Man accused of threatening KeyBank, its employees in Western Pa.
START YOUR SUNDAY. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR CONTINUES RIGHT NOW. CLEANING UP AFTER THE STORM. THE RAIN HAS MOVED ON. THIS MORNING. WE’RE GETTING A LOOK AT THE DAMAGE LEFT BEHIND. A CALL TO STOP THE WAR. AS THE BOMBING INTENSIFIES IN IRAN. THE MESSAGE FROM THIS WEEKEND FROM PITTSBURGH TO THE WHITE HOUSE. PLUS, CONSTRUCTION SEASON RAMPING UP. WE ARE WARNING YOU ABOUT A LIST OF MAJOR TRAFFIC PROJECTS DRIVERS NEED TO BE AWARE OF STARTING TOMORROW. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR THIS MORNING STARTS NOW. GOOD MORNING. THANKS FOR JOINING US I’M CARLOS FLORES. HOPEFULLY YOU TURN THE CLOCKS AHEAD ONE HOUR BECAUSE DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME BEGAN OVERNIGHT. NOW LET’S SEND IT OVER TO METEOROLOGIST JILL SZWED FOR A LOOK AT OUR CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST. SOME EXCITING STUFF. THIS WEEK, RIGHT, JOE? CERTAINLY, YES. CARLOS. HEADING BACK INTO SOME OF THOSE SPRINGLIKE TEMPERATURES. LOTS OF SUNSHINE TOO. EVEN THOUGH WE LOST AN HOUR LAST NIGHT, WE GAINED MORE SUNSHINE AS WE WORK THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. OBVIOUSLY EXTEND THE DAY TO ANOTHER SUNSET NOW IN THE 7:00 HOUR. A LITTLE BIT COOLER TODAY, BUT WE WILL BRING BACK MORE OF THAT SPRING FEELING MONDAY AND TUESDAY. A FEW STRAY SHOWERS TRACKING THROUGH THE REGION AS WE’VE GONE THROUGH THESE EARLY MORNING HOURS. STILL A LITTLE BIT OF SPIT AND SPURT ACTION RUNNING INTO THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS, WE HEAD INTO EASTERN WESTMORELAND COUNTY. OTHERWISE, CLOUDS SETTING UP ACROSS THE REGION. BUT THAT’S GOING TO BE SHORT LIVED TOO, AS WE BREAK DOWN THE NEXT 12 HOURS. TEMPERATURES RIGHT NOW SETTLING CLOSE TO 50. WE’RE SEEING 40S NORTH OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH INTO THE AFTERNOON. WE TREND BRIGHTER AND ALSO BRINGING THOSE TEMPERATURES CLOSER TO 60 DEGREES. A LITTLE BIT OF A BREEZE, THOUGH, WILL BE USHERED IN OUT OF THE WEST HERE ON YOUR SUNDAY. KEEPING IT DRY TOMORROW, TUESDAY, AS WELL AS WE FAST FORWARD INTO WEDNESDAY, THAT IS AN IMPACT DAY. WE’LL TALK MORE ABOUT THE RAIN IMPACTS AND WHAT COMES NEXT FOR THE UPCOMING WEEK AND YOUR CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST. THANK YOU JOE. STAYING WITH PITTSBURGH’S ACTION WEATHER THE STORM YESTERDAY BROUGHT DOWN TREES AND WIRES IN SEVERAL COMMUNITIES HERE IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY. PLUM BOROUGH WAS ESPECIALLY HIT HARD. WE FOUND THIS TREE JUST RIPPED FROM THE GROUND ON FRANCIS ROAD. HARD TO BELIEVE. BUT PART OF THE AREA EVEN SAW HAIL. YOU SEE RIGHT THERE AS SNOW. AS THE STORM MOVED THROUGH. VIEWER TAMMIE SUGAR SHARED THIS VIDEO OF THE HAIL FROM HER HOME IN BROCKWAY, JEFFERSON COUNTY. YOU CAN HEAR JUST POUNDING DOWN ON HER ROOF AND HER CAR. AND IN FORREST COUNTY, THE STORM DAMAGED A LUMBER MILL. THE ENDEAVOR LUMBER MILL WAS NO MATCH FOR THE WINDS. THESE PHOTOS SHOW THE DAMAGE. THE ROOF OF THE MILL WENT FLYING. WE’RE TOLD NO ONE WAS INJURED, HOWEVER, AND IF YOU’RE STILL CLEANING UP FROM THE STORM AND WANT TO HELP US TELL THE STORY, REMEMBER TO SHARE YOUR PICTURES AND VIDEOS WITH US ON THE U-LOCAL PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE. AND OF COURSE, SPRING MEANS CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS ALL SEASON LONG. BE SURE TO HAVE THE WTAE APP TO CHECK THE FORECAST AND LIVE RADAR ON THE GO. RIGHT NOW IN NEW CASTLE, LAWRENCE COUNTY POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR THIS MISSING MAN, ISMAEL DAVILA. POLICE SAY HE HAD. HE HAS DEMENTIA AND SPEAKS LIMITED ENGLISH. DAVILA WAS LAST SEEN ON SECURITY CAMERAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON CASCADE STREET FROM PARKWOOD COURT AT ABOUT SEVEN THIS MORNING. HE WAS REPORTEDLY WEARING A TAN YELLOW SHIRT AND GREEN PANTS. HE HAS WHITE HAIR AND A WHITE BEARD. IF YOU SEE HIM, YOU’RE ASKED TO CALL 911. THIS MORNING, THE WAR WITH IRAN IS NOW ENTERING ITS SECOND WEEK WITH NO END IN SIGHT, AND THE REMAINS OF SIX U.S. SOLDIERS KILLED IN THE MIDDLE EAST ARE BACK ON AMERICAN SOIL. WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT JESSICA DEFUSCO JOINS US FROM OUR D.C. BUREAU. JACKIE, WHAT IS THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE LEADING UP TO THIS RITUAL? PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLED THE AMERICAN SOLDIERS KILLED IN THE MIDDLE EAST GREAT HEROES. HE VOWED TO KEEP U.S. TROOP DEATHS TO A MINIMUM AS THE WAR WITH IRAN RICOCHETS ACROSS THE REGION. PRESIDENT TRUMP JOINING GRIEVING FAMILIES AT DOVER AIR FORCE BASE ON SATURDAY, SALUTING SIX FLAG DRAPED TRANSFER CASES CARRYING THE REMAINS OF U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS KILLED BY A DRONE STRIKE IN KUWAIT. IT’S ALWAYS A VERY SAD THING. THE WAR ITSELF IS GOING UNBELIEVABLY. IT’S AS GOOD AS IT CAN BE. AFTER THE RITUAL, PRESIDENT TRUMP DID NOT RULE OUT SENDING AMERICAN GROUND TROOPS INTO IRAN IN THE FUTURE, BUT TOLD REPORTERS THAT HE WOULD NOT ASK KURDISH FORCES TO JOIN THE WAR, EVEN THOUGH HE SAID THEY’RE WILLING. THIS WEEKEND, THE U.S. AND ISRAEL CONTINUED STRIKES ON IRAN AFTER TEHRAN REJECTED PRESIDENT TRUMP’S DEMAND FOR UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER. IRAN’S PRESIDENT NOW THREATENING TO STEP UP ATTACKS ON AMERICAN TARGETS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. AND DESPITE HIS PRIOR APOLOGY FOR ATTACKS ON NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES, SEVERAL ARAB NATIONS INTERCEPTED IRANIAN MISSILES AND DRONES ON SATURDAY, A KEY WATERWAY FOR OIL SHIPMENTS STILL LARGELY AT A STANDSTILL AS GAS PRICES CONTINUE CLIMBING IN THE U.S. AS OF SUNDAY MORNING, THE NATIONAL AVERAGE HAD RISEN $0.47 COMPARED TO A WEEK AGO, ACCORDING TO TRIPLE A, WORRIED ABOUT GAS PRICES RIGHT NOW, NO, THIS IS A THIS IS A SHORT EXCURSION INTO SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE FOR 47 YEARS, 47 YEARS. IT’S TAKEN TO DO THIS, AND NO PRESIDENT HAD THE GUTS TO DO IT. ASKED IF HE WOULD CONSIDER TAPPING INTO AMERICA’S STRATEGIC RESERVES TO EASE SOME OF THESE OIL SUPPLY DISRUPTIONS, PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID THAT THE U.S. HAS A LOT OF OIL. HIS ADMINISTRATION HAS, HOWEVER, ANNOUNCED OTHER STEPS AIMED AT ADDRESSING THESE RISING PRICES. IN WASHINGTON, I’M JACKIE DEFUSCO. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. MEANTIME, IN PITTSBURGH THIS WEEKEND, A RALLY CRY TO PUT AN END TO THE WAR. PROTESTERS GATHERING IN EAST LIBERTY WITH A MESSAGE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. HERE’S PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER FELICITY TAYLOR. WARFARE. OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN IRAN. ALREADY. SIX U.S. SOLDIERS WERE SPENDING $1 BILLION EVERY SINGLE DAY ON THIS WAR. WHILE WE’RE FAILING TO MEET PEOPLE’S NEEDS HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. ABOUT 100 PROTESTERS TOOK TO THE STREETS IN PITTSBURGH’S EAST LIBERTY NEIGHBORHOOD, ONE WEEK AFTER THE UNITED STATES LAUNCHED ITS ATTACKS ON IRAN. PROTESTERS SAY THEY DON’T WANT TROOPS FIGHTING AND DYING IN A WAR THAT THEY DON’T AGREE WITH OR SUPPORT. WE WANT TO BRING THE TROOPS HOME, AND I THINK WE SHOULD SAY THAT THAT WE DON’T WANT AMERICAN SOLDIERS FIGHTING AND DYING FOR A SENSELESS WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST. OUR COUNTRY IS CORRUPTING THE WORLD AND CORRUPTING OURSELVES, AND WE JUST KILLED SO MANY LITTLE KIDS IN IRAN, AND WE’RE BOMBING THE HELL OUT OF THEM. FOR WHAT REASON? WHAT REASON? THEY DON’T HAVE A PLAN. WE ALL NEED TO BE DOWN HERE. WE DON’T WANT WAR. NOBODY WANTS A WAR. PROTESTERS SAY THERE WAS NO NEED FOR THE UNITED STATES TO GET INVOLVED. WE DON’T SEE A REAL REASON FOR THIS WAR. IRAN IS NOT ATTACKED. THE UNITED STATES. THOSE PEOPLE ARE JUST TRYING TO LIVE. THEY TRIED TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE UNITED STATES WHEN THIS ATTACK OPENED UP AGAINST THEM. AND THEY THINK THE MONEY THAT’S BEING USED TO FUND THE ATTACKS COULD BE BETTER USED AT HOME. IT COULD BE USED FOR HEALTH CARE, IT COULD BE USED FOR KIDS LUNCHES. YAY, SUPPORT! IT COULD BE USED FOR LOTS OF OTHER THINGS FOR OUR ELDERLY TO HELP THINGS BECOME MORE EQUITABLE FOR PEOPLE. THERE’S A LOT OF THINGS THAT MONEY COULD BE USED FOR NOT TO BOMB AND KILL PEOPLE. FELICITY TAYLOR, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR IS GETTING YOU READY FOR CONSTRUCTION SEASON, THE LARGEST PROJECT EVER FOR ALLEGHENY COUNTY. PUBLIC WORKS BEGINS TOMORROW ON CAMPBELL’S RUN ROAD. IT IS EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH 2031. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER PAUL VAN OSDOL IS IN GARFIELD WITH THE STORY. THE CLOSURE OF CAMPBELL’S RUN ROAD WILL LAST UP TO FIVE YEARS. DRONE FOUR OVER CAMPBELL’S RUN ROAD NEAR THE PARKWAY WEST, WHERE THE LARGEST ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY HISTORY WILL START ON MONDAY. THE $45 MILLION PROJECT WILL REBUILD AND WIDEN A 1.6 MILE SECTION OF CAMPBELL’S RUN BETWEEN MCMICHAEL AND KEENERS LANE. THERE WILL BE A NEW FOUR WAY INTERSECTION AT BOYCE ROAD AND PARKWAY VIEW DRIVE. NINE NEW RETAINING WALLS WIDENED OFF RAMP FROM THE PARKWAY WEST, AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS. THE WORK WILL NOT BE COMPLETED UNTIL 2031. THIS YEAR, THERE WILL BE PERIODIC LANE CLOSURES ON CAMPBELL’S RUN FOR UTILITY WORK. I ASKED THE COUNTY’S PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR WHY THIS PROJECT IS SO LENGTHY AND EXPENSIVE. THE PROBLEM IS WE HAVE LIKE 50 DRIVEWAYS AND ACCESS POINTS FOR BUSINESSES OUT THERE. SO IT’S A TWO LANE ROAD AT THIS TIME. AND ANYBODY WANTING TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN INTO ANY OF THESE BUSINESSES OR SIDE STREETS OR ROADS, THEY HAVE TO WAIT IN LINE FOR EVERYBODY BEHIND THEM AND TRAFFIC COMING UNTIL IT CLEARS OUT. SO IT CREATES BOTTLENECKS WITH EVERYBODY BACKING UP BEHIND THEM. PAUL VAN OSDOL PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. TOMORROW. ROAD WORK ON PENN AVENUE IN GARFIELD IN THE GARFIELD AREA RAMPS UP PENN AVENUE BETWEEN GRAHAM AND EVELYN STREETS, WILL SHUT DOWN FOR TWO CONSTRUCTION SEASONS. IN SQUIRREL HILL, A LONG-TERM LANE CLOSURE ON BROWNSVILLE ROAD BEGINS THIS WEEK. STARTING TOMORROW, THERE WILL BE A SINGLE LANE CLOSURE TO REPLACE A PUMP STATION. THE CLOSURE WILL REMAIN AROUND THE CLOCK, EXCEPT FOR THE NFL DRAFT IN APRIL AND THE PARKWAY EAST SHUTDOWN IN JULY. AND IN ROSS TOWNSHIP, PART OF MOUNT TROY ROAD EXTENSION WILL CLOSE STARTING TOMORROW UNTIL THE END OF JUNE. CREWS WILL BE CONSTRUCTING A RETAINING WALL, MAKING ROAD REPAIRS AND INSTALLING NEW GUIDE RAILS IN THAT AREA. ALL TRAFFIC WILL BE DETOURED ONTO MOUNT TROY ROAD. WE KNOW THIS IS A LIE AND YOU CAN READ MORE ABOUT THESE PROJECTS ON AIR AND ONLIN
Man accused of threatening KeyBank, its employees in Western Pa.
Updated: 5:19 PM EDT Mar 8, 2026
A man is facing charges after police say he threatened a local bank and it employees, resulting in the bank to go into lock down earlier this week.VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 Mount Pleasant police were called to the parking lot of KeyBank on West Main Street on March 5 following reports of a man blocking the entrance, beeping his horn, and yelling at outside. Authorities said when they arrived on the scene, 67-year-old Harold Thomas was blocking the entrance of the bank with his vehicle. Thomas told police he was protesting against the bank because the tellers would not give him his money. Police said during the duration of there conversation, Thomas threatened to “hurt and kill people,” further saying he would “overtake the town and poison its water lines.”Employees at the Key Bank later told police Thomas had called the day before and was angry with them about how they were withdrawing his money. Thomas then allegedly told them he was going to bring a rifle to the bank. The bank then went into lock down mode, only serving customers through its drive thru. Thomas is facing charges including terroristic threats and disorderly conduct. He is being held in the Westmoreland County Jail after failing to post bail.Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.
MOUNT PLEASANT, Pa. —
A man is facing charges after police say he threatened a local bank and it employees, resulting in the bank to go into lock down earlier this week.
VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4
Mount Pleasant police were called to the parking lot of KeyBank on West Main Street on March 5 following reports of a man blocking the entrance, beeping his horn, and yelling at outside.
Authorities said when they arrived on the scene, 67-year-old Harold Thomas was blocking the entrance of the bank with his vehicle.
Thomas told police he was protesting against the bank because the tellers would not give him his money. Police said during the duration of there conversation, Thomas threatened to “hurt and kill people,” further saying he would “overtake the town and poison its water lines.”
Employees at the Key Bank later told police Thomas had called the day before and was angry with them about how they were withdrawing his money. Thomas then allegedly told them he was going to bring a rifle to the bank.
The bank then went into lock down mode, only serving customers through its drive thru.
Thomas is facing charges including terroristic threats and disorderly conduct. He is being held in the Westmoreland County Jail after failing to post bail.
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