{"id":269937,"date":"2026-08-22T03:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T03:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/269937\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T03:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T03:00:10","slug":"arrest-of-female-fugitive-in-allegheny-county-leads-to-additional-fugitive-arrest-along-with-guns-and-suspected-marijuana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/269937\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrest of female fugitive in Allegheny County leads to additional fugitive arrest along with guns and suspected marijuana"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Credit for Photos Below and Headline Photo: Photos Courtesy of the Allegheny County Sheriff\u2019s Office)<\/p>\n

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News<\/p>\n

(Allegheny County, PA) Allegheny County Sheriff Kevin M. Kraus announced today that a woman who has been a\u00a0fugitive\u00a0for almost three years has been taken into custody along with a second fugitive.<\/p>\n

Detectives from the Allegheny County Sheriff\u2019s office went to an address on Jersey Street in McKeesport yesterday morning to try to locate 45-year-old Leah Saluga, who has been on the run since September of 2023. That was when two bench warrants were issued against her for failing to appear for sentencing on a DUI case and for a court hearing on a separate drug possession case.<\/p>\n

Detectives arrived at the\u00a0residence,\u00a0Saluga opened the door and was promptly taken into custody.<\/p>\n

A\u00a0subsequent\u00a0safety check of the residence led to the arrest of 22-year-old Terron Porterfield, who was wanted on a bench\u00a0warrant\u00a0issued last month for a probation violation on a 2025 guilty plea to a gun charge.<\/p>\n

Porterfield also has an active warrant out of West Mifflin for fleeing a\u00a0police\u00a0officer.<\/p>\n

Detectives saw indications of weapons and\u00a0what appeared to be marijuana\u00a0in the process of making\u00a0the arrests.<\/p>\n

Detectives then applied for and were granted a search warrant for the residence and they recovered two handguns, which included a .45-caliber Glock 21 and just over a half pound of suspected marijuana.<\/p>\n

Saluga and Porterfield were transported to the Allegheny County Jail on their existing\u00a0warrants\u00a0and Porterfield is also facing new gun and drug charges that were based on the search.<\/p>\n

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