A Pittsburgh-area attorney is facing new charges after authorities said more victims came forward, accusing him of swindling them out of thousands of dollars.
John Allen Roth of Latrobe was originally charged in November of last year after investigators said he stole more than $30,000 from a woman in jail, using the money to fuel his gambling habit. After his arrest, Westmoreland County detectives said they received reports from three more people who had been victimized by Roth.
Detectives said the first victim said she had hired Roth for a custody case and agreed to pay him $200 every other week, giving him $3,400 over the course of a year. But at a court hearing in July of 2024, she told detectives that Roth said he could no longer represent her…