Pittsburgh-area man wanted on multiple probation violations taken into custody after month on the run

CONTINUES RIGHT NOW. IT’S A TALE OF TWO DIFFERENT IMPACT DAYS THIS WEEKEND. MILD WITH RAIN TODAY. BUT THEN WE’RE BACK TO FEELING LIKE JANUARY FOR YOUR SUNDAY. WE’LL BE BREAKING DOWN THESE CHANGES COMING UP IN THE FORECAST. PROTESTS CONTINUE THIS WEEKEND AFTER TWO SEPARATE SHOOTINGS INVOLVING IMMIGRATION OFFICERS. I’M JACKIE DEFUSCO IN WASHINGTON WITH WHAT NEW VIDEO REVEALS ABOUT THAT INCIDENT OUT OF MINNEAPOLIS. PLUS, IT’S WILD CARD WEEKEND HERE IN THE BURG, AS WE COUNT YOU DOWN TO KICK OFF BETWEEN THE STEELERS AND TEXANS MONDAY NIGHT ON WTAE CHANNEL FOUR. WE’LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE EXPERIENCES FANS CAN ENJOY IN THE CITY TODAY. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR THIS MORNING STARTS NOW. WE HAVE GOT A LOT TO LOOK FORWARD TO ON MONDAY NIGHT, BUT FIRST WE HAVE TWO IMPACT DAYS THAT WE NEED TO GET THROUGH. YOU KNOW, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION WEATHER METEOROLOGIST JILL SZWED. SHE’S HERE WITH A LOOK AT OUR CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST. I LIKED WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER. A TALE OF TWO IMPACT DAYS. RIGHT. IT’S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT TODAY AND TOMORROW. STILL HANGING ON TO THAT JANUARY THAW FOR AT LEAST ONE MORE DAY BEFORE WE GET BACK TO MORE TYPICAL JANUARY WEATHER TOMORROW. SO IN THE MEANTIME, TODAY I’M TRACKING RAIN. IT’S GOING TO START SETTLING IN HERE AS WE WORK PAST THIS 9:00 HOUR, ESPECIALLY WET INTO THE AFTERNOON. A LITTLE BREEZY AS WELL. DIFFERENT STORY AGAIN TOMORROW. RIGHT NOW. RAIN JUST STARTING TO CROSS THE BORDER. COMING OUT OF PRESTON COUNTY, SOUTHERN PARTS OF FAYETTE COUNTY. A GOOD PORTION OF THAT RAIN THOUGH, EXTENDING BACK TOWARDS FAIRMONT AND CLARKSBURG. ALSO, AS WE HEAD OVER TOWARDS DEEP CREEK, MARYLAND AS WELL, WIDENING OUT THE VIEW, YOU CAN SEE A LOT MORE RAIN BACK INTO WEST VIRGINIA, AND THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD NORTHWARD AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WHILE WE WAIT ON THE RAIN, IT’S 38, BUT IT FEELS LIKE 33 IN PITTSBURGH UNDER THOSE CLOUDY SKIES. OF COURSE, ALL IS QUIET HERE ON A SATURDAY ON THE NORTH SHORE. VERY DIFFERENT STORY MONDAY NIGHT. THOSE STEELERS TAKE ON THE TEXANS. SO BREAKING DOWN THE TIMELINE OF THIS IMPACT DAY AGAIN A FEW SHOWERS SOUTH HERE BETWEEN ABOUT NOW AND NOON. BUT INTO THIS AFTERNOON EVERYBODY IS GOING TO GET WET WITH SOME POCKETS OF RAIN THAT COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES AS WELL. ACTIVITY WILL START TO SHUT DOWN LATER ON THIS EVENING. THEN WE OPEN THE DOOR BACK TO THAT JANUARY. FEEL COLD WINDY TOMORROW. ALSO SOME LIGHT SNOW. NOT EXPECTING A WHOLE LOT TO STICK, BUT SOME THAT SNOW COULD BE FLYING AROUND WITH THOSE GUSTY WINDS CAUSING SOME ISSUES WITH VISIBILITY. AS WE WRAP UP THIS WEEKEND, THINGS WILL BE QUIET. JUST CHILLY THOUGH, AS THE STEELERS TAKE ON THE TEXANS MONDAY NIGHT. I’LL GET YOU SET WITH THAT GAME DAY FORECAST. AND OF COURSE, WHAT’S TO COME THIS WEEKEND WITH YOUR FOUR DAY PLUS FOUR MORE IN JUST MINUTES? ALL RIGHT JILL. THANK YOU. WE BEGIN THIS MORNING WITH MAJOR NATIONAL HEADLINES. ACTIVISTS SAY HUNDREDS OF ICE PROTESTS ARE SCHEDULED FOR THIS WEEKEND. IT’S IN RESPONSE TO RECENT SHOOTINGS INVOLVING IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN BOTH MINNEAPOLIS AND IN PORTLAND, OREGON. OUR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT, JACKIE DEFUSCO IS TRACKING THE FALLOUT. SHE JOINS US LIVE FROM OUR D.C. BUREAU THIS MORNING. JACKIE. GOOD MORNING. FEDERAL AND STATE OFFICIALS ARE SPARRING OVER NEXT STEPS IN THE INVESTIGATION OUT OF MINNEAPOLIS. MEANWHILE, WE’RE GETTING A LOOK AT A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE OF THE SHOOTING THAT OCCURRED ON WEDNESDAY, SPECIFICALLY, THE VIEWPOINT OF THE ICE OFFICER WHO PULLED THE TRIGGER AND KILLED RENEE. GOOD THERE. NOW, THIS VIDEO WAS OBTAINED BY CNN. AND WE DO WANT TO WARN YOU, IT MAY BE DISTURBING FOR SOME VIEWERS. THAT’S FINE. DUDE. I’M NOT MAD AT YOU. SHOW YOUR FACE. THIS VIDEO, TAKEN BY ICE OFFICER JONATHAN ROSS, WHO WAS IDENTIFIED THROUGH STATEMENTS MADE BY INVESTIGATORS AND FEDERAL COURT RECORDS. IT SHOWS A SERIES OF EXCHANGES BETWEEN ROSS AND RENEE GOOD, AS WELL AS HER WIFE. YOU WANT TO COME AT US? I SAY, GO GET YOURSELF SOME LUNCH, BIG BOY. GO AHEAD. OUT OF THE CAR. THOSE FINAL MOMENTS WEDNESDAY BEFORE GOOD PULLS HER CAR FORWARD AND ROSS OPENED FIRE. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SAYS IT UNDERSCORES THAT THE OFFICER WAS ACTING IN SELF-DEFENSE, A CLAIM CONTESTED BY STATE AND LOCAL LEADERS. NOW, THE HENNEPIN COUNTY ATTORNEY IS CALLING ON MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO SEND VIDEO AND EVIDENCE DIRECTLY TO HER OFFICE, RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S DECISION TO LEAVE THE INVESTIGATION SOLELY TO THE FBI. THE LAW IS CLEAR. WE DO HAVE JURISDICTION TO MAKE THIS DECISION. WE CANNOT MAKE ANY DECISION. HOWEVER, IF THERE IS NOT EVIDENCE SUBMITTED TO OUR OFFICE. PRESIDENT TRUMP WEIGHING IN FRIDAY ON WHY STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES ARE BARRED FROM THE PROBE. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THE FBI SHOULD BE SHARING EVIDENCE WITH STATE OFFICIALS IN MINNESOTA? WELL, NORMALLY I WOULD, BUT THEY’RE CROOKED OFFICIALS IN MINNEAPOLIS AND MINNESOTA. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PLACE. BUT IT’S BEING DESTROYED. AND THE HENNEPIN COUNTY ATTORNEY SAYS THAT THE FEDERAL OFFICER WHO FIRED THE GUN IN THIS CASE DOES NOT HAVE FULL, COMPLETE LEGAL IMMUNITY, SEEMING TO DISPUTE WHAT VICE PRESIDENT JD VANCE SAID EARLIER THIS WEEK. SHE ALSO EMPHASIZED, HOWEVER, THAT IT’S TOO SOON TO TELL WHETHER THE SITUATION WILL WARRANT PROSECUTION OF THAT AGENT. BACK TO YOU, LILY. IF I MAY, WHAT’S THE LATEST ON THE SHOOTING IN PORTLAND? ALSO INVOLVING AN IMMIGRATION AGENT. THERE? YEAH. LILY, THIS IS A SEPARATE AGENT FROM WHAT WE SAW INCIDENT RATHER THAN WHAT WE SAW IN MINNEAPOLIS. BUT IT DID HAPPEN ONE DAY LATER AND HAS ALSO PROMPTED PROTESTS ON THE GROUND IN PORTLAND, OREGON, AS WE SAW LAST NIGHT, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE TURNING OUT FOR THOSE DEMONSTRATIONS. APPARENTLY WHAT HAPPENED, ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS ON THE GROUND THERE, IS THAT A FEDERAL BORDER OFFICER SHOT TWO PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF A HOSPITAL. THE MAN AND THE WOMAN HAVE NOW RECOVERED FROM SURGERY. THEY’RE CURRENTLY RECOVERING. WE’RE TOLD. AND THE MAN IS AN FBI CUSTODY. THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY HAS DEFENDED THE OFFICER IN THIS CASE, SAYING THAT THEY WERE ACTING IN SELF-DEFENSE, THAT THE PERSON WAS USING THE VEHICLE AS A WEAPON AND THAT THEY ARE AN ALLEGED GANG MEMBER. BACK TO YOU, JACKIE DEFUSCO. LIVE IN OUR WASHINGTON BUREAU FOR US. WE APPRECIATE YOUR COVERAGE THIS MORNING. THANK YOU. FIVE AFTER NINE IS OUR TIME. WE ARE TURNING NOW TO SOME OVERNIGHT NEWS A LITTLE CLOSER TO HOME. PITTSBURGH POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AFTER THEY SAY A MAN WAS FOUND WITH INJURIES AFTER HE WAS PISTOL WHIPPED IN THE CITY’S BLUFF NEIGHBORHOOD. POLICE RESPONDED TO JUMONVILLE STREET AND THE BOULEVARD OF THE ALLIES RIGHT NEAR MERCY HOSPITAL. AROUND 11:00 LAST NIGHT. THE VICTIM WAS REPORTEDLY DROPPED OFF BY A VEHICLE THAT DROVE AWAY FROM THE INITIAL SCENE. NOW, THAT VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION. HE IS EXPECTED TO BE OKAY. DETECTIVES SAY THEY ARE STILL WORKING TO DETERMINE EXACTLY WHERE THE INITIAL INCIDENT HAPPENED, THOUGH THEY TELL US THEIR INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. FACEBOOK’S PARENT COMPANY HAS SECURED A DEAL TO BUY ELECTRICITY FROM A BEAVER COUNTY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS. META ANNOUNCED THE DEAL, ALSO SAYING THEY HAVE STRIKED A SIMILAR AGREEMENT IN NEARBY STATES. THE PLAN INCLUDES BUYING ELECTRICITY FROM TWO OTHER VISTRA OWNED NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS IN OHIO, THE BEAVER VALLEY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT WAS SCHEDULED TO SHUT DOWN BACK IN 2020, BUT A DEAL CONNECTED TO THE REGIONAL GREENHOUSE GAS INITIATIVE KEPT IT OPERATING. NOW, THIS DEAL WITH META MEANS IT WILL CONTINUE OPERATING FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER TWO DECADES. PENNSYLVANIA’S GOVERNOR, JOSH SHAPIRO HAD THIS TO SAY, QUOTE, THIS PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN VISTRA AND META TAPS INTO PENNSYLVANIA’S STRENGTHS AS A NATIONAL ENERGY LEADER AND WILL CREATE AND PROTECT GOOD PAYING JOBS, GROW OUR ECONOMY, AND ULTIMATELY ADD MORE POWER TO THE GRID. A SCARY SITUATION IN PITTSBURGH’S STRIP DISTRICT A WOMAN ON A RUN WITH HER DOG WAS REPORTEDLY SHOCKED BY ELECTRICITY FROM A NEARBY POLE. CITY OF PITTSBURGH OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE INVESTIGATING AND HAVE STARTED TO MAKE REPAIRS. IN THE MEANTIME, THE WOMAN AND HER DOG ARE PHYSICALLY OKAY, BUT SHE SAYS SHE IS STILL SHAKEN BY WHAT HAS HAPPENED AND SHE WANTS TO KEEP OTHER PEOPLE SAFE. HERE’S PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER JORDAN CIOPPA WITH THE STORY. MONTANA MITCHELL SHARED THIS PHOTO TO SOCIAL MEDIA, HOPING TO SPREAD AWARENESS ABOUT A SCARY EXPERIENCE SHE HAD EARLIER THIS WEEK. MITCHELL SAYS ON TUESDAY, SHE WAS RUNNING WITH HER DOG, DENHAM, WHEN HE SUDDENLY YELLED AND LOST CONTROL OF HIS BODY AS IF HE WAS BEING TASED. THIS HAPPENED AT SMALLMAN STREET AND 11TH STREET NEAR THIS LIGHT POLE. IT DOES SEEM FOR SOME REASON THE POLE ITSELF WAS ALIVE AND ACTIVE. IN THE POST, MITCHELL SAID SHE WAS SHOCKED WHILE TRYING TO TAKE OFF DENHAM’S COLLAR AND GET HIM TO SAFETY. THANKFULLY, THEY’RE BOTH OKAY. TO HEAR THAT, YOU KNOW A LAMP CAN DO THAT TO SOMEONE WALKING BY. I GUESS IT’S KIND OF SCARES ME A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE NOW LOOKING DOWN THE STREET HERE, I COULD SEE A NUMBER OF LAMPS. DAN GILMAN, THE CHIEF OF STAFF FOR MAYOR COREY O’CONNOR, SAYS CREWS DEACTIVATED THE LIGHT POLE ON TUESDAY IN ADDITION TO THE INVESTIGATION OF THE POLE. GILMAN SAYS THERE WILL BE A CITYWIDE ANALYSIS OF EVERY STREET, POOL, LIGHT AND MASTHEAD IN PITTSBURGH. THE BOTTOM LINE IS IT CANNOT HAPPEN, AND WE NEED TO BE PROACTIVE IN LOOKING AT OTHER SITES ACROSS THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. IT’S SAD TO SEE THAT ANOTHER ANOTHER PERSON HAS HAD TO EXPERIENCE THE SAME TYPE OF THING THAT I DID. ROBERT ROBINSON DASSEL SAYS HEARING ABOUT THIS INCIDENT BROUGHT UP MEMORIES OF A TRAUMATIC LOSS HE ENDURED ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO TO THE DAY ON JANUARY 7TH, 2024. HE SAYS HIS DOG, NIKKI, WAS ELECTROCUTED AS THEY WALKED ACROSS THE MURRAY AVENUE BRIDGE IN SQUIRREL HILL. THE FIRST 2 OR 3 WEEKS, I THINK EVERY EVERY TEN MINUTES I SAT DOWN AND CRIED. A REPORT FROM A THIRD PARTY CONSULTING COMPANY FOUND A LOW VOLTAGE INSIDE THE ELECTRICAL ENCLOSURE. NIKKI WALKED ON. IT WAS DUE TO AN ISSUE WITH THE CONDUCTOR. THE CITY AT THE TIME SAID REPAIRS WERE MADE AND THEY WOULD IMPLEMENT AN INSPECTION SCHEDULE TO CHECK THE STREETLIGHT SYSTEM EVERY TWO YEARS. I WISH THAT THE CITY WOULD HAVE DONE WHAT THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO DO AND START THE INSPECTION PROCESS. ROBINSON DASSEL SAYS HE HASN’T WALKED ON THAT SIDE OF THE BRIDGE SINCE HE LOST NIKKI. HE AND HIS WIFE, KATHY WELCOMED THEIR DOG, TUCKER, HOME A FEW WEEKS INTO THEIR HEALING JOURNEY. FOREVER MISSING NIKKI, THE COUPLE BELIEVES SHE HAD A PART IN BRINGING TUCKER INTO THEIR LIVES. YOU KNOW, THERE WERE JUST SOME SIMILARITIES AND SOME THINGS THAT JUST, YOU KNOW, IT JUST FELT LIKE IT WAS HE WAS JUST TOTALLY THE RIGHT DOG TO COME TO COME HOME WITH US. AND THAT WAS JORDAN CIOPPA REPORTING NOW. DAN GILMAN, WHO YOU HEARD FROM WITH MAYOR O’CONNOR’S OFFICE, SAID HE WASN’T SURE IF THE REPAIRS WERE FINISHED, BUT OUR CREWS NOTICED THE LIGHT HAD BEEN TURNED BACK ON. YOU KNOW, WE’RE A GROUP THAT BACKS AGAINST THE WALL. YOU KNOW, WE LIKE OUR CHANCES BECAUSE WE’RE ALL TOGETHER AND, YOU KNOW, WE THRIVE OFF OF PEOPLE EITHER COUNTING US OUT, PEOPLE NOT BELIEVING IN US. AND, YOU KNOW, US TRYING TO PLAY OUR BEST BALL. JUST TWO MORE DAYS UNTIL THE TEXANS COME TO TOWN, TAKING ON THE STEELERS IN THE WILD CARD ROUND OF THE PLAYOFFS. THE BLACK AND GOLD PUSHING FOR THEIR FIRST PLAYOFF WIN IN NEARLY A DECADE. THE STEELERS SAY THEY ARE READY FOR BATTLE IN PITTSBURGH. FANS ARE BRINGING ALL THE ENERGY THE TEAM NEEDS TO SUCCEED THIS MONDAY AS WELL. NOW TO SAY THANK YOU, THE STEELERS ARE OFFERING A NUMBER OF UNIQUE FAN EXPERIENCES THIS WEEKEND. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. TO WELCOME OUT OF TOWN FANS. PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IS ALL DECKED OUT IN ITS BEST BLACK AND GOLD SIGNS. THERE ARE THERAPY DOGS THERE, EVEN SPORTING STEELERS JERSEYS. HOW CUTE IS THAT? FANS ALSO GOT A TOUR OF ACRISURE STADIUM AND THE TEAM’S LOCKER ROOMS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. WE HEARD FROM STEELER NATION ABOUT HOW EXCITING THIS MOMENT IS FOR THE CITY. WHAT’S THE FEELING LIKE BEING HERE INSIDE THE STADIUM? IT’S ELECTRIFYING. EVEN THOUGH IT’S EMPTY RIGHT NOW, I CAN JUST ONLY IMAGINE WITH HUNDREDS, HUNDREDS OF FANS AND THOUSANDS OF FANS EVERYWHERE. HOW MUCH ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS PLAYOFF? OH, I’M BEYOND EXCITED. HOW MUCH ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS GAME? VERY MUCH SO. AS SOON AS WE KNOW THERE’S A GAME, WE BOUGHT THE TICKET LIKE THAT. A LOT OF EVENTS FOR THE FANS. IT’S JUST GETTING STARTED TODAY ON THE NORTH SHORE IN BETWEEN ACRISURE AND PNC PARK. PARTY STARTS A BIT EARLY AT TEQUILA COWBOY WITH A BIG RALLY FROM 5 TO 7. THERE YOU WILL FIND SOME FORMER PLAYERS AND THEY WILL EVEN BE GIVING AWAY SOME TICKETS. NOW THREE GROUPS OF STEELERS FANS, THE ENTIRE MOB, STEEL PRIDE FAMILY, AND THE STEELER MOBILE THEY ARE TEAMING UP TO WELCOME FANS. THEY WILL BE HOSTING A MASSIVE FAMILY FRIENDLY TAILGATE THIS WEEKEND AS WELL. NOW REMEMBER THE STEELERS GAME RIGHT HERE ON WTAE CHANNEL FOUR? WE HAVE SPECIAL COVERAGE TO GET YOU READY FOR IT MONDAY NIGHT. ANDREW STOCKEY AND KELLY SASSO BRING YOU BLACK AND GOLD. PRIMETIME LIVE FROM ACRISURE STADIUM AT 7 P.M. THAT LEADS US STRAIGHT TO KICKOFF AT 815. AGAIN RIGHT HERE ON WTAE CHANNEL 4. YOU DON’T HAVE TO GO FAR. WE WILL HAVE LIVE POSTGAME COVERA

Pittsburgh-area man wanted on multiple probation violations taken into custody after month on the run

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Updated: 4:08 PM EST Jan 10, 2026

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A Pittsburgh-area man facing multiple probation violations on a number of charges was taken into custody after a month on the run, police said. VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 on Jan. 10, 2026 In a release from the Allegheny County Sheriff’s office Saturday, William Hudson, 50, was taken into custody on Thursday after five different bench warrants were issued in December for probation violations.The cases involve guilty pleas to a number of charges, including the following: aggravated assault, strangulation, terroristic threats, and endangering the welfare of children. The release said Hudson also had an active warrant out of the City of Pittsburgh, charging him with drug delivery. Police said he was taken into custody at a home in Clairton and is now being held in the Allegheny County Jail.

PITTSBURGH —

A Pittsburgh-area man facing multiple probation violations on a number of charges was taken into custody after a month on the run, police said.

VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 on Jan. 10, 2026

In a release from the Allegheny County Sheriff’s office Saturday, William Hudson, 50, was taken into custody on Thursday after five different bench warrants were issued in December for probation violations.

The cases involve guilty pleas to a number of charges, including the following: aggravated assault, strangulation, terroristic threats, and endangering the welfare of children.

The release said Hudson also had an active warrant out of the City of Pittsburgh, charging him with drug delivery.

Police said he was taken into custody at a home in Clairton and is now being held in the Allegheny County Jail.