DA declines to charge principal recorded threatening teen

PITTSBURGH >> The Allegheny County District Attorney’S office has declined to charge a western Pennsylvania high school principal whose threats toward a student were secretly recorded.

District Attorney Stephen Zappala Jr. sent a letter to Woodland Hills School District superintendent Alan Johnson last week that called Kevin Murray’s actions “inappropriate.”

The Woodland Hills High School principal was suspended after a recording surfaced in November where he can be heard threatening to punch a 14-year-old student in the face.

A spokesman for Zappala said the DA’s office felt it was best to defer to district and school officials to address Murray’s behavior rather than criminally charge him.

2 alleged victims testify in sex case against former coach

WILLIAMSPORT >> A teen girl and another woman have testified that a former grade school basketball coach in Williamsport sexually abused them when they were children.

Thirty-six-year-old Kelli Vassallo was held for court on Monday on charges including aggravated assault and corruption of minors.

Vassallo has been suspended from her job as a teacher in the Williamsport Area School District, where she previously coached grade school basketball and softball.

Her attorney argued unsuccessfully to dismiss charges in the case of the older alleged victim.

Cops: Friend who found OD’d couple, baby dead stole gun

JOHNSTOWN >> A Pennsylvania man who found a couple dead of apparent heroin overdoses along with their starved infant has been jailed on charges he stole a gun from their residence and sold it.

Nineteen-year-old James Grant, of Johnstown, found the bodies of 27-year-old Jason Chambers, 19-year-old Chelsea Cardaro and 5-monthold Summer Chambers in their home Dec. 22. The Cambria County coroner says the couple died about a week earlier and their daughter likely starved three to four days before she was found.