Pennsylvania

Man charged with killing 7 in 2 states is due in court

Twenty-two-year-old Todd West and two co-defendants face a preliminary hearing Tuesday in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on homicide and robbery counts.

Police have said West confessed to the July 5 shooting deaths of a man and a woman in Allentown.

West, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, is charged separately with four homicides in Elizabeth and a fifth homicide in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Dad of girl, 15, who crashed SUV, killing 3, to be sentenced

Michael Ware, 54, of Scarsdale, is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday in Wayne County Court. He pleaded guilty last month to three counts of involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment in the Aug. 30, 2014, crash.

Prosecutors say Ware gave the keys of his Chevrolet Suburban to his daughter, who drove five friends to breakfast before losing control of the SUV and flipping it in Paupack Township, in the Pocono Mountains.

Police capture escaped inmate suspected in killing near jail

Pennsylvania State Police tweeted news of Robert Crissman's apprehension Friday morning, about 26 hours after he fled the Armstrong County Jail while delivering meals to other inmates. They did not immediately provide details of his capture.

The body of Tammy Long, 55, was discovered Thursday afternoon at a home about a mile away from the jail in Kittanning, which is 40 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. Police did not say how she was killed. An autopsy was scheduled for Friday.