Duquesne professor charged with keying cars in Bridgeville

Bridgeville police charged Duquesne University professor Audrey Guskey, 50, with three counts of criminal mischief for damaging multiple vehicles in her neighborhood.

Ms. Guskey, a widely cited marketing and consumer behavior expert, teaches at Duquesne’s Palumbo Donahue School of Business. She has appeared as an expert in numerous print outlets and on cable and network television news programs. Her interviews number in the thousands, according to her profile on Duquesne’s website.

A neighbor on Ms. Guskey’s Bridgeville street recently grew suspicious after several cars had been damaged, according to a criminal complaint filed this month. The neighbor, Zachary McGill, set up a camera in hopes of catching someone in the act. (The court document does not specify the date when Mr. McGill began recording.)

On June 18, Mr. McGill called police after his girlfriend’s car had been keyed on the front fender on Gregg Avenue, where Mr. McGill and Ms. Guskey live. Mr. McGill showed police a video of Ms. Guskey keying his girlfriend’s car around 7 a.m. June 17.

According to the complaint, Mr. McGill told police that he had been “having trouble” with Ms. Guskey and that she “gets upset when vehicles are parked in front of her residence.”

Two days later, police responded again to Mr. McGill and another person who then identified Ms. Guskey on camera keying a Volkswagen and Audi on the street, damaging the passenger-side doors.

Ms. Guskey admitted to police June 23 to damaging four cars on her street multiple times.

“Due to Guskey’s level of cooperation,” she was informed of charges by a summons July 18.

Her preliminary hearing is scheduled for Aug. 21.

Ms. Guskey did not returncalls seeking comment.