Fellow police officers said they were appalled by the sentence handed down Monday for a former McKeesport detective who pleaded guilty to stealing more than $1 million from his police union to prop up his failing restaurant.

Joseph Osinski, 56, siphoned roughly $1.2 million from the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 91 — the union representing law enforcement officers in Allegheny County — from 2019 until his arrest in 2024. The hit to FOP funds left the union in somewhat dire straits for a period, and dues had to be raised to recoup the loss.

Osinski was sentenced to nine to 18 months in the Allegheny County Jail, although he will be allowed work release and to serve the sentence in alternative housing.

Much of the money went toward a restaurant Osinski opened called Puzzlers. It was a w

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