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Gun Charges

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Penn Hills Man Waives Preliminary Hearing on Multiple Drug, Gun Charges

District Judge Thomas Caulfield handles numerous cases in his Forest Hills courtroom on Feb. 6.

Michael Lee Snoe, 34, of Penn Hills waived his right to a preliminary hearing before District Judge Thomas Caulfield on charges stemming from a traffic stop conducted by Churchill police on Dec. 27, 2012. A Churchill officer observed that Snoe's silver Mitsubishi Galant had an expired inspection/emission sticker. The officer watched the vehicle turn on to the Parkway East ramp without using a turn signal, then follow a traffic trailer at an unsafe distance. The officer attempted to initiate a traffic stop at the Churchill on ramp but Snoe proceeded for several hundred feet before stopping on the Parkway beyond the Wilkinsburg exit. The officer saw Snoe reaching around the passenger compartment as the vehicle swerved. A search of the car …

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Judge Hoots Holds Two Men for Court on Gun-Related Charges

Wilkinsburg police conducted saturation patrols in September to deal with high number of homicides; two men held for court on gun charges as a result.

Two men are facing formal arraignments during February in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court on gun-related charges stemming from saturation patrols by Wilkinsburg police last fall to cut down on the number of homicides in the borough. District Judge Kim M. Hoots held the two for court in separate hearings in connection with an incident on Sept. 22, 2012. William Bennett, 19, of 1161 South Ave., Wilkinsburg was held for court on Jan. 3 on charges of firearms not to be carried without a license, alter/obliterate mark of identification, tamper with/fabricate physical evidence and make repairs/sell/etc. offensive weapons. He faces a formal arraignment on Feb. 21. Michael Antonio Smith, 19, of Swissvale was held for court by Hoots on Dec. 27 …

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