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The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

Police believe that Darby used a claw type hammer and two stainless steel knives to kill Sheykhet. (Courtesy of Pittsburgh Police)

Man sentenced to life in prison without parole for murder of Pitt student

By Janine Faust, Managing Editor October 17, 2018
The DA’s office had originally sought the death penalty for Matthew Darby and withdrew it after he agreed to a sentence of life without parole.
Saint Pauls Cathedral on Fifth Avenue is a part of the Pittsburgh Diocese, which was implicated in the Pennsylvania Diocese Victims Report alongside five other Pennsylvania diocese. (Photo by Thomas Yang | Assistant Visual Editor)

Catholics respond to Pittsburgh diocese scandal

By Mario Cattabiani III, Staff Writer September 12, 2018
At nearly 900 pages, a sweeping report identified some 300 priests accused of sexually abusing more than 1,000 children over the past seven decades in six dioceses across Pennsylvania.
A man was found dead on Ward Street in South Oakland Monday afternoon. (Photo by Mackenzie Rodrigues | Contributing Editor)

2 men arrested for Ward homicide

By Mackenzie Rodrigues | News Editor March 27, 2018

City police arrested two men for the death of the man found on the 3200 block of Ward Street Monday afternoon. The men in custody are 21-year-old Velmon Dowling and 22-year-old Shayne Andrew Craighead....

A man was found dead on Ward Street in South Oakland Monday afternoon. (Photo by Mackenzie Rodrigues | Contributing Editor)

Deleted police tweet causes confusion after body found on Ward

By TPN Staff March 27, 2018

A man was found shot to death on Ward Street Monday afternoon, but it’s unclear where the shooting occurred after University of Pittsburgh police deleted a tweet regarding the incident. City police...

A man was found dead on Ward Street in South Oakland Monday afternoon. (Photo by Mackenzie Rodrigues | Contributing Editor)

Breaking: Male victim found dead on Ward Street

A man was shot Monday afternoon in McKeesport, and then driven and removed from the suspects’ vehicle on Ward Street in South Oakland, according to Pitt police. Pittsburgh police spokesperson Alicia...

A man was found dead on Ward Street in South Oakland Monday afternoon. (Photo by Mackenzie Rodrigues | Contributing Editor)

Man found dead on Ward Street

By TPN Staff March 26, 2018

A man was found dead Monday afternoon on Ward Street in South Oakland, according to city police. The body appears to have been driven to the location after the victim was shot in McKeesport, Pitt police...

A pedestrian walks by Hello Bistro Monday afternoon. (Photo by Christian Snyder / Multimedia Editor)

Police respond to armed robbery at Hello Bistro

By The Pitt News Staff March 19, 2018

The City of Pittsburgh Police Department responded to an armed robbery at Hello Bistro Sunday night, according to a Pitt crime alert sent out Monday afternoon. The crime alert from University of Pittsburgh...

The Penn Hills Police Department, where 12 students reported alleged hazing to law enforcement Monday. (Photo courtesy of WTAE)

Alpha Kappa Alpha suspended, police investigating alleged hazing

Police are investigating an alleged hazing incident after 12 pledges of Pitt’s Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority chapter went to the Penn Hills police department to file a report, the department’s police...

The charges brought against a man arrested in the VA hospitals parking garage in November have been dropped. (Photo by Thomas Yang | Senior Staff Photographer)

Charges dropped against man accused of spying on students

By Mackenzie Rodrigues | News Editor February 21, 2018

A magisterial judge Wednesday dropped charges against Paul May, a nurse at the Veteran Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System in Oakland who was accused of spying into upper campus dorms. May, 56, was...

The Allegheny County District Attorney will seek the death penalty for Matthew Darby. (Photo via Pittsburgh Police)

DA to seek death penalty in Pitt student’s homicide

By Janine Faust / Assistant News Editor February 15, 2018

The Allegheny County district attorney's office will seek the death penalty for Matthew Darby, a 21-year-old man accused of killing Pitt student Alina Sheykhet. Sheykhet was found dead in her home in...

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