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Sunday, March 10, 2013

Unsolved Cases: Amy Pugner Disappeared from Washington in 2010

Her family received threatening phone calls after she went missing from a man demanding money or "she's dead."

Amy L. Pugner chatted on the phone with her sister as she was painting her new apartment in Washington, Pa., where she had recently moved, on June 8, 2010. That was the last time Amy's sister spoke with her. Amy, a Latrobe native, had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and had a history of drug abuse, according to news reports. Her family considered the move a good thing—something that seemed to indicate that Amy, was getting her life together, leaving her demons behind and heading in the right direction. No one is sure when Amy was last seen, but likely it was June 9 or 10, 2010. Her family became alarmed when, a few days after that last phone call, a man used Amy's cell phone to make several threatening phone calls to them. He demanded …

Friday, October 19, 2012

Upper St. Clair Man Charged in Shop'n Save Killing

Online records show that Brandon Daniel Thomas was arraigned early Friday and remanded to the Washington County Jail.

Washington police charged an Upper St. Clair man with a single count of homicide stemming from the shooting death Thursday of a 55-year-old Washington man in a grocery store parking lot. The Observer-Reporter newspaper indicated that Brandon Daniel Thomas, 30, is accused of fatally shooting Vaughn A. Simonelli. Online court records show that Thomas was arraigned at 4 a.m. Friday before district Judge Mark Wilson and remanded to the Washington County Jail after being denied bail, according to online court records. A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for Thomas on Oct. 24, online court records show. "The victim was involved in altercation with another male that led to gunfire in the parking lot of Shop n’ Save (in Washington)," …

bobbie_jo_lawver@hotmail,com

10:42 pm on Wednesday, November 14, 2012

u r innocent brandon..im a supporter of u..i dont the simonellis nor u..but hands down u r no murderer..i would have protected myself if it meant killing someone to..u acted in self defense..of course the family will say differently..they r hurting..they miss their loved one even if he wasnt a great law abiding person..they loved him..so brandon forgive them for their pain and ignorance..thank u …   more ›

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