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Donald R. Dolfi

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Brookline Man Arrested for Giant Eagle Robbery

A man is charged for the same offense for the second time in just over a year.

A man with a history of stealing from the Giant Eagle in Whitehall Borough's Caste Village is charged with doing the same thing again after he led police from Whitehall and Castle Shannon boroughs, and Bethel Park, on a search for him through Whitehall on Saturday. Brenton Fawcett, 37, of 353 Brookline Blvd. in Brookline, was arrested that day and taken to the Allegheny County Jail on charges of robbery, receiving stolen property, retail theft and defiant trespass for stealing DVDs and other merchandise from Giant Eagle at around 1:03 p.m., Whitehall police Chief Donald R. Dolfi said. Dolfi explained that the trespass charge stems from a restriction placed on Fawcett from entering that Giant Eagle after Fawcett pleaded guilty in June to a …

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Giant Eagle (in Baldwin-Whitehall Patch), Borough of Whitehall Municipal Complex (Administrative Offices and Outdoor Recreation) (in Baldwin-Whitehall Patch), Caste Village (in Baldwin-Whitehall Patch), and 3 more ›

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Robert Edward Healy, III

1:55 pm on Thursday, November 8, 2012

worried, If you wish to have the address changed, email me at robert.healyiii@patch.com. We can go over that.   more ›

Monday, November 5, 2012

Police Confirm Zoo Mauling Victim to Be Whitehall Resident

Two-year-old Maddox and his family are Whitehall residents.

The mauling death of a 2-year-old boy at the Pittsburgh Zoo on Sunday has shocked and saddened many area families. That is especially true in Whitehall Borough, as it turns out. Whitehall police Chief Donald R. Dolfi confirmed on Monday that the victim's family lives in Whitehall. Maddox, the victim, is the son of Jason and Elizabeth Derkosh, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review is reporting. Maddox was visiting the zoo with 34-year-old Elizabeth when he fell from the top of a platform railing to the ground inside of the pit area of an African painted dogs exhibit, according to a statement from the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police. Pittsburgh police said that the child lost his balance after his mother lifted him in a standing position onto the 4-foot…

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Zoo Tragedy: Painted Dogs that Mauled Child Won't Be Euthanized. Should Outdoor Exhibit Be Changed?, Borough of Whitehall Municipal Complex (Administrative Offices and Outdoor Recreation) (in Baldwin-Whitehall Patch), and Whitehall Police Department (in Baldwin-Whitehall Patch)

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Ed M

11:51 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Why? Because a wild animal acted like a wild animal? This is a tragic accident.   more ›

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