CRANBERRY TWP — Charges against two men in connection with the alleged theft of two Porsche 911s were withdrawn during a preliminary hearing Friday before District Judge Kevin Flaherty.

Charges against Kyrk Andrew Pyros, 55, of Pittsburgh and Domenic Joseph Petitta, 52, of Cranberry Township, owner of auto repair shop Domenic Import Service of Pittsburgh, were withdrawn in an agreement with the district attorney after Pyros and Petitta made arrangements to return the two Porsches to the victim and provide the vehicles with clear titles, said Lt. Chuck Mascellino of the Cranberry Township police.

The Cranberry police have possession of the cars at this time.

Pyros, a family friend of the victim, had been charged with conspiracy to commit theft and receiving stolen property. Petitta had been charged with receiving stolen property.

Two other men were charged in the case. Ian Edward McGee, 46, of Cranberry Township, owner of Lucky Auto Recovery, had his case continued to Sept. 23. He has been charged with two counts of forgery, two counts of theft by deception, two counts of theft by failing to make required disposition of funds, three counts of tampering with records, one count of conspiracy to commit theft by deception, two counts of statement under penalty and 10 counts of investigation/records.

Attorney Kelton Merrill Burgess, 50, of Valencia was charged with conspiracy to commit theft by deception. His preliminary hearing has been scheduled Sept. 30.

The four had been charged with the theft of the two Porsches after the owner died in 2015.

According to affidavits filed by police, the owner of a 1989 Porsche 911 coupe and a 1991 Porsche 911 convertible died in August 2015, and her daughter, who became the executor of her mother's estate, obtained possession of the cars and other property.

The daughter, who lives in Florida, had the cars taken to John Raysich Porsche, her mother's mechanic in Bridgeville. After the shop owner died, his son took over the business, which failed.

Pyros agreed to help return vehicles remaining at the shop, including the Porsches, to the owner, but he never contacted the daughter, according to an affidavit.

After learning that he could not own the vehicles because they were titled in someone else's name, Pyros contacted Burgess, his estate attorney, who told him he could abandon the vehicles and then have a salvor sell them back to him, according police.

The affidavit states Pyros allegedly moved the Porsches to another property he owned and contacted McGee to start the process of having the cars salvaged, even though all parties involved knew the cars held significant value and actually were owned by someone.

McGee towed the Porsches to an unknown location and put a fictitious address on the towing receipt in an attempt to deceive investigators, police said.

McGee submitted Pennsylvania Department of Transportation forms for taking possession of abandoned vehicles to township police, but those forms have to be filled out by police in the jurisdiction where the vehicles were abandoned, police said.

Petitta told police he bought the 1991 Porsche from Burgess for $8,150 on the same day Burgess bought it from Lucky Auto Recovery, and Burgess paid $3,500 for the car and gave McGee $4,650 worth of legal services in exchange for the vehicle, according to an affidavit.