This week's newsletter includes a nice picture of City Police officers with PPS students in Homewood - part of the Youth Connections initiative that they've talked about at the HPCC meetings. Also - Save the Date! The Zone 5 Annual Open House will be Saturday, June 8th at the station on Washington Blvd. Many, many local non-profits (including the HPCC!) will have booths, there will be police horses and vehicles to check out, plus food, games, a dunk booth, and more. It's lots of fun, especially for kids! The flyer is at the end of the newsletter. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Pittsburgh Police Zone 5 <jason.lando@pittsburghpa.gov> Date: Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 2:09 PM Subject: Zone 5 Weekly Crime Report: March 11th - 17th To: Stephanie Walsh <steph62996@gmail.com> Zone 5 Weekly Crime Report: March 11th - 17th Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Zone 5 Police Station Weekly Crime Report *Week of March 11th - 17th* *Pictured above:* Officers from across the city joined with students from PPS - Student Achievement Center in Homewood for another installment of our Youth Connections initiative. See our Facebook page for more information and for a link to the video highlights of the event. <https://facebook.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6f6b2a5ae720a87b39ee27856&id=63e1a8cc81&e=a8a47d5f26> FRIEND ON FACEBOOK <https://facebook.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6f6b2a5ae720a87b39ee27856&id=3c6fd0158f&e=a8a47d5f26> FOLLOW ON TWITTER <https://facebook.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6f6b2a5ae720a87b39ee27856&id=d30381ef7e&e=a8a47d5f26> VISIT OUR WEBPAGE <https://facebook.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6f6b2a5ae720a87b39ee27856&id=462ffda8d5&e=a8a47d5f26> *Homewood / East Hills* *3/12/19 Aggravated Assault - Mulford Street & Brushton Avenue, 4:02 PM.* Officers responded to a custody dispute on Mulford Street and arrived to find *James T. Binford, 35, of Homewood,* punching a 30 year-old male victim in the face while he was down on the ground. Officers attempted to separate the two men but Binford resisted officers. Officer Bryner attempted to place Binford in handcuffs but he pulled away and continued his aggression. A taser was deployed and Binford was arrested without further incident. Officers observed the victim to have a severely swollen and possibly fractured jaw. Binford was medically cleared and taken to the ACJ. (46832) *3/13/19 Theft from Vehicle - 6800 block Hamilton Avenue. *Victim reported that she was at the Wheel Mill with her family when someone entered her car and stole her ID and credit card. Several purchased were made at nearby businesses before the theft was discovered. No signs of forced entry into the vehicle. (47688) *Larimer / Lincoln-Lemington* *3/17/19 Aggravated Assault (Shooting) - Victor Way & Shetland Street, 4:26 PM.* Officers responded to a report of a man shot in the neck inside a vehicle. The 42 year-old male victim was located and bystanders and officers rendered emergency first aid until paramedics arrived at the scene. The victim was taken to a trauma center where he was last listed in critical condition. Detectives from our Violent Crime Unit are handling this investigation. (50386) *Bloomfield / Garfield / Friendship* *3/12/19 Theft from Vehicle - 4700 block Juniper Street.* A bookbag and vehicle paperwork were stolen from the victim's unlocked car overnight. (47293) *East Liberty / Highland Park* *3/15/19 Theft from Vehicle - 5700 block East Liberty Boulevard. *Victim found the passenger side rear vent window shattered and her vehicle ransacked. Nothing appeared to be missing. (49071) *Morningside / Stanton Heights / Waterworks* *Nothing Significant to Report* Crimes listed in the above report include: Homicide, Aggravated Assault, Robbery, Burglary, Arson, Stolen Cars, Thefts from Vehicle, and Overdoses. *We do not list information for car accidents, retail theft, harassment, minor assaults, etc. * *This Week's Notable Arrests* *3/15/19 8:45 PM 1200 block Duffield Street Arrestee: Anthony C. Pampuch, 18, of Morningside Summary: *Officers went to the residence of Anthony Pampuch and placed him under arrest on an outstanding warrant for Aggravated Assault, Criminal Conspiracy, and False Imprisonment, stemming from an incident that occurred on 3/9/19 in the 1200 block of Jancey Street (See Weekly Crime Report for last week). Pampuch surrendered without incident. (44669) *3/18/19 12:53 AM 700 block N. Highland Avenue Arrestee: Kevin Dale Dixon, 32, of Northside Summary: *Officer Szalla responded to a call for a female victim who just spotted her stolen Kia in the area of N. Negley Avenue & Black Street. Officers learned that the victim's car was stolen earlier during a carjacking in Wilkinsburg and that the suspect was a known male by the name of Kevin Dixon. Multiple Zone 5 cars converged on the area and eventually spotted the Kia on the Meadow Street bridge. Officers turned around to catch up to the vehicle and found it abandoned in the street. A few minutes later, Dixon was spotted in the area and was taken into custody. In addition to any charges stemming from the incident in Wilkinsburg, Dixon was also charged with Receiving Stolen Property, driving with a suspended license, and was also the subject of an arrest warrant from the Board of Probation & Parole. The car was returned to the victim and Dixon was taken to the ACJ. <your@email.com> ZONE 5 COMMANDER JASON LANDO <your@email.com> <your@email.com> ZONE 5 COMMUNITY OUTREACH TEAM <your@email.com> *Our mailing address is:* Pittsburgh Police Zone 5 Station 1401 Washington Blvd Pittsburgh, PA 15206 (412) 665-3605 Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences <https://facebook.us15.list-manage.com/profile?u=6f6b2a5ae720a87b39ee27856&id=20df6605d5&e=a8a47d5f26> or unsubscribe from this list <https://facebook.us15.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=6f6b2a5ae720a87b39ee27856&id=20df6605d5&e=a8a47d5f26&c=823d43f791>