Tube City Almanac

March 02, 2012

Briefly Noted: Police Charge Guard in Slaying

Category: News || By Staff Report

An armored car company is offering a reward of up to $100,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the individual who murdered a security guard from East McKeesport and stole more than $2 million.

Garda Cash Logistics is asking for the public's assistance in both solving the homicide of Michael R. Haines, 31, and recovering the money stolen from the truck he was protecting, said Joe Gavaghan, spokesman for the Montreal-based company.

Haines was found shot to death Tuesday afternoon near the 31st Street Bridge in Pittsburgh's Strip District.

Pittsburgh police have obtained an arrest warrant for his partner, Kenneth Konias Jr., 22, of Dravosburg, in connection with the slaying and robbery.

According to published reports, Konias disappeared after the shooting and police later discovered a blood-stained uniform in the Euclid Avenue home he shared with his parents. Published and broadcast reports have indicated that the robber or robbers may have made off with about $2.3 million.

The Post-Gazette reported Friday that Konias is a graduate of McKeesport's Serra Catholic High School who briefly served as a volunteer firefighter in Dravosburg and Duquesne. The Duquesne department dismissed him after six months, the newspaper reported.

Police said Konias may be driving a champagne-colored (tan or light gold) 2006 Ford Explorer SUV with Pennsylvania license GZW-4572, and that he may be armed with at least three handguns.

Anyone with information about Konias' whereabouts is asked to call Pittsburgh police at (412) 323-7800.

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Haines, a native of Forest Hills, was a graduate of Robert Morris University, where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. In addition to his parents, Ann and Lawrence Haines, Haines is survived by a sister, Betsy; and grandparents, Robert and Eunice Bergstrom.

Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. today and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow at Wolfe Memorial Chapel, 3604 Greensburg Pike, Forest Hills. Services and interment will be private.

In lieu of flowers, the family has suggests contributions to the Western Pennsylvania Humane Society, 1101 Western Ave., Pittsburgh 15233.







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