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Saturday, January 5, 2013

Week in Review: Wanted Woman, New Year's Arrests and the End of 'Rocky Horror'

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Busy week? No downtime? Missed the news? Don't sweat it. Here's a list of this week's top stories from Dormont-Brookline Patch, so you can catch up on the goods. Got your own news to share? Add your organization's events to our Event Calendar. Share your wedding, baby or graduation news in our Announcements section and, while you're at it, upload your photos to our Neighborhood Gallery. We'd love to hear from you! This week on Dormont-Brookline Patch: South Hills Woman Wanted for Fraud, Thefts Arrests Follow New Year's Fight at Ritz Banquet Hall Naftal Says PublicStuff a Success for Dormont Hollywood Screen Goes Dark on 'Rocky Horror' Dormont VFD Officers Sworn in Thursday Follow Dormont-Brookline Patch on Facebook and Twitter. For more …

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South Hills Woman Wanted for Fraud, Thefts, Arrests Follow New Year's Fight at Ritz Banquet Hall, Naftal Says PublicStuff a Success for Dormont, and 2 more ›

Thursday, January 3, 2013

Arrests Follow New Year's Fight at Ritz Banquet Hall

At least three people were arrested after a large fight at the Brookline Boulevard banquet hall.

Three people were arrested following a fight that involved about 50 people at Ritz Banquet Hall in Brookline on New Year's Eve. Stephen Howell, 24, Jacob Novicki, 20, and John Russo, 25, all of the Pittsburgh area, were arrested for their involvement in the fight. Pittsburgh police spokesperson Diane Richard said the three men were heavily involved in the fight, and were inciting a riotous situation with the crowd. According to a report from WPXI, the fight started after someone tried to crash a private birthday party at the Brookline Boulevard banquet hall. Court dockets filed Jan. 1 show that each of the three men were charged with inciting a riot, disorderly conduct, simple assault, failure to disperse and public drunkenness. Novicki …

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