THE COURTS
Title 252—ALLEGHENY
COUNTY RULES
ALLEGHENY COUNTY
Certification of District Attorney Pursuant to Pa.R.Crim.P. 507; AD—18-141-PJ
[48 Pa.B. 5857]
[Saturday, September 22, 2018]
Order of Court And Now, to wit, this 6th day of September, 2018, It Is Hereby Ordered, Adjudged and Decreed that the following amended Allegheny County Rule of Criminal Procedure, adopted by the Board of Judges on August 23, 2018, shall be effective thirty (30) days after publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin:
Rule 507.6. Approval of Certain Police Agency Complaints and Arrest Warrant Affidavits by Attorney for the Commonwealth for Designated Felony Crimes.
The District Attorney of Allegheny County, Stephen A. Zappala, Jr., having filed a certification pursuant to Pa.R.Crim.P. 507, criminal complaints and arrest warrant affidavits filed by police officers in the designated police agencies listed below, as defined in the Rules of Criminal Procedure, charging the below designated felony crimes shall not hereafter be accepted by any judicial officer unless the criminal complaint and arrest warrant affidavit have the approval of an attorney for the Commonwealth prior to filing.
DESIGNATED FELONY CRIMES a) Aggravated Assault of unborn child—18 Pa.C.S. § 2606(a)
b) Aggravated Assault—18 Pa.C.S. § 2702(a)(1) through (9)
c) Aggravated assault of law enforcement officer 18 Pa.C.S. § 2702.1(a)
d) Stalking—18 Pa.C.S. § 2709.1(a)(1) and (c)(2)
e) Stalking—18 Pa.C.S. § 2709.1(a)(2) and (c)(2)
f) Threat to use weapons of mass destruction—18 Pa.C.S. § 2715(a)(3) and (b)(2) and (b)(4)
g) Threat to use weapons of mass destruction—18 Pa.C.S. § 2715(a)(4) and (b)(2) and (b)(4)
h) Weapons of mass destruction—18 Pa.C.S. § 2716(a)
i) Weapons of mass destruction—18 Pa.C.S. § 2716(b)
j) Terrorism—18 Pa.C.S. § 2717(a)
k) Kidnapping—18 Pa.C.S. § 2901(a)
l) Unlawful restraint of minor—18 Pa.C.S. § 2902(b) and (c)
m) False imprisonment of a minor—18 Pa.C.S. § 2903(b) and (c)
n) Trafficking in individuals—18 Pa.C.S. § 3011(a) and (b)
o) Involuntary Servitude—18 Pa.C.S. § 3012(a)
p) Patronizing a victim of sexual servitude—18 Pa.C.S. § 3013(a)
q) Unlawful conduct regarding documents—18 Pa.C.S. § 3014
r) Causing or risking catastrophe—18 Pa.C.S. § 3302(a) and (b)
s) Burglary—18 Pa.C.S. § 3502(a)
t) Criminal trespass—18 Pa.C.S. § 3503(a)
u) Forgery—18 Pa.C.S. § 4101(a)
v) Intimidation of witness—18 Pa.C.S. § 4952(a) and (b)(1) through (4)
w) Retaliation against witness/victim—18 Pa.C.S. § 4953(a) and 4952(1) through (5)
x) Retaliation against prosecutor/judicial official—18 Pa.C.S. § 4953.1(a) and (b)(1) through (5)
y) Intimidation, retaliation or obstruction in child abuse cases—18 Pa.C.S. § 4958(a)(b), (b.1) and (c)(1)
z) Disarming law enforcement officer—18 Pa.C.S. § 5104.1(a)
aa) Recruiting criminal gang member—18 Pa.C.S. § 5131(a) and (b)(1)(iii) and (2)
bb) Riot—18 Pa.C.S. § 5501
cc) Animal Fighting—18 Pa.C.S. § 5511(h.1)(1) through (7)
dd) Facsimile weapons of mass destruction—18 Pa.C.S. § 5516(a)
ee) Operation of methamphetamine laboratory—18 Pa.C.S. § 7508.2
ff) Criminal use of communication facility—18 Pa.C.S. § 7512(a)
gg) Aggravated assault by watercraft while operating under influence—30 Pa.C.S. § 5502.3(a)
hh) Manufacture, delivery, or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver a controlled substance—35 P.S. § 780-113(a)(30)
ii) Unlawful manufacture of methamphetamine—35 P.S. § 780-113(a)(38)
jj) Operating a methamphetamine laboratory—35 P.S. § 780-113.4(a)(1)(2)(3) and (b)(1)
kk) Aggravated assault by vehicle—75 Pa.C.S. § 3732.1(a)
ll) Aggravated assault by vehicle while driving under the influence—75 Pa.C.S. § 3735.1(a)
mm) Accidents involving death or personal injury—75 Pa.C.S. § 3742(a) and (b)(2) and (3)(i)
nn) Accidents involving death or personal injury while not properly licensed—75 Pa.C.S. § 3742.1(a) and (b)(2)
DESIGNATED POLICE AGENCIES TO WHICH THIS RULE APPLIES Pittsburgh Bureau of Police
Allegheny County Police Department
Braddock Borough Police Department
Braddock Hills Borough Police Department
Clairton City Police Department
Duquesne City Police Department
East McKeesport Police Department
East Pittsburgh Police Department
Elizabeth Borough Police Department
Elizabeth Township Police Department
Forward Township Police Department
Glassport Borough Police Department
Homestead Borough Police Department
Liberty Borough Police Department
Lincoln Borough Police Department
McKeesport City Police Department
Munhall Borough Police Department
North Braddock Borough Police Department
North Versailles Township Police Department
Penn State Greater Allegheny Police Department
Port Vue Borough Police Department
Rankin Borough Police Department
Turtle Creek Borough Police Department
Versailles Police Department
West Homestead Borough Police Department
West Mifflin Borough Police Department
Whitaker Borough Police Department
White Oak Borough Police DepartmentBy the Court
JEFFREY A. MANNING,
President Judge
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 18-1485. Filed for public inspection September 21, 2018, 9:00 a.m.]
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