Michigan man accused of cross-country Walmart theft spree arrested in Western Pa.
Michigan man accused of cross-country Walmart theft spree arrested in Western Pa.
EMERGENCY ARE ALREADY BEING DECLARED AND FLIGHTS CANCELED THIS MORNING. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR THIS MORNING STARTS NOW. IT IS 8:00 ON THE DOT AS WE WELCOME YOU IN ON WHAT’S PROVING TO BE A BUSY SUNDAY MORNING. THANKS FOR WAKING UP WITH PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. I’M LILY COLEMAN. YOU KNOW, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION WEATHER METEOROLOGIST JILL SZWED. SHE’S KICKING THINGS OFF WITH OUR CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST ON YET ANOTHER IMPACT AND ANOTHER SNOWY SUNDAY. BUT IT’S THE KIND OF SNOW THAT MAYBE WE CAN ALL APPRECIATE AS IT LOOKS PRETTY. IT’S NOT REALLY IMPACTING ROAD CONDITIONS AS WELL THIS MORNING AS THE TEMPERATURES ARE JUST TOO WARM FOR A LOT OF THAT SNOW TO STICK TO PAVED SURFACES, BUT WE WILL SEE SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS LOCALLY. MOST OF US WILL PICK UP ABOUT 1 TO 2IN OF SNOW. THAT WILL BE THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW. MEANWHILE, OUT EAST, HIGHER TOTALS ANTICIPATED. WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF WINTER WEATHER ALERTS. WE’LL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT HERE IN JUST A MOMENT. ACROSS ALLEGHENY COUNTY, CATCHING A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK RIGHT NOW FOR MOST NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT STILL FROM MONROEVILLE HEADING UP THROUGH THE ALLEGHENY VALLEY. ALSO, AS WE GET CLOSER TO IRWIN, EVEN NORTH HUNTINGTON, STILL A DECENT LITTLE BURST OF SNOW THAT’S LEFT OVER FROM THE OVERNIGHT HOURS THAT STRETCHES FROM THE WEST VIRGINIA BORDER UP THROUGH GREENSBURG, AROUND APOLLO, EVEN HEADING INTO DAYTON AS WELL. NORTHERN PARTS OF ARMSTRONG COUNTY. AS WE LOOK TO THE WEST FROM NEW CASTLE, DOWN THROUGH BEAVER. ALSO NOW INTO WASHINGTON COUNTY, WE’RE SEEING THE NEXT WAVE OF SNOW FILTERING IN, AND THAT WILL BE WITH US AS WE WORK THROUGH THE MIDDLE TO LATE STAGE OF YOUR SUNDAY MORNING. THOSE WINTER WEATHER ALERTS, ALL RESERVED FOR AREAS EAST FROM INDIANA TO GREENSBURG, UNIONTOWN, MORGANTOWN. IT’S A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CLIMB UP INTO THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS. YOU RAMP THINGS UP TO A WINTER STORM WARNING. BOTH ALERTS ARE EXPECTED TO EXPIRE AT 1:00 TUESDAY, AS IMPACTS WILL BE GREATER THE FARTHER EAST AND HIGHER UP YOU ARE. AGAIN, GENERALLY 1 TO 2IN ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. MEANWHILE, INTO THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS, WE TALK ABOUT 2 TO 5IN, POSSIBLY HIGHER AMOUNTS, ESPECIALLY AS YOU START TO GET INTO SOME OF THOSE HIGHER RIDGE TOPS AS WE GO THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO YOUR MONDAY. I’LL BE TIMING OUT THE SNOW HOUR BY HOUR, AND OF COURSE, GIVE YOU A CLOSER LOOK AT THOSE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. YOUR CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES. ALL RIGHT, JOE, THANK YOU. WELL, ACCORDING TO PENNDOT, CREWS PRETREATED ROADS WHERE THEY NEEDED BEFORE THAT SNOWFALL HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE CONTINUING TO MONITOR ROAD TEMPERATURES AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. IN THE MEANTIME, DRIVERS ARE BEING ENCOURAGED TO USE A BIT OF EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE HEADING ANYWHERE THIS MORNING. AND REMEMBER, YOU CAN STAY UP TO DATE ON THE FORECAST WITH OUR FREE WTAE APP. THERE YOU CAN GET IMPORTANT WEATHER ADVISORIES AND ALERTS SENT RIGHT TO YOUR PHONE. PLUS, EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO KEEP YOU AND YOUR FAMILY SAFE. WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING, DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT IN HEIDELBERG, ALLEGHENY COUNTY. A MAN IS DEAD AFTER BEING SHOT BY A POLICE OFFICER. THIS HAPPENED OUTSIDE OF A HOME ON WASHINGTON STREET. ALLEGHENY COUNTY POLICE SAY AROUND MIDNIGHT. 911 DISPATCHERS RECEIVED A CALL FROM A MAN CLAIMING TO BE ARMED, WHO WAS THREATENING TO HARM HIMSELF AND OTHERS. THEY SAY WHEN POLICE OFFICERS GOT THERE, THEY FOUND THAT MAN OUTSIDE OF THE HOME WITH A KNIFE. THE OFFICERS TOLD THE MAN TO DROP THE KNIFE. INSTEAD, HE ALLEGEDLY CHARGED TOWARDS THE OFFICERS. AN OFFICER FROM THE HEIDELBERG POLICE DEPARTMENT USED A TASER, BUT THE MAN CONTINUED CHARGING TOWARDS OFFICERS WITH THAT KNIFE. ALLEGHENY COUNTY POLICE SAY THAT IS WHEN AN OFFICER WITH THE SCOTT TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT FIRED HIS WEAPON MULTIPLE TIMES. THAT SUSPECT WAS SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES. HE HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED. HE WAS TAKEN TO AN AREA HOSPITAL BUT PRONOUNCED DEAD. NO OFFICERS WERE HURT IN THIS INCIDENT. ALLEGHENY COUNTY POLICE TELL US THEY ARE HANDLING THIS INVESTIGATION. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL THEIR TIP LINE. NEW THIS MORNING, CREWS BATTLING A FIRE OVERNIGHT IN MOON TOWNSHIP, ALLEGHENY COUNTY. YOU CAN SEE THIS HOME ON LANSDOWNE DRIVE, SEVERELY DAMAGED, AS WAS A TRUCK PARKED IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE. DISPATCHERS SAY NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AT THIS POINT. IT’S UNCLEAR HOW THE FIRE STARTED, BUT OFFICIALS ARE INVESTIGATING TO PITTSBURGH’S BROOKLINE NEIGHBORHOOD NOW, WHERE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AFTER A NUMBER OF SHOTS WERE FIRED LAST NIGHT. THIS WAS THE SCENE ON BROOKLINE BOULEVARD AROUND 11. OFFICERS FOUND SHELL CASINGS AND A VEHICLE THAT WAS DAMAGED BY BULLETS. NO INJURIES BEING REPORTED HERE. NO WORD ON ANY SUSPECTS AT THIS TIME. WELL, NEW THIS MORNING WE ARE LEARNING THE NAME OF THE MAN ARRESTED FOLLOWING A HOMICIDE IN THE CITY OF BUTLER. ALSO, JUST IN VIDEO FROM THE SCENE ON MILLER AVENUE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WAS POSTED TO SOCIAL MEDIA BY A NEIGHBOR. STATE POLICE SAY THE VICTIM, 69 YEAR OLD JAMES HOOVER, WAS FOUND AT THIS HOME AND TROOPERS ARRESTED 37 YEAR OLD RICHARD SWANN, THE SECOND SWANN IS IN THE BUTLER COUNTY JAIL THIS MORNING, FACING A NUMBER OF CHARGES INCLUDING HOMICIDE, ROBBERY AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. AT THIS POINT, IT’S UNCLEAR HOW OR IF THOSE TWO MEN ARE CONNECTED. ALSO NEW ON FOUR THIS MORNING WE HAVE LEARNED SEVEN YEAR OLD BOY HAS DIED AFTER BEING HIT BY A CAR IN MONONGAHELA TOWNSHIP, GREENE COUNTY. PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE SAY HE WAS WALKING ACROSS SOUTH EIGHTH STREET WHEN HE WAS HIT BY A HONDA HR-V. HE DIED FROM HIS INJURIES. THE DRIVER WAS NOT HURT. STATE POLICE SAY THEY ARE STILL INVESTIGATING THIS CRASH. FRIENDSVILLE A HOME RUN IN THE PIRATES WIN IT 10 TO 9 AND WIN THE WORLD SERIES. WELL, IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC MOMENTS IN PITTSBURGH SPORTS HISTORY AND BASEBALL HISTORY, ONE THAT WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR DECADES TO COME. BILL MAZEROSKI’S WALK OFF HOME RUN TO WIN THE 1960 WORLD SERIES. PITTSBURGH AND ALL OF BASEBALL. CONTINUING TO REMEMBER THE MAN AND THAT MOMENT AS HE, OF COURSE, DIED ON FRIDAY AT THE AGE OF 89. THE PIRATES OPENING GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE PLAY YESTERDAY WITH THE GAME IN SARASOTA, FLORIDA. THE TEAM, PAUSING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE BEFORE THE GAME AGAINST THE ORIOLES. BALTIMORE HONORING MAYS WITH A TRIBUTE ON THE SCOREBOARD AND THE NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME IN COOPERSTOWN, PAUSED TO PAY TRIBUTE AS WELL. YESTERDAY, SOMEONE PLACING FLOWERS ON BILL MAZEROSKI’S PLAQUE THERE. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HALL, OFFERING CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY AND PIRATES FANS EVERYWHERE. AND ALREADY A SMALL MEMORIAL IS GROWING AT THE MAZEROSKI STATUE AT PNC PARK. OTHER FANS STOPPING BY THE FORBES FIELD WALL IN OAKLAND FOLLOWING THE NEWS OF HIS PASSING. YESTERDAY. EVERYONE SHARING A STORY ABOUT NUMBER NINE WITH MORE ON THAT TRIBUTE. HERE’S PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER FELICITY TAYLOR. WE’RE HERE AT FORBES FIELD WALL, WHERE BILL MAZEROSKI’S MASSIVE HOME RUN IN THE 1960 WORLD SERIES FOREVER CEMENTED HIM INTO PITTSBURGH’S SPORTS AND BASEBALL HISTORY. FANS, YOUNG AND OLD, HAVE STOPPED BY TO CREATE THEIR RESPECTS AND CREATE A GROWING TRIBUTE. FANS WHO WERE AROUND CAN RECALL EXACTLY WHERE THEY WERE AND THE CALL. ONE OF THOSE HANDHELD RADIOS STUCK TO MY EAR, AND THEN I HEARD, I THINK HIS NAME WAS CHUCK. THOMPSON DESCRIBED THE HOME RUN AND I HAD CHILLS UP AND DOWN MY SPINE. JUST COULDN’T BELIEVE IT. BUT IT WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. AND FOR OTHERS, THE STORIES FROM FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE CEMENTED IN THEIR MIND. I’VE SEEN ALL THE VIDEOS AND THE INTERVIEWS AND EVEN THE, YOU KNOW, THE YEARS THAT I SAW WHEN THE PIRATES WERE GOOD FROM 2013 TO 15, YOU WOULD SEE HIM HELPING OUT THE YOUNGER PLAYERS AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, HE’S JUST BEEN A GREAT DEAL TO THE WHOLE CITY. BEYOND BEING A WORLD SERIES HERO AND A RECORD HOLDING DEFENSEMAN, PITTSBURGHERS REMEMBER MASS FOR HIS CHARACTER OFF THE FIELD. HE ASKED ME WHERE I WAS FROM. DID I PLAY BASEBALL, HOW LONG I’D BEEN FOLLOWING THE PIRATES FOR FOR DID I HAVE SEASON TICKETS? HE WAS JUST HE WAS SUCH A GOOD, GOOD MAN. I, I REALLY ENJOYED MEETING HIM. PIRATES MANAGER DON KELLY SAYS HIS LEGACY IS IN THEIR CLUBHOUSE AS THEY LOOK TO BRING BACK BASEBALL GLORY TO THE BURG. HE WAS A HUMAN, HE WAS HUMBLE, AND HE WAS REALLY, REALLY GOOD. AND THOSE THINGS CAN ALL, YOU KNOW, BE TOGETHER IN THE SAME PERSON. AND WE DO. WE HAVE GUYS IN THERE THAT ARE LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW, SUPERSTAR GUYS THAT EMULATE THOSE TRAITS AS WELL. THIS POSTER HERE AT THE TRIBUTE SHOWS ALL OF MAZEROSKI’S ACCOLADES, BUT IT’S THE ONE ON THE BOTTOM THAT MEANS THE MOST TO FOLKS HERE FOREVER. A PITTSBURGH PIRATE. COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY IN PITTSBURGH’S OAKLAND NEIGHBORHOOD. I’M FELICITY TAYLOR, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. AND OUR COVERAGE CONTINUES IN JUST A FEW MINUTES AS ANCHOR RYAN RECKER TAKES A CLOSER LOOK AT BILL MAZEROSKI’S LIFE AND LEGACY. TURNING TO OTHER HEADLINES ON THIS SUNDAY. RIGHT NOW IN CLAIRTON, ALLEGHENY COUNTY POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THESE SUSPECTS ACCUSED OF ARMED ROBBERY. THE CLAIRTON POLICE DEPARTMENT POSTING THESE VIDEOS ASKING FOR YOUR HELP. THEY SAY YESTERDAY MORNING, OFFICERS RESPONDED TO THIRD STREET, WHERE A WOMAN IN HER 60S WAS ROBBED AT GUNPOINT AND HAD HER PURSE, PHONE AND PERSONAL BELONGINGS STOLEN. IF YOU RECOGNIZE THE PEOPLE ON YOUR SCREEN OR IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION, YOU ARE ASKED TO CALL CLAIRTON POLICE. WE’LL ALSO BREAKING THIS MORNING JUST INTO OUR NEWSROOM. ESPN REPORTING THAT PENS CAPTAIN AND CANADA CAPTAIN SIDNEY CROSBY HAS BEEN RULED OUT FOR THE MEN’S OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL GAME BETWEEN TEAM USA AND TEAM CANADA, STARTING LITERALLY IN ABOUT SECONDS NOW. 810 WAS POKED PUCK DROP THIS MORNING. CROSBY MISSED THE SEMIFINAL GAME AGAINST FINLAND WITH A LOWER BODY INJURY THAT HE SUFFERED IN THE QUARTERFINALS. ESPN REPORTED THAT CROSBY WAS IN A WALKING BOOT, BUT SKATED ON FRIDAY AND YESTERDAY. SOURCES TELL ESPN THAT IMAGING REVEALED CROSBY AVOIDED THE WORST CASE SCENARIO WITH HIS INJURY, AND DID EVERYTHING HE COULD TO RETURN TO THE TOURNAMENT. AGAIN, THAT IS JUST DEVELOPING THIS MORNING. THAT GAME SET TO BEGIN HERE IN ABOUT 15 SECONDS. REALLY. WE OF COURSE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED THRO
Michigan man accused of cross-country Walmart theft spree arrested in Western Pa.
Michigan man accused of cross-country Walmart theft spree arrested in Western Pa.
Updated: 6:05 PM EST Feb 22, 2026
A man from Michigan, allegedly responsible for a cross-country retail theft spree across several Walmart stores, was taken into custody by Western Pennsylvania officials earlier this week. VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 on Feb. 22, 2026 The Westmoreland County District Attorney’s office said North Huntingdon police were called to the Walmart on Mills Drive following reports of a theft in progress. The incident was reported on Feb. 19, 2026. An employee saw a man attempting to make a fraudulent purchase at the self-checkout. Officials said employees intercepted the transaction, and the man left the store without any merchandise. The man attempted to walk away with over $2,100 worth of items. The man was stopped in the parking lot by police and was later identified as 18-year-old Andrew Reed, of Detroit, Michigan. Westmoreland officials discovered Reed had several active warrants across the United States, the DA’s office said. He was previously issued a trespassing notice from Walmart stores in Indiana, Florida, and Arkansas. He is allegedly responsible for 97 separate events in Walmart’s loss prevention database totaling more than $146,000.Reed was arraigned on charges of retail theft, theft by deception, criminal use of a communication facility, and trespassing.He was denied bail. Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.
NORTH HUNTINGDON, Pa. —
A man from Michigan, allegedly responsible for a cross-country retail theft spree across several Walmart stores, was taken into custody by Western Pennsylvania officials earlier this week.
VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 on Feb. 22, 2026
The Westmoreland County District Attorney’s office said North Huntingdon police were called to the Walmart on Mills Drive following reports of a theft in progress.
The incident was reported on Feb. 19, 2026.
An employee saw a man attempting to make a fraudulent purchase at the self-checkout. Officials said employees intercepted the transaction, and the man left the store without any merchandise.
The man attempted to walk away with over $2,100 worth of items.
The man was stopped in the parking lot by police and was later identified as 18-year-old Andrew Reed, of Detroit, Michigan.
Westmoreland officials discovered Reed had several active warrants across the United States, the DA’s office said. He was previously issued a trespassing notice from Walmart stores in Indiana, Florida, and Arkansas.
He is allegedly responsible for 97 separate events in Walmart’s loss prevention database totaling more than $146,000.
Reed was arraigned on charges of retail theft, theft by deception, criminal use of a communication facility, and trespassing.
He was denied bail.
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