Morning Roundup: Pair of South Side robberies under review; Pittsburgh activates 6 warming centers

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Tuesday, Jan. 14:

Pair of South Side robberies under review

Pittsburgh police are reviewing surveillance video related to two robberies at South Side businesses.

Two males dressed in black hooded sweatshirts and masks threatened employees at the BP gas station at East Carson and South Tenth streets with a knife, police said. The suspects demanded cash and tobacco products, and fled on foot.

That robbery was reported around 8:30 p.m. Monday. Moments later, police said the same suspects jumped over the counter at Glass Zone along East Carson Street. They brandished a knife and demanded cash and THC products, police said.

They fled after getting a small amount of cash. No one was hurt.

Pittsburgh activates 6 warming centers

Pittsburgh has activated six warming centers Tuesday as the high temperature is expected to reach 20 degrees.

Healthy Active Living Centers in the following locations will be open as warming centers from 8 a.m.-7 p.m.:

• Beechview, 1555 Broadway Ave.

• Brighton Heights, 2515 McClure Ave.

• Greenfield, 745 Greenfield Ave.

• Homewood, 7321 Frankstown Road

• Sheraden, 720 Sherwood Ave.

• South Side, 12th and Bingham streets

Identity thief sentenced to nearly 10 years in federal prison

A Pittsburgh man was sentenced to 9½ years in a federal prison for an identity theft scheme that used stolen personal information to rent vehicles.

A judge ordered Cheron Tucker, 28, pay nearly $900,000 in restitution, according to federal prosecutors.

The scheme was unraveled when Brentwood police were investigating one of the rental vehicles. They reported finding documents and other evidence at a home associated with Tucker. Prosecutors said Tucker bought credit card numbers and other identifying information on the dark web and used that information to rent vehicles with the help of a complicit rental company manager.

The vehicles were then rented to other people for cash payments, prosecutors said.

Charleroi student diagnosed with tuberculosis returns to school without clearance

A Charleroi Area High School student who had been diagnosed with tuberculosis a couple weeks ago returned to school Monday without a doctor’s clearance, according to a letter to parents by superintendent Ed Zelich.

The letter said that the student was isolated and sent home. The areas where the student was isolated have been cleaned, Zelich said.

School officials discussed the issue with the state Department of Health and determined no public health action is necessary for the district, according to the letter.

Tuberculosis mainly affects the lungs and can be spread through the air, according to Mayo Clinic.