‘Limited information’ hampered search for absconded suspect later charged in slaying

When Allegheny County officials learned in May that Isreal Moseby had absconded from the unsecured community facility where he had been moved in January, a judge issued a bench warrant for his arrest.

Allegheny County Sheriff Kevin Kraus on Wednesday said his office tried to find Moseby — who was charged with aggravated assault for allegedly stabbing a woman twice in the neck — but couldn’t. The sheriff said Moseby had cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet.

“In this case, we had very limited information,” Kraus told TribLive…

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