New Kensington man, fugitive since February, arrested in Pittsburgh, faces new gun charges

A New Kensington man wanted on multiple warrants now faces additional gun charges after being taken into custody Tuesday by the Allegheny County Sheriff’s deputies.

William Rodgers, 28, has been a fugitive since February when he walked out of Renewal Center halfway house on Boulevard of the Allies in Downtown Pittsburgh following sentencing involving a drug charge, according to Mike Manko, sheriff’s office spokesman.

Rodgers also has a second bench warrant for failing to show up for court on a separate drug case in March, Manko said, as well as active warrants from the sheriff’s office, Pittsburgh Police and in Westmoreland County…

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