A man is in custody after Pittsburgh police say he attempted to impersonate an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent during a burglary.

Police were called to a reported burglary in progress Saturday night at a home in the 500 block of Climax Street in the city’s Beltzhoover neighborhood after a landlord said a man smashed a window and broke into a residence, authorities said.

While officers were en route, dispatchers reported that a tenant inside the residence had struck the suspect in the face with an object, knocking him unconscious.

Police said the suspect, later identified as William Gregory, was found lying unconscious on the floor when officers arrived. A juvenile victim was standing in a doorway with minor injuries to his right ankle and hand, police said.

According to police, the juvenile told officers that Gregory entered through the kitchen window, went upstairs and shouted that he was an ICE agent demanding to see paperwork. Police said Gregory then pulled out a pocketknife, threatened to stab the juvenile and began stealing a PlayStation console and controllers.

Police said Gregory also forcibly took the juvenile’s cellphone, leading to a physical altercation. The juvenile eventually punched Gregory in the face, knocking him unconscious before officers arrived.

When officers attempted to handcuff Gregory, he regained consciousness and resisted arrest, police said. Gregory continued to pull away as multiple officers tried to take him into custody before he was eventually tased and subdued.

Medics responded to the scene and sedated Gregory before transporting him to Mercy Hospital for treatment. Police said Gregory appeared heavily intoxicated and under the influence of drugs.

Officers later learned Gregory had multiple outstanding warrants, including for burglary and possession of a firearm. Police said they plan to request arrest warrants for Gregory based on the investigation and the reported offenses.

Eight adults and four children are displaced after a basement fire in Waterbury on Sunday night.

The Waterbury Fire Department responded to a call around 5:10 p.m. for a structure fire at Country Club Road.

Upon arrival, firefighters located heavy smoke on the first floor of the building. They then discovered a fire in the basement.

The heavy fire has been knocked down.

There are no reports of injuries.

The American Red Cross is working to assist those who have been displaced.

The fire marshal is investigating the single alarm fire.

“The Supreme Court has held that a State is not a ‘person’. … Likewise, a state agency that is an arm of the state also is not a ‘person,’” Frey wrote in a motion filed with the US District Court in Portland, Maine.

In a similar vein, Frey argued state agencies are not liable for violations of the Maine Civil Rights Act because they are not individual people. He also argued the Maine Tort Claims Act provides “sovereign immunity” to the state and its agencies from civil suits, except in narrow circumstances.

The lawsuit was filed by Justin Savage, who suffered a broken nose during a March 2024 arrest in Limerick, Maine. The York County district attorney’s office eventually dropped all charges against Savage stemming from the incident, including assault on an officer.

In September, Savage and his girlfriend, Shawna Morse, sued the state, the Maine State Police, its top official, Colonel William Ross, and three individual officers involved in the arrest for assault, violation of civil rights, wrongful arrest, malicious prosecution, defamation, and destroying evidence, among other claims.

After the arrest, the Maine State Police cleared its officers of any wrongdoing, including then-trooper Jamie Fenderson, who was captured on dash cam footage repeatedly punching Savage in the face while his hands were handcuffed behind his back. A joint Maine Monitor and Bangor Daily News investigation of the video footage and police records from the incident determined the Maine State Police misrepresented the events of the night in both police reports and public statements.

The Maine State Police did not initially investigate the incident as potential “serious misconduct,” tasking Fenderson’s commander with the investigation instead of the Office of Professional Standards. Only after a series of public records requests related to the incident prompted fear of litigation did State Police leaders ask the Office of Professional Standards to review the incident.

While the review was still ongoing, the agency promoted Fenderson — his first promotion in 16 years.

In addition, the Monitor/BDN investigation found that the Maine State Police had investigated nearly three dozen complaints alleging excessive force by its troopers over the past decade and cleared its troopers of wrongdoing in every case.

Frey asked the court to dismiss Savage and Morse’s claim that State Police disposed of evidence, including a spit mask used on Savage and the gloves Fenderson was wearing during the arrest. The attorney general argued that “spoliation of evidence” claims can only be addressed during criminal proceedings, not civil lawsuits.

The filing also argued the lawsuit’s defamation claim should be dismissed against the state and the Maine State Police because Savage and Morse did not allege that Maine State Police social media posts had an “adverse effect” on their legal status, such as being fired or demoted from their jobs.

Frey’s filing did not address the facts alleged in Savage and Morse’s lawsuit and did not seek to dismiss the bulk of the claims made against Ross or the individual officers involved in the arrest.

The attorney general’s office is also representing Ross and the three officers, according to court records.

In an amended complaint filed in late October, Savage and Morse alleged that Fenderson punched Savage in the face between 11 and 13 times while Savage was “fully restrained.”

Earlier this month, during an appearance before the Legislature’s criminal justice committee, Michael Sauschuck, commissioner of the Maine Department of Public Safety that oversees the State Police, said he would not answer any questions related to the Savage case, citing the lawsuit.

Shortly after filing the lawsuit, Savage and Morse’s attorney, Jeffrey Bennett, called on York County District Attorney Kathryn Slattery to open a grand jury investigation into the actions of the officers who arrested Savage. Slattery did not respond to requests for comment, and no charges have been filed.