Leon’s Caribbean Restaurant in Pittsburgh pleads for help after wave of break-ins

SIX STARTS NOW. A BLAST OF WINTER HITTING WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THE FIRST BIG SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON CAUSED HUNDREDS OF SCHOOL DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS. SNOW PLOWS AND SALT TRUCKS PUT TO WORK AS SNOW BLANKETED THE STREETS, IMPACTING THE MORNING RUSH HOUR. MANY PEOPLE SPENT PARTS OF THEIR DAY SHOVELING SIDELINES AND BRUSHING OFF SNOW OFF THEIR CARS. FROM ALLEGHENY COUNTY TO WESTMORELAND COUNTY TO BUTLER AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES, WE ARE GOING TO BE GETTING ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW A LITTLE BIT LATER THIS WEEK. A LIVE LOOK HERE AT OUR SNOWY CITY TONIGHT. AND ALSO THE FUTURE RADAR AS THAT NEXT SYSTEM INCHES CLOSER. THANKS FOR JOINING US HERE AT SIX. I’M KELLY SASSO I’M ANDREW STOCKEY IN FOR MIKE CLARK. AND TONIGHT WE ARE BRINGING YOU TEAM COVERAGE AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE HARDEST HIT AREAS IN OUR REGION. OUR REPORTERS ARE STANDING BY TONIGHT. BUT FIRST WE GET STARTED WITH OUR CHIEF METEOROLOGIST, MIKE HARVEY. YEAH GUYS, AS THAT SNOW SYSTEM WENT THROUGH EARLIER TODAY, ABOUT 2 TO 4IN OF SNOW ON AVERAGE ACROSS THE BOARD IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THAT STORM, NOW LONG GONE AND OUT INTO THE ATLANTIC. AND WE ARE LEFT WITH THE CLOUDS AND MAYBE A COUPLE OF FLURRIES. WE DO HAVE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10:00. THAT’S FOR THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS, DOWN TO PRESTON AND GARRETT COUNTIES COULD SEE AND SQUEEZE OUT MAYBE A LITTLE MORE SNOW IN THESE AREAS. A FEW MORE SNOWFLAKES, BUT OTHERWISE WE COULD SEE A COUPLE OF FLURRIES. THAT IS ABOUT IT. AND WE’LL HAVE CLOUDY SKIES TO START OFF WEDNESDAY AS WE GO THROUGH THE DAY, WE’LL ACTUALLY SEE THE CLOUDS BREAK A LITTLE BIT FOR A LITTLE BIT OF SUNSHINE, BUT STILL GOING TO BE VERY COLD OUT THERE AS WE GO INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THAT’S WHEN WE’LL SEE OUR NEXT HIT OF SNOW MOVING INTO THE AREA. VERY QUICK. HEAD OF SNOW. IT’S A CLIPPER SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH QUICKLY. IT WILL BE IN AROUND 6 A.M., OUT AROUND 10 A.M., WHICH MEANS MOST LOCATIONS WILL SEE LESS THAN AN INCH OF SNOW FOR TOMORROW. IT IS COLD. WE’RE LOOKING AT A HIGH TEMPERATURE THAT WILL TOP OUT RIGHT AROUND 3233 DEGREES. ONLY 31 ON THURSDAY AFTER THE SNOW IN THE MORNING. BUT TAKE A LOOK AT FRIDAY. THAT’S WHEN WE’LL SEE A LOW TEMPERATURE OF 11 DEGREES. THAT COULD BE A RECORD BREAKING LOW TEMPERATURE, A HIGH OF JUST 32. WE’LL HAVE MORE ON YOUR WEEKEND FORECAST COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. WELL, TODAY’S SNOWFALL ABSOLUTELY IMPACTED OUR ROADS. EVERY CITY AND MUNICIPALITY WAS OUT THERE TODAY CLEARING THE SNOW. BUT IN THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH, IF YOU USE THEIR SNOWPLOW TRACKER, YOU WOULDN’T HAVE SEEN ANY OF THE CITY’S WORK. THAT’S RIGHT. REPORTER KALEA GUNDERSON SPOKE TO CITY OFFICIALS ABOUT THE TRACKERS PROBLEMS AND TODAY’S PERFORMANCE, AND JOINS US NOW. KELLY, CITY OFFICIALS TELL ME THEIR ENGINEERS ARE WORKING TO FIX A GLITCH IN THE SYSTEM, BUT IT’S UNCLEAR AT THIS POINT WHEN THAT TRACKER WILL BE BACK UP AND RUNNING. MEANWHILE, WE’RE TOLD THAT CITY’S FLEET WAS ABLE TO REACH ALL CITY NEIGHBORHOODS OVERNIGHT. AND THIS MORNING WE TALKED TO NEIGHBORS HERE IN BROOKLINE AND BEECHVIEW WHO SAY THEY WERE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED BY THEIR ROAD CONDITIONS. IT LOOKS GOOD. IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD. ACTUALLY, I WAS SURPRISED. I WAS GRATEFUL FOR IT. I CAME FROM WEST MIFFLIN. I WENT DOWN 51, WHICH THAT WAS CLEAR BECAUSE THERE’S A LOT OF TRAFFIC ON THERE. AND THEN HERE IT’S PRETTY GOOD. SO I DIDN’T HAVE A PROBLEM AND THERE’S SNOW ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, BUT ON THE ROADS ITSELF, IT WAS FINE. MAYOR, PRESS SECRETARY OLGA GEORGE TELLING ME THE CITY’S FLEET STARTED PRETREATING ROADS AROUND 10 P.M. MONDAY NIGHT, BLOCKING OFF A FEW STREETS TO KEEP THEMSELVES AND THE PUBLIC SAFE WHILE ATTACKING THOSE STREETS BEFORE REOPENING. THE FLEET OF 55 TRUCKS, PRIORITIZING THE MAIN STREETS OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AND AREAS OF CONCERN, GEORGE SAYS. NOW, PUBLIC WORKS OFFICIALS BEGIN EVALUATING THEIR RESPONSE. ARE THERE ANY WAYS TO IMPROVE DEPLOYING THE TRUCKS AND DEPLOYING THE MANPOWER, AND WHAT NEIGHBORHOODS HAD MORE PROBLEMS THAN OTHERS, AND FIGURING OUT THE BEST WAY TO ATTACK THAT? THAT’S SOMETHING THAT THEY CONTINUALLY DO EVERY TIME THE SNOW FALLS. WHERE DID WE FALL SHORT? WHAT DID WE DO WELL AND HOW WE CAN DO IT EVEN BETTER? GEORGE SAYS, IF YOUR ROADS ARE NOT TREATED WITHIN 24 HOURS OF EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL, THAT’S WHEN YOU SHOULD CALL 311 AND LET THE CITY KNOW. COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY TONIGHT IN BROOKLINE KALEA GUNDERSON PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. ALL RIGHT, NOW LET’S HEAD TO WESTMORELAND COUNTY NOW, WHERE THE ATTENTION TURNED TO THE SIDE STREETS OUT THERE, WESTMORELAND BUREAU REPORTER EDITOR. DIORIO CONTINUES. OUR TEAM COVERAGE. TREATING THE ROADS ON TUESDAY FOR THE FIRST SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON IN WESTMORELAND COUNTY WENT ABOUT AS WELL AS CREWS COULD HAVE HOPED FOR IN THIS AREA, MOST OF THE MAIN ROADS HAVE BEEN TREATED. NOW IT’S ABOUT TREATING THE SIDE ROADS AND AVOIDING ANY HAZARDS THAT COULD COME LATER THIS WEEK. THE FORECAST WAS PRETTY MUCH RIGHT, AS YOU GUYS HAD CALLED IT, SO WE HAD TRUCKS ON THE ROAD AT FOUR IN THE MORNING, WHILE HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP AND PENNDOT CREWS MADE IT THROUGH THEIR ROUTES TUESDAY MORNING, THERE WERE SOME DELAYS. THERE WERE A NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS, ESPECIALLY ON SOME OF THE STATE ROUTE CONNECTORS. OUR CREWS SAW A MIX DURING THIS EVENT. THEY SAW CRASHES, DISABLED VEHICLES, MOTORISTS THAT SLID OFF THE ROAD. NONE OF THOSE ACCIDENTS WERE MAJOR AND NO SERIOUS INJURIES WERE REPORTED. NOW, THE PRIORITY SHIFTS THE CREWS ARE SHIFTING THEIR FOCUS TO THE SECONDARY ROUTES AND THEY ARE CLEANING UP OPERATIONS, WHICH INCLUDE CLEARING SHOULDERS, ADDRESSING ANY REMAINING SLUSH, GOING BACK THROUGH AND ACTUALLY PUSHING THE ROUTES CLEAR FROM CURB TO CURB, GETTING THAT SLUSH OFF OF THE ROADS AND INTO THE RIGHT OF WAYS. BUT THE WORKERS CLEARING THE SLUSH OFF THE ROADS ARE GETTING SOME HELP ON THOSE SIDEWALKS. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN SHOVELING OUT HERE FOR? SINCE EIGHT. DREW BROWN AND HIS FRIENDS SPENT THEIR SNOW DAY CLEARING THEIR STREET. YOU’VE BEEN MAKING MONEY. YEAH. HOW MUCH? $100. THE ROADS BEING TREATED MADE FOR SOME FUN IN THE SNOW. BUT THE SLUSH THAT REMAINS COULD FREEZE. LATER THIS WEEK, WE’LL HAVE SOME TRUCKS, KEEP SOME SALT ON TO ADDRESS ANY SORT OF ICE SPOTS THAT MIGHT HAPPEN OVERNIGHT OR IN THE COMING DAYS. ANOTHER GOOD BIT OF ADVICE. AFTER THE FIRST SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON FROM PENNDOT. IF YOU HAVEN’T CHECKED THE TREAD ON YOUR TIRES, THAT’S NOT A BAD IDEA. AND MAYBE LOOK INTO GETTING SOME WINTER ONES COVERING WESTMORELAND COUNTY IN GREENSBURG. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR COVERING BUTLER COUNTY A LOOK AT THE CONDITIONS HERE IN CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING LOOK LIKE A WINTER WONDERLAND THERE. BUTLER COUNTY GOT A LITTLE OVER FIVE INCHES IN SOME AREAS. IF YOU WANT TO SEE HOW MUCH SNOW FELL IN YOUR AREA, JUST HEAD TO WTAE.COM OR YOU CAN SCAN THE QR CODE YOU SEE HERE ON YOUR SCREEN. AND IF YOU DON’T HAVE THE WTAE APP YET, THEN YOU MISS THE CHANCE TO TRACK THIS STORM IN REAL TIME WITH LIVE RADAR. IT IS ALSO YOUR GO TO RESOURCE FOR SCHOOL CLOSINGS AND DELAYS. YOU CAN GET THE APP FOR FREE ON YOUR GOOGLE PLAY OR APPLE APP STORE. HAPPENING TOMORROW, WE WILL BEGIN TAKING APPLICATIONS IN PENNSYLVANIA. NORMALLY, THE SEASON OPENS IN NOVEMBER EACH YEAR, BUT THE PROGRAM WAS DELAYED DUE TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. THE 20 2526 SEASON IS SCHEDULED TO RUN FROM DECEMBER 3RD THROUGH APRIL 10TH, 2026. STATES RECEIVE FUNDING THROUGH A FEDERAL BLOCK GRANT THAT HELPS ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS PAY THEIR HEATING BILLS BY SENDING PAYMENTS DIRECTLY TO THEIR UTILITY COMPANY OR FUEL PROVIDER. THESE DOLLARS WERE FINALLY ISSUED LAST WEEK BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER COMPLAINTS ABOUT OIL DISCHARGES INTO THE MON RIVER FROM AN OUTFALL AT THE U.S. STEEL IRVIN WORKS LAST YEAR. NOW, THE COMPANY IN THE STATE, DEP, HAVE SIGNED A CONSENT AGREEMENT AIMED AT CLEANING UP ANY REMAINING OIL SHEENS AND PREVENTING FUTURE DISCHARGES. U.S. STEEL WILL ALSO PAY A $135,000 CIVIL PENALTY, DEP SAYS THEY INVESTIGATED SEVEN COMPLAINTS OF OIL SHEENS FROM THE IRVIN WORKS OVER A THREE YEAR PERIOD. NOW, IN SOME CASES, THE SHEENS EXTENDED MORE THAN A MILE DOWNSTREAM. IN A STATEMENT, U.S. STEEL SAYS IT, QUOTE, WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE DEP TO NEGOTIATE THIS AGREEMENT AND IS DEDICATED TO THE ACTIONS CONTAINED WITHIN IT. THE MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING TWO NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS IN WASHINGTON, D.C., MADE HIS FIRST COURT APPEARANCE TODAY. HE APPEARED VIRTUALLY FROM A HOSPITAL BED WHERE HE IS RECOVERING FROM BEING SHOT. HE PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO THE CHARGES OF ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO KILL WHILE ARMED AND POSSESSION OF A FIREARM DURING A CRIME OF VIOLENCE. 20 YEAR OLD SARA BECKSTROM DIED A DAY AFTER THAT SHOOTING ON THANKSGIVING. 24 YEAR OLD ANDREW WOLF IS STILL IN THE HOSPITAL FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE. IN RECENT DAYS, THOSE IN WEST VIRGINIA HAVE BEEN HOLDING VIGILS TO HONOR THE SOLDIERS. A RENEWED CALL TO PROTECT HEALTH CARE WORKERS AFTER MULTIPLE VIOLENT INCIDENTS LAST NIGHT. NURSES AND THEIR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAME TOGETHER FOR A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL FOR SAFETY AT UPMC ALTOONA. THE EVENT WAS ORGANIZED TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR AN ATTACK AGAINST A HEALTH CARE WORKER EARLY LAST MONTH. UNION NURSES ARE IN THE MIDST OF CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH UPMC ALTOONA, AND THEY SAY THEY’RE ASKING FOR CHANGES THAT WILL PROTECT WORKERS. NOW, IN A STATEMENT, UPMC SAYS IN PART, QUOTE, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, UPMC HAS IMPLEMENTED MANY NEW LAYERS OF SAFETY. SOME ARE VISIBLE AND SOME ARE NOT BY DESIGN, WE REVIEW EVERY INCIDENT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED, HOW WE RESPONDED, WHAT WORKED WELL, AND WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE. ALL RIGHT, WELL, THIS IS CERTAINLY THE TALK OF THE TOWN AND THE SPORTS WORLD AT THEIR HOME GAME THIS PAST SUNDAY. FANS BOOED THE STEELERS. NOT JUST BOOING. IN FACT, SOME WERE EVEN HEARD CALLING FOR HEAD COACH MIKE TOMLIN TO BE FIRED. THE END RESULT? AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THE STEELERS LOST TO THE BILLS 26 TO 7. REPORTER MARCIE CIPRIANI IS AT THE STEELERS FACILITY ON THE SOUTH SIDE. WITH HOW THE STEELERS ARE TRYING TO PUSH FORWARD AND LOOK AHEAD TO THEIR NEXT GAME. A LOT OF WHAT MIKE TOMLIN ADDRESSED IN HIS WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE WAS FRUSTRATION. FRUSTRATION ON THE FIELD AGAINST BUFFALO. HE SAID HIS PLAYERS WERE REALLY IN FIGHT MODE. THEY REALLY CARE A LOT ABOUT WINNING, HE SAYS. BUT THEY SIMPLY COULDN’T EXECUTE. THEIR, OF COURSE, WAS FRUSTRATION IN THE STANDS AS WELL. MANY OF US HEARD THOSE CHANTS BY FANS TO FIRE MIKE TOMLIN, SO I ASKED HIM ABOUT THAT. MIKE, YOU TALK A LOT ABOUT FRUSTRATION AND YOU HAVE SAID YOU UNDERSTAND THE FANS FRUSTRATION. WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR YOU PERSONALLY WHEN THEY’RE CALLING FOR YOU TO GO, YOU KNOW, IN GENERAL, I AGREE WITH THEM. FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE, FOOTBALL IS OUR GAME. WE’RE IN THE SPORT ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS. AND SO IF YOU ROOT FOR THE STEELERS, ENTERTAINING THEM IS WINNING. AND SO WHEN YOU’RE NOT WINNING IT’S NOT ENTERTAINING. AND IF YOU’VE BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS YOU UNDERSTAND THAT. AND SO I RESPECT IT. I SHARE FRUSTRATIONS I UNDERSTAND WHAT MAKES THIS THING GO. AND WINNING IS WHAT MAKES THIS THING GO. AND TOMLIN SAYS THEY ARE FOCUSING ON THAT FOR SUNDAY WHEN THE SIX AND SIX STEELERS TAKE ON THE SIX AND SIX RAVENS. I’M EXCITED ABOUT THE PREPARATION IN TERMS OF WHAT LIES AHEAD WITH US THIS WEEK. I’M EXCITED ABOUT GETTING IN FRONT OF OUR GUYS STARTING TOMORROW MORNING, MAN, AND LAYING OUT A PLAN AND WORKING THAT PLAN AND TAKING IT TO BALTIMORE AFC NORTH FOOTBALL WITH A DIVISION LEAD ONLINE, TOMLIN ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THEY ARE HEADED INTO A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT ON POSSESSION DOWNS IN BALTIMORE, AND HE SAYS THEY ARE ADJUSTING FOR THAT. THE MATCHUP BETWEEN THE STEELERS AND THE RAVENS IS 1:00 SUNDAY. COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY FROM THE STEELERS FACILITY ON THE SOUTH SIDE, MARCIE CIPRIANI PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. AND MORE FROM THE BLACK AND GOLD TONIGHT. THEY’VE SIGNED A VETERAN WIDE RECEIVER TO HELP WITH THEIR PUSH TO THE PLAYOFFS, AND SIDNEY CROSBY HAS NEVER BEEN POPULAR IN PHILADELPHIA. HIS DOMINANCE CONTINUED LAST NIGHT. WE’LL HEAR FROM SID ABOUT THE BIG WIN IN PITTSBURGH’S ACTION SPORTS. IT IS GOING TO BE COLD ALL WEEK LONG AND RIGHT ON INTO THE WEEKEND, ESPECIALLY ON FRIDAY WHEN WE HAVE A LOW TEMPERATURE OF 11 DEGREES. WE’RE LOOKING AT ARCTIC BLAST IS GOING TO MOVE IN, LOWS DROPPING TO NEAR TEN DEGREES. THE RECORD FOR FRIDAY MORNING 12 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1976. SO IT MAY BE A RECORD BREAKING MORNING ON FR

Leon’s Caribbean Restaurant in Pittsburgh pleads for help after wave of break-ins

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Updated: 10:22 PM EST Dec 2, 2025

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A Caribbean restaurant in Pittsburgh is calling for action after saying it has been the victim of multiple break-ins over the course of a month. VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 on December 2, 2025 In a Facebook post from Leon’s Caribbean Restaurant on Tuesday, the business said its front door had to be boarded up after someone broke through the glass and stole multiple items inside. The business said this is the third time in the last month that someone has broken in. “…Because for the third time in a month, someone first broke into our food truck and stole our generator along with other equipment and supplies,” the post said. “Then hit the restaurant back to back—this time bold enough to come straight through the front door with laptop, camera monitor, food inventory, and whatever else we missed.”The post continued, saying that although there is a police station nearby, nothing has been done to prevent these incidents.”For 11 years, this corner has been our home. We’ve served thousands, supported the neighborhood, sponsored kids, fed families—and until recently, we never had issues like this,” the post said. “With the police station right across the street, you’d think we wouldn’t have to worry. But there’s been an increase in business break-ins and a decrease in police visibility, and it’s affecting the neighborhood businesses like ours.”Leon’s Caribbean, located along East Warrington Avenue in Allentown, responded to a comment on the post, asking anyone with information to reach out. “Small businesses are already fighting to survive out here,” the post said. “We are tired.”Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.

PITTSBURGH —

A Caribbean restaurant in Pittsburgh is calling for action after saying it has been the victim of multiple break-ins over the course of a month.

VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 on December 2, 2025

In a Facebook post from Leon’s Caribbean Restaurant on Tuesday, the business said its front door had to be boarded up after someone broke through the glass and stole multiple items inside. The business said this is the third time in the last month that someone has broken in.

“…Because for the third time in a month, someone first broke into our food truck and stole our generator along with other equipment and supplies,” the post said. “Then hit the restaurant back to back—this time bold enough to come straight through the front door with laptop, camera monitor, food inventory, and whatever else we missed.”

The post continued, saying that although there is a police station nearby, nothing has been done to prevent these incidents.

“For 11 years, this corner has been our home. We’ve served thousands, supported the neighborhood, sponsored kids, fed families—and until recently, we never had issues like this,” the post said. “With the police station right across the street, you’d think we wouldn’t have to worry. But there’s been an increase in business break-ins and a decrease in police visibility, and it’s affecting the neighborhood businesses like ours.”

Leon’s Caribbean, located along East Warrington Avenue in Allentown, responded to a comment on the post, asking anyone with information to reach out.

“Small businesses are already fighting to survive out here,” the post said. “We are tired.”

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