CRIME BRIEF
A Pittsburgh man wanted in connection with an assault at the end of May in McKeesport has been taken into custody.
A Pittsburgh man wanted in connection with an assault at the end of May in McKeesport has been taken into custody.
Allegheny County Sheriff Kevin M. Kraus announced 37-year-old Ramone Thomas has been a fugitive for the past 30 days after failing to appear for a sentencing hearing July 18. The sentencing involved a guilty plea that Thomas entered before Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Caulfield to a single count of driving under the influence of a controlled substance.
In addition to the bench warrant for failure to appear, Thomas faces three active warrants from McKeesport police. Two of those warrants involve charges of aggravated assault, one of which is connected to an altercation outside the Midtown Plaza Apartments. The victim in that case is currently recovering from a traumatic brain injury. The third warrant involves terroristic threats directed at the mother of his two children.
Allegheny County sheriff’s office detectives obtained information that Thomas was at a residence in Hazelwood.
When they entered the residence Wednesday morning, Thomas attempted to avoid detection by climbing out a window and hiding on the roof wearing only a bath towel. Thomas was ordered to come back inside, was arrested without incident and transported to the Allegheny County Jail.
