Cops: Dad shot daughter’s boyfriend over suspected drug use
NEW CASTLE, PA. >> Authorities say a Pennsylvania father fatally shot his teenage daughter’s boyfriend because he believed he had gotten her “hooked on drugs.”
New Castle Police say Michael D’Biagio is charged with homicide and aggravated assault in the death of 17-year-old Darren Jevcak on Friday. It’s not known if the 41-year-old Beaver Falls man has retained an attorney.
Authorities say D’Biagio shot Jevcak several times outside a pizza shop where Jevcak worked as a delivery driver. They say he told witnesses that Jevcak had gotten his daughter hooked on cocaine and “this is what drug dealers get.”
DA: Man sentenced to 23 to 46 months in infant’s death
PITTSBURGH >> Prosecutors say a man has been sentenced to 23 months to 46 months in prison, which amounts to time served, in the death of his infant daughter almost four years ago.
The Allegheny County district attorney’s office had sought five to 10 years at Wednesday’s sentencing of 33-year-old Joseph Swidorsky, who pleaded guilty in April to involuntary manslaughter.
Swidorsky has been held in the county jail since October 2015 in the death of 5-week-old Braelyn Swidorsky. Police said the Brighton Heights resident was bathing the infant in the bathroom in June 2015 when her mother walked in and found her blue and unresponsive. She died later that night. A medical examiner said the child’s death was due to a skull fracture and brain hemorrhaging.
Woman sentenced to 3 to 6 years in 2017 hitrun death
PITTSBURGH >> A woman has been sentenced to three to six years in the hit-and-run death of a pedestrian in western Pennsylvania.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that 30-yearold Melinda Gregor tearfully apologized before an Allegheny County judge imposed the mandatory term Wednesday.
She said “I know me saying ‘I’m sorry’ a million times won’t change anything, but I just want to say I’m so sorry to your family.” Defense attorney Phil DiLucente said his hadn’t committed “an intentional act to hurt or kill someone.”