Victim dies after Sept. 3 Penn Hills home invasion
A 65-year-old man who was severely injured during a Sept. 3 home invasion in Penn Hills has died.
Loxley Johns died at 3:55 a.m. Monday at UPMC Presbyterian.
Charles Pershing, 36, originally was charged with attempted homicide, aggravated assault, recklessly endangering another person, terroristic threats, false imprisonment, unlawful restraint, robbery, burglary and theft in connection with the incident.
Allegheny County police now say the charges against Mr. Pershing will be amended to include homicide.
County police were alerted to the incident after a 911 call about 7:30 a.m. Sept. 3 in the 1800 block of Runnette Street. Penn Hills police found Mr. Johns badly beaten and a 52-year-old woman with minor injuries.
Mr. Pershing remains in the Allegheny County Jail.
Former nurse admits she evaded taxes
A former nurse anesthetist who worked at several area hospitals has admitted to two counts of tax evasion on her earnings dating to 2002.
Loren Pulliam, 53, of Penn Hills, was indicted in April.
Prosecutors said she owes about $766,000 on income earned over the past 15 years of working as a contract nurse at hospitals in and around Pittsburgh.
In 2008, U.S. Tax Court ordered her to pay more than $280,000 in tax and penalties for tax years 2002 through 2005.
She avoided those taxes by creating a corporation, LJP Enterprises, and directing her employers to pay compensation to a bank account for the corporation. She then used the LJP account to pay her personal expenses.
That action prevented the IRS from assessing her tax liability for 2011 through 2014.
U.S. District Judge Donetta Ambrose will sentence her Jan. 8. She faces up to five years in federal prison.