2-year-old Maddox Derkosh of Whitehall was killed in early November.
The Allegheny County District Attorney's Office will not pursue criminal charges against Elizabeth Derkosh, the mother of the late Maddox Derkosh, who was killed in a tragic mauling accident at the Pittsburgh Zoo in early November. However, according to KDKA, District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. is investigating a possible criminal negligence charge against the zoo. Elizabeth and 2-year-old Maddox, both of Whitehall Borough's Highgrove Road, were visiting the zoo on Nov. 4 when Maddox 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 …
Hazelwood man is accused of stealing more than $35,000 from payroll and other accounts of Western Pennsylvania chapter of the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association.
Investigators with the Allegheny County District Attorney's office today arrested the former executive director of the Western Pennsylvania chapter of the ALS Association on charges that he stole more than $35,000 from the nonprofit organization. Michael D. Bernarding, 33, of Hazelwood, is charged with eight counts each of theft and misapplication of entrusted property, according to an affidavit filed by the District Attorney's office. He was to be arraigned today before Magisterial District Judge Robert Dzvonick of Shaler. The Western Pennsylvania chapter of the ALS Association helps people and families who are living with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, a neurodegenerative ailment. Also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, ALS attacks the …
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J. L. MARTIN
9:15 am on Thursday, November 29, 2012
ZAPPALA IS WRONG, WRONG, WRONG - THINKING ABOUT FILING CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST THE ZOO. IT IS NOT THE ZOO'S FAULT OR THOSE DARLING AFRICAN PAINTED DOGS THAT MADDOX'S MOTHER IS IRRESPONSIBLE AND IS GUILTY OF POOR PARENTING. PLUS, SHE MIGHT NEED HER HEAD EXAMINED. WHY WOULD YOU BALANCE A 2 YEAR OLD ON A RAIL? LEAVE THE ZOO ALONE AND PUT THE BLAME WHERE IT BELONGS more ›