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7 days ago
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Pa. State Police looking for information on Salem Township explosion
Pennsylvania State Police troopers are seeking information about an explosive device that was placed underneath a lawn tractor in Westmoreland County last weekend. State Police Public Relations Officer Steve Limani said Wednesday that troopers from the Kiski Valley barracks were called following the explosion that happened at a home along Rt. 22 in Salem Township on Sunday evening a little after 8 p.m. Investigators were then able to determine that an explosive device was placed underneath a lawn tractor. "We feel that the incident was contained specifically and isolated to that particular residence and victim," Limani said. "We do not feel that there's any imminent danger to the public when it comes to if you have a riding tractor and you wanted to go cut your grass." Limani was unable to provide any details about any injuries the victim may have suffered. Limani said the State Police aren't sharing much detailed information out of concern that it would compromise the investigation into the explosion. "I appreciate people trying to be patient while we work through this investigation," Limani said. "If they have questions or concerns, obviously they can call the State Police barracks or 911. If anybody has any information or cardinal knowledge specifically about the incident that took place, obviously with the limited amount of information that I've provided today, when we're talking to you, we'll be able to tell you if you have viable information." Limani says the State Police are working alongside the ATF and the FBI to investigate the explosion and to learn more about the device itself.
CBS News
16-06-2025
- CBS News
Employee accused of stealing $82,000 in lottery tickets from Westmoreland County gas station
Last Thursday, at the BP gas station along Wendel Road in Hempfield Township, a 52-year-old female employee was arrested by the Pennsylvania State Police for stealing what could be up to $82,000 in lottery tickets since December of last year. State police have not released the suspect's name. However, Steve Limani, the public information officer with the Greensburg barracks, said this is an ongoing investigation and investigators are looking to see what this woman's motivation was and if she had an accomplice. "The warning would be, if you are an employee at a store, however temping it may be to try and reach in and take a ticket, don't do it unless you are paying for it," Limani said. On Monday afternoon, KDKA stopped by another local lottery retailer, the Greensburg Newsstand on West Otterman Street near the Westmoreland Courthouse. KDKA spoke with owner Allan Lydic about how someone might steal lottery tickets. In short, he said it would be very difficult. Lydic says there are so many checks on tickets, from both the daily accounting done in a store and by the lottery itself, that a theft like the one in Hempfield couldn't possibly have gone undetected for long. "If you were to daily take a $5 ticket and not account for it, if you are not doing your accounting daily or weekly, maybe you let it pile up. But at the end of the month, you'll go, hey, wait a minute, where is all the money at for these tickets that we sold or that are no longer here?" Lydic said. "You could possibly get away with that for a while, but eventually, it is going to catch up." KDKA asked Lydic if it would be smarter for a clerk to steal cash out of the register than it would be to steal a lottery ticket, and he said simply, "Yeah. You don't want to mess with the lottery."
