Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Friday, Sept. 4:<\/p>\n
Man threatens woman with knife in Bethel Park parking lot<\/p>\n
Bethel Park police said they arrested a knife-wielding man Thursday morning, accusing him of climbing into a woman\u2019s parked car and making demands before she escaped in a Walmart parking lot.<\/p>\n
After the woman exited the vehicle, officials said, she called for help.<\/p>\n
The incident occurred around 8:30 a.m. in the lot along Library Road.<\/p>\n
Police said officers responded within minutes and established a perimeter to keep the suspect within the area. They apprehended a suspect after talking with the victim and multiple witnesses.<\/p>\n
The suspect is expected to face multiple criminal charges, police said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Bethel Park Police Department would like to take this opportunity to remind everyone to remain aware of their surroundings while out in public,\u201d officials said in a social media post. \u201cIt can be easy to become complacent or distracted, particularly while sitting in a vehicle or using a cellphone. We also encourage everyone to secure their vehicle whenever they leave it unattended or sit inside while parked.\u201d<\/p>\n
Police arrest man accused of raping woman in Pittsburgh hotel<\/p>\n
Pittsburgh police on Thursday arrested a man accused of raping a woman in an Oakland hotel.<\/p>\n
Detectives were investigating a rape that occurred Wednesday inside a hotel on Lytton Avenue. Officials said the suspect knew the victim and fled after the assault.<\/p>\n
Pittsburgh police \u2014 with help from the U.S. Marshals Western Pennsylvania Fugitive Task Force \u2014 arrested Martell Martin, 33, of McKeesport, in connection with the incident Thursday.<\/p>\n
He is charged with rape, strangulation, sexual assault, terroristic threats, indecent assault, false imprisonment and driving while operating privilege is suspended. He was taken to the Allegheny County Jail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Friday, Sept. 4: Man threatens woman with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278887,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74],"class_list":["post-278886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278886","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=278886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}