Weekly Wrap: Abandoned Alligators, Crime Lab Drug Bust And More

UPPER ST. CLAIR, PA - The week in western Pennsylvania was so eventful that you might have missed some important developments or news that you need. You can catch up with this Patch roundup of some of the week’s top stories:

• Former Allegheny County Crime Lab chemist Matthew Ieraci of Baldwin was arrested for allegedly stealing and using drugs from the crime lab.

• Dalton Bacco, a 19-year-old Carlow University freshman from West View, died after falling from the fifth-floor balcony of a university building.

• Two alligators abandoned by their owner in a home in the Hays section of Pittsburgh found temporary lodging at an animal shelter.

• Uber began a restaurant meal delivery service in Pittsburgh through the use of its UberEats app.

• After being with WTAE-TV for eight years, reporter Ashlie Hardway abruptly left the news business without explanation.

• A Pittsburgh Bureau of Police K-9 dog died unexpectedly.

• Plans advanced for a new Cranberry Township Housing Development.

• Duquesne University appointed its first female law school dean.

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