Crime & Safety
Weekend Courts Update
Hearings for two local residents in Magisterial District Court in Whitehall Borough and Baldwin Township.
The following results are from recent hearings held in the Caste Village office of Magistrate David J. Barton of District Court 05-2-17:
- Whitehall Borough police charged Dustin David Tichenor, 22, of 1145 McCartney St. in Pittsburgh's West End neighborhood, with harassment, and Charles Rafalowski, 45, of 2201 Hobson St. in Pittsburgh's Brookline neighborhood, with harassment, disorderly conduct and public intoxication, both from the same incident—a fight in front of Frank's Shoes at Caste Village on Sept. 11. Barton dismissed each of Rafalowski's charges on Dec. 19 but found Tichenor guilty on Jan. 20 and fined him approximately $330.
- Baldwin Township police charged Joseph Rotunda, 23, of Biltmore Avenue in Dormont Borough, with driving under the influence of alcohol on Sept. 25. Rotunda's Jan. 10 hearing before Barton was waived, and he will face that charge at the Allegheny County Courthouse on Feb. 28.
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