Some days, Robert Pristas chooses to believe his son Andrew is on vacation or busy with his two brothers. It helps him escape the reality that Andrew Pristas, 33, of Greensburg was fatally shot Sept. 20, 2020 by his ex-girlfriend at her East Huntingdon home. “There will never be a
An East Huntingdon woman pleaded guilty Monday to a lesser charge of third-degree murder for the 2020 shooting death of her boyfriend. Police said Meghan J. West, 31, fired at least three shots into a closed door following an argument in the late evening on Sept. 20, 2020, at her
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A judge rejected a defense request to dismiss a first-degree murder charge against an East Huntingdon woman accused in the fatal shooting of her former boyfriend last year.
In a six-page opinion made public on Wednesday, Westmoreland County Judge Meagan Bilik-DeFazio ruled against the defense argument that Meghan West had no intent to kill Andrew Pristas during the deadly confrontation last Sept. 20 at her Ruffs Dale home.
Defense attorney Adam Gorzelsky argued there was no evidence to support the first-degree murder charge.
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Just hours before Andrew Pristas was gunned down, the woman charged with shooting him his former girlfriend had a similar violent confrontation with her current boyfriend, a Westmoreland County prosecutor said on Tuesday.
Meghan West, 30, of Ruffs Dale, is accused of killing Pristas but contends there is no evidence to support a charge of first-degree murder in connection with the Sept. 20 fatal shooting. In court documents, she claimed she fired a pistol through a door to ward off a potential attack from Pristas following an argument.