of the Turnpike Commission charged in this scandal will go to trial, and who, if any, will not. Among those waiting to...
View ArticleFormer Turnpike CEO To Learn Fate In Corruption Case
HARRISBURG (KDKA) – Six defendants in the Pennsylvania Turnpike corruption case were ordered to stand trial at a preliminary hearing today. Closing arguments wrapped up Tuesday afternoon, and the...
View ArticleChief Justice Castille Dicusses Same-Sex Marriage & Corruption
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – It is the highest court in the Commonwealth and rarely do the justices ever give interviews. However, the Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently sat down with...
View ArticleFormer Pa. Sen. Jane Orie To Be Released From State Prison
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Jane Orie’s attorney says the former state senator will be released from state prison on Sunday, barely 20 months after she began serving a two-and-a-half to 10-year sentence. She’s...
View ArticleTaxes Go Up When States Have Higher Public Corruption
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Public corruption is no stranger to this state, whether it’s Republicans like former Pennsylvania Sen. Jane Orie and House Speaker John Perzel or Democrats like former Pennsylvania...
View ArticleAppeals Court Upholds Orie Melvin’s Conviction, Alters Terms Of Apology
HARRISBURG (AP) — A former Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice convicted of corruption was spared on Thursday the further embarrassment of having to write her court-ordered apologies to every judge in...
View ArticleOrie Melvin Drops Appeal, Hopes To Serve Sentence Soon
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Former Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin has dropped her appeal of her campaign corruption conviction and has submitted drafts of apology letters she is ordered to...
View ArticleEx-Police Chief Says He’s Found God, Seeking Reduced Sentence For Extortion
PITTSBURGH (AP) – A former southwestern Pennsylvania police chief serving more than 11 years behind bars for extortion wants a federal judge to reduce his sentence to less than seven years because he’s...
View ArticleEx-State Lawmaker Veon Granted New Trial In Corruption Case
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – A former high-ranking Democrat in the Pennsylvania House who served jail time for misusing a nonprofit for his own benefit was awarded a new trial Tuesday after a state high...
View Article2016 Pa. Political Scene Rocked By Scandal Surrounding AG Kane
HARRISBURG (News Radio 1020 KDKA) – For Pennsylvania government, 2016 was a turbulent year. Much of it was due to an attorney general facing criminal charges, which ultimately resulted in Kathleen...
View ArticleWestmoreland Co. Woman Arrested For Allegedly Abandoning Her 4 Children
EAST HUNTINGDON, Pa. (KDKA) – A woman is behind bars in Westmoreland County after she allegedly abandoned her four children. According to state police, a mother of four not only abandoned her children,...
View ArticleAppeals Court Hears Arguments In Corruption Case Of Former Westmoreland Co....
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A defense attorney for a sheriff accused of corruption has told Pennsylvania appeals court judges that his client should not be tried again after his first case ended in a mistrial....
View ArticleDeputy Warden, Corrections Officers Among Those Charged In Fayette Co. Prison...
By: KDKA-TV News Staff UNIONTOWN (KDKA) — A grand jury investigation has uncovered alleged corruption inside the Fayette County Prison. Fayette County District Attorney Richard Bower announced charges...
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