Police: Teen Defends Family After Man Posing as ICE Agent Breaks Into Pittsburgh Home
A 17-year-old knocked unconscious a man who broke in, falsely claiming to be an ICE agent and threatening the family with a knife, Allegheny County police said.
- A 17-year-old boy defended his family during a home invasion on Climax Street in Beltzhoover, where William Arthur Gregory, 35-year-old suspect, claimed to be an ICE agent, according to police reports.
- According to court papers, William Arthur Gregory forced entry through a kitchen window, threatened a juvenile with a pocketknife, demanded paperwork, and tried to steal a PlayStation console and controllers plus the boy's cellphone; investigators say he was heavily intoxicated and had multiple outstanding warrants.
- The teen fought back, punching William Arthur Gregory unconscious, and officers arrived while he remained unconscious but later resisted arrest.
- Court records show William Arthur Gregory faces ethnic intimidation and burglary charges, remains in the Allegheny County Jail, and a judge denied bond citing community risk.
- Neighbors said the household is Hispanic and voiced alarm over someone fraudulently acting as ICE, while the family confirmed the 17-year-old boy does not speak English, highlighting vulnerability.
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Pittsburgh man accused of posing as ICE agent, threatening teen after breaking into home
This past Saturday, police say a man named William Arthur Gregory, 35, of Pittsburgh, broke in through the family’s kitchen window, came upstairs shouting that he was an ICE agent, and needed to see their paperwork.
Man pretending to be ICE agent in Pittsburgh arrested for home invasion
PITTSBURGH, PA — A man is in custody after police say he impersonated a federal agent and broke into a home in Pittsburgh’s Beltzhoover neighborhood over the weekend. Officers responded to a burglary in progress Saturday night at a residence on Climax Street after a landlord reported that a man had broken a window and [...]
Fake ICE Agent Demands Paperwork, Tries to Steal PlayStation
A Pennsylvania man has been arrested after he smashed a family’s kitchen window and broke in, claiming to be an Immigration and Customs enforcement agent as he demanded paperwork and tried to steal a video game console. Pittsburgh police were called to a burglary in progress Saturday night in the city’s Beltzhoover neighborhood, KDKA reported. As officers were en route, they were told that a tenant had knocked the intruder unconscious. The found…
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