{"id":276228,"date":"2026-09-01T03:16:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T03:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/276228\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T03:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T03:16:12","slug":"11-investigates-pittsburgh-city-employee-facing-new-criminal-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/276228\/","title":{"rendered":"11 Investigates:\u00a0Pittsburgh city employee facing new criminal charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 11 Investigates has learned that a City of Pittsburgh employee who faced criminal charges last year has now been charged in another case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Tim Terlecki works for the city\u2019s Department of Mobility and Infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">11 Investigates has learned Terlecki was arrested on Aug. 21 after police say they found him slumped over in his car in a parking lot along Saw Mill Run Blvd.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Terlecki told police he was on his way home from work, was tired and pulled over to take a nap.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Police say inside the car they found four crack pipes and in Terlecki\u2019s pants pocket, they say, was crystal meth. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">According to the criminal complaint, police also found suboxone, and they say Terlecki told them he did not have a prescription for it on him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"> The criminal complaint does not indicate if he provided a prescription for suboxone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Police have charged Terlecki with four counts of possession of a controlled or counterfeit substance. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Back in April, Terlecki was charged with driving under a suspended or revoked license.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Terlecki, who works as a handyman on the side, faced more legal troubles late last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">He was charged in November after Pittsburgh Police accused him of taking more than $22,000 from a woman in Hazelwood, but never finishing the home improvement project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/city-pittsburgh-employee-charged-with-scamming-neighbor-out-over-22k\/TLP3YQHMKZDNRCL7BJB5PHVGDQ\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/city-pittsburgh-employee-charged-with-scamming-neighbor-out-over-22k\/TLP3YQHMKZDNRCL7BJB5PHVGDQ\/\">PREVIOUS COVERAGE &gt;&gt;&gt; City of Pittsburgh employee charged with scamming neighbor out of over $22K<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">A neighbor, who spoke with Channel 11 in November, recalled seeing Terlecki at the house.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">\u201cI wonder why I haven\u2019t seen that guy in so long. I even offered him my tools. I thought he was an alright standup guy,\u201d said the neighbor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The charges in that case were eventually withdrawn after, sources say, Terlecki agreed to pay back the woman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">City officials, who were not aware of the most recent charges, tell 11 Investigates they are looking into the allegations, but they say that through it, Terlecki has remained on the city payroll.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">It\u2019s unclear if he will face any disciplinary action by the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">He\u2019s scheduled to appear at a preliminary hearing on the drug charges next month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">He\u2019s also set to appear in court in September at a summary trial on the driving charges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 11 Investigates has learned that a City of Pittsburgh employee who faced criminal charges last year&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":276229,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74,757],"class_list":["post-276228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-wpxi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276228","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=276228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}