{"id":200897,"date":"2026-05-23T21:56:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T21:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/200897\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T21:56:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T21:56:16","slug":"pennsylvania-man-accused-of-violent-crimes-released-on-bail-multiple-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/200897\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania man accused of violent crimes released on bail multiple times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJohn McCarey, a Bridgeville man charged with kidnapping, rape, and other violent felonies has been released on bail multiple times despite the severity of the allegations against him.Watch the report in the video player above.Police said the crimes occurred inside McCarey\u2019s May Avenue home on April 19, where investigators say he violently beat, restrained and raped a woman. According to court papers, McCarey punched the woman, strangled her, hit her with a laptop, pushed her into a door, dragged her around the home and raped her.When she tried to escape, police said McCarey physically pulled her from her vehicle and forced her back inside his home.  Court papers also revealed that McCarey told the woman, \u201cYou know how easy it would be to put you in a burlap sack and throw you in the woods,\u201d during the attack.  Police said the woman eventually managed to get her phone and secretly messaged a friend from the bathroom to call police. When officers arrived at the home, she escaped.  Looking for more news in your area | Subscribe to the WTAE YouTube ChannelMcCarey was initially denied bail after being taken to jail, with a judge ruling, \u201cNo conditions or combination of conditions will protect public safety.\u201d  However, weeks later, on May 7, another judge granted McCarey a nonmonetary bond, releasing him from custody. Court papers do not list the reasons for this decision.  Following his release, the woman police said he attacked filed a protection-from-abuse order against him. As part of the conditions, McCarey was prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition. Police said McCarey claimed he did not have any, but a search warrant led to new charges for ammunition and drugs. McCarey was sent back to jail but was released again without being required to pay bail.  Pittsburgh&#8217;s Action News 4 attempted to speak with McCarey about the charges, but no one answered the door at his home.  According to court papers, McCarey remains free and is facing 10 charges, including several violent felonies such as kidnapping and rape. He is expected in court next month for the drug and ammunition charges, and in July for the rape case.Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tBRIDGEVILLE, Pa. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>John McCarey, a Bridgeville man charged with kidnapping, rape, and other violent felonies has been released on bail multiple times despite the severity of the allegations against him.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the report in the video player above.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the crimes occurred inside McCarey\u2019s May Avenue home on April 19, where investigators say he violently beat, restrained and raped a woman. According to court papers, McCarey punched the woman, strangled her, hit her with a laptop, pushed her into a door, dragged her around the home and raped her.<\/p>\n<p>When she tried to escape, police said McCarey physically pulled her from her vehicle and forced her back inside his home.  <\/p>\n<p>Court papers also revealed that McCarey told the woman, \u201cYou know how easy it would be to put you in a burlap sack and throw you in the woods,\u201d during the attack.  <\/p>\n<p>Police said the woman eventually managed to get her phone and secretly messaged a friend from the bathroom to call police. When officers arrived at the home, she escaped.  <\/p>\n<p>Looking for more news in your area | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@WTAE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Subscribe to the WTAE YouTube Channel<\/a><\/p>\n<p>McCarey was initially denied bail after being taken to jail, with a judge ruling, \u201cNo conditions or combination of conditions will protect public safety.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>However, weeks later, on May 7, another judge granted McCarey a nonmonetary bond, releasing him from custody. Court papers do not list the reasons for this decision.  <\/p>\n<p>Following his release, the woman police said he attacked filed a protection-from-abuse order against him. As part of the conditions, McCarey was prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition. Police said McCarey claimed he did not have any, but a search warrant led to new charges for ammunition and drugs. McCarey was sent back to jail but was released again without being required to pay bail.  <\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh&#8217;s Action News 4 attempted to speak with McCarey about the charges, but no one answered the door at his home.  <\/p>\n<p>According to court papers, McCarey remains free and is facing 10 charges, including several violent felonies such as kidnapping and rape. He is expected in court next month for the drug and ammunition charges, and in July for the rape case.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/article\/get-pittsburgh-s-action-news-4-on-the-go-wtae\/44045498\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Download the WTAE app<\/a> to stay connected with breaking news. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up for our email newsletters<\/a> to get breaking news in your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"John McCarey, a Bridgeville man charged with kidnapping, rape, and other violent felonies has been released on bail&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":200898,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[900,29625,37864,88908,13265,17452,55452,13188,11009,86,4394,88907,88909,3626,84246,28,30,29,206,88906,335,3636,2184],"class_list":["post-200897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-action-news","tag-ammunition","tag-bail","tag-bail-multiple-time","tag-bridgeville","tag-condition","tag-court-paper","tag-drug","tag-drugs","tag-home","tag-jail","tag-john-mccarey","tag-judge-ruling","tag-kidnapping","tag-new-charge","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-police","tag-protection-from-abuse","tag-rape","tag-violent-crime","tag-woman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}