NORTH VERSAILLES — Allegheny County police said they’ve charged a Pittsburgh-area man with homicide in the death of his 2-month-old son, who died of head injuries.
Police said they responded to a call Sunday night at the North Versailles apartment of 54-year-old Michael Lewis and found him suffering from a possible overdose and the infant, DeCarlos Lewis, unresponsive.
The boy died a short time later at UPMC McKeesport hospital. An autopsy showed he died of blunt force trauma to the head.
Police charged Lewis with criminal homicide, endangering the welfare of children and resisting arrest on Tuesday.
He’s being held at the Allegheny Count Jail.
Ex-pastor sentenced for soliciting teen
NORRISTOWN – A retired pastor from eastern Pennsylvania will spend at least 10 more months in prison after being sentenced for sexually propositioning a 15-year-old girl over the Internet.
Sixty-three-year-old former Allentown minister Paul Marmon was sentenced to up to five years in prison on Monday and must register as a sex offender under Megan’s law upon his release. Marmon has been behind bars since his arrest.
Prosecutors said Marmon posed as a 19-year-old man.
Man pleads in teen pole-dance party case
EASTON – An eastern Pennsylvania man accused of hosting a teen drinking party at which students danced at a stripper pole has pleaded guilty to five misdemeanor counts of selling alcohol to minors.
Thirty-seven-year-old Steven Russo of Bethlehem Township pleaded guilty Tuesday in a deal in which prosecutors dropped more serious charges.
Russo was sentenced in Northampton County Court to six months to a year in prison.
He was previously sentenced to three to 23 months for stalking his ex-girlfriend. Both sentences will be served concurrently.
Russo was charged after racy photos surfaced online of students drinking and dancing at a stripper pole during a 2008 party at his house.
Striking teachers to return today
PENN HILLS – More than 400 striking teachers in the Penn Hills School District near Pittsburgh say they’ll return to class today in a gesture aimed at settling a contract impasse.
The teachers went on strike Feb. 4.
The state Department of Education had previously ordered the teachers to return by Thursday so students can receive a state-mandated
180 days of instruction by June 15.
The teachers want a five-year contract with annual raises of about 6 percent and lower health premiums for some teachers. The district offered a three-year deal with raises above 3 percent in the last two years and increased health premiums.
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In brief: Father charged in infant’s death
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Former speaker convicted
A jury on Monday convicted a senior Democrat in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives on all but one of six charges in the latest corruption trial stemming from a five-year investigation into the use of taxpayers’ resources for political purposes.
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‘Dramatic’ Pa. budget cuts expected
Top state senators say they expect Gov. Tom Corbett to propose a budget plan today that relies on cuts in spending for education and social services to balance sluggish tax collections and the rising costs of pensions and debt.
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State representative convicted on 5 counts in corruption case
A jury today convicted a senior Democrat in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives on all but one of six charges in the latest corruption trial stemming from a five-year investigation into the use of taxpayers’ resources for political purposes.
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Morning briefing: Blair County dad was drunk picking up son after DUI, cops say
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Consol Energy plans to expand longwall mines
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Occupy Pittsburgh protesters facing noon deadline
Occupy Pittsburgh protesters are up against the clock as many tear down their tents and prepared to leave private property owned by Bank of New York Mellon Corp. downtown.
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Analysis: Corbett likely to propose additional belt-tightening
With the state government projecting its fourth straight deficit next year, the budget plan that Gov. Tom Corbett will roll out Tuesday is expected to bring somber news to many who rely on state aid.
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GOP lawmakers press for vote on drilling bill
A final framework is at hand on sweeping legislation to impose an impact fee and update safety regulations on Pennsylvania’s booming natural gas industry, top Republican state lawmakers say.
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Supreme Court explains rulings on redistricting
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Friday explained its reasons for rejecting the state’s legislative redistricting plan last week, and a justice who disagreed with the ruling said this year’s races will have to be held under the existing, decade-old maps.
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Corruption trial deliberations to resume today
The jury in state Rep. Bill DeWeese’s corruption trial ended deliberations Thursday without reaching a verdict.
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