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• 'Dance Moms' star faces new criminal count

  20-06-2016 23:55 via post-gazette.com
  
  A reality television star already facing federal charges for alleged bankruptcy fraud was charged today with money laundering involving $120,000.
  
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• Man suspected in Wilkinsburg shooting will remain jailed for now

  20-06-2016 23:46 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Homewood man who has been named a suspect but not charged in the shooting deaths of five people and an unborn child in Wilkinsburg earlier this year will remain imprisoned for at least another week, a common pleas judge decided this morning.
  
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• Consumer Reports Ranks Top Gas-Powered Mowers

  20-06-2016 23:45
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – It’s hard to tell at the store which lawn mower will make quick work of your yard. To help, Consumer Reports tested 81 gas-powered mowers and can tell you what to consider and what to skip.
  For starters, skip mowers that cost less than $200. They have mediocre cutting performance, at best.
  If you’ve got a limited budget, check out the Husqvarna LC121P, available at Lowe’s, a Consumer Reports Best Buy for $250. It handles easily and cuts very evenly. It
  
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• Get Marty: Former Steeler Issues Online Statement, Apology For Graffiti Tags

  20-06-2016 23:28
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — In a Get Marty exclusive, it now appears as if a former Pittsburgh Steelers running back is apologizing for what is described as a significant amount of illegal graffiti on local bike trails.
  Nearly 50 “illegal” graffiti tags on the trails of the Great Allegheny Passage have a striking similarity to the art of former Steelers running back Baron Batch.
  Now, Batch is apparently speaking out on his website.
  On his blog, he says, “Great artists paint on th
  
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• USGA statement regarding Dustin Johnson ruling

  20-06-2016 23:21
  
  The USGA wishes to congratulate Dustin Johnson on his victory and thank him, and the other players in the field, for their professionalism and grace throughout the championship. Dustin is a wonderful champion, a talented golfer and a gentleman.
  
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• Westbound travelers on Pa. turnpike advised to expect heavy congestion

  20-06-2016 23:16 via post-gazette.com
  
  Motorists traveling westbound on the Pennsylvania Turnpike today between Bedford and Somerset are likely to encounter heavy traffic delays while emergency repairs are made to a bridge over state route 3012, according the turnpike commission. The commission also encourages drivers to consider using an alternate route.
  
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• Pittsburgh Juneteenth Celebration Marks The End Of Slavery

  20-06-2016 23:13
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh loves its parades.
  The Juneteenth Celebration marks the end of slavery. It is traditionally celebrated on June 19. This year, the organizers, Stop the Violence Pittsburgh, spread Juneteenth over an entire weekend as part of Pittsburgh’s bi-centennial observation. It was more than music and marching through the streets, including a Sunday church service.
  “It’s an ecumenical prayer service. People from various faiths, communities and tradition
  
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• Stephen Curry Is Not LeBron James… Yet

  20-06-2016 23:11
  
  By Jason Keidel
  The moment had to be poignant, and painful. The finishing blow of the NBA Finals was delivered not by Stephen Curry — a man who makes his bones bagging three-pointers at record rates — but by Kyrie Irving, over Stephen Curry. If last night was LeBron’s “Drop the mic” moment, then perhaps it was also Curry’s “Welcome to LeBron’s orbit” moment.
  Since Stephen Curry’s rise was so quick and acute, we haven&rsqu
  
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• Beaver Murder Suspect Facing Additional Charges, Including Rape

  20-06-2016 23:09
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A man accused of killing his girlfriend in Beaver County is now facing additional charges.
  Edward Baker Jr. is now additionally charged with criminal trespass, burglary, possession of a firearm by a person not to possess and rape.
  30-year-old Addaleigh Amelia Huzyak was found dead in her apartment in Beaver on June 6.
  The manhunt for Baker began immediately. He left behind a suicide note at his father’s home where he lived.
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• Draft Dilemma: Buddy Hield vs. Jaylen Brown

  20-06-2016 22:54
  
  By Rahul Lal
  With the 2016 NBA Draft fast approaching, we’re taking a detailed look at and comparing some of the elite players expected to be drafted in the lottery in our Draft Dilemma series. These players will have a chance to be a part of the next generation of NBA stars and that legacy begins on draft day. The NBA Draft will be held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on June 23 at 7 p.m. ET.
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• Is Dustin Johnson The Most Controversial U.S. Open Winner Of All Time?

  20-06-2016 22:50
  
  By Rahul Lal
  Dustin Johnson is fresh off a $1.8 million payday after taking home the U.S. Open in Oakmont, Pennsylvania on Sunday. As he knocked in the final putt of the tournament, Johnson was instantly embraced by his caddie and turned over to hug his picture perfect family on what is sure to be a memorable Fathers’ Day.
  But Dustin Johnson is certainly not your “picture perfect” major champion.
  Johnson has been one of the most controversial figures in golf since he turne
  
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• 911 call from Disney alligator attack released

  20-06-2016 22:50
  
  Authorities in Florida release a 911 call that was made after 2-year-old Lane Graves was snatched by an alligator and drowned at a Walt Disney World resort in Orlando.
  
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• Community Comes Together To Improve Moore Park

  20-06-2016 22:45
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — It was all hands on deck at Moore Park in Brookline over the weekend. Volunteers showed up, ready to work.
  “I just think this shows how dedicated the community is to their public assets and how dedicated they are to the park,” said City Councilwoman Natalia Rudiak.
  Rudiak represents District 4. She said the entire project started after her office received complaints from citizens concerned about the condition of the park.
  Many were worried about not onl
  
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• Cosby, due in court in July, again hopes to question accuser

  20-06-2016 22:30
  
  Bill Cosby will return to a Pennsylvania courtroom next month as he tries again to question his accuser before his sexual assault trial.
  
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• Three hurt after vehicle involved in crash hits tree in Shaler

  20-06-2016 22:24 via post-gazette.com
  
  A collision between multiple vehicles in Shaler today sent one of the vehicles into a tree on Mt. Royal Boulevard, trapping two occupants and partially ejecting a third.
  
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• Police say prominent graffiti artist violated pact, continued vandalism

  20-06-2016 22:18 via post-gazette.com
  
  A prominent graffiti artist is in trouble with police again after they say he violated a written agreement by continuing to vandalize private property with his spraypainted tag.
  
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• Authorities: Man At Vegas Rally Said He Wanted To Kill Trump

  20-06-2016 22:13
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A federal officer says a man arrested at a Donald Trump rally in Las Vegas told authorities he tried to grab an officer’s gun so he could kill the candidate.
  A complaint filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Nevada charges Michael Steven Sandford with an act of violence on restricted grounds.
  It cites a report by Special Agent Swierkowski, whose first name was not included, saying Sandford told officers he drove from California to kill Trump and went to a Las Vegas
  
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• Police: Child Found ‘Heroin Shooting Kit’ On Ground In Bridgeville

  20-06-2016 22:11
  
  BRIDGEVILLE (KDKA) — Bridgeville Police are warning parents not to let their children pick up items laying on the ground, after something sinister was found.
  On Monday, the department posted a picture to social media showing a “heroin shooting kit,” that a small child found on Washington Avenue.
  The “kit,” was complete with heroin, needles, tie straps and cooking tins.
  “As an added bonus it even comes with two boxes of Narcan in the event you happen to overdos
  
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• Former Tenants Win Default Judgment Against Pittsburgh Landlord

  20-06-2016 21:50
  Refugees and other tenants who endured "unlivable" conditions in a Carrick apartment complex are one step closer to getting some of their money back after embattled landlord Davin Gartley failed to respond to a state lawsuit.
  
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• Babysitter Accused Of Assaulting Infant In North Strabane

  20-06-2016 21:39
  
  NORTH STRABANE (KDKA) — 37-year-old Jennifer Lynn Stevens was taken back to the Washington County Jail after being held for trial Monday.
  She’s accused of assaulting a then two-month-old infant she was babysitting at a home in North Strabane.
  Last month, the infant was taken to the emergency room for what’s being called “an acute life threatening event.”
  Doctors found that she not only had a rib fracture but was healing from previous fractures. The parents told auth
  
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• Wolf's says new office in donor's building was competitive

  20-06-2016 21:33
  
  Gov. Tom Wolf's office says it didn't pick a new office in northeastern Pennsylvania because the building's owner was a campaign donor.
  
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• This Week In Golf: Dustin Johnson Claims U.S. Open, Erases Ghosts

  20-06-2016 21:30
  
  By Sam McPherson
  For a whole year, PGA Tour veteran Dustin Johnson had to live with the memory of a missed putt on the 72nd hole that cost him a chance to win the 2015 U.S. Open at Chambers Bay. This weekend, given another chance to win the same tournament, Johnson made good with a final-round 69 at the Oakmont Country Club in Plum, Pennsylvania. That score gave him a three-stroke victory over three runners-up, including 2003 U.S. Open champion Jim Furyk.
  Johnson’s winning score of 4-under
  
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• Wendy Bell files suit against WTAE

  20-06-2016 21:24 via post-gazette.com
  
  Former WTAE news anchor Wendy Bell filed a federal lawsuit against her previous station and its corporate owner today, asking for her job back after she was fired in late March for making controversial comments on Facebook about the mass shooting in Wilkinsburg.
  
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• Fired WTAE anchor Bell files suit for reinstatement

  20-06-2016 21:24 via post-gazette.com
  
  If former WTAE news anchor Wendy Bell were black, her attorney said, she would not have been fired for controversial comments she posted on Facebook about the mass shooting in Wilkinsburg.
  
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• Dunlap: Dreading The Day Cutch Gets Traded

  20-06-2016 21:13
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 The Fan)  — I hate to get ahead of myself. I really do.
  But in my field — in the sportstalk radio biz — isn’t that what we do all the time? As in, just about every single day?
  We offer hypotheticals and what-ifs, conjecture and guesswork coupled with some facts and then have a discussion about it.
  Here is some more, and something I really hate having to talk about: I’m going to despise the day Pirates centerfielder Andrew McCutchen gets traded
  
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• Shea-ved Ice: What To Do With Fleury?

  20-06-2016 21:01
  
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – It’s barely been a week since the Pittsburgh Penguins won the Stanley Cup. While many are still celebrating the franchise’s fourth title, there’s a tough decision to be made this summer.
  It’s the elephant in the room and has been for a while.
  What do the Penguins do with Marc-Andre Fleury? What do the Penguins do with the guy that backstopped the team to a Stanley Cup title in 2009? A guy that has been a vital part of
  
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• Lawyers: Wilkinsburg backyard ambush suspects wrongly held in old case

  20-06-2016 20:58
  
  The attorneys for two men, named as a suspects in the Wilkinsburg mass shooting that killed 5 people and an unborn child, say the two have been wrongly jailed on stale, unrelated charges to squeeze them for information.
  
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• LeBron James Brings Title Home To Cleveland

  20-06-2016 20:43
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) – More tears. Only this time, tears of joy.
  Cleveland’s championship drought, crossing 52 years, generations and noted by a long list of near misses, is over at last.
  On Father’s Day, LeBron James, the kid from nearby Akron raised by a single mother, brought the title home.
  As the final seconds of Cleveland’s 93-89 victory at Golden State in Game 7 ticked off on the giant scoreboard inside Quicken Loans Arena, 18,000 fans, some of them strangers when Sunday
  
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• 60 graduate from state police academy

  20-06-2016 20:33 via post-gazette.com
  
  Col. Tyree C. Blocker, the Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner, announced that sixty officers from the Pennsylvania State Police Academy graduated on Friday. all of whom were assigned to troops throughout the state. 
  
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• Man Charged With Abuse After 8-Year-Old Hospitalized With Life-Threatening Injuries

  20-06-2016 20:10
  
  NORTH BRADDOCK (KDKA) — Allegheny County Police arrest a man after after a child was rushed to the hospital Monday morning.
  According to officials, the 8-year-old boy was taken from North Braddock to UPMC McKeesport via a “private vehicle.” His injuries were serious and deemed life-threatening.
  It reportedly appeared that the child had been beaten.
  Officers were investigating at a home on Highland Street in North Braddock Monday afternoon.Police say an 8 year old showed up at a
  
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• 8-Year-Old Hospitalized With Life-Threatening Injuries, Police Investigating

  20-06-2016 20:10
  
  NORTH BRADDOCK (KDKA) — County police have launched an investigation after a child was rushed to hospital this morning.
  According to officials, the 8-year-old boy was taken from North Braddock to an area hospital via a “private vehicle.” His injuries were serious and deemed life-threatening.
  It reportedly appeared that the child had been beaten.
  Officers were investigating at a home in North Braddock Monday afternoon, and said that several dogs had been left there.Police say an
  
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• North Braddock child taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries

  20-06-2016 19:39
  
  Allegheny County police are investigating after a North Braddock child was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.
  
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• House returns with budget deadline looming, no vote on tap

  20-06-2016 19:35
  
  The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is returning to session with the fiscal-year deadline ticking down and no budget vote scheduled.
  
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• Man arrested, charged in weekend stabbing in Monroeville

  20-06-2016 19:27 via post-gazette.com
  
  Allegheny County police have arrested a man they say is responsible for stabbing another man Saturday afternoon in a Monroeville apartment building.
  
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• Boy brought to hospital with 'life threatening injuries'

  20-06-2016 19:18 via post-gazette.com
  
  Allegheny County police are investigating after a child described with having "life threatening injuries" was brought to a hospital this morning by private vehicle.
  
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• Charges filed in Monroeville stabbing

  20-06-2016 19:16
  
  A man has been charged with stabbing another man Saturday afternoon in a Monroeville apartment building.
  
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• 93.7 The Fan Pittsburgh’s Greatest Sports Moments

  20-06-2016 19:02
  
  In honor of Pittsburgh’s 200th anniversary celebration, 93.7 The Fan salutes the area’s greatest sports moments!Now through June 30th, vote online for your 10 favorite sports moments associated with Pittsburgh! The top 20 moments will be recognized each weekday in July!
  1) Santonio Holmes’ game winning catch: The Steelers trailed Arizona 23-20 in Super Bowl XLIII. With 35 seconds left to play, QB Ben Roethlisberger threw a six yard pass to Santonio Holmes who made a specta
  
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• Man Charged In Monroeville Stabbing

  20-06-2016 19:01
  
  MONROEVILLE (KDKA) — A 51-year-old man has been charged following a stabbing in Monroeville that sent one person to the hospital.
  It happened Saturday around 3 p.m. in the 3900-block of Monroeville Boulevard.
  Police rushed to the scene to find a 36-year-old man suffering from a stab wound. The victim was taken to an area hospital in critical condition.
  Dino McGrosky has been accused in the stabbing.  He is charged with aggravated assault and tampering with evidence.
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• Lawyer for Wilkinsburg mass shooting suspect files motion for release on bail for separate charges

  20-06-2016 18:53
  
  The attorney for a man, named as a suspect in the Wilkinsburg mass shooting and jailed on separate 3-year-old drug charges, filed a motion to have him released on bail.
  
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• Trial date set for teen in Franklin Regional stabbings

  20-06-2016 18:32
  
  A trial date has been set for the teen accused of stabbing 20 Franklin Regional High School classmates and a security guard in 2014.
  
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• Garbage Truck Hits House In Cranberry Twp.

  20-06-2016 18:32
  
  CRANBERRY TWP. (KDKA) — A garbage truck hit a house in Cranberry Township Monday morning.
  The Vogel Disposal truck reportedly rolled backward and crashed into a house on Parkwood Drive.
  Video from the scene showed the siding of the house was damaged by the impact.
  Witnesses said the vehicle’s operator got out to straighten a trash can, apparently forgot to put on the brake, allowing the truck to roll back and hit the house.
  No injuries were reported.
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• Lawyers: 2 Wilkinsburg Shooting Suspects Are Being Unfairly Jailed

  20-06-2016 18:20
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – Two men described as suspects in a cookout ambush that killed five adults and an unborn child near Pittsburgh have been wrongly jailed in solitary confinement on stale, unrelated charges to squeeze them for information about the shootings, their attorneys said Monday.
  Cheron Shelton and Robert Thomas are being held on charges stemming from heroin and stolen weapons allegedly found at a home in Wilkinsburg in February 2013. The charges were dropped a month later, then
  
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• Hearing Determining If 2 Wilkinsburg Shooting Suspects Are Being Unfairly Jailed

  20-06-2016 18:20
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A hearing is being held today to determine if two men are being unfairly held in jail in connection with a mass shooting in Wilkinsburg.
  Cheron Shelton and Robert Thomas have been named as suspects in the case. Both are being held in the Allegheny County Jail on unrelated charges.
  The two men have not been charged in the shooting that left five adults and an unborn child dead on March 9.
  The drug charges on which they are being held have already been dismissed twice.
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• Doughnut chain owner pleads guilty to tax fraud

  20-06-2016 18:17 via post-gazette.com
  
  The founder of the popular Peace, Love and Little Donuts chain that started in the Strip District seven years ago pleaded guilty today to cheating on his taxes and hiding the doughnut business from U.S. bankruptcy court.
  
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• Dump Truck Collides With Car In Butler Co.

  20-06-2016 17:59
  
  SLIPPERY ROCK TWP. (KDKA) —  A woman was flown to the hospital after a dump truck collided with a car in Slippery Rock Township.
  The crash happened just after 8 a.m. Monday on Franklin Road near Harmony Road.
  According to the Butler Eagle, the woman inside the car was rushed to UPMC Presbyterian in critical condition.
  A passenger in the dump truck suffered minor injuries, the driver was not hurt.
  It is not clear what caused the crash.
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• Blue Wine: The Bizarre New Beverage

  20-06-2016 17:45
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Because red and white are so last season–a Spanish startup has created something new for your palate.
  Electric blue wine, an idea brought to fruition by Gik, is a strange new beverage that is selling for $11 in Spain, France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Germany, with U.S. expansion in the works.
  “Try to forget all you know about wine,” the brand’s website reads. “Ignore all the preconceptions and standards regard
  
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• Publisher gives Kinder's 'Ghost' another chance

  20-06-2016 17:41
  As he completed the final edit, Elvis Presley songs played on a radio. Just before Kinder called his wife, Diane Cecily, to tell her the novel was done, a disc jockey made an announcement: Kinder's novel would meet the same fate.
  
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• Trial Date Set For Franklin Regional H.S. Stabbing Suspect

  20-06-2016 17:34
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A trial date is now set for Franklin Regional High School stabbing suspect Alex Hribal.
  The trial was originally scheduled to start Monday, but will now begin on Aug. 1.
  Two years ago, Hribal allegedly stabbed 20 classmates and a security guard with two kitchen knives in the first-floor hallway before the beginning of classes.
  A judge previously denied a request by Hribal’s attorneys to move his case to juvenile court.
  Hribal’s attorney highly disagrees with
  
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• 911 Transcript: Orlando Gunman Said He Was Islamic Soldier

  20-06-2016 17:20
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Orlando gunman Omar Mateen spoke in Arabic to a 911 dispatcher, identified himself an Islamic soldier and demanded to a crisis negotiator that the U.S. “stop bombing Syria and Iraq,” according to transcripts released by the FBI on Monday.
  The FBI provided a partial, printed transcript of three conversations Mateen had with the police during the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history
  Those communications, along with Facebook posts Mateen made before and
  
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• Man Pleads Guilty In Deadly Shooting Of Fineview 2-Year-Old

  20-06-2016 17:12
  
  FINEVIEW (KDKA) — A 31-year-old man has pleaded guilty to the fatal shooting of his girlfriend’s son.
  Harrison Marshman of Sandusky Court appeared before a judge Monday and pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and endangering the welfare of children.
  Those charged stemmed from the September 2015 shooting death of two-year-old Josiah Taylor.  He was watching the boy for his girlfriend, as he often did.
  According to a statement issued by the Allegheny County District Attorne
  
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