According to a published report, state Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin received a target letter and a subpoena to testify in mid-December from the Allegheny County grand jury that has already recommended charges against her sisters.

Neither Orie Melvin nor her counsel, Pittsburgh lawyer J. Alan Johnson, could be reached for comment at press time. Mike Manko, a spokesman for Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr., said he couldn’t comment.