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Thursday, December 20, 2012

ROAD RAGE UPDATE: Victims Did Not Want to Participate in Prosecution

The district attorney's office requested that the charges be withdrawn.

The withdrawal of several charges against a woman whom police say assaulted three people in a November road rage incident in Baldwin Township has raised some eyebrows. While it is typical for district magistrates to grant the withdrawal of charges based on a lack of evidence, it also often occurs that the victims and/or witnesses of crimes do not wish to participate in the accused's prosecution. Such was the case of Amanda Marie Petrelli, whom a Baldwin Township police officer drew his gun at on Nov. 13 after a traffic accident involving the Dormont Borough woman escalated into violence. According to Baldwin Township police Chief Terrence P. O'Brien, Petrelli, 29, of Tennessee Avenue, punched two other women in the face and ran her vehicle…

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Assault, Drugs Charges Dropped in Baldwin Twp. Road Rage Case (in Baldwin-Whitehall Patch), Police Pull Gun on Woman in Baldwin Twp. Road Rage Incident (in Baldwin-Whitehall Patch), Baldwin Township Municipal Building (Administrative Offices) (in Baldwin-Whitehall Patch), and 2 more ›

Monday, November 19, 2012

Dormont Woman Arrested in Baldwin Road Rage Incident

A Baldwin Township police officer pulled a gun on the woman during the incident.

A Dormont Borough woman was arrested in Baldwin Township on Nov. 13 after police said she punched two women and hit a pedestrian with her car during a road rage incident. Baldwin Township police Chief Terrence P. O'Brien said police arrived at the intersection of Dewalt and Newport drives after the Dormont woman—identified as Amanda Marie Petrelli, 29, of Tennessee Avenue—had reportedly punched the other two women, a mother and daughter who were riding together in the same vehicle. All three women were involved in the same traffic accident at the intersection, O'Brien said. According to the police report, a witness saw Petrelli punch the two women while all three were standing outside their vehicles. When police arrived, Petrelli had …

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Baldwin Township Municipal Building (Administrative Offices) (in Baldwin-Whitehall Patch)

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Nazy H

8:40 am on Tuesday, November 27, 2012

The above comment, Robert, is this about you having the little town blues? Or you thinking we all need it? Because other comments have clearly stated we like it here so I am not sure why you would post about your own feelings being negative. I am confused, again, by your posts. You seem depressed since you have moved away from such a vibrant area, called Dormont. We like it here, we moved to be …   more ›

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