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| Defendant in officer's killing on life support |
| By old.post-gazette.com - Paula Reed Ward |
| Published: 11/14/2012 |
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The man scheduled to stand trial this month on charges that he killed a Penn Hills police officer is in a Pittsburgh hospital on life support. Ronald Robinson, 35, was found unresponsive in his cell on the eighth floor of the Allegheny County Jail around 4:30 a.m. when corrections officers went to wake him to get ready for court. Jury selection in Robinson's death penalty trial was supposed to begin Tuesday before Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Kevin G. Sasinoski. It has been put on hold, and the parties in the case are to convene this morning. Officer Michael Crawshaw, 32, was shot to death on Dec. 6, 2009, after responding to a 911 call at a Penn Hills home. Attorney Veronica Brestensky, who represents Robinson, said she first learned of her client's condition from the judge's staff. It was reported as a suicide attempt, but she has seen no evidence of that. Read More. |
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