Robert Thomas and Cheron Shelton were charged in Allegheny County for killing five people. After four years of pretrial detention, one had charges dismissed and the other was acquitted at trial.
Robert Thomas and Cheron Selton were charged in Allegheny County for killing five people. After four years of pretrial detention, one had charges dismissed and the other was acquitted at trial.
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Darnell Mahone logged in to the federal court hearing Tuesday to watch the man he believes killed his daughter in a mass shooting plead guilty to a gun charge.
It isn’t as much as he’d hoped for the plea agreement Cheron Shelton reached with the U.S. Attorney’s office calls for an eight-year prison sentence. Mahone said afterward, “it’s better than nothing.”
“We’re happy something was done after all the mess that happened with the other trial,” Mahone said.