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Chad T. Abbott, 26, pleaded guilty to strangulation and other offenses in connection with an attack of a woman at Lynch Field in Greensburg on Aug. 29, 2019.
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A former Washington County man who most recently lived in a tent near Lynch Field in Greensburg will serve up to five years in prison for attacking his girlfriend.
Chad T. Abbott, 26, who authorities said was homeless when charged in 2019, pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges of strangulation, terroristic threats, false imprisonment and multiple counts of simple assault. Police said witnesses reported Abbott attacked the woman at Lynch Field on Aug. 29, 2019. The woman was treated for bruises, cuts and abrasions.
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A Hempfield woman has pleaded guilty in connection with three incidents last year in which investigators said she assaulted a police officer, a deputy sheriff and a prison guard.
Sonya Rae Connors, 53, was sentenced by Westmoreland County Common Pleas Court Judge Meagan Bilik-DeFazio to serve up to 23 months in jail and two years on probation.
She was given credit for the nine months she served behind bars since her arrest and was paroled.
According to court records, Connors had been free on bail since since September.
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A Derry man sentenced to a 7-to-14-year prison sentence for the delivery of drugs that prosecutors said led to his friend’s fatal overdose now claims he was “induced” to plead guilty to a crime he did not commit.
Glenn A. Levtzow, 39, in court documents filed this week asked to withdraw a guilty plea he entered 15 months ago to counts of drug delivery resulting in death and two related offenses. The plea was made in connection to the Nov. 18, 2017, fatal overdose of Ryan Powell.
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A Greensburg woman remains in jail as she mulls whether to accept a plea deal that would result in the dismissal of a felony charge of drug delivery resulting in death in connection the fatal overdose last February of her wife.
Westmoreland County Common Pleas Court Judge Christopher Feliciani on Friday rejected a defense request to reinstate bond for Mary Crimboli-Baker, 34, who is awaiting trial on six criminal counts associated with the Feb. 11, 2020, overdose death of 32-year-old Justine Baker in the couple’s Greensburg apartment.
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A New Stanton man will serve up to three years in prison for the sexual assault of a young girl, his third child victim in more than a decade, according to Westmoreland County prosecutors.
Paul E. Chamberlain, 33, pleaded guilty Tuesday to three counts of indecent assault for improper sexual contact with a now 18-year-old girl who told police the sexual assaults started in 2008 when she was just 6 years old and continued until 2012.
According to court records, the victim told police Chamberlain would sneak into her bedroom, where he improperly touched and threatened her, including one instance in which she claimed he scraped a knife across her arm.