Arrests Made in Brookline, Beechview Crimes

Zone 6 Pittsburgh police officers made arrests this week in seperate incidents for robbery and criminal trespass in Brookline and Beechview.

Police responded to Bellaire Avenue and Wedgemere Street in Brookline on June 2 at 12:41 p.m. for a report of a fight between two men. A man at the scene told police he had been assaulted and robbed on Fitch Way, according to the report. Police found and arrested Matthew Moran, 33, of Brookline. He was charged with robbery and taken to Allegheny County Jail.

On June 4 at 2:15 a.m., police responded to the 1500 block of Beechview Avenue for a report of a burglary at an apartment building. According to the report, police found a highly intoxicated man, identified as 23-year-old Alan Knox of Beechview, standing inside the bedroom of an apartment.

Knox reportedly entered the building through an unlocked door at the fire escape. The residents told police they did not know him, and had not invited him into the apartment. Knox was arrested and charged with criminal trespass.

For more police items, see the Pittsburgh police blotter on the City of Pittsburgh Community Safety website.

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